diff --git a/__tests__/__packages__/cli-test-utils/CHANGELOG.md b/__tests__/__packages__/cli-test-utils/CHANGELOG.md
index 2218f50dfa..7a9c969370 100644
--- a/__tests__/__packages__/cli-test-utils/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/__tests__/__packages__/cli-test-utils/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 All notable changes to the Zowe CLI test utils package will be documented in this file.
 
-## Recent Changes
+## `8.7.1`
 
 - BugFix: Improved the error message shown on MacOS when `runCliScript` method fails to run script that is missing shebang line. [#2314](https://github.com/zowe/zowe-cli/pull/2314)
 
diff --git a/__tests__/__packages__/cli-test-utils/package.json b/__tests__/__packages__/cli-test-utils/package.json
index 5a40c21885..377845bbe9 100644
--- a/__tests__/__packages__/cli-test-utils/package.json
+++ b/__tests__/__packages__/cli-test-utils/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@zowe/cli-test-utils",
-  "version": "8.7.0",
+  "version": "8.7.1",
   "description": "Test utilities package for Zowe CLI plug-ins",
   "author": "Zowe",
   "license": "EPL-2.0",
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/js-yaml": "^4.0.9",
     "@types/uuid": "^10.0.0",
-    "@zowe/imperative": "8.7.0"
+    "@zowe/imperative": "8.7.1"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
     "@zowe/imperative": "^8.0.0"
diff --git a/__tests__/__packages__/cli-test-utils/src/TestUtils.ts b/__tests__/__packages__/cli-test-utils/src/TestUtils.ts
index 90cb8be95a..961f7fb2c2 100644
--- a/__tests__/__packages__/cli-test-utils/src/TestUtils.ts
+++ b/__tests__/__packages__/cli-test-utils/src/TestUtils.ts
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ export function runCliScript(scriptPath: string, testEnvironment: ITestEnvironme
             env: childEnv,
             encoding: "buffer"
         });
+        // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-magic-numbers
         if (process.platform === "darwin" && (response.error as ExecFileException)?.errno === -8) {
             throw new Error(`The script file ${path.basename(scriptPath)} failed to execute. Check that it starts with a shebang line.`);
         }
diff --git a/__tests__/__packages__/cli-test-utils/src/environment/TestEnvironment.ts b/__tests__/__packages__/cli-test-utils/src/environment/TestEnvironment.ts
index 2ebefad416..39efdcbd67 100644
--- a/__tests__/__packages__/cli-test-utils/src/environment/TestEnvironment.ts
+++ b/__tests__/__packages__/cli-test-utils/src/environment/TestEnvironment.ts
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ export class TestEnvironment {
     public static createUniqueTestDataDir(testName: string): string {
         const app = uuidv4() + "_" + testName + "/";
         const path = nodePath.resolve(TEST_RESULT_DATA_DIR + "/" + app);
-        IO.mkdirp(path);
+        IO.createDirSync(path);
         return path;
     }
 
diff --git a/lerna.json b/lerna.json
index 7f74212cf8..3f16794e20 100644
--- a/lerna.json
+++ b/lerna.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "version": "8.7.0",
+  "version": "8.7.1",
   "command": {
     "publish": {
       "ignoreChanges": [
diff --git a/npm-shrinkwrap.json b/npm-shrinkwrap.json
index 43a462220f..21b2fee8fa 100644
--- a/npm-shrinkwrap.json
+++ b/npm-shrinkwrap.json
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
     },
     "__tests__/__packages__/cli-test-utils": {
       "name": "@zowe/cli-test-utils",
-      "version": "8.7.0",
+      "version": "8.7.1",
       "license": "EPL-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "find-up": "^5.0.0",
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
       "devDependencies": {
         "@types/js-yaml": "^4.0.9",
         "@types/uuid": "^10.0.0",
-        "@zowe/imperative": "8.7.0"
+        "@zowe/imperative": "8.7.1"
       },
       "peerDependencies": {
         "@zowe/imperative": "^8.0.0"
@@ -16267,21 +16267,21 @@
     },
     "packages/cli": {
       "name": "@zowe/cli",
-      "version": "8.7.0",
+      "version": "8.7.1",
       "hasInstallScript": true,
       "license": "EPL-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
-        "@zowe/core-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.0",
-        "@zowe/imperative": "8.7.0",
-        "@zowe/provisioning-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.0",
-        "@zowe/zos-console-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.0",
-        "@zowe/zos-files-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.0",
-        "@zowe/zos-jobs-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.0",
-        "@zowe/zos-logs-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.0",
-        "@zowe/zos-tso-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.0",
-        "@zowe/zos-uss-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.0",
-        "@zowe/zos-workflows-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.0",
-        "@zowe/zosmf-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.0",
+        "@zowe/core-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.1",
+        "@zowe/imperative": "8.7.1",
+        "@zowe/provisioning-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.1",
+        "@zowe/zos-console-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.1",
+        "@zowe/zos-files-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.1",
+        "@zowe/zos-jobs-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.1",
+        "@zowe/zos-logs-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.1",
+        "@zowe/zos-tso-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.1",
+        "@zowe/zos-uss-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.1",
+        "@zowe/zos-workflows-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.1",
+        "@zowe/zosmf-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.1",
         "find-process": "1.4.7",
         "lodash": "4.17.21",
         "minimatch": "9.0.5",
@@ -16294,7 +16294,7 @@
         "@types/diff": "^5.0.9",
         "@types/lodash": "^4.17.6",
         "@types/tar": "^6.1.11",
-        "@zowe/cli-test-utils": "8.7.0",
+        "@zowe/cli-test-utils": "8.7.1",
         "comment-json": "^4.2.3",
         "strip-ansi": "^6.0.1",
         "which": "^4.0.0"
@@ -16350,15 +16350,15 @@
     },
     "packages/core": {
       "name": "@zowe/core-for-zowe-sdk",
-      "version": "8.7.0",
+      "version": "8.7.1",
       "license": "EPL-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "comment-json": "~4.2.3",
         "string-width": "^4.2.3"
       },
       "devDependencies": {
-        "@zowe/cli-test-utils": "8.7.0",
-        "@zowe/imperative": "8.7.0"
+        "@zowe/cli-test-utils": "8.7.1",
+        "@zowe/imperative": "8.7.1"
       },
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=18.12.0"
@@ -16369,7 +16369,7 @@
     },
     "packages/imperative": {
       "name": "@zowe/imperative",
-      "version": "8.7.0",
+      "version": "8.7.1",
       "license": "EPL-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "@types/yargs": "^17.0.32",
@@ -16563,16 +16563,16 @@
     },
     "packages/provisioning": {
       "name": "@zowe/provisioning-for-zowe-sdk",
-      "version": "8.7.0",
+      "version": "8.7.1",
       "license": "EPL-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "js-yaml": "^4.1.0"
       },
       "devDependencies": {
         "@types/js-yaml": "^4.0.9",
-        "@zowe/cli-test-utils": "8.7.0",
-        "@zowe/core-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.0",
-        "@zowe/imperative": "8.7.0"
+        "@zowe/cli-test-utils": "8.7.1",
+        "@zowe/core-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.1",
+        "@zowe/imperative": "8.7.1"
       },
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=18.12.0"
@@ -16597,15 +16597,15 @@
     },
     "packages/workflows": {
       "name": "@zowe/zos-workflows-for-zowe-sdk",
-      "version": "8.7.0",
+      "version": "8.7.1",
       "license": "EPL-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
-        "@zowe/zos-files-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.0"
+        "@zowe/zos-files-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.1"
       },
       "devDependencies": {
-        "@zowe/cli-test-utils": "8.7.0",
-        "@zowe/core-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.0",
-        "@zowe/imperative": "8.7.0"
+        "@zowe/cli-test-utils": "8.7.1",
+        "@zowe/core-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.1",
+        "@zowe/imperative": "8.7.1"
       },
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=18.12.0"
@@ -16617,12 +16617,12 @@
     },
     "packages/zosconsole": {
       "name": "@zowe/zos-console-for-zowe-sdk",
-      "version": "8.7.0",
+      "version": "8.7.1",
       "license": "EPL-2.0",
       "devDependencies": {
-        "@zowe/cli-test-utils": "8.7.0",
-        "@zowe/core-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.0",
-        "@zowe/imperative": "8.7.0"
+        "@zowe/cli-test-utils": "8.7.1",
+        "@zowe/core-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.1",
+        "@zowe/imperative": "8.7.1"
       },
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=18.12.0"
@@ -16634,17 +16634,17 @@
     },
     "packages/zosfiles": {
       "name": "@zowe/zos-files-for-zowe-sdk",
-      "version": "8.7.0",
+      "version": "8.7.1",
       "license": "EPL-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "lodash": "^4.17.21",
         "minimatch": "^9.0.5"
       },
       "devDependencies": {
-        "@zowe/cli-test-utils": "8.7.0",
-        "@zowe/core-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.0",
-        "@zowe/imperative": "8.7.0",
-        "@zowe/zos-uss-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.0"
+        "@zowe/cli-test-utils": "8.7.1",
+        "@zowe/core-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.1",
+        "@zowe/imperative": "8.7.1",
+        "@zowe/zos-uss-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.1"
       },
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=18.12.0"
@@ -16676,15 +16676,15 @@
     },
     "packages/zosjobs": {
       "name": "@zowe/zos-jobs-for-zowe-sdk",
-      "version": "8.7.0",
+      "version": "8.7.1",
       "license": "EPL-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
-        "@zowe/zos-files-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.0"
+        "@zowe/zos-files-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.1"
       },
       "devDependencies": {
-        "@zowe/cli-test-utils": "8.7.0",
-        "@zowe/core-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.0",
-        "@zowe/imperative": "8.7.0"
+        "@zowe/cli-test-utils": "8.7.1",
+        "@zowe/core-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.1",
+        "@zowe/imperative": "8.7.1"
       },
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=18.12.0"
@@ -16696,12 +16696,12 @@
     },
     "packages/zoslogs": {
       "name": "@zowe/zos-logs-for-zowe-sdk",
-      "version": "8.7.0",
+      "version": "8.7.1",
       "license": "EPL-2.0",
       "devDependencies": {
-        "@zowe/cli-test-utils": "8.7.0",
-        "@zowe/core-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.0",
-        "@zowe/imperative": "8.7.0"
+        "@zowe/cli-test-utils": "8.7.1",
+        "@zowe/core-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.1",
+        "@zowe/imperative": "8.7.1"
       },
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=18.12.0"
@@ -16713,12 +16713,12 @@
     },
     "packages/zosmf": {
       "name": "@zowe/zosmf-for-zowe-sdk",
-      "version": "8.7.0",
+      "version": "8.7.1",
       "license": "EPL-2.0",
       "devDependencies": {
-        "@zowe/cli-test-utils": "8.7.0",
-        "@zowe/core-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.0",
-        "@zowe/imperative": "8.7.0"
+        "@zowe/cli-test-utils": "8.7.1",
+        "@zowe/core-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.1",
+        "@zowe/imperative": "8.7.1"
       },
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=18.12.0"
@@ -16730,15 +16730,15 @@
     },
     "packages/zostso": {
       "name": "@zowe/zos-tso-for-zowe-sdk",
-      "version": "8.7.0",
+      "version": "8.7.1",
       "license": "EPL-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
-        "@zowe/zosmf-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.0"
+        "@zowe/zosmf-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.1"
       },
       "devDependencies": {
-        "@zowe/cli-test-utils": "8.7.0",
-        "@zowe/core-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.0",
-        "@zowe/imperative": "8.7.0"
+        "@zowe/cli-test-utils": "8.7.1",
+        "@zowe/core-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.1",
+        "@zowe/imperative": "8.7.1"
       },
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=18.12.0"
@@ -16750,15 +16750,15 @@
     },
     "packages/zosuss": {
       "name": "@zowe/zos-uss-for-zowe-sdk",
-      "version": "8.7.0",
+      "version": "8.7.1",
       "license": "EPL-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "ssh2": "^1.15.0"
       },
       "devDependencies": {
         "@types/ssh2": "^1.11.19",
-        "@zowe/cli-test-utils": "8.7.0",
-        "@zowe/imperative": "8.7.0"
+        "@zowe/cli-test-utils": "8.7.1",
+        "@zowe/imperative": "8.7.1"
       },
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=18.12.0"
diff --git a/packages/cli/__tests__/auth/__system__/__scripts__/auth_login_apiml_show_token.sh b/packages/cli/__tests__/auth/__system__/__scripts__/auth_login_apiml_show_token.sh
index bb1c005b18..5b29388f39 100755
--- a/packages/cli/__tests__/auth/__system__/__scripts__/auth_login_apiml_show_token.sh
+++ b/packages/cli/__tests__/auth/__system__/__scripts__/auth_login_apiml_show_token.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/bash
 set -e
 
