diff --git a/artifacts/Dockerfile b/artifacts/Dockerfile
index 0c9572a0..ed930aff 100644
--- a/artifacts/Dockerfile
+++ b/artifacts/Dockerfile
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ apt-get update -y && \
 apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends unzip wget zip openjdk-11-jdk && \
 groupadd -g ${container_user_gid} ${container_user_group} &&\
 rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* &&\
-wget https://dlcdn.apache.org/maven/maven-3/3.8.8/binaries/apache-maven-3.8.8-bin.tar.gz &&\
-tar -xzf apache-maven-3.8.8-bin.tar.gz && mv apache-maven-3.8.8 /usr/local/maven && rm apache-maven-3.8.8-bin.tar.gz &&\
+wget https://dlcdn.apache.org/maven/maven-3/3.8.9/binaries/apache-maven-3.8.9-bin.tar.gz &&\
+tar -xzf apache-maven-3.8.9-bin.tar.gz && mv apache-maven-3.8.9 /usr/local/maven && rm apache-maven-3.8.9-bin.tar.gz &&\
 useradd -u ${container_user_uid} -g ${container_user_group} -s /bin/sh -m ${container_user} \
 && mkdir -p /var/run/nginx /var/tmp/nginx \
 && chown -R ${container_user}:${container_user} /usr/share/nginx /var/run/nginx /var/tmp/nginx
diff --git a/artifacts/pom.xml b/artifacts/pom.xml
index 37fb9ded..c0c3f2f2 100644
--- a/artifacts/pom.xml
+++ b/artifacts/pom.xml
@@ -45,24 +45,24 @@
             </snapshots>
         </repository>
         <repository>
-            <id>ossrh</id>
-            <name>MavenSnapshot</name>
-            <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
-            <layout>default</layout>
-            <snapshots>
-            <enabled>true</enabled>
-            </snapshots>
-        </repository>
+			<id>ossrh</id>
+			<name>MavenCentralRepository</name>
+			<url>https://central.sonatype.com/repository/maven-snapshots</url>
+			<layout>default</layout>
+			<snapshots>
+				<enabled>true</enabled>
+			</snapshots>
+		</repository>
     </repositories>
 	
 	<distributionManagement>
 		<snapshotRepository>
 			<id>ossrh</id>
-			<url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
+			<url>https://central.sonatype.com/repository/maven-snapshots/</url>
 		</snapshotRepository>
 		<repository>
 			<id>ossrh</id>
-			<url>https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/</url>
+			<url>https://central.sonatype.com/api/v1/publisher</url>
 		</repository>
 	</distributionManagement>
 
@@ -72,9 +72,9 @@
 		<auth-adapter.location>/usr/share/nginx/html/artifactory/libs-release-local/io/mosip/kernel</auth-adapter.location>
 		<auth-adapter.fileName>kernel-auth-adapter.jar</auth-adapter.fileName>
 
-		<auth-adapter-java-21.version>1.2.1-java21-SNAPSHOT</auth-adapter-java-21.version>
+		<!-- <auth-adapter-java-21.version>1.2.1-java21-SNAPSHOT</auth-adapter-java-21.version>
 		<auth-adapter-java-21.location>/usr/share/nginx/html/artifactory/libs-release-local/io/mosip/kernel/java21</auth-adapter-java-21.location>
-		<auth-adapter-java-21.fileName>kernel-auth-adapter.jar</auth-adapter-java-21.fileName>
+		<auth-adapter-java-21.fileName>kernel-auth-adapter.jar</auth-adapter-java-21.fileName> -->
 
 		<auth-adapter-lite.version>1.2.0.1-B4</auth-adapter-lite.version>
 		<auth-adapter-lite.location>/usr/share/nginx/html/artifactory/libs-release-local/io/mosip/kernel</auth-adapter-lite.location>
@@ -97,14 +97,14 @@
 		<kernel-smsserviceprovider.fileName>kernel-smsserviceprovider-msg91.jar</kernel-smsserviceprovider.fileName>
 
