diff --git a/containers/base-jdk/ubi/Dockerfile b/containers/base-jdk/ubi/Dockerfile
index b87b254888..34f6ca3d4e 100644
--- a/containers/base-jdk/ubi/Dockerfile
+++ b/containers/base-jdk/ubi/Dockerfile
@@ -14,18 +14,18 @@ FROM zowe-docker-release.jfrog.io/ompzowe/base:latest-ubi
 ##################################
 # labels
 LABEL name="Zowe Base Image with JDK enabled" \
-      maintainer="jack-tiefeng.jia@ibm.com" \
-      vendor="Zowe" \
-      version="2.0.2" \
-      release="0" \
-      summary="Base image for Zowe components with JDK enabled" \
-      description="Base image for Zowe components with JDK enabled"
+  maintainer="mark.ackert@broadcom.com" \
+  vendor="Zowe" \
+  version="3.0.0" \
+  release="0" \
+  summary="Base image for Zowe components with JDK enabled" \
+  description="Base image for Zowe components with JDK enabled"
 
 ##################################
 # Install JDK
 RUN microdnf install --nodocs \
-      java-1.8.0-openjdk \
-    && microdnf clean all --enablerepo='*' \
-    # smoke tests
-    && java -version
-ENV JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.8.0
+  java-11-openjdk-headless \
+  && microdnf clean all --enablerepo='*' \
+  # smoke tests
+  && java -version
+ENV JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.11.0
diff --git a/containers/base-jdk/ubuntu/Dockerfile b/containers/base-jdk/ubuntu/Dockerfile
index 3ce76a688a..a12017b825 100644
--- a/containers/base-jdk/ubuntu/Dockerfile
+++ b/containers/base-jdk/ubuntu/Dockerfile
@@ -14,19 +14,23 @@ FROM zowe-docker-release.jfrog.io/ompzowe/base:latest-ubuntu
 ##################################
 # labels
 LABEL name="Zowe Base Image with JDK enabled" \
-      maintainer="jack-tiefeng.jia@ibm.com" \
-      vendor="Zowe" \
-      version="2.0.2" \
-      release="0" \
-      summary="Base image for Zowe components with JDK enabled" \
-      description="Base image for Zowe components with JDK enabled"
+  maintainer="mark.ackert@broadcom.com" \
+  vendor="Zowe" \
+  version="3.0.0" \
+  release="0" \
+  summary="Base image for Zowe components with JDK enabled" \
+  description="Base image for Zowe components with JDK enabled"
 
 ##################################
-# Install JDK
-RUN apt-get update \
-    && apt-get install -y \
-      openjdk-8-jre \
-    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
-    # smoke tests
-    && java -version
-ENV JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/jre
+
+# Install JDK. We manually add apt sources to avoid installing python, which is required for add-apt-repository.
+RUN CODENAME=$(cat /etc/os-release | grep UBUNTU_CODENAME | cut -d "=" -f 2) \
+  && echo deb [trusted=yes] https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/openjdk-r/ppa/ubuntu "$CODENAME" main >> /etc/apt/sources.list \
+  && echo deb-src [trusted=yes] https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/openjdk-r/ppa/ubuntu "$CODENAME" main >> /etc/apt/sources.list \
+  && apt-get update \
+  && apt-get install -y \
+  openjdk-11-jre \
+  && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
+  # smoke tests
+  && java -version
+ENV JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-amd64/jre
diff --git a/containers/base-node/Dockerfile b/containers/base-node/Dockerfile
index e3cd778ccd..4ead448b79 100644
--- a/containers/base-node/Dockerfile
+++ b/containers/base-node/Dockerfile
@@ -17,12 +17,12 @@ FROM zowe-docker-release.jfrog.io/ompzowe/base:${ZOWE_BASE_IMAGE}
 ##################################
 # labels
 LABEL name="Zowe Base Image with node.js enabled" \
-      maintainer="jack-tiefeng.jia@ibm.com" \
-      vendor="Zowe" \
-      version="2.0.2" \
-      release="0" \
-      summary="Base image for Zowe components with node.js enabled" \
-      description="Base image for Zowe components with node.js enabled"
+  maintainer="mark.ackert@broadcom.com" \
+  vendor="Zowe" \
+  version="3.0.0" \
+  release="0" \
+  summary="Base image for Zowe components with node.js enabled" \
+  description="Base image for Zowe components with node.js enabled"
 