 HOST=$1
diff --git a/packages/cli/__tests__/auth/__system__/__scripts__/auth_login_apiml_show_token_rfj.sh b/packages/cli/__tests__/auth/__system__/__scripts__/auth_login_apiml_show_token_rfj.sh
index e45ddbe86b..0039cbfc6f 100755
--- a/packages/cli/__tests__/auth/__system__/__scripts__/auth_login_apiml_show_token_rfj.sh
+++ b/packages/cli/__tests__/auth/__system__/__scripts__/auth_login_apiml_show_token_rfj.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/bash
 set -e
 
 HOST=$1
diff --git a/packages/cli/__tests__/auth/__system__/__scripts__/auth_logout_apiml_show_token.sh b/packages/cli/__tests__/auth/__system__/__scripts__/auth_logout_apiml_show_token.sh
index 0f6490c87a..8340fef941 100755
--- a/packages/cli/__tests__/auth/__system__/__scripts__/auth_logout_apiml_show_token.sh
+++ b/packages/cli/__tests__/auth/__system__/__scripts__/auth_logout_apiml_show_token.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/bash
 set -e
 
 HOST=$1
diff --git a/packages/cli/__tests__/zosjobs/__system__/download/cli.zos-jobs.download.output.system.test.ts b/packages/cli/__tests__/zosjobs/__system__/download/cli.zos-jobs.download.output.system.test.ts
index c646971f07..d1be44eee1 100644
--- a/packages/cli/__tests__/zosjobs/__system__/download/cli.zos-jobs.download.output.system.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/__tests__/zosjobs/__system__/download/cli.zos-jobs.download.output.system.test.ts
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ import { ITestEnvironment } from "../../../../../../__tests__/__src__/environmen
 import { runCliScript } from "@zowe/cli-test-utils";
 import { ITestPropertiesSchema } from "../../../../../../__tests__/__src__/properties/ITestPropertiesSchema";
 import * as fs from "fs";
-import { Session } from "@zowe/imperative";
-import { GetJobs } from "@zowe/zos-jobs-for-zowe-sdk";
 