 		<!-- kernel-smsserviceprovider java21-->
-		<kernel-smsserviceprovider-java-21.version>1.2.1-java21-SNAPSHOT</kernel-smsserviceprovider-java-21.version>
+		<!-- <kernel-smsserviceprovider-java-21.version>1.2.1-java21-SNAPSHOT</kernel-smsserviceprovider-java-21.version>
 		<kernel-smsserviceprovider-java-21.location>/usr/share/nginx/html/artifactory/libs-release-local/io/mosip/kernel</kernel-smsserviceprovider-java-21.location>
-		<kernel-smsserviceprovider-java-21.fileName>kernel-smsserviceprovider-msg91.jar</kernel-smsserviceprovider-java-21.fileName>	
+		<kernel-smsserviceprovider-java-21.fileName>kernel-smsserviceprovider-msg91.jar</kernel-smsserviceprovider-java-21.fileName>	 -->
 
 		<!-- kernel-smsserviceprovider-msg91 java21-->
-		<kernel-smsserviceprovider-java-21.version>1.2.1-java21-SNAPSHOT</kernel-smsserviceprovider-java-21.version>
+		<!-- <kernel-smsserviceprovider-java-21.version>1.2.1-java21-SNAPSHOT</kernel-smsserviceprovider-java-21.version>
 		<kernel-smsserviceprovider-java-21.location>/usr/share/nginx/html/artifactory/libs-release-local/io/mosip/kernel/java21</kernel-smsserviceprovider-java-21.location>
-		<kernel-smsserviceprovider-java-21.fileName>kernel-smsserviceprovider-msg91.jar</kernel-smsserviceprovider-java-21.fileName>
+		<kernel-smsserviceprovider-java-21.fileName>kernel-smsserviceprovider-msg91.jar</kernel-smsserviceprovider-java-21.fileName> -->
 		
 		<!-- kernel-ref-idobjectvalidator -->
 		<kernel-ref-idobjectvalidator.version>1.2.1-SNAPSHOT</kernel-ref-idobjectvalidator.version>
@@ -112,9 +112,9 @@
 		<kernel-ref-idobjectvalidator.fileName>kernel-ref-idobjectvalidator.jar</kernel-ref-idobjectvalidator.fileName>
 
 		<!-- kernel-ref-idobjectvalidator java21 -->
-		<kernel-ref-idobjectvalidator-java-21.version>1.2.1-java21-SNAPSHOT</kernel-ref-idobjectvalidator-java-21.version>
+		<!-- <kernel-ref-idobjectvalidator-java-21.version>1.2.1-java21-SNAPSHOT</kernel-ref-idobjectvalidator-java-21.version>
 		<kernel-ref-idobjectvalidator-java-21.location>/usr/share/nginx/html/artifactory/libs-release-local/io/mosip/kernel/kernel-ref-idobjectvalidator/java21</kernel-ref-idobjectvalidator-java-21.location>
-		<kernel-ref-idobjectvalidator-java-21.fileName>kernel-ref-idobjectvalidator.jar</kernel-ref-idobjectvalidator-java-21.fileName>
+		<kernel-ref-idobjectvalidator-java-21.fileName>kernel-ref-idobjectvalidator.jar</kernel-ref-idobjectvalidator-java-21.fileName> -->
 		
 		<!-- kernel-virusscanner-clamav -->
 		<kernel-virusscanner-clamav.version>1.2.1-SNAPSHOT</kernel-virusscanner-clamav.version>
@@ -122,9 +122,9 @@
 		<kernel-virusscanner-clamav.fileName>kernel-virusscanner-clamav.jar</kernel-virusscanner-clamav.fileName>
 
 		<!-- kernel-virusscanner-clamav java21 -->
-		<kernel-virusscanner-clamav-java-21.version>1.2.1-java21-SNAPSHOT</kernel-virusscanner-clamav-java-21.version>
+		<!-- <kernel-virusscanner-clamav-java-21.version>1.2.1-java21-SNAPSHOT</kernel-virusscanner-clamav-java-21.version>
 		<kernel-virusscanner-clamav-java-21.location>/usr/share/nginx/html/artifactory/libs-release-local/clamav/java21</kernel-virusscanner-clamav-java-21.location>
-		<kernel-virusscanner-clamav-java-21.fileName>kernel-virusscanner-clamav.jar</kernel-virusscanner-clamav-java-21.fileName>
+		<kernel-virusscanner-clamav-java-21.fileName>kernel-virusscanner-clamav.jar</kernel-virusscanner-clamav-java-21.fileName> -->
 		
