diff --git a/dockerfiles/base/Dockerfile.rhel8.6 b/dockerfiles/base/Dockerfile.rhel8.6
index 5d93727..c44da0d 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/base/Dockerfile.rhel8.6
+++ b/dockerfiles/base/Dockerfile.rhel8.6
@@ -19,13 +19,15 @@ RUN dnf install -y https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.n
 RUN echo "[appstream]" > /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Linux-AppStream.repo && \
     echo "name=CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream" >> /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Linux-AppStream.repo && \
     echo "baseurl=https://vault.centos.org/8-stream/AppStream/x86_64/os" >> /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Linux-AppStream.repo && \
-    echo "gpgcheck=0" >> /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Linux-AppStream.repo
+    echo "gpgkey=https://www.centos.org/keys/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-Official-SHA256" >> /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Linux-AppStream.repo && \
+    echo "gpgcheck=1" >> /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Linux-AppStream.repo
 
 
 RUN echo "[BaseOS]" > /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Linux-BaseOS.repo && \
     echo "name=CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS" >> /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Linux-BaseOS.repo && \
     echo "baseurl=https://vault.centos.org/8-stream/BaseOS/x86_64/os" >> /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Linux-BaseOS.repo && \
-    echo "gpgcheck=0" >> /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Linux-BaseOS.repo
+    echo "gpgkey=https://www.centos.org/keys/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-Official-SHA256" >> /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Linux-BaseOS.repo && \
+    echo "gpgcheck=1" >> /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Linux-BaseOS.repo
 
 RUN dnf install -y \
     clang \
@@ -78,7 +80,8 @@ RUN echo "[habanalabs]" > /etc/yum.repos.d/habanalabs.repo && \
 RUN echo "[powertools]" > /etc/yum.repos.d/powertools.repo && \
     echo "name=powertools" >> /etc/yum.repos.d/powertools.repo && \
     echo "baseurl=https://vault.centos.org/8-stream/PowerTools/x86_64/os/"  >> /etc/yum.repos.d/powertools.repo && \
-    echo "gpgcheck=0" >> /etc/yum.repos.d/powertools.repo
+    echo "gpgkey=https://www.centos.org/keys/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-Official-SHA256" >> /etc/yum.repos.d/powertools.repo && \
+    echo "gpgcheck=1" >> /etc/yum.repos.d/powertools.repo
 
 RUN dnf install -y habanalabs-rdma-core-"$VERSION"-"$REVISION".el8 \
         habanalabs-thunk-"$VERSION"-"$REVISION".el8 \
@@ -108,6 +111,7 @@ RUN wget -nv -O /tmp/main.zip https://github.com/HabanaAI/hccl_ofi_wrapper/archi
     cd / && \
     rm -rf /tmp/main.zip /tmp/hccl_ofi_wrapper-main
 
+ENV PYTHON_VERSION=3.8
 RUN python3.8 -m pip install pip==23.3.1 setuptools==67.3.3 wheel==0.38.4
 
 RUN alternatives --install /usr/bin/python3 python3 /usr/bin/python3.8 2 && \
diff --git a/dockerfiles/base/Dockerfile.rhel9.2 b/dockerfiles/base/Dockerfile.rhel9.2
index 05235ab..6ce8314 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/base/Dockerfile.rhel9.2
+++ b/dockerfiles/base/Dockerfile.rhel9.2
@@ -19,12 +19,14 @@ RUN dnf install -y https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-9.n
 RUN echo "[BaseOS]" > /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Linux-BaseOS.repo && \
     echo "name=CentOS Linux 9 - BaseOS" >> /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Linux-BaseOS.repo && \
     echo "baseurl=https://mirror.stream.centos.org/9-stream/BaseOS/x86_64/os" >> /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Linux-BaseOS.repo && \
-    echo "gpgcheck=0" >> /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Linux-BaseOS.repo
+    echo "gpgkey=https://www.centos.org/keys/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-Official-SHA256" >> /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Linux-BaseOS.repo && \
+    echo "gpgcheck=1" >> /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Linux-BaseOS.repo
 
 RUN echo "[centos9]" > /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Linux-AppStream.repo && \
     echo "name=CentOS Linux 9 - AppStream" >> /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Linux-AppStream.repo && \
     echo "baseurl=https://mirror.stream.centos.org/9-stream/AppStream/x86_64/os" >> /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Linux-AppStream.repo && \
-    echo "gpgcheck=0" >> /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Linux-AppStream.repo
+    echo "gpgkey=https://www.centos.org/keys/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-Official-SHA256" >> /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Linux-AppStream.repo && \
+    echo "gpgcheck=1" >> /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Linux-AppStream.repo
 
 RUN dnf install -y \
     clang \
@@ -61,6 +63,7 @@ RUN dnf install -y \
     dnf update -y && \
     dnf clean all && rm -rf /var/cache/yum
 
+ENV PYTHON_VERSION=3.10
 COPY install-python310.sh .
 RUN ./install-python310.sh rhel9.2 && rm install-python310.sh
 ENV LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
@@ -84,7 +87,8 @@ RUN echo "[habanalabs]" > /etc/yum.repos.d/habanalabs.repo && \
     echo "gpgkey=https://${ARTIFACTORY_URL}/artifactory/rhel/9/9.2/repodata/repomd.xml.key" >> /etc/yum.repos.d/habanalabs.repo && \
     echo 'gpgcheck=1' >> /etc/yum.repos.d/habanalabs.repo
 