 // Test Environment populated in the beforeAll();
 let TEST_ENVIRONMENT: ITestEnvironment<ITestPropertiesSchema>;
@@ -49,14 +47,14 @@ describe("zos-jobs download output command", () => {
         it("should download a job and wait for it to reach output status", async () => {
             const response = runCliScript(__dirname + "/__scripts__/download-output/download_job_wait_for_output.sh",
                 TEST_ENVIRONMENT, [IEFBR14_JCL]);
-                expect(response.stderr.toString()).toBe("");
-                expect(response.status).toBe(0);
+            expect(response.stderr.toString()).toBe("");
+            expect(response.status).toBe(0);
         });
         it("should download a job and wait for it to reach active status", async () => {
             const response = runCliScript(__dirname + "/__scripts__/download-output/download_job_wait_for_active.sh",
                 TEST_ENVIRONMENT, [IEFBR14_JCL]);
-                expect(response.stderr.toString()).toBe("");
-                expect(response.status).toBe(0);
+            expect(response.stderr.toString()).toBe("");
+            expect(response.status).toBe(0);
         });
     });
     describe("output", () => {
diff --git a/packages/cli/package.json b/packages/cli/package.json
index 02199be485..78fa7595eb 100644
--- a/packages/cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/cli/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@zowe/cli",
-  "version": "8.7.0",
+  "version": "8.7.1",
   "zoweVersion": "v3.0.0",
   "description": "Zowe CLI is a command line interface (CLI) that provides a simple and streamlined way to interact with IBM z/OS.",
   "author": "Zowe",
@@ -58,17 +58,17 @@
     "preshrinkwrap": "node ../../scripts/rewriteShrinkwrap.js"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@zowe/core-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.0",
-    "@zowe/imperative": "8.7.0",
-    "@zowe/provisioning-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.0",
-    "@zowe/zos-console-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.0",
-    "@zowe/zos-files-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.0",
-    "@zowe/zos-jobs-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.0",
-    "@zowe/zos-logs-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.0",
-    "@zowe/zos-tso-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.0",
-    "@zowe/zos-uss-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.0",
-    "@zowe/zos-workflows-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.0",
-    "@zowe/zosmf-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.0",
+    "@zowe/core-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.1",
+    "@zowe/imperative": "8.7.1",
+    "@zowe/provisioning-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.1",
+    "@zowe/zos-console-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.1",
+    "@zowe/zos-files-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.1",
+    "@zowe/zos-jobs-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.1",
+    "@zowe/zos-logs-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.1",
+    "@zowe/zos-tso-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.1",
+    "@zowe/zos-uss-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.1",
+    "@zowe/zos-workflows-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.1",
+    "@zowe/zosmf-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.1",
     "find-process": "1.4.7",
     "lodash": "4.17.21",
     "minimatch": "9.0.5",
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
     "@types/diff": "^5.0.9",
     "@types/lodash": "^4.17.6",
     "@types/tar": "^6.1.11",
-    "@zowe/cli-test-utils": "8.7.0",
+    "@zowe/cli-test-utils": "8.7.1",
     "comment-json": "^4.2.3",
     "strip-ansi": "^6.0.1",
     "which": "^4.0.0"
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/daemon/DaemonUtil.ts b/packages/cli/src/daemon/DaemonUtil.ts
index 9809cc46e7..fe54adaa06 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/daemon/DaemonUtil.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/daemon/DaemonUtil.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ export class DaemonUtil {
         }
         if (!IO.existsSync(daemonDir)) {
             try {
-                IO.mkdirp(daemonDir);
+                IO.createDirSync(daemonDir);
                 const ownerReadWriteTraverse = 0o700;
                 fs.chmodSync(daemonDir, ownerReadWriteTraverse);
             } catch(err) {
diff --git a/packages/core/package.json b/packages/core/package.json
index ff642b9554..14d9284023 100644
--- a/packages/core/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@zowe/core-for-zowe-sdk",
-  "version": "8.7.0",
+  "version": "8.7.1",
   "description": "Core libraries shared by Zowe SDK packages",
   "author": "Zowe",
   "license": "EPL-2.0",
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@
     "string-width": "^4.2.3"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@zowe/cli-test-utils": "8.7.0",
-    "@zowe/imperative": "8.7.0"
+    "@zowe/cli-test-utils": "8.7.1",
+    "@zowe/imperative": "8.7.1"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
     "@zowe/imperative": "^8.0.0"
diff --git a/packages/imperative/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/imperative/CHANGELOG.md
index 1e97c1fb58..d42d1c5454 100644
--- a/packages/imperative/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/imperative/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 All notable changes to the Imperative package will be documented in this file.
 
+## `8.7.1`
+
+- BugFix: Deprecated `IO` functions `createDirsSync` and `mkdirp` due to code duplication. Please use `createDirSync` instead. [#2352](https://github.com/zowe/zowe-cli/pull/2352)
+
 ## `8.7.0`
 
 - Enhancement: Added optional `proxy` object to ISession interface for extenders to pass a ProxyVariables object that would override the environment variables if in place. [#2330](https://github.com/zowe/zowe-cli/pull/2330)
diff --git a/packages/imperative/__tests__/__integration__/imperative/__tests__/__integration__/cli/config/convert-profiles/cli.imperative-test-cli.config.convert-profiles.integration.subtest.ts b/packages/imperative/__tests__/__integration__/imperative/__tests__/__integration__/cli/config/convert-profiles/cli.imperative-test-cli.config.convert-profiles.integration.subtest.ts
index 8025b02006..2d222e1ad5 100644
--- a/packages/imperative/__tests__/__integration__/imperative/__tests__/__integration__/cli/config/convert-profiles/cli.imperative-test-cli.config.convert-profiles.integration.subtest.ts
+++ b/packages/imperative/__tests__/__integration__/imperative/__tests__/__integration__/cli/config/convert-profiles/cli.imperative-test-cli.config.convert-profiles.integration.subtest.ts
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ describe("imperative-test-cli config convert-profiles", () => {
         if (fs.existsSync(configJsonPath)) {
             fs.unlinkSync(configJsonPath);
         }
-        fsExtra.removeSync(TEST_ENVIRONMENT.workingDir + "/profiles-old");
+        fs.rmSync(TEST_ENVIRONMENT.workingDir + "/profiles-old", {recursive: true, force: true});
     });
 
     it("should display the help", () => {
diff --git a/packages/imperative/__tests__/__src__/environment/SetupTestEnvironment.ts b/packages/imperative/__tests__/__src__/environment/SetupTestEnvironment.ts
index 2f65efca32..d28432513f 100644
--- a/packages/imperative/__tests__/__src__/environment/SetupTestEnvironment.ts
+++ b/packages/imperative/__tests__/__src__/environment/SetupTestEnvironment.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import { ISetupEnvironmentParms } from "./doc/parms/ISetupEnvironmentParms";
 import { ImperativeExpect } from "../../../src";
 import * as nodePath from "path";
 import { TEST_RESULT_DATA_DIR } from "../TestConstants";
-import { mkdirpSync } from "fs-extra";
+import { mkdirSync } from "fs";
 import { ITestEnvironment } from "./doc/response/ITestEnvironment";
 import { v4 as uuidv4 } from "uuid";
 
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ export class SetupTestEnvironment {
     public static createUniqueTestDataDir(testName: string): string {
         const app = uuidv4() + "_" + testName + "/";
         const path = nodePath.resolve(TEST_RESULT_DATA_DIR + "/" + app);
-        mkdirpSync(path);
+        mkdirSync(path, {recursive: true});
         return path;
     }
 }
diff --git a/packages/imperative/__tests__/src/TestUtil.ts b/packages/imperative/__tests__/src/TestUtil.ts
index 1f2693f558..1e74262900 100644
--- a/packages/imperative/__tests__/src/TestUtil.ts
+++ b/packages/imperative/__tests__/src/TestUtil.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import { ICommandResponse } from "../../src/cmd";
 import { ICompareParms } from "./doc/ICompareParms";
 import { TestLogger } from "./TestLogger";
 import * as nodePath from "path";
-import { mkdirpSync } from "fs-extra";
 import * as fs from "fs";
 import { randomBytes } from "crypto";
 import * as os from "os";
@@ -410,7 +409,7 @@ export function compareJsonObjects(actual: any, expected: any, parms?: ICompareP
 export function createUniqueTestDataDir(append = ""): string {
     const app = uuidv4() + "/" + append + "/";
     const path = nodePath.resolve(TEST_RESULT_DIR + "/data/" + app);
-    mkdirpSync(path);
+    fs.mkdirSync(path, {recursive: true});
     return path;
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/imperative/__tests__/src/packages/imperative/__integration__/PluginManagementFacility.integration.subtest.ts b/packages/imperative/__tests__/src/packages/imperative/__integration__/PluginManagementFacility.integration.subtest.ts
index f3d91af151..04c3a59205 100644
--- a/packages/imperative/__tests__/src/packages/imperative/__integration__/PluginManagementFacility.integration.subtest.ts
+++ b/packages/imperative/__tests__/src/packages/imperative/__integration__/PluginManagementFacility.integration.subtest.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ describe("Plugin Management Facility", () => {
          * expect to see them.
          */
         const namespaceDirPath = join(testCliNodeModulePath, "@zowe");
-        IO.mkdirp(namespaceDirPath);
+        IO.createDirSync(namespaceDirPath);
         const testCliImpSymLink = join(namespaceDirPath, "imperative");
         IO.createSymlinkToDir(testCliImpSymLink, impLibDir);
     });
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ describe("Plugin Management Facility", () => {
         T.rimraf(home);
         // Some test may still need this directory to exists in order to spawn zowe commands in that location
         // (e.g. node --require ts-node/register <absolute-path-for-TestCLI.ts> config init)
-        IO.mkdirp(home);
+        IO.createDirSync(home);
     });
 