 		<!-- registration-api-impl -->
 		<registration-api-impl.version>1.2.1-SNAPSHOT</registration-api-impl.version>
@@ -143,10 +143,10 @@
 		<biosdk-client.fileName>biosdk-client-jar-with-dependencies.jar</biosdk-client.fileName>
 
                 <!-- biosdk-client JAVA-21-->
-		<biosdk-client-java21.version>1.2.1-java21-SNAPSHOT</biosdk-client-java21.version>
+		<!-- <biosdk-client-java21.version>1.2.1-java21-SNAPSHOT</biosdk-client-java21.version>
 		<biosdk-client-java21.location>/usr/share/nginx/html/artifactory/libs-release-local/biosdk/mock/0.9/java21/biosdk-client</biosdk-client-java21.location>
 		<biosdk-client-lib-java21.location>/usr/share/nginx/html/artifactory/libs-release-local/biosdk/java21/biosdk-lib</biosdk-client-lib-java21.location>
-		<biosdk-client-java21.fileName>biosdk-client-jar-with-dependencies.jar</biosdk-client-java21.fileName>
+		<biosdk-client-java21.fileName>biosdk-client-jar-with-dependencies.jar</biosdk-client-java21.fileName> -->
 		
 		<!-- demosdk-client -->
 		<demosdk-client.version>1.2.1-SNAPSHOT</demosdk-client.version>
@@ -160,10 +160,10 @@
 		<mock-sdk-dep.fileName>mock-sdk-jar-with-dependencies.jar</mock-sdk-dep.fileName>
 
 		<!-- mock-sdk -->
-		<mock-sdk-java21.version>1.2.1-java21-SNAPSHOT</mock-sdk-java21.version>
+		<!-- <mock-sdk-java21.version>1.2.1-java21-SNAPSHOT</mock-sdk-java21.version>
 		<mock-sdk-java21.location>/usr/share/nginx/html/artifactory/libs-release-local/mock-sdk/java21/</mock-sdk-java21.location>
 		<mock-sdk-java21.fileName>mock-sdk.jar</mock-sdk-java21.fileName>
-		<mock-sdk-dep-java21.fileName>mock-sdk-jar-with-dependencies.jar</mock-sdk-dep-java21.fileName>
+		<mock-sdk-dep-java21.fileName>mock-sdk-jar-with-dependencies.jar</mock-sdk-dep-java21.fileName> -->
 		
 		<!-- mock-sdk-jpeg-extractor -->
 		<mock-sdk-jpeg-extractor.version>1.2.1-SNAPSHOT</mock-sdk-jpeg-extractor.version>
@@ -265,15 +265,15 @@
 					<type>jar</type>
 				</artifactItem>
 
-				<artifactItem>
-					<groupId>io.mosip.kernel</groupId>
-					<artifactId>kernel-auth-adapter</artifactId>
-					<version>${auth-adapter-java-21.version}</version>
-					<outputDirectory>${auth-adapter-java-21.location}</outputDirectory>
-						<!-- Keep the destination filename consistent with the original -->
-					<destFileName>kernel-auth-adapter.jar</destFileName>
-					<type>jar</type>
-				</artifactItem>
+<!--				<artifactItem>-->
+<!--					<groupId>io.mosip.kernel</groupId>-->
+<!--					<artifactId>kernel-auth-adapter</artifactId>-->
+<!--					<version>${auth-adapter-java-21.version}</version>-->
+<!--					<outputDirectory>${auth-adapter-java-21.location}</outputDirectory>-->
+<!--						&lt;!&ndash; Keep the destination filename consistent with the original &ndash;&gt;-->
+<!--					<destFileName>kernel-auth-adapter.jar</destFileName>-->
+<!--					<type>jar</type>-->
+<!--				</artifactItem>-->
 
