diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e626987e..dc984e36 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ This repository contains following Docker resources:
 
 Per profile Docker resources for WSO2 Identity Server help you build generic Docker images for deploying the
 corresponding product servers in containerized environments. Each Docker image includes the JDK, the relevant product distribution
-and a collection of utility libraries. Configurations, custom JDBC drivers other than the default MySQL JDBC driver provided,
-extensions and other deployable artifacts are designed to be provided via volume mounts to the containers spawned.
+and a collection of utility libraries. Configurations, custom JDBC drivers, extensions and other deployable artifacts 
+are designed to be provided via volume mounts to the containers spawned.
 
 Docker Compose files have been created according to the most common IAM deployment patterns available for allowing users
 to quickly evaluate product features along side their co-operate IAM requirements. The Compose files make use of per profile
diff --git a/dockerfiles/alpine/is-analytics/dashboard/Dockerfile b/dockerfiles/alpine/is-analytics/dashboard/Dockerfile
index 753925a5..2f98c525 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/alpine/is-analytics/dashboard/Dockerfile
+++ b/dockerfiles/alpine/is-analytics/dashboard/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #
-# Copyright 2018 WSO2, Inc. (http://wso2.com)
+# Copyright 2024 WSO2, LLC. (http://wso2.com)
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ ARG WSO2_SERVER_VERSION=5.7.0
 ARG WSO2_SERVER=${WSO2_SERVER_NAME}-${WSO2_SERVER_VERSION}
 ARG WSO2_SERVER_HOME=${USER_HOME}/${WSO2_SERVER}
 ARG WSO2_SERVER_DIST_URL
-# build arguments for external artifacts
-ARG MYSQL_CONNECTOR_VERSION=8.0.17
 # build argument for MOTD
 ARG MOTD='printf "\n\
  Welcome to WSO2 Docker Resources \n\
@@ -61,8 +59,6 @@ RUN \
     && unzip -d ${USER_HOME} ${WSO2_SERVER}.zip \
     && chown wso2carbon:wso2 -R ${WSO2_SERVER_HOME} \
     && rm -f ${WSO2_SERVER}.zip
-# add MySQL JDBC connector to server home as a third party library
-ADD --chown=wso2carbon:wso2 https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/mysql/mysql-connector-java/${MYSQL_CONNECTOR_VERSION}/mysql-connector-java-${MYSQL_CONNECTOR_VERSION}.jar ${WSO2_SERVER_HOME}/lib/
 
 # set the user and work directory
 USER ${USER_ID}
diff --git a/dockerfiles/alpine/is-analytics/worker/Dockerfile b/dockerfiles/alpine/is-analytics/worker/Dockerfile
index c03c6720..20378ec8 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/alpine/is-analytics/worker/Dockerfile
+++ b/dockerfiles/alpine/is-analytics/worker/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #
-# Copyright 2018 WSO2, Inc. (http://wso2.com)
+# Copyright 2024 WSO2, Inc. (http://wso2.com)
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ ARG WSO2_SERVER_VERSION=5.7.0
 ARG WSO2_SERVER=${WSO2_SERVER_NAME}-${WSO2_SERVER_VERSION}
 ARG WSO2_SERVER_HOME=${USER_HOME}/${WSO2_SERVER}
 ARG WSO2_SERVER_DIST_URL
-# build arguments for external artifacts
-ARG MYSQL_CONNECTOR_VERSION=8.0.17
 # build argument for MOTD
 ARG MOTD='printf "\n\
  Welcome to WSO2 Docker Resources \n\
@@ -61,8 +59,6 @@ RUN \
     && unzip -d ${USER_HOME} ${WSO2_SERVER}.zip \
     && chown wso2carbon:wso2 -R ${WSO2_SERVER_HOME} \
     && rm -f ${WSO2_SERVER}.zip
-# add MySQL JDBC connector to server home as a third party library
-ADD --chown=wso2carbon:wso2 https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/mysql/mysql-connector-java/${MYSQL_CONNECTOR_VERSION}/mysql-connector-java-${MYSQL_CONNECTOR_VERSION}.jar ${WSO2_SERVER_HOME}/lib/
 