     afterAll(() => {
diff --git a/packages/imperative/package.json b/packages/imperative/package.json
index be8a6d11cc..5313526dbf 100644
--- a/packages/imperative/package.json
+++ b/packages/imperative/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@zowe/imperative",
-  "version": "8.7.0",
+  "version": "8.7.1",
   "description": "framework for building configurable CLIs",
   "author": "Zowe",
   "license": "EPL-2.0",
diff --git a/packages/imperative/src/cmd/__tests__/help/WebHelpGenerator.unit.test.ts b/packages/imperative/src/cmd/__tests__/help/WebHelpGenerator.unit.test.ts
index 814a3298c2..41b6910825 100644
--- a/packages/imperative/src/cmd/__tests__/help/WebHelpGenerator.unit.test.ts
+++ b/packages/imperative/src/cmd/__tests__/help/WebHelpGenerator.unit.test.ts
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ describe("WebHelpGenerator", () => {
              */
             const webHelpDocsDirNm = webHelpDirNm + "/docs";
             if (!existsSync(webHelpDocsDirNm)) {
-                IO.mkdirp(webHelpDocsDirNm);
+                IO.createDirSync(webHelpDocsDirNm);
             }
 
             const webHelpGen = new WebHelpGenerator(
diff --git a/packages/imperative/src/cmd/__tests__/help/WebHelpManager.unit.test.ts b/packages/imperative/src/cmd/__tests__/help/WebHelpManager.unit.test.ts
index 8ab28c75fa..30b0af9ce2 100644
--- a/packages/imperative/src/cmd/__tests__/help/WebHelpManager.unit.test.ts
+++ b/packages/imperative/src/cmd/__tests__/help/WebHelpManager.unit.test.ts
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ describe("WebHelpManager", () => {
                 // ensure that the plugins directory exists
                 instPluginsFileNm = path.join(mockCliHome, "plugins");
                 if (!fs.existsSync(instPluginsFileNm)) {
-                    IO.mkdirp(instPluginsFileNm);
+                    IO.createDirSync(instPluginsFileNm);
                 }
 
                 // add the plugins file name to the directory, and create an empty object
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ describe("WebHelpManager", () => {
                 */
                 const webHelpDocsDirNm = webHelpDirNm + "/docs";
                 if (!fs.existsSync(webHelpDocsDirNm)) {
-                    IO.mkdirp(webHelpDocsDirNm);
+                    IO.createDirSync(webHelpDocsDirNm);
                 }
             });
 
diff --git a/packages/imperative/src/config/__tests__/ConvertV1Profiles.unit.test.ts b/packages/imperative/src/config/__tests__/ConvertV1Profiles.unit.test.ts
index a842f4e953..7b672387ae 100644
--- a/packages/imperative/src/config/__tests__/ConvertV1Profiles.unit.test.ts
+++ b/packages/imperative/src/config/__tests__/ConvertV1Profiles.unit.test.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 jest.mock("jsonfile");
 
 import * as fs from "fs";
-import * as fsExtra from "fs-extra";
 import * as jsonfile from "jsonfile";
 import { CredentialManagerFactory } from "../..";
 import { ConvertV1Profiles } from "../";
@@ -834,7 +833,7 @@ describe("ConvertV1Profiles tests", () => {
             beforeAll(() => {
                 ConvertV1Profiles["oldProfilesDir"] = oldProfileDir;
                 existsSyncSpy = jest.spyOn(fs, "existsSync");
-                removeSyncSpy = jest.spyOn(fsExtra, "removeSync");
+                removeSyncSpy = jest.spyOn(fs, "rmSync");
             });
 
             beforeEach(() => {
@@ -907,7 +906,7 @@ describe("ConvertV1Profiles tests", () => {
                 existsSyncSpy.mockReturnValue(true);
 
                 // pretend that remove crashed
-                const removeError = "fsExtra.removeSync threw a horrible error";
+                const removeError = "fs.rmSync threw a horrible error";
                 removeSyncSpy.mockImplementation(() => {
                     throw new Error(removeError);
                 });
diff --git a/packages/imperative/src/config/src/ConvertV1Profiles.ts b/packages/imperative/src/config/src/ConvertV1Profiles.ts
index 7fcc7e1bd5..deddb1438d 100644
--- a/packages/imperative/src/config/src/ConvertV1Profiles.ts
+++ b/packages/imperative/src/config/src/ConvertV1Profiles.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 import * as fs from "fs";
 import * as path from "path";
 import { readFileSync } from "jsonfile";
-import { removeSync } from "fs-extra";
 import stripAnsi = require("strip-ansi");
 import { V1ProfileRead, ProfilesConstants, ProfileUtils } from "../../profiles";
 import { Config } from "./Config";
@@ -446,7 +445,7 @@ export class ConvertV1Profiles {
         // Delete the profiles directory
         try {
             if (fs.existsSync(ConvertV1Profiles.oldProfilesDir)) {
-                removeSync(ConvertV1Profiles.oldProfilesDir);
+                fs.rmSync(ConvertV1Profiles.oldProfilesDir, {recursive: true});
                 ConvertV1Profiles.addToConvertMsgs(
                     ConvertMsgFmt.REPORT_LINE | ConvertMsgFmt.PARAGRAPH,
                     `Deleted the old profiles directory ${ConvertV1Profiles.oldProfilesDir}.`
diff --git a/packages/imperative/src/imperative/__tests__/plugins/PluginManagementFacility.unit.test.ts b/packages/imperative/src/imperative/__tests__/plugins/PluginManagementFacility.unit.test.ts
index 35dd35707e..90db06ae8d 100644
--- a/packages/imperative/src/imperative/__tests__/plugins/PluginManagementFacility.unit.test.ts
+++ b/packages/imperative/src/imperative/__tests__/plugins/PluginManagementFacility.unit.test.ts
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ describe("Plugin Management Facility", () => {
         existsSync: jest.spyOn(fs, "existsSync"),
         writeFileSync: jest.spyOn(jsonfile, "writeFileSync"),
         readFileSync: jest.spyOn(jsonfile, "readFileSync"),
-        mkdirp: jest.spyOn(IO, "mkdirp")
+        mkdirp: jest.spyOn(IO, "createDirSync")
     };
 
     /* Put a base CLI config into ImperativeConfig. It is required by infrastructure
diff --git a/packages/imperative/src/imperative/src/plugins/PluginManagementFacility.ts b/packages/imperative/src/imperative/src/plugins/PluginManagementFacility.ts
index bb152f156b..bfba9258ae 100644
--- a/packages/imperative/src/imperative/src/plugins/PluginManagementFacility.ts
+++ b/packages/imperative/src/imperative/src/plugins/PluginManagementFacility.ts
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ export class PluginManagementFacility {
         if (!existsSync(this.pmfConst.PLUGIN_JSON)) {
             if (!existsSync(this.pmfConst.PMF_ROOT)) {
                 this.impLogger.debug("Creating PMF_ROOT directory");
-                IO.mkdirp(this.pmfConst.PMF_ROOT);
+                IO.createDirSync(this.pmfConst.PMF_ROOT);
             }
 
             this.impLogger.debug("Creating PLUGIN_JSON file");
diff --git a/packages/imperative/src/io/__tests__/IO.unit.test.ts b/packages/imperative/src/io/__tests__/IO.unit.test.ts
index 717ba989ea..d2cf071737 100644
--- a/packages/imperative/src/io/__tests__/IO.unit.test.ts
+++ b/packages/imperative/src/io/__tests__/IO.unit.test.ts
@@ -119,20 +119,10 @@ describe("IO tests", () => {
         expect(fnFm).toHaveBeenCalled();
     });
 