 ##################################
 # node.js is installed in base image, so no actions here
diff --git a/containers/base/ubi/Dockerfile b/containers/base/ubi/Dockerfile
index 1c7faf2def..51a4753b90 100644
--- a/containers/base/ubi/Dockerfile
+++ b/containers/base/ubi/Dockerfile
@@ -14,12 +14,12 @@ FROM registry.redhat.io/ubi8/ubi-minimal:latest
 ##################################
 # labels
 LABEL name="Zowe Base Image" \
-      maintainer="jack-tiefeng.jia@ibm.com" \
-      vendor="Zowe" \
-      version="2.0.2" \
-      release="0" \
-      summary="Base image for Zowe components" \
-      description="Base image for Zowe components"
+  maintainer="mark.ackert@broadcom.com" \
+  vendor="Zowe" \
+  version="3.0.0" \
+  release="0" \
+  summary="Base image for Zowe components" \
+  description="Base image for Zowe components"
 
 ##################################
 # arguments
@@ -32,59 +32,58 @@ ARG NODE_CPU_ARCH=x64
 
 ##################################
 # environments
-ENV NODE_VERSION=16.18.1
+ENV NODE_VERSION=18.20.4
 
 ##################################
 # customize
 RUN set -ex \
-    # shadow-utils is needed for having adduser groupadd commands
-    && microdnf install --nodocs shadow-utils \
-    # define zowe user/group
-    && groupadd --gid ${GID} zowe \
-    && useradd -r -m --no-log-init --uid ${UID} --gid ${GID} --home /home/zowe zowe \
-    # create /licenses folder
-    && mkdir -p /licenses \
-    && chown zowe.zowe /licenses \
-    # create /component folder
-    && mkdir -p /component \
-    && chown zowe.zowe /component \
-    # install node.js which is mandatory for now
-    && microdnf install --nodocs \
-      findutils \
-      tar \
-      xz \
-    && ARCH=${NODE_CPU_ARCH} \
-    # gpg keys listed at https://github.com/nodejs/node#release-keys
-    && for key in \
-      4ED778F539E3634C779C87C6D7062848A1AB005C \
-      94AE36675C464D64BAFA68DD7434390BDBE9B9C5 \
-      74F12602B6F1C4E913FAA37AD3A89613643B6201 \
-      71DCFD284A79C3B38668286BC97EC7A07EDE3FC1 \
-      8FCCA13FEF1D0C2E91008E09770F7A9A5AE15600 \
-      C4F0DFFF4E8C1A8236409D08E73BC641CC11F4C8 \
-      C82FA3AE1CBEDC6BE46B9360C43CEC45C17AB93C \
-      DD8F2338BAE7501E3DD5AC78C273792F7D83545D \
-      A48C2BEE680E841632CD4E44F07496B3EB3C1762 \
-      108F52B48DB57BB0CC439B2997B01419BD92F80A \
-      B9E2F5981AA6E0CD28160D9FF13993A75599653C \
-    ; do \
-        gpg --batch --keyserver hkps://keys.openpgp.org --recv-keys "$key" || \
-        gpg --batch --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys "$key" ; \
-    done \
-    && curl -fsSLO --compressed "https://nodejs.org/dist/v$NODE_VERSION/node-v$NODE_VERSION-linux-$ARCH.tar.xz" \
-    && curl -fsSLO --compressed "https://nodejs.org/dist/v$NODE_VERSION/SHASUMS256.txt.asc" \
-    && gpg --batch --decrypt --output SHASUMS256.txt SHASUMS256.txt.asc \
-    && grep " node-v$NODE_VERSION-linux-$ARCH.tar.xz\$" SHASUMS256.txt | sha256sum -c - \
-    && tar -xJf "node-v$NODE_VERSION-linux-$ARCH.tar.xz" -C /usr/local --strip-components=1 --no-same-owner \
-    && rm "node-v$NODE_VERSION-linux-$ARCH.tar.xz" SHASUMS256.txt.asc SHASUMS256.txt \
