diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a81a910e8c..2dd4e80f0b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ debian-image-plus: build ## Create Docker image for Ingress Controller (Debian w
 
 .PHONY: debian-image-nap-plus
 debian-image-nap-plus: build ## Create Docker image for Ingress Controller (Debian with NGINX Plus and App Protect WAF)
-	$(DOCKER_CMD) $(PLUS_ARGS) --build-arg BUILD_OS=debian-plus-nap --build-arg DEBIAN_VERSION=buster-slim --build-arg NAP_MODULES=waf
+	$(DOCKER_CMD) $(PLUS_ARGS) --build-arg BUILD_OS=debian-plus-nap --build-arg NAP_MODULES=waf
 
 .PHONY: debian-image-dos-plus
 debian-image-dos-plus: build ## Create Docker image for Ingress Controller (Debian with NGINX Plus and App Protect DoS)
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ debian-image-dos-plus: build ## Create Docker image for Ingress Controller (Debi
 
 .PHONY: debian-image-nap-dos-plus
 debian-image-nap-dos-plus: build ## Create Docker image for Ingress Controller (Debian with NGINX Plus, App Protect WAF and DoS)
-	$(DOCKER_CMD) $(PLUS_ARGS) --build-arg BUILD_OS=debian-plus-nap --build-arg DEBIAN_VERSION=buster-slim --build-arg NAP_MODULES=waf,dos
+	$(DOCKER_CMD) $(PLUS_ARGS) --build-arg BUILD_OS=debian-plus-nap --build-arg NAP_MODULES=waf,dos
 
 .PHONY: ubi-image
 ubi-image: build ## Create Docker image for Ingress Controller (UBI)
diff --git a/build/Dockerfile b/build/Dockerfile
index eb758db62f..16abd8c86c 100644
--- a/build/Dockerfile
+++ b/build/Dockerfile
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 # syntax=docker/dockerfile:1.4
 ARG BUILD_OS=debian
-ARG NGINX_PLUS_VERSION=R27
+ARG NGINX_PLUS_VERSION=R28
 ARG DOWNLOAD_TAG=edge
-ARG DEBIAN_VERSION=bullseye-slim
 
 
 ############################################# Base images containing libs for Opentracing #############################################
@@ -16,6 +15,8 @@ FROM nginx:1.23.2 AS debian
 RUN --mount=type=bind,from=opentracing-lib,target=/tmp/ot/ \
 	apt-get update \
 	&& apt-get install --no-install-recommends --no-install-suggests -y libcap2-bin \
+	# temp fix for CVE-2022-42898
+ 	&& apt-get install -y libgssapi-krb5-2 libk5crypto3 libkrb5-3 libkrb5support0 \
 	&& rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
 	&& cp -av /tmp/ot/usr/local/lib/libopentracing.so* /tmp/ot/usr/local/lib/libjaegertracing*so* /tmp/ot/usr/local/lib/libzipkin*so* /tmp/ot/usr/local/lib/libdd*so* /tmp/ot/usr/local/lib/libyaml*so* /usr/local/lib/ \
 	&& cp -av /tmp/ot/usr/lib/nginx/modules/ngx_http_opentracing_module.so /usr/lib/nginx/modules/ \
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ RUN --mount=type=secret,id=nginx-repo.crt,dst=/etc/apk/cert.pem,mode=0644 \
 
 
 ############################################# Base image for Debian with NGINX Plus #############################################
-FROM debian:${DEBIAN_VERSION} AS debian-plus
+FROM debian:11-slim AS debian-plus
 ARG IC_VERSION
 ARG NGINX_PLUS_VERSION
 ARG BUILD_OS
@@ -61,6 +62,8 @@ RUN --mount=type=secret,id=nginx-repo.crt,dst=/etc/ssl/nginx/nginx-repo.crt,mode
 	--mount=type=bind,from=opentracing-lib,target=/tmp/ot/ \
 	apt-get update \
 	&& apt-get install --no-install-recommends --no-install-suggests -y ca-certificates gnupg curl apt-transport-https libcap2-bin \
+	# temp fix for CVE-2022-42898
+ 	&& apt-get install -y libgssapi-krb5-2 libk5crypto3 libkrb5-3 libkrb5support0 \
 	&& curl -fsSL https://cs.nginx.com/static/keys/nginx_signing.key | gpg --dearmor > /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/nginx_signing.gpg \
 	&& curl -fsSL -o /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/90pkgs-nginx https://cs.nginx.com/static/files/90pkgs-nginx \
 	&& DEBIAN_VERSION=$(awk -F '=' '/^VERSION_CODENAME=/ {print $2}' /etc/os-release) \
@@ -95,7 +98,7 @@ RUN --mount=type=secret,id=nginx-repo.crt,dst=/etc/ssl/nginx/nginx-repo.crt,mode
 	&& apt-get purge --auto-remove -y curl; \
 	fi \
 	&& if [ -z "${NAP_MODULES##*dos*}" ]; then \
-	printf "%s\n" "deb https://pkgs.nginx.com/app-protect-dos/${NGINX_PLUS_VERSION}/debian ${DEBIAN_VERSION} nginx-plus" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nginx-app-protect-dos.list \
+	printf "%s\n" "deb https://pkgs.nginx.com/app-protect-dos/debian ${DEBIAN_VERSION} nginx-plus" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nginx-app-protect-dos.list \
 	&& apt-get update \
 	&& apt-get install --no-install-recommends --no-install-suggests -y app-protect-dos; \
 	fi \
@@ -109,7 +112,7 @@ RUN --mount=type=secret,id=nginx-repo.crt,dst=/etc/ssl/nginx/nginx-repo.crt,mode
 
