diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
index 7906ba3..4bc2298 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ pipeline {
         maintainer_credential_ref = 'dockerhub-tier'
         imagename = 'g'
         tag = 'l'
-        version='4.3.5'
+        version='4.4.0-rc1'
     }
     stages {
         stage('Setting build context') {
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ pipeline {
                                       "--build-arg COMANAGE_REGISTRY_I2_BASE_IMAGE_VERSION=1 " + 
                                       "-f ./$image_dir/Dockerfile ./$image_dir"
                       def tap_image = docker.build("$image_to_build", "$build_arg")
-                      tap_image.push("$tag")
+//                       tap_image.push("$tag")
 
                       image_to_build = "$maintainer/$imagename-cron"
                       image_dir = 'comanage-registry-cron'
diff --git a/comanage-registry-base/Dockerfile b/comanage-registry-base/Dockerfile
index d660f81..2468623 100644
--- a/comanage-registry-base/Dockerfile
+++ b/comanage-registry-base/Dockerfile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
-FROM php:8.1.29-apache-bullseye
+FROM php:8.2.24-apache-bookworm
 
 # Official PHP image with Apache HTTPD includes
 # --with-openssl
diff --git a/comanage-registry-base/README.md b/comanage-registry-base/README.md
index b8c7e61..3b6ab64 100644
--- a/comanage-registry-base/README.md
+++ b/comanage-registry-base/README.md
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ docker build \
 ## Building Example
 
 ```
-export COMANAGE_REGISTRY_VERSION=4.3.5
+export COMANAGE_REGISTRY_VERSION=4.4.0-rc1
 export COMANAGE_REGISTRY_BASE_IMAGE_VERSION=1
 TAG="${COMANAGE_REGISTRY_VERSION}-${COMANAGE_REGISTRY_BASE_IMAGE_VERSION}"
 docker build \
diff --git a/comanage-registry-cron/README.md b/comanage-registry-cron/README.md
index 7b8f980..ed6e2ba 100644
--- a/comanage-registry-cron/README.md
+++ b/comanage-registry-cron/README.md
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ docker build \
 ## Building Example
 
 ```
-export COMANAGE_REGISTRY_VERSION=4.3.5
+export COMANAGE_REGISTRY_VERSION=4.4.0-rc1
 export COMANAGE_REGISTRY_BASE_IMAGE_VERSION=1
 export COMANAGE_REGISTRY_CRON_IMAGE_VERSION=1
 TAG="${COMANAGE_REGISTRY_VERSION}-${COMANAGE_REGISTRY_CRON_IMAGE_VERSION}"
diff --git a/comanage-registry-internet2-tier/README.md b/comanage-registry-internet2-tier/README.md
index a0c1df8..44e57b2 100644
--- a/comanage-registry-internet2-tier/README.md
+++ b/comanage-registry-internet2-tier/README.md
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ docker build \
 ## Building Example
 
 ```
-export COMANAGE_REGISTRY_VERSION=4.3.5
+export COMANAGE_REGISTRY_VERSION=4.4.0-rc1
 export COMANAGE_REGISTRY_BASE_IMAGE_VERSION=1
 export COMANAGE_REGISTRY_I2_BASE_IMAGE_VERSION=1
 export COMANAGE_REGISTRY_I2_IMAGE_VERSION=1
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ docker run -d \
   -v /etc/shibboleth/my-org-metadata.xml:/etc/shibboleth/my-org-metadata.xml \
   -p 80:80 \
   -p 443:443 \
-  comanage-registry:4.3.5-internet2-tier-1
+  comanage-registry:4.4.0-rc1-internet2-tier-1
 ```
 
 ## Logging
diff --git a/common.bash b/common.bash
index 4669250..9770e8c 100644
--- a/common.bash
+++ b/common.bash
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 maintainer="i2incommon"
 imagename="comanage-registry"
-COMANAGE_REGISTRY_VERSION="4.3.5"
+COMANAGE_REGISTRY_VERSION="4.4.0-rc1"
diff --git a/docs/comanage-registry-internet2-tier.md b/docs/comanage-registry-internet2-tier.md
index 45e258e..d943c27 100644
--- a/docs/comanage-registry-internet2-tier.md
+++ b/docs/comanage-registry-internet2-tier.md
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ wiki page for the list of releases. We recommend using the latest release.
 Here is an example (but please check the wiki page for the latest release number):
 
 ```
-export COMANAGE_REGISTRY_VERSION=4.3.5
+export COMANAGE_REGISTRY_VERSION=4.4.0-rc1
 ```
 
 * Define the shell variable `COMANAGE_REGISTRY_BASE_IMAGE_VERSION` to be the
diff --git a/docs/evaluation.md b/docs/evaluation.md
index d990305..0ae4f99 100644
--- a/docs/evaluation.md
+++ b/docs/evaluation.md
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ wiki page for the list of releases. We recommend using the latest release.
 Here is an example (but please check the wiki page for the latest release number):
 
 ```
-export COMANAGE_REGISTRY_VERSION=4.3.5
+export COMANAGE_REGISTRY_VERSION=4.4.0-rc1
 ```
 
 * Build the base COmanage Registry image: