diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 80f903a..f3bf1e7 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ FROM centos:centos7
 #
 ##tomcat \
 ENV TOMCAT_MAJOR=9 \
-    TOMCAT_VERSION=9.0.50 \
+    TOMCAT_VERSION=9.0.56 \
 ##shib-idp \
     VERSION=4.1.4 \
 ##TIER \
-    TIERVERSION=20210802 \
+    TIERVERSION=20211210 \
 #################### \
 #### OTHER VARS #### \
 #################### \
@@ -160,9 +160,13 @@ ADD container_files/idp/idp.xml /usr/local/tomcat/conf/Catalina/idp.xml
 ADD container_files/tomcat/server.xml /usr/local/tomcat/conf/server.xml
 
 #use log4j for tomcat logging
-ADD https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/logging/log4j/log4j-core/2.11.0/log4j-core-2.11.0.jar /usr/local/tomcat/bin/
-ADD https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/logging/log4j/log4j-api/2.11.0/log4j-api-2.11.0.jar /usr/local/tomcat/bin/
-ADD https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/logging/log4j/log4j-jul/2.11.0/log4j-jul-2.11.0.jar /usr/local/tomcat/bin/
+#ADD https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/logging/log4j/log4j-core/2.15.0/log4j-core-2.15.0.jar /usr/local/tomcat/bin/
+COPY container_files/tomcat/log4j-core-2.15.0.jar /usr/local/tomcat/bin/
+#ADD https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/logging/log4j/log4j-api/2.15.0/log4j-api-2.15.0.jar /usr/local/tomcat/bin/
+COPY container_files/tomcat/log4j-api-2.15.0.jar /usr/local/tomcat/bin/
+#ADD https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/logging/log4j/log4j-jul/2.15.0/log4j-jul-2.15.0.jar /usr/local/tomcat/bin/
+COPY container_files/tomcat/log4j-jul-2.15.0.jar /usr/local/tomcat/bin/
+
 RUN cd /usr/local/tomcat/; \
     chmod +r bin/log4j-*.jar;
 ADD container_files/tomcat/log4j2.xml /usr/local/tomcat/conf/
diff --git a/container_files/tomcat/log4j-api-2.15.0.jar b/container_files/tomcat/log4j-api-2.15.0.jar
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a662571
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diff --git a/container_files/tomcat/log4j-core-2.15.0.jar b/container_files/tomcat/log4j-core-2.15.0.jar
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f7e14b8
Binary files /dev/null and b/container_files/tomcat/log4j-core-2.15.0.jar differ
diff --git a/container_files/tomcat/log4j-jul-2.15.0.jar b/container_files/tomcat/log4j-jul-2.15.0.jar
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..99ef096
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diff --git a/tests/checkidpver.sh b/tests/checkidpver.sh
index d9fea87..ea09da2 100755
--- a/tests/checkidpver.sh
+++ b/tests/checkidpver.sh
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ if [ $? == '0' ]; then
   if [  $? -ne '0' ]; then
      docker run -d $1 &>/dev/null
      launchflag="yes"
-     echo 'launching container (will take about a minute)...'
-     sleep 60
+     echo 'launching container (will take about 2 minutes)...'
+     sleep 120
   fi
   
   #get container ID
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ if [ $? == '0' ]; then
 	echo "Specified container does not appear to be running...  Terminating."
 	echo ""
 	exit 1
+  else
+        echo "Container is running at id: $contid"
   fi
 
   #get version from running status page inside container
@@ -47,10 +49,12 @@ if [ -z "$(echo $shibver | xargs)" ]; then
       echo "Unable to determine version from a running instance...  Terminating."
       echo ""
       exit 1
+else
+      echo "Running shibb version is: $shibver"
 fi
 
 #check if that version is available in the 'latest' download area (return is 0 if current, non-zero if not current)
-wget -q --spider https://shibboleth.net/downloads/identity-provider/latest/shibboleth-identity-provider-${shibver}.tar.gz
+wget --no-check-certificate --spider https://shibboleth.net/downloads/identity-provider/latest/shibboleth-identity-provider-${shibver}.tar.gz
 
 if [  $? == '0' ]; then
   echo "Running IdP version (${shibver}) is current!"