-    it("should not create a dir if file exists", () => {
-        existsSyncSpy = jest.spyOn(fs, "existsSync").mockReturnValue(true);
-        const fnFm = jest.mocked(fs.mkdirSync);
-        fnFm.mockImplementation(((file: fs.PathLike) => {
-            return; // do nothing but pretend to write
-        }) as any);
-        IO.createDirSync("pretend/already/exists");
-        expect(existsSyncSpy).toHaveBeenCalled();
-        expect(fnFm).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-    });
-
     it("should get an error for no input on createDirsSync", () => {
         let error;
         try {
+            // eslint-disable-next-line deprecation/deprecation
             IO.createDirsSync("   ");
         } catch (thrownError) {
             error = thrownError;
@@ -152,44 +142,9 @@ describe("IO tests", () => {
         });
         const willBeADir = ["pretend", "to", "create"];
         const dir = willBeADir.join(path.posix.sep);
+        // eslint-disable-next-line deprecation/deprecation
         IO.createDirsSync(dir);
-        expect(fnFm).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(willBeADir.length);
-    });
-
-    it("should not create several dirs if dirs already exist", () => {
-        existsSyncSpy = jest.spyOn(fs, "existsSync").mockReturnValue(true);
-        const fnFm = jest.mocked(fs.mkdirSync);
-        fnFm.mockImplementation(((file: fs.PathLike) => {
-            return; // do nothing but pretend to write
-        }) as any);
-        const fnPr = jest.mocked(path.resolve);
-        fnPr.mockImplementation((...pathSegments: any[]) => {
-            return pathSegments[0];
-        });
-        const willBeADir = ["pretend", "to", "create"];
-        const dir = willBeADir.join(path.posix.sep);
-        IO.createDirsSync(dir);
-        expect(fnFm).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-    });
-
-    it("should only create dirs that do not exist", () => {
-        // pretend that only one of our directories exist
-        const willBeADir = ["pretend", "to", "create"];
-        existsSyncSpy = jest.spyOn(fs, "existsSync")
-            .mockReturnValue(false)
-            .mockReturnValueOnce(true);
-
-        const fnFm = jest.mocked(fs.mkdirSync);
-        fnFm.mockImplementation(((file: fs.PathLike) => {
-            return; // do nothing but pretend to write
-        }) as any);
-        const fnPr = jest.mocked(path.resolve);
-        fnPr.mockImplementation((...pathSegments: any[]) => {
-            return pathSegments[0];
-        });
-        const dir = willBeADir.join(path.posix.sep);
-        IO.createDirsSync(dir);
-        expect(fnFm).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(willBeADir.length - 1);
+        expect(fnFm).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
     });
 
     it("should create several dirs if dirs do not exist from input file", () => {
@@ -211,55 +166,7 @@ describe("IO tests", () => {
         const willBeADir = ["pretend", "to", "create", "test.txt"];
         const dir = willBeADir.join(path.posix.sep);
         IO.createDirsSyncFromFilePath(dir);
-        expect(fnFm).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(willBeADir.length - 1);
-    });
-
-    it("should not create several dirs if dirs already exist from input file", () => {
-        existsSyncSpy = jest.spyOn(fs, "existsSync").mockReturnValue(true);
-        const fnFm = jest.mocked(fs.mkdirSync);
-        fnFm.mockImplementation(((file: fs.PathLike) => {
-            return; // do nothing but pretend to write
-        }) as any);
-        const fnPr = jest.mocked(path.resolve);
-        fnPr.mockImplementation((...pathSegments: any[]) => {
-            return pathSegments[0];
-        });
-        const fnPd = jest.mocked(path.dirname);
-        fnPd.mockImplementation(((...pathSegments: any[]) => {
-            const toDir: string[] = pathSegments[0].split(path.posix.sep);
-            toDir.pop();
-            return toDir.join(path.posix.sep);
-        }) as any);
-        const willBeADir = ["pretend", "to", "create", "test.txt"];
-        const dir = willBeADir.join(path.posix.sep);
-        IO.createDirsSyncFromFilePath(dir);
-        expect(fnFm).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-    });
-
-    it("should only create dirs that do not exist from input file", () => {
-        // pretend that only one of our three directories exist
-        const willBeADir = ["pretend", "to", "create", "test.txt"];
-        existsSyncSpy = jest.spyOn(fs, "existsSync")
-            .mockReturnValue(false)
-            .mockReturnValueOnce(true);
-
-        const fnFm = jest.mocked(fs.mkdirSync);
-        fnFm.mockImplementation(((file: fs.PathLike) => {
-            return; // do nothing but pretend to write
-        }) as any);
-        const fnPr = jest.mocked(path.resolve);
-        fnPr.mockImplementation((...pathSegments: any[]) => {
-            return pathSegments[0];
-        });
-        const fnPd = jest.mocked(path.dirname);
-        fnPd.mockImplementation(((...pathSegments: any[]) => {
-            const toDir: string[] = pathSegments[0].split(path.posix.sep);
-            toDir.pop();
-            return toDir.join(path.posix.sep);
-        }) as any);
-        const dir = willBeADir.join(path.posix.sep);
-        IO.createDirsSyncFromFilePath(dir);
-        expect(fnFm).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(willBeADir.length - 2);
+        expect(fnFm).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
     });
 
     it("processNewLines should replace LF line endings with CRLF on Windows", () => {
@@ -279,6 +186,7 @@ describe("IO tests", () => {
     it("should get an error for no input on mkdirp", () => {
         let error;
         try {
+            // eslint-disable-next-line deprecation/deprecation
             IO.mkdirp("   ");
         } catch (thrownError) {
             error = thrownError;
diff --git a/packages/imperative/src/io/src/IO.ts b/packages/imperative/src/io/src/IO.ts
index 8159c7bb0a..6c23611f3c 100644
--- a/packages/imperative/src/io/src/IO.ts
+++ b/packages/imperative/src/io/src/IO.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import { ImperativeExpect } from "../../expect";
 // use complete path to ExecUtils to avoid circular dependency that results from utilities/index
 import { ExecUtils } from "../../utilities/src/ExecUtils";
 import { Readable, Writable } from "stream";
-import { mkdirpSync } from "fs-extra";
 
 /**
  * This class will handle common sequences of node I/O and issue messages /
@@ -109,7 +108,7 @@ export class IO {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Create a directory if it does not yet exist synchronously.
+     * Create a directory and all subdirectories if they do not yet exist synchronously.
      * @static
      * @param  {string} dir - directory to create
      * @return {undefined}
@@ -117,9 +116,7 @@ export class IO {
      */
     public static createDirSync(dir: string) {
         ImperativeExpect.toBeDefinedAndNonBlank(dir, "dir");
-        if (!IO.existsSync(dir)) {
-            fs.mkdirSync(dir);
-        }
+        fs.mkdirSync(dir, {recursive: true});
     }
 