 # set the user and work directory
 USER ${USER_ID}
diff --git a/dockerfiles/alpine/is/Dockerfile b/dockerfiles/alpine/is/Dockerfile
index f8f86eaa..818accc3 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/alpine/is/Dockerfile
+++ b/dockerfiles/alpine/is/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #
-# Copyright 2018 WSO2, Inc. (http://wso2.com)
+# Copyright 2024 WSO2, LLC. (http://wso2.com)
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ ARG WSO2_SERVER_DIST_URL
 # build arguments for external artifacts
 ARG DNS_JAVA_VERSION=2.1.8
 ARG K8S_MEMBERSHIP_SCHEME_VERSION=1.0.11
-ARG MYSQL_CONNECTOR_VERSION=8.0.17
 # build argument for MOTD
 ARG MOTD='printf "\n\
  Welcome to WSO2 Docker Resources \n\
@@ -74,8 +73,6 @@ RUN \
 # add libraries for Kubernetes membership scheme based clustering
 ADD --chown=wso2carbon:wso2 https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/dnsjava/dnsjava/${DNS_JAVA_VERSION}/dnsjava-${DNS_JAVA_VERSION}.jar ${WSO2_SERVER_HOME}/repository/components/lib/
 ADD --chown=wso2carbon:wso2 https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/wso2/carbon/kubernetes/artifacts/kubernetes-membership-scheme/${K8S_MEMBERSHIP_SCHEME_VERSION}/kubernetes-membership-scheme-${K8S_MEMBERSHIP_SCHEME_VERSION}.jar ${WSO2_SERVER_HOME}/repository/components/dropins/
-# add MySQL JDBC connector to server home as a third party library
-ADD --chown=wso2carbon:wso2 https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/mysql/mysql-connector-java/${MYSQL_CONNECTOR_VERSION}/mysql-connector-java-${MYSQL_CONNECTOR_VERSION}.jar ${WSO2_SERVER_HOME}/repository/components/dropins/
 
 # set the user and work directory
 USER ${USER_ID}
diff --git a/dockerfiles/centos/is-analytics/dashboard/Dockerfile b/dockerfiles/centos/is-analytics/dashboard/Dockerfile
index b063425f..2e4cbbbb 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/centos/is-analytics/dashboard/Dockerfile
+++ b/dockerfiles/centos/is-analytics/dashboard/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #
-# Copyright 2018 WSO2, Inc. (http://wso2.com)
+# Copyright 2024 WSO2, LLC. (http://wso2.com)
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -36,8 +36,6 @@ ARG WSO2_SERVER_VERSION=5.7.0
 ARG WSO2_SERVER=${WSO2_SERVER_NAME}-${WSO2_SERVER_VERSION}
 ARG WSO2_SERVER_HOME=${USER_HOME}/${WSO2_SERVER}
 ARG WSO2_SERVER_DIST_URL
-# build arguments for external artifacts
-ARG MYSQL_CONNECTOR_VERSION=8.0.17
 # build argument for MOTD
 ARG MOTD='printf "\n\
 Welcome to WSO2 Docker resources.\n\
@@ -68,8 +66,6 @@ RUN \
     && unzip -d ${USER_HOME} ${WSO2_SERVER}.zip \
     && chown wso2carbon:wso2 -R ${WSO2_SERVER_HOME} \
     && rm -f ${WSO2_SERVER}.zip
-# add MySQL JDBC connector to server home as a third party library
-ADD --chown=wso2carbon:wso2 https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/mysql/mysql-connector-java/${MYSQL_CONNECTOR_VERSION}/mysql-connector-java-${MYSQL_CONNECTOR_VERSION}.jar ${WSO2_SERVER_HOME}/lib/
 