-    && ln -s /usr/local/bin/node /usr/local/bin/nodejs \
-    # smoke tests
-    && node --version \
-    && npm --version \
-    # remove unused pacakges
-    && microdnf remove \
-      findutils \
-      tar \
-      xz \
-    # clean up
-    && microdnf clean all --enablerepo='*'
+  # shadow-utils is needed for having adduser groupadd commands
+  && microdnf install --nodocs shadow-utils \
+  # define zowe user/group
+  && groupadd --gid ${GID} zowe \
+  && useradd -r -m --no-log-init --uid ${UID} --gid ${GID} --home /home/zowe zowe \
+  # create /licenses folder
+  && mkdir -p /licenses \
+  && chown zowe.zowe /licenses \
+  # create /component folder
+  && mkdir -p /component \
+  && chown zowe.zowe /component \
+  # install node.js which is mandatory for now
+  && microdnf install --nodocs \
+  findutils \
+  tar \
+  xz \
+  && ARCH=${NODE_CPU_ARCH} \
+  # gpg keys listed at https://github.com/nodejs/node#release-keys
+  && for key in \
+  4ED778F539E3634C779C87C6D7062848A1AB005C \
+  141F07595B7B3FFE74309A937405533BE57C7D57 \
+  74F12602B6F1C4E913FAA37AD3A89613643B6201 \
+  DD792F5973C6DE52C432CBDAC77ABFA00DDBF2B7 \
+  CC68F5A3106FF448322E48ED27F5E38D5B0A215F \
+  8FCCA13FEF1D0C2E91008E09770F7A9A5AE15600 \
+  890C08DB8579162FEE0DF9DB8BEAB4DFCF555EF4 \
+  C82FA3AE1CBEDC6BE46B9360C43CEC45C17AB93C \
+  108F52B48DB57BB0CC439B2997B01419BD92F80A \
+  A363A499291CBBC940DD62E41F10027AF002F8B0 \
+  ; do \
+  gpg --batch --keyserver hkps://keys.openpgp.org --recv-keys "$key" || \
+  gpg --batch --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys "$key" ; \
+  done \
+  && curl -fsSLO --compressed "https://nodejs.org/dist/v$NODE_VERSION/node-v$NODE_VERSION-linux-$ARCH.tar.xz" \
+  && curl -fsSLO --compressed "https://nodejs.org/dist/v$NODE_VERSION/SHASUMS256.txt.asc" \
+  && gpg --batch --decrypt --output SHASUMS256.txt SHASUMS256.txt.asc \
+  && grep " node-v$NODE_VERSION-linux-$ARCH.tar.xz\$" SHASUMS256.txt | sha256sum -c - \
+  && tar -xJf "node-v$NODE_VERSION-linux-$ARCH.tar.xz" -C /usr/local --strip-components=1 --no-same-owner \
+  && rm "node-v$NODE_VERSION-linux-$ARCH.tar.xz" SHASUMS256.txt.asc SHASUMS256.txt \
+  && ln -s /usr/local/bin/node /usr/local/bin/nodejs \
+  # smoke tests
+  && node --version \
+  && npm --version \
+  # remove unused pacakges
+  && microdnf remove \
+  findutils \
+  tar \
+  xz \
+  # clean up
+  && microdnf clean all --enablerepo='*'
diff --git a/containers/base/ubuntu/Dockerfile b/containers/base/ubuntu/Dockerfile
index 232f9b5824..a8b0c96819 100644
--- a/containers/base/ubuntu/Dockerfile
+++ b/containers/base/ubuntu/Dockerfile
@@ -14,12 +14,12 @@ FROM ubuntu:latest
 ##################################
 # labels
 LABEL name="Zowe Base Image" \
-      maintainer="jack-tiefeng.jia@ibm.com" \
-      vendor="Zowe" \
-      version="2.0.2" \
-      release="0" \
-      summary="Base image for Zowe components" \
-      description="Base image for Zowe components"
+  maintainer="mark.ackert@broadcom.com" \
+  vendor="Zowe" \
+  version="3.0.0" \
+  release="0" \
+  summary="Base image for Zowe components" \
+  description="Base image for Zowe components"
 