 
 ############################################# Base image for UBI #############################################
-FROM redhat/ubi8 AS ubi-base
+FROM redhat/ubi8:8.6-990 AS ubi-base
 ARG IC_VERSION
 
 SHELL ["/bin/bash", "-o", "pipefail", "-c"]
@@ -124,6 +127,8 @@ LABEL name="NGINX Ingress Controller" \
 	io.openshift.tags="nginx,ingress-controller,ingress,controller,kubernetes,openshift"
 
 RUN dnf --nodocs install -y shadow-utils ca-certificates \
+	# temp fix for CVE-2022-1304 CVE-2016-3709 and CVE-2022-42898
+ 	&& dnf --nodocs install -y libcom_err libxml2 python3-libxml2 krb5-libs \
 	&& groupadd --system --gid 101 nginx \
 	&& useradd --system --gid nginx --no-create-home --home-dir /nonexistent --comment "nginx user" --shell /bin/false --uid 101 nginx
 
@@ -176,7 +181,6 @@ RUN --mount=type=secret,id=nginx-repo.crt,dst=/etc/ssl/nginx/nginx-repo.crt,mode
 	fi \
 	&& if [ -z "${NAP_MODULES##*dos*}" ]; then \
 	curl -fsSL https://cs.nginx.com/static/files/app-protect-dos-8.repo > /etc/yum.repos.d/app-protect-dos-8.repo; \
-	sed -i "0,/centos/s;;${NGINX_PLUS_VERSION}/centos;" /etc/yum.repos.d/app-protect-dos-8.repo; \
 	dnf --nodocs install -y app-protect-dos; \
 	fi \
 	&& rm /etc/yum.repos.d/app-protect*.repo \
diff --git a/docs/content/technical-specifications.md b/docs/content/technical-specifications.md
index 5ac9448250..66a1f99e33 100644
--- a/docs/content/technical-specifications.md
+++ b/docs/content/technical-specifications.md
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ All images include NGINX 1.23.2.
 |Name | Base image | Third-party modules | DockerHub image | Architectures |
 | ---| ---| ---| --- | --- |
 |Alpine-based image | ``nginx:1.23.2-alpine``, which is based on ``alpine:3.16`` | NGINX OpenTracing module, OpenTracing library, OpenTracing tracers for Jaeger, Zipkin and Datadog | ``nginx/nginx-ingress:2.4.1-alpine`` | arm/v7, arm64, amd64, ppc64le, s390x |
-|Debian-based image | ``nginx:1.23.2``, which is based on ``debian:bullseye-slim`` | NGINX OpenTracing module, OpenTracing library, OpenTracing tracers for Jaeger, Zipkin and Datadog | ``nginx/nginx-ingress:2.4.1`` | arm/v7, arm64, amd64, ppc64le, s390x |
+|Debian-based image | ``nginx:1.23.2``, which is based on ``debian:11-slim`` | NGINX OpenTracing module, OpenTracing library, OpenTracing tracers for Jaeger, Zipkin and Datadog | ``nginx/nginx-ingress:2.4.1`` | arm/v7, arm64, amd64, ppc64le, s390x |
 |Ubi-based image | ``redhat/ubi8`` |  | ``nginx/nginx-ingress:2.4.1-ubi`` | arm64, amd64, s390x |
 {{% /table %}}
 