-RUN update-crypto-policies --set LEGACY
+# for Habana GPG key with SHA-1 signature
+RUN update-crypto-policies --set DEFAULT:SHA1
 
 RUN dnf install -y habanalabs-rdma-core-"$VERSION"-"$REVISION".el9 \
     habanalabs-thunk-"$VERSION"-"$REVISION".el9 \
diff --git a/dockerfiles/base/install-python310.sh b/dockerfiles/base/install-python310.sh
index 3263196..ac85e83 100755
--- a/dockerfiles/base/install-python310.sh
+++ b/dockerfiles/base/install-python310.sh
@@ -35,11 +35,11 @@ case "${_BASE_NAME}" in
 esac
 
 # install Python
-wget -nv -O /opt/Python-3.10.9.tgz https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.10.9/Python-3.10.9.tgz
+wget -nv -O /opt/Python-3.10.14.tgz https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.10.14/Python-3.10.14.tgz
 cd /opt/
-tar xzf Python-3.10.9.tgz
-rm -f Python-3.10.9.tgz
-cd Python-3.10.9
+tar xzf Python-3.10.14.tgz
+rm -f Python-3.10.14.tgz
+cd Python-3.10.14
 ./configure --enable-optimizations --enable-loadable-sqlite-extensions --enable-shared $_SSL_LIB
 make -j && make altinstall
 
diff --git a/dockerfiles/pytorch/Dockerfile.rhel8.6 b/dockerfiles/pytorch/Dockerfile.rhel8.6
index ff0db73..590b5ef 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/pytorch/Dockerfile.rhel8.6
+++ b/dockerfiles/pytorch/Dockerfile.rhel8.6
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ RUN dnf install -y \
     dnf clean all && rm -rf /var/cache/yum
 
 RUN dnf config-manager --add-repo https://yum.repos.intel.com/mkl/setup/intel-mkl.repo -y && \
-    dnf install --allowerasing -y intel-mkl-2020.4-912 && \
+    dnf install --allowerasing -y intel-mkl-64bit-2020.4-912 && \
     dnf clean all && rm -rf /var/cache/yum
 
 COPY install_packages.sh .
diff --git a/dockerfiles/pytorch/Dockerfile.rhel9.2 b/dockerfiles/pytorch/Dockerfile.rhel9.2
index 3f49bb7..958839c 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/pytorch/Dockerfile.rhel9.2
+++ b/dockerfiles/pytorch/Dockerfile.rhel9.2
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ ENV PYTHONPATH=/root:/usr/lib/habanalabs/
 RUN echo "[CRB]" > /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Linux-CRB.repo && \
     echo "name=CentOS Linux 9 - CRB" >> /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Linux-CRB.repo && \
     echo "baseurl=https://mirror.stream.centos.org/9-stream/CRB/x86_64/os" >> /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Linux-CRB.repo && \
-    echo "gpgcheck=0" >> /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Linux-CRB.repo
+    echo "gpgkey=https://www.centos.org/keys/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-Official-SHA256" >> /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Linux-CRB.repo && \
+    echo "gpgcheck=1" >> /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Linux-CRB.repo
 
 RUN dnf install --allowerasing -y \
     curl \
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ RUN dnf install --allowerasing -y \
     dnf clean all && rm -rf /var/cache/yum
 
 RUN dnf config-manager --add-repo https://yum.repos.intel.com/mkl/setup/intel-mkl.repo -y && \
-    dnf install --allowerasing -y intel-mkl-2020.4-912 && \
+    dnf install --allowerasing -y intel-mkl-64bit-2020.4-912 && \
     dnf clean all && rm -rf /var/cache/yum
 
 COPY install_packages.sh .
diff --git a/dockerfiles/pytorch/Dockerfile.tencentos3.1 b/dockerfiles/pytorch/Dockerfile.tencentos3.1
index 5320dea..cb97ee9 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/pytorch/Dockerfile.tencentos3.1
+++ b/dockerfiles/pytorch/Dockerfile.tencentos3.1
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ RUN dnf install -y \
     dnf clean all && rm -rf /var/cache/yum
 
 RUN dnf config-manager --add-repo https://yum.repos.intel.com/mkl/setup/intel-mkl.repo -y && \
-    dnf install --allowerasing -y intel-mkl-2020.4-912 && \
+    dnf install --allowerasing -y intel-mkl-64bit-2020.4-912 && \
     dnf clean all && rm -rf /var/cache/yum
 
 COPY install_packages.sh .
diff --git a/dockerfiles/pytorch/Makefile b/dockerfiles/pytorch/Makefile
index bd8c39a..e9454d3 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/pytorch/Makefile
+++ b/dockerfiles/pytorch/Makefile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ IMAGE_NAME = pytorch-installer-${BUILD_OS}-$(PT_VERSION)
 DOCKER_BUILD_ARGS := $(DOCKER_BUILD_ARGS) --build-arg PT_VERSION=$(PT_VERSION)
 
 base:
-ifneq ($(shell docker image inspect $(BASE_IMAGE_URL):$(RELEASE_VERSION)-$(RELEASE_BUILD_ID) --format="image_exists" 2>/dev/null), image_exists)
+ifneq ($(shell $(DOCKER) image inspect $(BASE_IMAGE_URL):$(RELEASE_VERSION)-$(RELEASE_BUILD_ID) --format="image_exists" 2>/dev/null), image_exists)
 	cd ../base; \
 	make build; \
 	cd ../pytorch