 
 				<artifactItem>
@@ -285,23 +285,23 @@
 					<type>jar</type>
 				</artifactItem>
 <!-- artifactItem section for smsserviceprovider java21 -->
-				<artifactItem>
-					<groupId>io.mosip.kernel</groupId>
-					<artifactId>kernel-smsserviceprovider-msg91</artifactId>
-					<version>${kernel-smsserviceprovider-java-21.version}</version>
-					 <outputDirectory>${kernel-smsserviceprovider-java-21.location}</outputDirectory> 
-					<destFileName>${kernel-smsserviceprovider-java-21.fileName}</destFileName>
-					<type>jar</type>
-				</artifactItem>
+<!--				<artifactItem>-->
+<!--					<groupId>io.mosip.kernel</groupId>-->
+<!--					<artifactId>kernel-smsserviceprovider-msg91</artifactId>-->
+<!--					<version>${kernel-smsserviceprovider-java-21.version}</version>-->
+<!--					 <outputDirectory>${kernel-smsserviceprovider-java-21.location}</outputDirectory> -->
+<!--					<destFileName>${kernel-smsserviceprovider-java-21.fileName}</destFileName>-->
+<!--					<type>jar</type>-->
+<!--				</artifactItem>-->
 <!-- artifactItem section for ref-idobjectvaidator java21 -->
-				<artifactItem>
-					<groupId>io.mosip.kernel</groupId>
-					<artifactId>kernel-ref-idobjectvalidator</artifactId>
-					<version>${kernel-ref-idobjectvalidator-java-21.version}</version>
-					 <outputDirectory>${kernel-ref-idobjectvalidator-java-21.location}</outputDirectory> 
-					<destFileName>${kernel-ref-idobjectvalidator-java-21.fileName}</destFileName>
-					<type>jar</type>
-				</artifactItem>					
+<!--				<artifactItem>-->
+<!--					<groupId>io.mosip.kernel</groupId>-->
+<!--					<artifactId>kernel-ref-idobjectvalidator</artifactId>-->
+<!--					<version>${kernel-ref-idobjectvalidator-java-21.version}</version>-->
+<!--					 <outputDirectory>${kernel-ref-idobjectvalidator-java-21.location}</outputDirectory> -->
+<!--					<destFileName>${kernel-ref-idobjectvalidator-java-21.fileName}</destFileName>-->
+<!--					<type>jar</type>-->
+<!--				</artifactItem>					-->
 					
 <!-- artifactItem section for smsserviceprovider -->
 				<artifactItem>
@@ -324,14 +324,14 @@
                                 </artifactItem>
 
 <!-- artifactItem section for kernel-transliteration-icu4j java21 -->
-                                <artifactItem>
-                                        <groupId>io.mosip.kernel</groupId>
-                                        <artifactId>kernel-transliteration-icu4j</artifactId>
-                                        <version>${kernel-transliteration-java-21.version}</version>
-                                         <outputDirectory>${kernel-transliteration-java-21.location}</outputDirectory>
-                                        <destFileName>${kernel-transliteration-java-21.fileName}</destFileName>
-                                        <type>jar</type>
-                                </artifactItem>
+<!--                                <artifactItem>-->
+<!--                                        <groupId>io.mosip.kernel</groupId>-->
+<!--                                        <artifactId>kernel-transliteration-icu4j</artifactId>-->
+<!--                                        <version>${kernel-transliteration-java-21.version}</version>-->
+<!--                                         <outputDirectory>${kernel-transliteration-java-21.location}</outputDirectory>-->
+<!--                                        <destFileName>${kernel-transliteration-java-21.fileName}</destFileName>-->
+<!--                                        <type>jar</type>-->
+<!--                                </artifactItem>-->
 
