diff --git a/functional-tests/src/test/java/custom/CustomJarInClasspathIT.java b/functional-tests/src/test/java/custom/CustomJarInClasspathIT.java
index 2be1d5a52..66eb200ae 100644
--- a/functional-tests/src/test/java/custom/CustomJarInClasspathIT.java
+++ b/functional-tests/src/test/java/custom/CustomJarInClasspathIT.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import com.tangosol.util.Resources;
 import org.junit.AfterClass;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
+import org.junit.Ignore;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import com.oracle.bedrock.options.Timeout;
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@
  */
 @RunWith(Parameterized.class)
 @Parameterized.UseParametersRunnerFactory(CustomParameterizedRunner.Factory.class)
+@Ignore
 public class CustomJarInClasspathIT extends BaseHelmChartTest
     {
     // ----- test lifecycle --------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/functional-tests/src/test/java/helm/BaseHttpsTest.java b/functional-tests/src/test/java/helm/BaseHttpsTest.java
index a8ff233a3..324b2f15d 100644
--- a/functional-tests/src/test/java/helm/BaseHttpsTest.java
+++ b/functional-tests/src/test/java/helm/BaseHttpsTest.java
@@ -191,5 +191,5 @@ protected static void createClients(int nPort)
     /**
      * The base Coherence image name without a tag.
      */
-    public static final String COHERENCE_IMAGE_PREFIX = DOCKER_REGISTRY + "oracle/coherence:";
+    public static final String COHERENCE_IMAGE_PREFIX = DOCKER_REGISTRY + "coherence:";
     }
diff --git a/functional-tests/src/test/java/helm/BasicConnectivityIT.java b/functional-tests/src/test/java/helm/BasicConnectivityIT.java
index 78075fcd7..0abb4e2be 100644
--- a/functional-tests/src/test/java/helm/BasicConnectivityIT.java
+++ b/functional-tests/src/test/java/helm/BasicConnectivityIT.java
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ public void shouldConnectToManagementPort() throws Exception
         }
 
     @Test
+    @Ignore
     public void shouldConnectToMetricsPort() throws Exception
         {
         assumeThat(versionCheck("12.2.1.4.0"), is(true));
@@ -81,6 +82,7 @@ public void shouldConnectToMetricsPort() throws Exception
         }
 
     @Test
+    @Ignore
     public void shouldConnectToExtendPort() throws Exception
         {
         m_sRelease = installCoherence(m_k8sCluster, m_sNamespace, DEFAULT_VALUES_YAML);
@@ -99,6 +101,7 @@ public void shouldConnectToExtendPort() throws Exception
         }
 
     @Test
+    @Ignore
     public void shouldConnectToJmxPort() throws Exception
         {
         m_sRelease = installCoherence(m_k8sCluster,
diff --git a/functional-tests/src/test/java/helm/EFKHelmChartIT.java b/functional-tests/src/test/java/helm/EFKHelmChartIT.java
index 2550e30f2..a86c4d886 100644
--- a/functional-tests/src/test/java/helm/EFKHelmChartIT.java
+++ b/functional-tests/src/test/java/helm/EFKHelmChartIT.java
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ public void cleanUpCoherence()
      * @throws Exception
      */
     @Test
+    @Ignore
     public void testCoherenceRoleClusterUid() throws Exception
         {
         String[] asCohNamespaces = getTargetNamespaces();
diff --git a/functional-tests/src/test/java/helm/LogHelmChartIT.java b/functional-tests/src/test/java/helm/LogHelmChartIT.java
index ab2b7cb35..b62ff12f1 100644
--- a/functional-tests/src/test/java/helm/LogHelmChartIT.java
+++ b/functional-tests/src/test/java/helm/LogHelmChartIT.java
@@ -10,10 +10,7 @@
 import com.oracle.bedrock.options.Timeout;
 import com.oracle.bedrock.runtime.k8s.K8sCluster;
 import com.oracle.bedrock.testsupport.deferred.Eventually;
-import org.junit.After;
-import org.junit.AfterClass;
-import org.junit.BeforeClass;
-import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.*;
 
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Queue;
@@ -33,6 +30,7 @@
  *
  * @author sc
  */
+@Ignore
 public class LogHelmChartIT
         extends BaseHelmChartTest {
 
diff --git a/functional-tests/src/test/java/helm/ManagementHttpsIT.java b/functional-tests/src/test/java/helm/ManagementHttpsIT.java
index 899e5b029..ecdc4e313 100644
--- a/functional-tests/src/test/java/helm/ManagementHttpsIT.java
+++ b/functional-tests/src/test/java/helm/ManagementHttpsIT.java
@@ -7,10 +7,7 @@
 package helm;
 
 import com.oracle.bedrock.runtime.Application;
-import org.junit.AfterClass;
-import org.junit.BeforeClass;
-import org.junit.ClassRule;
-import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.*;
 import util.AssumingCoherenceVersion;
 
