diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yaml b/.github/workflows/main.yaml
index 08a36218..fdc71726 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yaml
@@ -54,8 +54,10 @@ jobs:
           - service: aries-endorser-api
             GIT_REPO_URL: hyperledger/aries-endorser-service
             DOCKER_FILE_PATH: Dockerfile.endorser # The docker path, file, is the relative path to the docker file from the root of the repo.
-            SOURCE_CONTEXT_DIR: endorser          # The context dir, context, sets the context for the build. i.e. where the build will source files from
-
+            SOURCE_CONTEXT_DIR: endorser # The context dir, context, sets the context for the build. i.e. where the build will source files from
+            BASE_SOURCE_IMAGE_REGISTRY: artifacts.developer.gov.bc.ca/docker-remote/
+            BASE_SOURCE_IMAGE_NAME: python
+            BASE_SOURCE_IMAGE_TAG: 3.10-slim-buster
     outputs:
       aries-endorser-agent_digest: ${{ steps.digest.outputs.aries-endorser-agent_digest }} 
       aries-endorser-backup_digest: ${{ steps.digest.outputs.aries-endorser-backup_digest }} 
@@ -122,6 +124,18 @@ jobs:
           type=semver,pattern={{major}}.{{minor}}
           type=semver,pattern={{major}}
           type=sha,value=latest
+
+    - name: Update Docker base image
+      if: ${{ matrix.BASE_SOURCE_IMAGE_REGISTRY }} != "" && contains(fromJSON('["aries-endorser-agent","aries-endorser-backup","aries-endorser-api","aries-endorser-proxy"]'), matrix.service)
+      run: |
+        BASE_IMAGE=${BASE_SOURCE_IMAGE_REGISTRY}${BASE_SOURCE_IMAGE_NAME}:${BASE_SOURCE_IMAGE_TAG}
+        sed -i "/FROM .*/FROM ${BASE_IMAGE}/g"  ${file}
+      env:
+        context: ${{ matrix.SOURCE_CONTEXT_DIR }}
+        BASE_SOURCE_IMAGE_REGISTRY: ${{ matrix.BASE_SOURCE_IMAGE_REGISTRY }}
+        BASE_SOURCE_IMAGE_NAME: ${{ matrix.BASE_SOURCE_IMAGE_NAME }}
+        BASE_SOURCE_IMAGE_TAG: ${{ matrix.BASE_SOURCE_IMAGE_TAG }}
+        file: ${{ matrix.SOURCE_CONTEXT_DIR }}/${{ matrix.DOCKER_FILE_PATH }}   
     
     - name: Build and push Docker image
       id: docker_build
@@ -187,42 +201,42 @@ jobs:
         echo "${{ matrix.service }}_digest=${digest}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
         cat $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
-  deploy2dev:
-    needs: build
-    env:
-      ENVIRONMENT: dev           
-    permissions:
-      packages: write
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    environment: dev
-    strategy:
-      # Serialize the deployments
-      max-parallel: 1
-      matrix:
-        include:
-          - service: aries-endorser-db
-          - service: aries-endorser-agent
-          - service: aries-endorser-backup
-          - service: aries-endorser-proxy
-          - service: aries-endorser-api
+  # deploy2dev:
+  #   needs: build
+  #   env:
+  #     ENVIRONMENT: dev           
+  #   permissions:
+  #     packages: write
+  #   runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+  #   environment: dev
+  #   strategy:
+  #     # Serialize the deployments
+  #     max-parallel: 1
+  #     matrix:
+  #       include:
+  #         - service: aries-endorser-db
+  #         - service: aries-endorser-agent
+  #         - service: aries-endorser-backup
+  #         - service: aries-endorser-proxy
+  #         - service: aries-endorser-api
   
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+  #   steps:
+  #     - name: Checkout
+  #       uses: actions/checkout@v4
   
-      - name: Deploy to ${{ env.ENVIRONMENT }}
-        uses: ./.github/workflows/actions/deploy
-        with:
-          environment: ${{ env.ENVIRONMENT }}
-          ghcr_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          github_image_name: ${{ env.GITHUB_IMAGE_REPO }}${{ matrix.service }}
-          image_digest: ${{ needs.build.outputs[format ('{0}_digest', matrix.service)] }}
-          openshift_image_name: ${{ env.OPENSHIFT_IMAGE_REPO }}${{ matrix.service }}
-          openshift_server_url: ${{ vars.OPENSHIFT_SERVER_URL }}
-          namespace: ${{ vars.NAMESPACE }}
-          deployment_configuration: ${{ matrix.service }}
-          openshift_token: ${{ secrets.OPENSHIFT_TOKEN }}
-          rocketchat_webhook: ${{ secrets.ROCKETCHAT_WEBHOOK }}
+  #     - name: Deploy to ${{ env.ENVIRONMENT }}
+  #       uses: ./.github/workflows/actions/deploy
+  #       with:
+  #         environment: ${{ env.ENVIRONMENT }}
+  #         ghcr_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+  #         github_image_name: ${{ env.GITHUB_IMAGE_REPO }}${{ matrix.service }}
+  #         image_digest: ${{ needs.build.outputs[format ('{0}_digest', matrix.service)] }}
+  #         openshift_image_name: ${{ env.OPENSHIFT_IMAGE_REPO }}${{ matrix.service }}
+  #         openshift_server_url: ${{ vars.OPENSHIFT_SERVER_URL }}
+  #         namespace: ${{ vars.NAMESPACE }}
+  #         deployment_configuration: ${{ matrix.service }}
+  #         openshift_token: ${{ secrets.OPENSHIFT_TOKEN }}
+  #         rocketchat_webhook: ${{ secrets.ROCKETCHAT_WEBHOOK }}
 
           # docker pull ghcr.io/bcgov/dts-endorser-service@sha256:57f946ab1053726ac6fcb71c85a98d355e926904ebe26db4798353668b3f6c68