diff --git a/merlin/systems/dag/ops/tensorflow.py b/merlin/systems/dag/ops/tensorflow.py
index 419ea4bc7..40a8b8c3f 100644
--- a/merlin/systems/dag/ops/tensorflow.py
+++ b/merlin/systems/dag/ops/tensorflow.py
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 import pathlib
 import tempfile
 
+from packaging import version
+
 # this needs to be before any modules that import protobuf
 os.environ["PROTOCOL_BUFFERS_PYTHON_IMPLEMENTATION"] = "python"
 
@@ -170,7 +172,13 @@ def _ensure_input_spec_includes_names(model):
 
 def _build_schema_from_signature(signature):
     schema = Schema()
-    for col_name, col in signature.items():
+    for signature_key, tensor_spec in signature.items():
+        # Selecting input name from the signature depending on tensorflow version
+        # This is to handle kebab-case keys in inputs
+        if version.parse(tf.__version__) < version.parse("2.12.0"):
+            col_name = signature_key
+        else:
+            col_name = tensor_spec.name
         if "__offsets" in col_name or "__values" in col_name:
             col_name = col_name.replace("__offsets", "").replace("__values", "")
             col_values_sig = signature[f"{col_name}__values"]
@@ -178,8 +186,8 @@ def _build_schema_from_signature(signature):
             col_dtype = col_values_sig.dtype.as_numpy_dtype
             col_dims = (col_offsets_sig.shape[0], None)
         else:
-            col_dtype = col.dtype.as_numpy_dtype
-            col_dims = col.shape
+            col_dtype = tensor_spec.dtype.as_numpy_dtype
+            col_dims = tensor_spec.shape
         col_schema = ColumnSchema(col_name, dtype=col_dtype, dims=col_dims)
         schema.column_schemas[col_name] = col_schema
     return schema
diff --git a/requirements/test-cpu.txt b/requirements/test-cpu.txt
index 871c5c051..1a59d917b 100644
--- a/requirements/test-cpu.txt
+++ b/requirements/test-cpu.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 -r test.txt
 
 faiss-cpu==1.7.2
-tensorflow<=2.9.0
 treelite==2.4.0
 treelite_runtime==2.4.0
 torch~=1.12