 # set the user and work directory
 USER ${USER_ID}
diff --git a/dockerfiles/centos/is-analytics/worker/Dockerfile b/dockerfiles/centos/is-analytics/worker/Dockerfile
index fd42de9b..942615b4 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/centos/is-analytics/worker/Dockerfile
+++ b/dockerfiles/centos/is-analytics/worker/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #
-# Copyright 2018 WSO2, Inc. (http://wso2.com)
+# Copyright 2024 WSO2, LLC. (http://wso2.com)
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -36,8 +36,6 @@ ARG WSO2_SERVER_VERSION=5.7.0
 ARG WSO2_SERVER=${WSO2_SERVER_NAME}-${WSO2_SERVER_VERSION}
 ARG WSO2_SERVER_HOME=${USER_HOME}/${WSO2_SERVER}
 ARG WSO2_SERVER_DIST_URL
-# build arguments for external artifacts
-ARG MYSQL_CONNECTOR_VERSION=8.0.17
 # build argument for MOTD
 ARG MOTD='printf "\n\
 Welcome to WSO2 Docker resources.\n\
@@ -68,8 +66,6 @@ RUN \
     && unzip -d ${USER_HOME} ${WSO2_SERVER}.zip \
     && chown wso2carbon:wso2 -R ${WSO2_SERVER_HOME} \
     && rm -f ${WSO2_SERVER}.zip
-# add MySQL JDBC connector to server home as a third party library
-ADD --chown=wso2carbon:wso2 https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/mysql/mysql-connector-java/${MYSQL_CONNECTOR_VERSION}/mysql-connector-java-${MYSQL_CONNECTOR_VERSION}.jar ${WSO2_SERVER_HOME}/lib/
 
 # set the user and work directory
 USER ${USER_ID}
diff --git a/dockerfiles/centos/is/Dockerfile b/dockerfiles/centos/is/Dockerfile
index d96526cd..75628078 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/centos/is/Dockerfile
+++ b/dockerfiles/centos/is/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #
-# Copyright 2018 WSO2, Inc. (http://wso2.com)
+# Copyright 2024 WSO2, LLC. (http://wso2.com)
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ ARG WSO2_SERVER_DIST_URL
 # build arguments for external artifacts
 ARG DNS_JAVA_VERSION=2.1.8
 ARG K8S_MEMBERSHIP_SCHEME_VERSION=1.0.11
-ARG MYSQL_CONNECTOR_VERSION=8.0.17
 # build argument for MOTD
 ARG MOTD='printf "\n\
 Welcome to WSO2 Docker resources.\n\
@@ -71,8 +70,6 @@ RUN \
 # add libraries for Kubernetes membership scheme based clustering
 ADD --chown=wso2carbon:wso2 https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/dnsjava/dnsjava/${DNS_JAVA_VERSION}/dnsjava-${DNS_JAVA_VERSION}.jar ${WSO2_SERVER_HOME}/repository/components/lib/
 ADD --chown=wso2carbon:wso2 https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/wso2/carbon/kubernetes/artifacts/kubernetes-membership-scheme/${K8S_MEMBERSHIP_SCHEME_VERSION}/kubernetes-membership-scheme-${K8S_MEMBERSHIP_SCHEME_VERSION}.jar ${WSO2_SERVER_HOME}/repository/components/dropins/
-# add MySQL JDBC connector to server home as a third party library
-ADD --chown=wso2carbon:wso2 https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/mysql/mysql-connector-java/${MYSQL_CONNECTOR_VERSION}/mysql-connector-java-${MYSQL_CONNECTOR_VERSION}.jar ${WSO2_SERVER_HOME}/repository/components/dropins/
 
 # set the user and work directory
 USER ${USER_ID}
diff --git a/dockerfiles/ubuntu/is-analytics/dashboard/Dockerfile b/dockerfiles/ubuntu/is-analytics/dashboard/Dockerfile
index 0c1f3224..bab4ab41 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/ubuntu/is-analytics/dashboard/Dockerfile
+++ b/dockerfiles/ubuntu/is-analytics/dashboard/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #
-# Copyright 2018 WSO2, Inc. (http://wso2.com)
+# Copyright 2024 WSO2, LLC. (http://wso2.com)
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -67,8 +67,6 @@ ARG WSO2_SERVER_VERSION=5.7.0
 ARG WSO2_SERVER=${WSO2_SERVER_NAME}-${WSO2_SERVER_VERSION}
 ARG WSO2_SERVER_HOME=${USER_HOME}/${WSO2_SERVER}
 ARG WSO2_SERVER_DIST_URL
-# build arguments for external artifacts
-ARG MYSQL_CONNECTOR_VERSION=8.0.17
 # build argument for MOTD
 ARG MOTD="\n\
 Welcome to WSO2 Docker resources.\n\
@@ -99,8 +97,6 @@ RUN \
     && unzip -d ${USER_HOME} ${WSO2_SERVER}.zip \
     && chown wso2carbon:wso2 -R ${WSO2_SERVER_HOME} \
     && rm -f ${WSO2_SERVER}.zip
-# add MySQL JDBC connector to server home as a third party library
-ADD --chown=wso2carbon:wso2 https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/mysql/mysql-connector-java/${MYSQL_CONNECTOR_VERSION}/mysql-connector-java-${MYSQL_CONNECTOR_VERSION}.jar ${WSO2_SERVER_HOME}/lib/
 
