diff --git a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
index acf167678b..d5266fae1c 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
+++ b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ RUN apt-get update -y && apt-get install -y \
 RUN pip3 install -U \
     # Required by setup.py
     setuptools==50.3.2 \
+    'pyzmq==22.3.0'\
     # Linting tools
     pep8==1.7.1 \
     pep8-naming==0.6.1 \
@@ -78,4 +79,4 @@ RUN pip3 install -U \
 # install rake
 RUN gem install --no-document rake 
 ## install fpm; needs to be pinned to 1.13.1 because some packages cannot be built with the newest release 1.14.0
-RUN gem install --no-document fpm -v 1.13.1
\ No newline at end of file
+RUN gem install --no-document fpm -v 1.14.2
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/build/Dockerfile.ubuntu-2004 b/.github/workflows/build/Dockerfile.ubuntu-2004
index 13bf109d57..119806eef4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build/Dockerfile.ubuntu-2004
+++ b/.github/workflows/build/Dockerfile.ubuntu-2004
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ RUN pip3 install -U \
 # install rake
 RUN gem install --no-document rake 
 ## install fpm; needs to be pinned to 1.13.1 because some packages cannot be built with the newest release 1.14.0
-RUN gem install --no-document fpm -v 1.13.1
+RUN gem install --no-document fpm -v 1.14.2
 
 RUN apt-get -y autoremove \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reuseable_test.yaml b/.github/workflows/reuseable_test.yaml
index e66ff434b1..cbc77d0901 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reuseable_test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reuseable_test.yaml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Publish Test Report
         if: success() || failure()
-        uses: scacap/action-surefire-report@v1.0.7
+        uses: scacap/action-surefire-report@v1
         continue-on-error: true
         with:
           check_name: Indy Plenum ${{ matrix.module }} Test Report for slice ${{ matrix.slice }}/${{ strategy.job-total }}
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ jobs:
         run: python3 -m pytest -l -vv --junitxml=test-result-plenum-${{ matrix.module }}.xml ${{ matrix.module }}
 
       - name: Publish Test Report
-        uses: scacap/action-surefire-report@v1.0.7
+        uses: scacap/action-surefire-report@v1
         continue-on-error: true
         with:
           check_name: Indy Plenum ${{ matrix.module }} Test Report
diff --git a/.gitpod.Dockerfile b/.gitpod.Dockerfile
index d08ef9d532..a0864b7a6e 100644
--- a/.gitpod.Dockerfile
+++ b/.gitpod.Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM gitpod/workspace-full as base
+FROM gitpod/workspace-base:2022-12-09-04-00-52 as base
 
 USER gitpod
 
@@ -65,9 +65,10 @@ RUN pip3 install -U \
     # Linting tools
     pep8==1.7.1 \
     pep8-naming==0.6.1 \
+    'pyzmq==22.3.0'\
     flake8==3.8.4
 
 # install rake
 RUN sudo gem install --no-document rake 
 ## install fpm; needs to be pinned to 1.13.1 because some packages cannot be built with the newest release 1.14.0
-RUN sudo gem install --no-document fpm -v 1.13.1
\ No newline at end of file
+RUN sudo gem install --no-document fpm -v 1.14.2
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build-scripts/ubuntu-2004/build-3rd-parties.sh b/build-scripts/ubuntu-2004/build-3rd-parties.sh
index 0268f021a9..de599fb5ab 100755
--- a/build-scripts/ubuntu-2004/build-3rd-parties.sh
+++ b/build-scripts/ubuntu-2004/build-3rd-parties.sh
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ build_from_pypi leveldb
 build_from_pypi libnacl 1.6.1
 build_from_pypi msgpack-python
 build_from_pypi orderedset
-build_from_pypi packaging 
+build_from_pypi packaging 21.3
 build_from_pypi portalocker
 build_from_pypi prompt-toolkit 3.0.18
 build_from_pypi psutil 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 92f9368e3a..f2251f5d4e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     exec(f.read(), metadata)
 
 tests_require = ['attrs==20.3.0', 'pytest==6.2.2', 'pytest-xdist==2.2.1', 'pytest-forked==1.3.0',
-                 'python3-indy==1.15.0-dev-1625', 'pytest-asyncio==0.14.0']
+                 'python3-indy==1.16.0.post236', 'pytest-asyncio==0.14.0']
 
 
 class PyZMQCommand(distutils.cmd.Command):
@@ -156,4 +156,4 @@ def run(self):
              'scripts/init_bls_keys',
              'scripts/process_logs/process_logs',
              'scripts/process_logs/process_logs.yml']
-)
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+)