     /**
@@ -129,19 +126,10 @@ export class IO {
      * @static
      * @param {string} dir - directory to create all sub directories for
      * @memberof IO
+     * @deprecated Please use IO.createDirSync
      */
     public static createDirsSync(dir: string) {
-        ImperativeExpect.toBeDefinedAndNonBlank(dir, "dir");
-        // we're splitting on a specific separator character, so replace \ with /
-        // before splitting
-        const dirs = path.resolve(dir).replace(/\\/g, path.posix.sep).split(path.posix.sep);
-
-        let createDir: string = "";
-        for (const crDir of dirs) {
-
-            createDir += crDir + path.posix.sep;
-            IO.createDirSync(createDir);
-        }
+        IO.createDirSync(dir);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -155,7 +143,7 @@ export class IO {
      */
     public static createDirsSyncFromFilePath(filePath: string) {
         ImperativeExpect.toBeDefinedAndNonBlank(filePath, "filePath");
-        IO.createDirsSync(path.dirname(filePath));
+        IO.createDirSync(path.dirname(filePath));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -198,14 +186,15 @@ export class IO {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Uses the fs-extra package to create a directory (and all subdirectories)
+     * Create a directory and all subdirectories if they do not yet exist synchronously.
      * @static
      * @param {string} dir - the directory (do not include a file name)
      * @memberof IO
+     * @deprecated Please use IO.createDirSync
      */
     public static mkdirp(dir: string) {
         ImperativeExpect.toBeDefinedAndNonBlank(dir, "dir");
-        mkdirpSync(dir);
+        IO.createDirSync(dir);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/packages/imperative/src/operations/src/Operation.ts b/packages/imperative/src/operations/src/Operation.ts
index 5f66df8652..3e3179137b 100644
--- a/packages/imperative/src/operations/src/Operation.ts
+++ b/packages/imperative/src/operations/src/Operation.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 import { IOperationResult } from "./doc/IOperationResult";
 import { TaskStage } from "./TaskStage";
 import * as fs from "fs";
-import { removeSync } from "fs-extra";
 import { TextUtils } from "../../utilities";
 import { ITaskWithStatus } from "./doc/ITaskWithStatus";
 import { TaskProgress } from "./TaskProgress";
@@ -475,11 +474,7 @@ export abstract class Operation<T> implements ITaskWithStatus {
         for (let x = 0; x < order.length; x++) {
             this.log.info("Cleaning file: " + this.fileToUndo[x]);
             try {
-                if (fs.statSync(order[x]).isDirectory()) {
-                    removeSync(order[x]);
-                } else {
-                    fs.unlinkSync(order[x]);
-                }
+                fs.rmSync(order[x], {recursive: true, force: true});
             } catch (error) {
                 this.log.error("An error occurred deleting: " + order[x]);
                 this.log.error("Message: " + error.message);
diff --git a/packages/imperative/src/rest/__tests__/client/AbstractRestClient.unit.test.ts b/packages/imperative/src/rest/__tests__/client/AbstractRestClient.unit.test.ts
index e5d7a047ea..fcd7669552 100644
--- a/packages/imperative/src/rest/__tests__/client/AbstractRestClient.unit.test.ts
+++ b/packages/imperative/src/rest/__tests__/client/AbstractRestClient.unit.test.ts
@@ -1517,7 +1517,7 @@ describe("AbstractRestClient tests", () => {
                 const result = privateRestClient.buildOptions(resource, request, reqHeaders);
                 expect(Object.keys(result)).toContain('agent');
                 expect(headerSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith([{'Proxy-Authorization': restSession.ISession.proxy.proxy_authorization}]);
-            })
+            });
         });
     });
 });
diff --git a/packages/imperative/src/rest/__tests__/client/ProxySettings.unit.test.ts b/packages/imperative/src/rest/__tests__/client/ProxySettings.unit.test.ts
index e6b47f4d86..952b9e298f 100644
--- a/packages/imperative/src/rest/__tests__/client/ProxySettings.unit.test.ts
+++ b/packages/imperative/src/rest/__tests__/client/ProxySettings.unit.test.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ describe("Proxy tests", () => {
         const expected = {
             proxyUrl: passedUrl,
             protocol: HTTPS_PROTOCOL
-        }
+        };
 
         beforeEach(() => {
             jest.clearAllMocks();
diff --git a/packages/imperative/src/rest/src/client/AbstractRestClient.ts b/packages/imperative/src/rest/src/client/AbstractRestClient.ts
index 3d337bf125..0acdc37eed 100644
--- a/packages/imperative/src/rest/src/client/AbstractRestClient.ts
+++ b/packages/imperative/src/rest/src/client/AbstractRestClient.ts
@@ -476,9 +476,9 @@ export abstract class AbstractRestClient {
                 this.mLogger.info(`Proxy setting "${proxyUrl.href}" will not be used as hostname was found listed under "no_proxy" setting.`);
             } else {
                 this.mLogger.info(`Using the following proxy setting for the request: ${proxyUrl.href}`);
-                if (this.session.ISession?.proxy?.proxy_authorization) {
+                if (this.session.ISession.proxy?.proxy_authorization) {
                     reqHeaders.push({ 'Proxy-Authorization': this.session.ISession.proxy.proxy_authorization});
-                 }
+                }
                 options.agent = ProxySettings.getProxyAgent(this.session.ISession);
             }
         }
diff --git a/packages/imperative/src/utilities/__tests__/diff/WebDiffGenerator.unit.test.ts b/packages/imperative/src/utilities/__tests__/diff/WebDiffGenerator.unit.test.ts
index 0b32138381..d8f4330f66 100644
--- a/packages/imperative/src/utilities/__tests__/diff/WebDiffGenerator.unit.test.ts
+++ b/packages/imperative/src/utilities/__tests__/diff/WebDiffGenerator.unit.test.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ describe("WebDiffGenerator", () => {
         beforeAll(async () => {
             // checking if fakewebdiffdir exists or not
             if (!fs.existsSync(webDiffDir)) {
-                IO.mkdirp(webDiffDir);
+                IO.createDirSync(webDiffDir);
             }
         });
         afterAll(async () => {
diff --git a/packages/provisioning/package.json b/packages/provisioning/package.json
index e2e2125a0a..d583006ee5 100644
--- a/packages/provisioning/package.json
+++ b/packages/provisioning/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@zowe/provisioning-for-zowe-sdk",
-  "version": "8.7.0",
+  "version": "8.7.1",
   "description": "Zowe SDK to interact with the z/OS provisioning APIs",
   "author": "Zowe",
   "license": "EPL-2.0",
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/js-yaml": "^4.0.9",
-    "@zowe/cli-test-utils": "8.7.0",
-    "@zowe/core-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.0",
-    "@zowe/imperative": "8.7.0"
+    "@zowe/cli-test-utils": "8.7.1",
+    "@zowe/core-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.1",
+    "@zowe/imperative": "8.7.1"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
     "@zowe/core-for-zowe-sdk": "^8.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/workflows/package.json b/packages/workflows/package.json
index 55acc8c231..bbc9793180 100644
--- a/packages/workflows/package.json
+++ b/packages/workflows/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@zowe/zos-workflows-for-zowe-sdk",
-  "version": "8.7.0",
+  "version": "8.7.1",
   "description": "Zowe SDK to interact with the z/OS workflows APIs",
   "author": "Zowe",
   "license": "EPL-2.0",
@@ -45,12 +45,12 @@
     "prepack": "node ../../scripts/prepareLicenses.js"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@zowe/zos-files-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.0"
+    "@zowe/zos-files-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@zowe/cli-test-utils": "8.7.0",
-    "@zowe/core-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.0",
-    "@zowe/imperative": "8.7.0"
+    "@zowe/cli-test-utils": "8.7.1",
+    "@zowe/core-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.1",
+    "@zowe/imperative": "8.7.1"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
     "@zowe/core-for-zowe-sdk": "^8.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/zosconsole/package.json b/packages/zosconsole/package.json
index eed0982d91..0a2e6a243a 100644
--- a/packages/zosconsole/package.json
+++ b/packages/zosconsole/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@zowe/zos-console-for-zowe-sdk",
-  "version": "8.7.0",
+  "version": "8.7.1",
   "description": "Zowe SDK to interact with the z/OS console",
   "author": "Zowe",
   "license": "EPL-2.0",
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@
     "prepack": "node ../../scripts/prepareLicenses.js"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@zowe/cli-test-utils": "8.7.0",
-    "@zowe/core-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.0",
-    "@zowe/imperative": "8.7.0"
+    "@zowe/cli-test-utils": "8.7.1",
+    "@zowe/core-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.1",
+    "@zowe/imperative": "8.7.1"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
     "@zowe/core-for-zowe-sdk": "^8.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/zosfiles/package.json b/packages/zosfiles/package.json
index c11755fa64..cedba685a8 100644
--- a/packages/zosfiles/package.json
+++ b/packages/zosfiles/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@zowe/zos-files-for-zowe-sdk",
-  "version": "8.7.0",
+  "version": "8.7.1",
   "description": "Zowe SDK to interact with files and data sets on z/OS",
   "author": "Zowe",
   "license": "EPL-2.0",
@@ -50,10 +50,10 @@
     "minimatch": "^9.0.5"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@zowe/cli-test-utils": "8.7.0",
-    "@zowe/core-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.0",
-    "@zowe/imperative": "8.7.0",
-    "@zowe/zos-uss-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.0"
+    "@zowe/cli-test-utils": "8.7.1",
+    "@zowe/core-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.1",
+    "@zowe/imperative": "8.7.1",
+    "@zowe/zos-uss-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.1"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
     "@zowe/core-for-zowe-sdk": "^8.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/zosfiles/src/methods/upload/Upload.ts b/packages/zosfiles/src/methods/upload/Upload.ts
index b4d17b937a..e22d380712 100644
--- a/packages/zosfiles/src/methods/upload/Upload.ts
+++ b/packages/zosfiles/src/methods/upload/Upload.ts
@@ -876,8 +876,9 @@ export class Upload {
             }
         } else if(options.filesMap?.fileNames.indexOf(path.basename(localPath)) > -1) {
             tempOptions.binary = options.filesMap.binary;
+          
+            // Reset encoding to undefined if binary is true to avoid file tagging issues
 
-            //Reset encoding to undefined if binary is true to avoid file tagging issues
             if(tempOptions.binary) tempOptions.encoding = undefined;
         }
 
diff --git a/packages/zosjobs/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/zosjobs/CHANGELOG.md
index fc986d2800..46c4209895 100644
--- a/packages/zosjobs/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/zosjobs/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,10 +2,15 @@
 
 All notable changes to the Zowe z/OS jobs SDK package will be documented in this file.
 