 <!-- artifactItem section for smsserviceprovider -->
 				<artifactItem>
@@ -371,14 +371,14 @@
 					<type>jar</type>
 				</artifactItem>
 <!-- artifactItem section for virusscanner java21-->
-				<artifactItem>
-					<groupId>io.mosip.kernel</groupId>
-					<artifactId>kernel-virusscanner-clamav</artifactId>
-					<version>${kernel-virusscanner-clamav.version}</version>
-					 <outputDirectory>${kernel-virusscanner-clamav.location}</outputDirectory> 
-					<destFileName>${kernel-virusscanner-clamav-java-21.fileName}</destFileName>
-					<type>jar</type>
-				</artifactItem>					
+<!--				<artifactItem>-->
+<!--					<groupId>io.mosip.kernel</groupId>-->
+<!--					<artifactId>kernel-virusscanner-clamav</artifactId>-->
+<!--					<version>${kernel-virusscanner-clamav.version}</version>-->
+<!--					 <outputDirectory>${kernel-virusscanner-clamav.location}</outputDirectory> -->
+<!--					<destFileName>${kernel-virusscanner-clamav-java-21.fileName}</destFileName>-->
+<!--					<type>jar</type>-->
+<!--				</artifactItem>					-->
 <!-- artifactItem section for clamav client -->
 				<artifactItem>
 					<groupId>xyz.capybara</groupId>
@@ -408,24 +408,24 @@
 					<type>jar</type>
 				</artifactItem>
 <!-- artifactItem section for mock-sdk -->
-				<artifactItem>
-					<groupId>io.mosip.mock.sdk</groupId>
-					<artifactId>mock-sdk</artifactId>
-					<version>${mock-sdk-java21.version}</version>
-					 <outputDirectory>${mock-sdk-java21.location}</outputDirectory> 
-					<destFileName>${mock-sdk-java21.fileName}</destFileName>
-					<type>jar</type>
-				</artifactItem>
+<!--				<artifactItem>-->
+<!--					<groupId>io.mosip.mock.sdk</groupId>-->
+<!--					<artifactId>mock-sdk</artifactId>-->
+<!--					<version>${mock-sdk-java21.version}</version>-->
+<!--					 <outputDirectory>${mock-sdk-java21.location}</outputDirectory> -->
+<!--					<destFileName>${mock-sdk-java21.fileName}</destFileName>-->
+<!--					<type>jar</type>-->
+<!--				</artifactItem>-->
 <!-- artifactItem section for biosdk-client -->				
-				<artifactItem>
-					<groupId>io.mosip.biosdk</groupId>
-					<artifactId>biosdk-client</artifactId>
-					<version>${biosdk-client-java21.version}</version>
-					 <outputDirectory>${biosdk-client-java21.location}</outputDirectory> 
-					<destFileName>${biosdk-client-java21.fileName}</destFileName>
-					<classifier>jar-with-dependencies</classifier>
-					<type>jar</type>
-				</artifactItem>
+<!--				<artifactItem>-->
+<!--					<groupId>io.mosip.biosdk</groupId>-->
+<!--					<artifactId>biosdk-client</artifactId>-->
+<!--					<version>${biosdk-client-java21.version}</version>-->
+<!--					 <outputDirectory>${biosdk-client-java21.location}</outputDirectory> -->
+<!--					<destFileName>${biosdk-client-java21.fileName}</destFileName>-->
+<!--					<classifier>jar-with-dependencies</classifier>-->
+<!--					<type>jar</type>-->
+<!--				</artifactItem>-->
 <!-- artifactItem section for demosdk client -->
                	<artifactItem>
 					<groupId>io.mosip.demosdk</groupId>
@@ -512,14 +512,14 @@
 					<type>jar</type>
 				</artifactItem>
 <!-- artifactItem section for hazelcast java21 jar -->
-				<artifactItem>
-					<groupId>com.hazelcast</groupId>
-					<artifactId>hazelcast-all</artifactId>
-					<version>${hazelcast-java-21.version}</version>
-					 <outputDirectory>${hazelcast-java-21.location}</outputDirectory> 
-					<destFileName>${hazelcast-java-21.fileName}</destFileName>
-					<type>jar</type>
-				</artifactItem>					
+<!--				<artifactItem>-->
+<!--					<groupId>com.hazelcast</groupId>-->
+<!--					<artifactId>hazelcast-all</artifactId>-->
+<!--					<version>${hazelcast-java-21.version}</version>-->
+<!--					 <outputDirectory>${hazelcast-java-21.location}</outputDirectory> -->
+<!--					<destFileName>${hazelcast-java-21.fileName}</destFileName>-->
+<!--					<type>jar</type>-->
+<!--				</artifactItem>					-->
 <!-- artifactItem section for redis-cache jar -->
 				<artifactItem>
 					<groupId>io.mosip.cacheprovider</groupId>