@@ -61,10 +61,10 @@ NGINX Plus images are available through the F5 Container registry `private-regis
 |Name | Base image | Third-party modules | F5 Container Registry Image | Architectures |
 | ---| ---| --- | --- | --- |
 |Alpine-based image | ``alpine:3.16`` | NGINX Plus JavaScript and OpenTracing modules, OpenTracing tracers for Jaeger, Zipkin and Datadog | `nginx-ic/nginx-plus-ingress:2.4.1-alpine` | arm64, amd64 |
-|Debian-based image | ``debian:bullseye-slim`` | NGINX Plus JavaScript and OpenTracing modules, OpenTracing tracers for Jaeger, Zipkin and Datadog | `nginx-ic/nginx-plus-ingress:2.4.1` | arm64, amd64 |
-|Debian-based image with App Protect WAF | ``debian:buster-slim`` | NGINX Plus App Protect WAF, JavaScript and OpenTracing modules, OpenTracing tracers for Jaeger, Zipkin and Datadog | `nginx-ic-nap/nginx-plus-ingress:2.4.1` | amd64 |
-|Debian-based image with App Protect DoS | ``debian:bullseye-slim`` | NGINX Plus App Protect DoS, JavaScript module and OpenTracing modules, OpenTracing tracers for Jaeger, Zipkin and Datadog | `nginx-ic-dos/nginx-plus-ingress:2.4.1` | amd64 |
-|Debian-based image with App Protect WAF and DoS | ``debian:buster-slim`` | NGINX Plus App Protect WAF, DoS, JavaScript and OpenTracing modules, OpenTracing tracers for Jaeger, Zipkin and Datadog | `nginx-ic-nap-dos/nginx-plus-ingress:2.4.1` | amd64 |
+|Debian-based image | ``debian:11-slim`` | NGINX Plus JavaScript and OpenTracing modules, OpenTracing tracers for Jaeger, Zipkin and Datadog | `nginx-ic/nginx-plus-ingress:2.4.1` | arm64, amd64 |
+|Debian-based image with App Protect WAF | ``debian:11-slim`` | NGINX Plus App Protect WAF, JavaScript and OpenTracing modules, OpenTracing tracers for Jaeger, Zipkin and Datadog | `nginx-ic-nap/nginx-plus-ingress:2.4.1` | amd64 |
+|Debian-based image with App Protect DoS | ``debian:11-slim`` | NGINX Plus App Protect DoS, JavaScript module and OpenTracing modules, OpenTracing tracers for Jaeger, Zipkin and Datadog | `nginx-ic-dos/nginx-plus-ingress:2.4.1` | amd64 |
+|Debian-based image with App Protect WAF and DoS | ``debian:11-slim`` | NGINX Plus App Protect WAF, DoS, JavaScript and OpenTracing modules, OpenTracing tracers for Jaeger, Zipkin and Datadog | `nginx-ic-nap-dos/nginx-plus-ingress:2.4.1` | amd64 |
 |Ubi-based image | ``redhat/ubi8`` | NGINX Plus JavaScript module | `nginx-ic/nginx-plus-ingress:2.4.1-ubi` | arm64, amd64, s390x |
 |Ubi-based image with App Protect WAF | ``redhat/ubi8`` | NGINX Plus App Protect WAF and JavaScript modules | `nginx-ic-nap/nginx-plus-ingress:2.4.1-ubi` | amd64 |
 |Ubi-based image with App Protect DoS | ``redhat/ubi8`` | NGINX Plus App Protect DoS and JavaScript modules | `nginx-ic-dos/nginx-plus-ingress:2.4.1-ubi` | amd64 |
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ We also provide NGINX Plus images through the AWS Marketplace. Please see [Using
 {{% table %}}
 |Name | Base image | Third-party modules | AWS Marketplace Link |
 | ---| ---| --- | --- |
-|Debian-based image | ``debian:bullseye-slim`` | NGINX Plus JavaScript and OpenTracing modules, OpenTracing tracers for Jaeger, Zipkin and Datadog | [NGINX Ingress Controller](https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-fx3faxl7zqeau) |
-|Debian-based image with App Protect | ``debian:buster-slim`` | NGINX Plus App Protect, JavaScript and OpenTracing modules, OpenTracing tracers for Jaeger, Zipkin and Datadog | [NGINX Ingress Controller with NGINX App Protect](https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-vnrnxbf6u3nra) |
+|Debian-based image | ``debian:11-slim`` | NGINX Plus JavaScript and OpenTracing modules, OpenTracing tracers for Jaeger, Zipkin and Datadog | [NGINX Ingress Controller](https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-fx3faxl7zqeau) |
+|Debian-based image with App Protect | ``debian:11-slim`` | NGINX Plus App Protect, JavaScript and OpenTracing modules, OpenTracing tracers for Jaeger, Zipkin and Datadog | [NGINX Ingress Controller with NGINX App Protect](https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-vnrnxbf6u3nra) |
 {{% /table %}}
 
 ### Custom Images