 ##################################
 # arguments
@@ -32,65 +32,64 @@ ARG NODE_CPU_ARCH=x64
 
 ##################################
 # environments
-ENV NODE_VERSION=16.18.1
+ENV NODE_VERSION=18.20.4
 
 ##################################
 # customize
 RUN set -ex \
-    # define zowe user/group
-    && groupadd -g $GID -r zowe \
-    && useradd -r -m --no-log-init --uid ${UID} --gid ${GID} -d /home/zowe zowe \
-    # use bash as default shell
-    && cd /bin \
-    && ln -sfn bash sh \
-    # create /licenses folder
-    && mkdir -p /licenses \
-    && chown zowe.zowe /licenses \
-    # create /component folder
-    && mkdir -p /component \
-    && chown zowe.zowe /component \
-    # install node.js which is mandatory for now
-    && apt-get update \
-    && apt-get install -y \
-      curl \
-      gnupg \
-      xz-utils \
-    # upgrade
-    && apt-get upgrade -y \
-    && ARCH=${NODE_CPU_ARCH} \
-    # gpg keys listed at https://github.com/nodejs/node#release-keys
-    && for key in \
-      4ED778F539E3634C779C87C6D7062848A1AB005C \
-      94AE36675C464D64BAFA68DD7434390BDBE9B9C5 \
-      74F12602B6F1C4E913FAA37AD3A89613643B6201 \
-      71DCFD284A79C3B38668286BC97EC7A07EDE3FC1 \
-      8FCCA13FEF1D0C2E91008E09770F7A9A5AE15600 \
-      C4F0DFFF4E8C1A8236409D08E73BC641CC11F4C8 \
-      C82FA3AE1CBEDC6BE46B9360C43CEC45C17AB93C \
-      DD8F2338BAE7501E3DD5AC78C273792F7D83545D \
-      A48C2BEE680E841632CD4E44F07496B3EB3C1762 \
-      108F52B48DB57BB0CC439B2997B01419BD92F80A \
-      B9E2F5981AA6E0CD28160D9FF13993A75599653C \
-    ; do \
-        gpg --batch --keyserver hkps://keys.openpgp.org --recv-keys "$key" || \
-        gpg --batch --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys "$key" ; \
-    done \
-    && curl -fsSLO --compressed "https://nodejs.org/dist/v$NODE_VERSION/node-v$NODE_VERSION-linux-$ARCH.tar.xz" \
-    && curl -fsSLO --compressed "https://nodejs.org/dist/v$NODE_VERSION/SHASUMS256.txt.asc" \
-    && gpg --batch --decrypt --output SHASUMS256.txt SHASUMS256.txt.asc \
-    && grep " node-v$NODE_VERSION-linux-$ARCH.tar.xz\$" SHASUMS256.txt | sha256sum -c - \
-    && tar -xJf "node-v$NODE_VERSION-linux-$ARCH.tar.xz" -C /usr/local --strip-components=1 --no-same-owner \
-    && rm "node-v$NODE_VERSION-linux-$ARCH.tar.xz" SHASUMS256.txt.asc SHASUMS256.txt \
-    && ln -s /usr/local/bin/node /usr/local/bin/nodejs \
-    # smoke tests
-    && node --version \
-    && npm --version \
-    # remove unused pacakges
-    && apt-get purge --auto-remove -y \
-      bzip2 \
-      curl \
-      gnupg \
-      tini \
-      xz-utils \
-    # clean up
-    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+  # define zowe user/group
+  && groupadd -g $GID -r zowe \
+  && useradd -r -m --no-log-init --uid ${UID} --gid ${GID} -d /home/zowe zowe \
+  # use bash as default shell
+  && cd /bin \
+  && ln -sfn bash sh \
+  # create /licenses folder
+  && mkdir -p /licenses \
+  && chown zowe.zowe /licenses \
+  # create /component folder
+  && mkdir -p /component \
+  && chown zowe.zowe /component \
+  # install node.js which is mandatory for now
+  && apt-get update \
+  && apt-get install -y \
+  curl \
+  gnupg \
+  xz-utils \
+  # upgrade
+  && apt-get upgrade -y \
+  && ARCH=${NODE_CPU_ARCH} \
+  # gpg keys listed at https://github.com/nodejs/node#release-keys
+  && for key in \
+  4ED778F539E3634C779C87C6D7062848A1AB005C \
+  141F07595B7B3FFE74309A937405533BE57C7D57 \
+  74F12602B6F1C4E913FAA37AD3A89613643B6201 \
+  DD792F5973C6DE52C432CBDAC77ABFA00DDBF2B7 \
+  CC68F5A3106FF448322E48ED27F5E38D5B0A215F \
+  8FCCA13FEF1D0C2E91008E09770F7A9A5AE15600 \
+  890C08DB8579162FEE0DF9DB8BEAB4DFCF555EF4 \
+  C82FA3AE1CBEDC6BE46B9360C43CEC45C17AB93C \
+  108F52B48DB57BB0CC439B2997B01419BD92F80A \
+  A363A499291CBBC940DD62E41F10027AF002F8B0 \
+  ; do \
+  gpg --batch --keyserver hkps://keys.openpgp.org --recv-keys "$key" || \
+  gpg --batch --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys "$key" ; \
+  done \
+  && curl -fsSLO --compressed "https://nodejs.org/dist/v$NODE_VERSION/node-v$NODE_VERSION-linux-$ARCH.tar.xz" \
+  && curl -fsSLO --compressed "https://nodejs.org/dist/v$NODE_VERSION/SHASUMS256.txt.asc" \
+  && gpg --batch --decrypt --output SHASUMS256.txt SHASUMS256.txt.asc \
+  && grep " node-v$NODE_VERSION-linux-$ARCH.tar.xz\$" SHASUMS256.txt | sha256sum -c - \
+  && tar -xJf "node-v$NODE_VERSION-linux-$ARCH.tar.xz" -C /usr/local --strip-components=1 --no-same-owner \
+  && rm "node-v$NODE_VERSION-linux-$ARCH.tar.xz" SHASUMS256.txt.asc SHASUMS256.txt \
+  && ln -s /usr/local/bin/node /usr/local/bin/nodejs \
+  # smoke tests
+  && node --version \
+  && npm --version \
+  # remove unused pacakges
+  && apt-get purge --auto-remove -y \
+  bzip2 \
+  curl \
+  gnupg \
+  tini \
+  xz-utils \
+  # clean up
+  && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*