+## `8.7.1`
+
+- BugFix: Fixed an error where the Delete Jobs API response was not returned if the `modifyVersion` parameter was not specified, even though it was available. [#2352](https://github.com/zowe/zowe-cli/pull/2352)
+
 ## `8.7.0`
 - Enhancement: Added waitForOutput & waitForActive as optional parameters to download on zosjobs. [#2326] (https://github.com/zowe/zowe-cli/pull/2326).
 
 ## `8.5.0`
+
 - Enhancement: Added execData to IJob return data from GetJobs.getJob [#2320](https://github.com/zowe/zowe-cli/pull/2320)
 
 ## `8.1.1`
diff --git a/packages/zosjobs/__tests__/__system__/DeleteJobs.system.test.ts b/packages/zosjobs/__tests__/__system__/DeleteJobs.system.test.ts
index 8dcb1c8b58..6bbffdc7fc 100644
--- a/packages/zosjobs/__tests__/__system__/DeleteJobs.system.test.ts
+++ b/packages/zosjobs/__tests__/__system__/DeleteJobs.system.test.ts
@@ -51,7 +51,12 @@ describe("DeleteJobs System tests", () => {
                 const job = await SubmitJobs.submitJclNotifyCommon(REAL_SESSION, {jcl: iefbr14JCL});
                 expect(job.retcode).toEqual("CC 0000");
                 const response = await DeleteJobs.deleteJob(REAL_SESSION, job.jobname, job.jobid);
-                expect(response).toBeUndefined();
+                expect(response.message).toEqual("Request was successful.");
+                expect(response.jobname).toEqual(job.jobname);
+                expect(response.jobid).toEqual(job.jobid);
+                expect(response["job-correlator"]).toEqual(job["job-correlator"]);
+                expect(response.owner).toEqual(job.owner);
+                expect(response.status).toEqual("0");
             }
         }, LONG_TIMEOUT);
 
@@ -62,7 +67,12 @@ describe("DeleteJobs System tests", () => {
                 const job = await SubmitJobs.submitJclNotifyCommon(REAL_SESSION, {jcl: iefbr14JCL});
                 expect(job.retcode).toEqual("CC 0000");
                 const response = await DeleteJobs.deleteJobForJob(REAL_SESSION, job);
-                expect(response).toBeUndefined();
+                expect(response.message).toEqual("Request was successful.");
+                expect(response.jobname).toEqual(job.jobname);
+                expect(response.jobid).toEqual(job.jobid);
+                expect(response["job-correlator"]).toEqual(job["job-correlator"]);
+                expect(response.owner).toEqual(job.owner);
+                expect(response.status).toEqual("0");
             }
         }, LONG_TIMEOUT);
 
@@ -73,7 +83,12 @@ describe("DeleteJobs System tests", () => {
                 const job = await SubmitJobs.submitJclNotifyCommon(REAL_SESSION, {jcl: iefbr14JCL});
                 expect(job.retcode).toEqual("CC 0000");
                 const response = await DeleteJobs.deleteJobCommon(REAL_SESSION, {jobname: job.jobname, jobid: job.jobid});
-                expect(response).toBeUndefined();
+                expect(response.message).toEqual("Request was successful.");
+                expect(response.jobname).toEqual(job.jobname);
+                expect(response.jobid).toEqual(job.jobid);
+                expect(response["job-correlator"]).toEqual(job["job-correlator"]);
+                expect(response.owner).toEqual(job.owner);
+                expect(response.status).toEqual("0");
             }
         }, LONG_TIMEOUT);
 
@@ -166,21 +181,36 @@ describe("DeleteJobs System tests - Encoded", () => {
             const job = await SubmitJobs.submitJclNotifyCommon(REAL_SESSION, {jcl: iefbr14JCL});
             expect(job.retcode).toEqual("CC 0000");
             const response = await DeleteJobs.deleteJob(REAL_SESSION, job.jobname, job.jobid);
-            expect(response).toBeUndefined();
+            expect(response.message).toEqual("Request was successful.");
+            expect(response.jobname).toEqual(job.jobname);
+            expect(response.jobid).toEqual(job.jobid);
+            expect(response["job-correlator"]).toEqual(job["job-correlator"]);
+            expect(response.owner).toEqual(job.owner);
+            expect(response.status).toEqual("0");
         }, LONG_TIMEOUT);
 
         it("should be able to delete a job using deleteJobForJob", async () => {
             const job = await SubmitJobs.submitJclNotifyCommon(REAL_SESSION, {jcl: iefbr14JCL});
             expect(job.retcode).toEqual("CC 0000");
             const response = await DeleteJobs.deleteJobForJob(REAL_SESSION, job);
-            expect(response).toBeUndefined();
+            expect(response.message).toEqual("Request was successful.");
+            expect(response.jobname).toEqual(job.jobname);
+            expect(response.jobid).toEqual(job.jobid);
+            expect(response["job-correlator"]).toEqual(job["job-correlator"]);
+            expect(response.owner).toEqual(job.owner);
+            expect(response.status).toEqual("0");
         }, LONG_TIMEOUT);
 
         it("should be able to delete a job using deleteJobCommon", async () => {
             const job = await SubmitJobs.submitJclNotifyCommon(REAL_SESSION, {jcl: iefbr14JCL});
             expect(job.retcode).toEqual("CC 0000");
             const response = await DeleteJobs.deleteJobCommon(REAL_SESSION, {jobname: job.jobname, jobid: job.jobid});
-            expect(response).toBeUndefined();
+            expect(response.message).toEqual("Request was successful.");
+            expect(response.jobname).toEqual(job.jobname);
+            expect(response.jobid).toEqual(job.jobid);
+            expect(response["job-correlator"]).toEqual(job["job-correlator"]);
+            expect(response.owner).toEqual(job.owner);
+            expect(response.status).toEqual("0");
         }, LONG_TIMEOUT);
 
         it("should be able to delete a job using deleteJobCommon (job modify version 2.0 - synchronous)", async () => {
diff --git a/packages/zosjobs/__tests__/__unit__/DeleteJobs.unit.test.ts b/packages/zosjobs/__tests__/__unit__/DeleteJobs.unit.test.ts
index d6bf063145..1e218e910d 100644
--- a/packages/zosjobs/__tests__/__unit__/DeleteJobs.unit.test.ts
+++ b/packages/zosjobs/__tests__/__unit__/DeleteJobs.unit.test.ts
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ describe("Delete Jobs unit tests", () => {
 
     describe("Positive tests", () => {
         it("should allow users to call deleteJob with correct parameters", async () => {
-            ZosmfRestClient.deleteExpectJSON = jest.fn(returnDeleteJobsDataAsync);
+            ZosmfRestClient.deleteExpectJSON = jest.fn().mockReturnValue(CancelJobsData.SAMPLE_JOB_FEEDBACK_GOOD);
             let caughtError;
             let response;
             try {
@@ -60,11 +60,11 @@ describe("Delete Jobs unit tests", () => {
                 caughtError = error;
             }
             expect(caughtError).toBeUndefined();
-            expect(response).toEqual(CancelJobsData.SAMPLE_JOB_FEEDBACK_ASYNC);
+            expect(response).toEqual(CancelJobsData.SAMPLE_JOB_FEEDBACK_GOOD);
         });
 
