diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4f02dd0..68db642 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 		<apache.commons-text.version>1.8</apache.commons-text.version>
 		<commons-compress.version>1.19</commons-compress.version>
 		<hamcrest-all.version>1.3</hamcrest-all.version>
-		<babel.version>1.6.2</babel.version>
+		<babel.version>1.8.0</babel.version>
 		<aai.rest.client.version>1.2.1</aai.rest.client.version>
 		<sdc-distribution-client.version>1.4.1</sdc-distribution-client.version>
 		<logback.version>1.2.3</logback.version>
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 		<aai.build.directory>${project.build.directory}/${project.artifactId}-${project.version}-build/</aai.build.directory>
 		<aai.docker.namespace>onap</aai.docker.namespace>
 		<aai.base.image>alpine</aai.base.image>
-		<aai.base.image.version>1.6.0</aai.base.image.version>
+		<aai.base.image.version>1.8.1</aai.base.image.version>
 		<!-- This will be used for the docker images as the default format of maven build has issues -->
 		<maven.build.timestamp.format>yyyyMMdd'T'HHmmss'Z'</maven.build.timestamp.format>
 
@@ -82,6 +82,12 @@
 
 		<sonar.scanner.version>3.7.0.1746</sonar.scanner.version>
 
+		<maven-javadoc-plugin.version>3.2.0</maven-javadoc-plugin.version>
+		<maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.8.1</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
+		<maven-compiler-plugin.source>11</maven-compiler-plugin.source>
+		<maven-compiler-plugin.target>11</maven-compiler-plugin.target>
+		<maven-compiler-plugin.test.source>11</maven-compiler-plugin.test.source>
+		<maven-compiler-plugin.test.target>11</maven-compiler-plugin.test.target>
 	</properties>
 
 	<distributionManagement>
@@ -373,6 +379,18 @@
 	<build>
 		<plugins>
 			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
+				<inherited>true</inherited>
+				<configuration>
+					<source>${maven-compiler-plugin.source}</source>
+					<target>${maven-compiler-plugin.target}</target>
+					<testSource>${maven-compiler-plugin.test.source}</testSource>
+					<testTarget>${maven-compiler-plugin.test.target}</testTarget>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
 				<version>${spring-boot.version}</version>
diff --git a/src/main/bin/start.sh b/src/main/bin/start.sh
index 1dedb25..19d2717 100644
--- a/src/main/bin/start.sh
+++ b/src/main/bin/start.sh
@@ -20,13 +20,6 @@
 #  ============LICENSE_END============================================
 #*******************************************************************************
 
-# jre-alpine image has $JAVA_HOME set and added to $PATH
-# ubuntu image requires to set $JAVA_HOME and add java to $PATH manually
-if ( uname -v | grep -i "ubuntu" ); then
-    export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-`dpkg --print-architecture | awk -F- '{ print $NF }'`
-    export PATH=${JAVA_HOME}:$PATH
-fi
-
 # AJSC_HOME is required for EELF logging.
 # This path is referenced in the file logback.xml.
 AJSC_HOME="${AJSC_HOME-/opt/app/model-loader}"
@@ -37,6 +30,8 @@
     exit 1
 fi
 
+JARFILE=$(ls ./model-loader*.jar);
+
 # Some properties are repeated here for debugging purposes.
 PROPS="-DAJSC_HOME=$AJSC_HOME"
 PROPS="$PROPS -DCONFIG_HOME=$CONFIG_HOME"
@@ -46,18 +41,5 @@
 PROPS="$PROPS -Dserver.port=9500"
 JVM_MAX_HEAP=${MAX_HEAP:-1024}
 
-if [ -z "${java_runtime_arguments}" ]; then
-  java_runtime_arguments="-Xms75m -Xmx${JVM_MAX_HEAP}m \
- -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote \
- -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=false \
- -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=false \
- -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.local.only=false \
- -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.port=1099 \
- -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.rmi.port=1099 \
- -Djava.rmi.server.hostname=127.0.0.1"
-fi
-
-JARFILE=$(ls ./model-loader*.jar);
-
 echo "java $java_runtime_arguments $PROPS -jar $JARFILE"
 java $java_runtime_arguments $PROPS -jar $JARFILE
diff --git a/src/main/docker/Dockerfile b/src/main/docker/Dockerfile
index a4da9af..10bc3e6 100644
--- a/src/main/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/src/main/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -2,20 +2,17 @@
 
 ARG MICRO_HOME=/opt/app/model-loader
 
-# Build up the deployment folder structure
-RUN mkdir -p $MICRO_HOME $MICRO_HOME/logs
-
-RUN groupadd aaiadmin -g 1000
-RUN adduser -u 1000 -h /opt/aaihome/aaiadmin -S -D -G aaiadmin -s /bin/bash aaiadmin
 WORKDIR $MICRO_HOME
 
-RUN chown -R aaiadmin:aaiadmin $MICRO_HOME $MICRO_HOME/logs
+USER root
+
+RUN mkdir -p /opt/aaihome $MICRO_HOME /logs && \
+    ln -s /logs $MICRO_HOME/logs && \
+    chown -R aaiadmin:aaiadmin $MICRO_HOME && \
+    chown -R aaiadmin:aaiadmin /logs
 
 COPY --chown=aaiadmin:aaiadmin /maven/model-loader/ .
 
+ENTRYPOINT ["/bin/bash", "/opt/app/model-loader/bin/start.sh"]
+
 USER aaiadmin
-
-RUN chmod 755 bin/* \
-    && ln -s /logs $MICRO_HOME/logs
-
-CMD ["/opt/app/model-loader/bin/start.sh"]