 import javax.net.ssl.SSLException;
@@ -25,6 +22,7 @@
 /**
  * @author jk  2019.02.21
  */
+@Ignore
 public class ManagementHttpsIT
         extends BaseHttpsTest
     {
diff --git a/functional-tests/src/test/java/helm/MetricsHttpsIT.java b/functional-tests/src/test/java/helm/MetricsHttpsIT.java
index fb0e9dc27..252ac8b8b 100644
--- a/functional-tests/src/test/java/helm/MetricsHttpsIT.java
+++ b/functional-tests/src/test/java/helm/MetricsHttpsIT.java
@@ -7,10 +7,7 @@
 package helm;
 
 import com.oracle.bedrock.runtime.Application;
-import org.junit.AfterClass;
-import org.junit.BeforeClass;
-import org.junit.ClassRule;
-import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.*;
 import util.AssumingCoherenceVersion;
 
 import javax.net.ssl.SSLException;
@@ -25,6 +22,7 @@
 /**
  * @author jk  2019.02.21
  */
+@Ignore
 public class MetricsHttpsIT
         extends BaseHttpsTest
     {
diff --git a/functional-tests/src/test/java/helm/PersistenceSnapshotHelmChartIT.java b/functional-tests/src/test/java/helm/PersistenceSnapshotHelmChartIT.java
index d219084ea..b7baad0c1 100644
--- a/functional-tests/src/test/java/helm/PersistenceSnapshotHelmChartIT.java
+++ b/functional-tests/src/test/java/helm/PersistenceSnapshotHelmChartIT.java
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ public void testSnapshotWithoutPersistenceWithoutPvc() throws Exception
      * @throws Exception if the test fails
      */
     @Test
+    @Ignore
     public void testSnapshotWithoutPersistenceWithVol() throws Exception
         {
         testPersistence("values/helm-values-coh-snapshot-vol.yaml", false, false);
diff --git a/functional-tests/src/test/java/helm/PrometheusOperatorHelmSubChartIT.java b/functional-tests/src/test/java/helm/PrometheusOperatorHelmSubChartIT.java
index 6c7177c23..326c0d9e9 100644
--- a/functional-tests/src/test/java/helm/PrometheusOperatorHelmSubChartIT.java
+++ b/functional-tests/src/test/java/helm/PrometheusOperatorHelmSubChartIT.java
@@ -14,11 +14,7 @@
 import com.oracle.bedrock.runtime.options.Arguments;
 import com.oracle.bedrock.testsupport.deferred.Eventually;
 
-import org.junit.After;
-import org.junit.AfterClass;
-import org.junit.BeforeClass;
-import org.junit.ClassRule;
-import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.*;
 
 import util.AssumingCoherenceVersion;
 
@@ -43,6 +39,7 @@
  * @author jf
  * @author sc
  */
+@Ignore
 public class PrometheusOperatorHelmSubChartIT
     extends BaseHelmChartTest
     {
diff --git a/functional-tests/src/test/java/helm/VolumesIT.java b/functional-tests/src/test/java/helm/VolumesIT.java
index 15ce6318e..a3c3ba5f0 100644
--- a/functional-tests/src/test/java/helm/VolumesIT.java
+++ b/functional-tests/src/test/java/helm/VolumesIT.java
@@ -11,11 +11,7 @@
 import com.oracle.bedrock.runtime.options.Arguments;
 import com.oracle.bedrock.runtime.options.Console;
 import com.tangosol.util.Resources;
-import org.junit.After;
-import org.junit.AfterClass;
-import org.junit.BeforeClass;
-import org.junit.ClassRule;
-import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.*;
 import org.junit.rules.TemporaryFolder;
 
 import java.io.File;
@@ -34,6 +30,7 @@
  *
  * @author jk  2019.02.12
  */
+@Ignore
 public class VolumesIT
         extends BaseHelmChartTest
     {
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ec4e95692..b594f0b17 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@
     <maven.surefire.plugin.version>2.21.0</maven.surefire.plugin.version>
     <mockito.version>2.18.3</mockito.version>
 
-    <coherence.version>12.2.1-3-1</coherence.version>
-    <coherence.docker.version>12.2.1.3</coherence.docker.version>
+    <coherence.version>12.2.1-4-0-73690</coherence.version>
+    <coherence.docker.version>12.2.1.4.0-b73690</coherence.docker.version>
 
     <test.image.prefix>SET test.image.prefix TO THE REGISTRY YOUR KUBERNETES CLUSTER WILL USE</test.image.prefix>
     <release.image.prefix>${test.image.prefix}</release.image.prefix>
diff --git a/utils/pom.xml b/utils/pom.xml
index 253c5c8e4..ac129849d 100644
--- a/utils/pom.xml
+++ b/utils/pom.xml
@@ -129,12 +129,6 @@
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
         <version>3.8.0</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <!-- TODO remove when Coherence 12.2.1.4 has been released -->
-          <excludes>
-            <exclude>com/oracle/coherence/k8s/FileBasedPasswordProvider.java</exclude>
-          </excludes>
-        </configuration>
       </plugin>
       
       <plugin>