         it("should allow users to call deleteJobForJob with correct parameters", async () => {
-            ZosmfRestClient.deleteExpectJSON = jest.fn(returnDeleteJobsDataAsync);
+            ZosmfRestClient.deleteExpectJSON = jest.fn().mockReturnValue(CancelJobsData.SAMPLE_JOB_FEEDBACK_GOOD);
             let caughtError;
             let response;
             try {
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ describe("Delete Jobs unit tests", () => {
                 caughtError = error;
             }
             expect(caughtError).toBeUndefined();
-            expect(response).toEqual(CancelJobsData.SAMPLE_JOB_FEEDBACK_ASYNC);
+            expect(response).toEqual(CancelJobsData.SAMPLE_JOB_FEEDBACK_GOOD);
         });
 
         it("should allow users to call deleteJobForJob with correct parameters (with modify version 1_0)", async () => {
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ describe("Delete Jobs unit tests", () => {
         });
 
         it("should allow users to call deleteJobCommon with correct parameters", async () => {
-            ZosmfRestClient.deleteExpectJSON = jest.fn(returnDeleteJobsDataAsync);
+            ZosmfRestClient.deleteExpectJSON = jest.fn().mockReturnValue(CancelJobsData.SAMPLE_JOB_FEEDBACK_GOOD);
             let caughtError;
             let response;
             try {
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ describe("Delete Jobs unit tests", () => {
                 caughtError = error;
             }
             expect(caughtError).toBeUndefined();
-            expect(response).toEqual(CancelJobsData.SAMPLE_JOB_FEEDBACK_ASYNC);
+            expect(response).toEqual(CancelJobsData.SAMPLE_JOB_FEEDBACK_GOOD);
         });
 
         it("should allow users to call deleteJobCommon with correct parameters (with modify version 1_0)", async () => {
diff --git a/packages/zosjobs/package.json b/packages/zosjobs/package.json
index 16dd093f24..49b39a09ac 100644
--- a/packages/zosjobs/package.json
+++ b/packages/zosjobs/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@zowe/zos-jobs-for-zowe-sdk",
-  "version": "8.7.0",
+  "version": "8.7.1",
   "description": "Zowe SDK to interact with jobs on z/OS",
   "author": "Zowe",
   "license": "EPL-2.0",
@@ -46,12 +46,12 @@
     "prepack": "node ../../scripts/prepareLicenses.js"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@zowe/zos-files-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.0"
+    "@zowe/zos-files-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@zowe/cli-test-utils": "8.7.0",
-    "@zowe/core-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.0",
-    "@zowe/imperative": "8.7.0"
+    "@zowe/cli-test-utils": "8.7.1",
+    "@zowe/core-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.1",
+    "@zowe/imperative": "8.7.1"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
     "@zowe/core-for-zowe-sdk": "^8.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/zosjobs/src/DeleteJobs.ts b/packages/zosjobs/src/DeleteJobs.ts
index 15030304e0..1676e4beca 100644
--- a/packages/zosjobs/src/DeleteJobs.ts
+++ b/packages/zosjobs/src/DeleteJobs.ts
@@ -79,12 +79,14 @@ export class DeleteJobs {
         const parameters: string = path.posix.sep + encodeURIComponent(parms.jobname) + path.posix.sep + encodeURIComponent(parms.jobid);
         const responseJson = await ZosmfRestClient.deleteExpectJSON(session, JobsConstants.RESOURCE + parameters, headers);
 
-        if (parms.modifyVersion === "2.0") {
+        if (parms.modifyVersion === "1.0") {
+            return undefined;
+        } else {
             const responseFeedback = responseJson as IJobFeedback;
             // Turns out status is a number, but we cannot introduce breaking changes.
             responseFeedback.status = responseFeedback.status.toString();
             return responseFeedback;
-        } else { return undefined; }
+        }
     }
 
 
diff --git a/packages/zoslogs/package.json b/packages/zoslogs/package.json
index af415af4c1..8886027889 100644
--- a/packages/zoslogs/package.json
+++ b/packages/zoslogs/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@zowe/zos-logs-for-zowe-sdk",
-  "version": "8.7.0",
+  "version": "8.7.1",
   "description": "Zowe SDK to interact with the z/OS logs",
   "author": "Zowe",
   "license": "EPL-2.0",
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@
     "prepack": "node ../../scripts/prepareLicenses.js"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@zowe/cli-test-utils": "8.7.0",
-    "@zowe/core-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.0",
-    "@zowe/imperative": "8.7.0"
+    "@zowe/cli-test-utils": "8.7.1",
+    "@zowe/core-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.1",
+    "@zowe/imperative": "8.7.1"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
     "@zowe/core-for-zowe-sdk": "^8.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/zosmf/package.json b/packages/zosmf/package.json
index b90cae3280..6b5fa01985 100644
--- a/packages/zosmf/package.json
+++ b/packages/zosmf/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@zowe/zosmf-for-zowe-sdk",
-  "version": "8.7.0",
+  "version": "8.7.1",
   "description": "Zowe SDK to interact with the z/OS Management Facility",
   "author": "Zowe",
   "license": "EPL-2.0",
@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@
     "prepack": "node ../../scripts/prepareLicenses.js"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@zowe/cli-test-utils": "8.7.0",
-    "@zowe/core-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.0",
-    "@zowe/imperative": "8.7.0"
+    "@zowe/cli-test-utils": "8.7.1",
+    "@zowe/core-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.1",
+    "@zowe/imperative": "8.7.1"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
     "@zowe/core-for-zowe-sdk": "^8.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/zostso/package.json b/packages/zostso/package.json
index 6d7d9bd28a..12c06a0376 100644
--- a/packages/zostso/package.json
+++ b/packages/zostso/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@zowe/zos-tso-for-zowe-sdk",
-  "version": "8.7.0",
+  "version": "8.7.1",
   "description": "Zowe SDK to interact with TSO on z/OS",
   "author": "Zowe",
   "license": "EPL-2.0",
@@ -45,12 +45,12 @@
     "prepack": "node ../../scripts/prepareLicenses.js"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@zowe/zosmf-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.0"
+    "@zowe/zosmf-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@zowe/cli-test-utils": "8.7.0",
-    "@zowe/core-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.0",
-    "@zowe/imperative": "8.7.0"
+    "@zowe/cli-test-utils": "8.7.1",
+    "@zowe/core-for-zowe-sdk": "8.7.1",
+    "@zowe/imperative": "8.7.1"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
     "@zowe/core-for-zowe-sdk": "^8.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/zosuss/package.json b/packages/zosuss/package.json
index 138b419c9b..e424bd8ac6 100644
--- a/packages/zosuss/package.json
+++ b/packages/zosuss/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@zowe/zos-uss-for-zowe-sdk",
-  "version": "8.7.0",
+  "version": "8.7.1",
   "description": "Zowe SDK to interact with USS on z/OS",
   "author": "Zowe",
   "license": "EPL-2.0",
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/ssh2": "^1.11.19",
-    "@zowe/cli-test-utils": "8.7.0",
-    "@zowe/imperative": "8.7.0"
+    "@zowe/cli-test-utils": "8.7.1",
+    "@zowe/imperative": "8.7.1"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
     "@zowe/imperative": "^8.0.0"
diff --git a/scripts/bundleCliTgz.js b/scripts/bundleCliTgz.js
index ab06e9c232..8abcf43cba 100644
--- a/scripts/bundleCliTgz.js
+++ b/scripts/bundleCliTgz.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 */
 
 const childProcess = require("child_process");
-const fs = require("fs-extra");
+const fs = require("fs");
 const path = require("path");
 
 // Workaround for https://github.com/npm/cli/issues/3466
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ process.chdir(__dirname + "/..");
 const cliPkgDir = path.join(process.cwd(), "packages", "cli");
 const pkgJsonFile = path.join(cliPkgDir, "package.json");
 const execCmd = (cmd) => childProcess.execSync(cmd, { cwd: cliPkgDir, stdio: "inherit" });
-fs.mkdirpSync("dist");
+fs.mkdirSync("dist", {recursive: true});
 fs.renameSync(path.join(cliPkgDir, "node_modules"), path.join(cliPkgDir, "node_modules_old"));
 fs.copyFileSync(pkgJsonFile, pkgJsonFile + ".bak");