 # set the user and work directory
 USER ${USER_ID}
diff --git a/dockerfiles/ubuntu/is-analytics/worker/Dockerfile b/dockerfiles/ubuntu/is-analytics/worker/Dockerfile
index a07d948e..d75d6f06 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/ubuntu/is-analytics/worker/Dockerfile
+++ b/dockerfiles/ubuntu/is-analytics/worker/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #
-# Copyright 2018 WSO2, Inc. (http://wso2.com)
+# Copyright 2024 WSO2, LLC. (http://wso2.com)
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -67,8 +67,6 @@ ARG WSO2_SERVER_VERSION=5.7.0
 ARG WSO2_SERVER=${WSO2_SERVER_NAME}-${WSO2_SERVER_VERSION}
 ARG WSO2_SERVER_HOME=${USER_HOME}/${WSO2_SERVER}
 ARG WSO2_SERVER_DIST_URL
-# build arguments for external artifacts
-ARG MYSQL_CONNECTOR_VERSION=8.0.17
 # build argument for MOTD
 ARG MOTD="\n\
 Welcome to WSO2 Docker resources.\n\
@@ -99,8 +97,6 @@ RUN \
     && unzip -d ${USER_HOME} ${WSO2_SERVER}.zip \
     && chown wso2carbon:wso2 -R ${WSO2_SERVER_HOME} \
     && rm -f ${WSO2_SERVER}.zip
-# add MySQL JDBC connector to server home as a third party library
-ADD --chown=wso2carbon:wso2 https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/mysql/mysql-connector-java/${MYSQL_CONNECTOR_VERSION}/mysql-connector-java-${MYSQL_CONNECTOR_VERSION}.jar ${WSO2_SERVER_HOME}/lib/
 
 # set the user and work directory
 USER ${USER_ID}
diff --git a/dockerfiles/ubuntu/is/Dockerfile b/dockerfiles/ubuntu/is/Dockerfile
index e869a77e..885800b5 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/ubuntu/is/Dockerfile
+++ b/dockerfiles/ubuntu/is/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #
-# Copyright 2017 WSO2, Inc. (http://wso2.com)
+# Copyright 2024 WSO2, LLC. (http://wso2.com)
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ ARG WSO2_SERVER_DIST_URL
 # build arguments for external artifacts
 ARG DNS_JAVA_VERSION=2.1.8
 ARG K8S_MEMBERSHIP_SCHEME_VERSION=1.0.11
-ARG MYSQL_CONNECTOR_VERSION=8.0.17
 # build argument for MOTD
 ARG MOTD="\n\
 Welcome to WSO2 Docker resources.\n\
@@ -112,8 +111,6 @@ RUN \
 # add libraries for Kubernetes membership scheme based clustering
 ADD --chown=wso2carbon:wso2 https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/dnsjava/dnsjava/${DNS_JAVA_VERSION}/dnsjava-${DNS_JAVA_VERSION}.jar ${WSO2_SERVER_HOME}/repository/components/lib/
 ADD --chown=wso2carbon:wso2 https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/wso2/carbon/kubernetes/artifacts/kubernetes-membership-scheme/${K8S_MEMBERSHIP_SCHEME_VERSION}/kubernetes-membership-scheme-${K8S_MEMBERSHIP_SCHEME_VERSION}.jar ${WSO2_SERVER_HOME}/repository/components/dropins/
-# add MySQL JDBC connector to server home as a third party library
-ADD --chown=wso2carbon:wso2 https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/mysql/mysql-connector-java/${MYSQL_CONNECTOR_VERSION}/mysql-connector-java-${MYSQL_CONNECTOR_VERSION}.jar ${WSO2_SERVER_HOME}/repository/components/dropins/
 
 # set the user and work directory
 USER ${USER_ID}