diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
index e150ab1e0..9a4fc2da3 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+def p = [:]
+node {
+	checkout scm
+	p = readProperties interpolate: true, file: 'ci/pipeline.properties'
+}
+
 pipeline {
 	agent none
 
@@ -11,79 +17,59 @@ pipeline {
 	}
 
 	stages {
-		stage('Publish OpenJDK 17 + jq docker image') {
-			when {
-				changeset "ci/Dockerfile"
+		stage("Test: baseline (main)") {
+			options { timeout(time: 30, unit: 'MINUTES')}
+			environment {
+				ARTIFACTORY = credentials('02bd1690-b54f-4c9f-819d-a77cb7a9822c')
 			}
-			agent any
-
 			steps {
 				script {
-					def image = docker.build("springci/spring-ws-openjdk17-with-jq", "ci/")
-					docker.withRegistry('', 'hub.docker.com-springbuildmaster') {
-						image.push()
+					docker.image(p['docker.java.main.image']).inside(p['docker.java.inside.basic']) {
+						sh "PROFILE=jakarta-ee-10,distribute,convergence ci/test.sh"
 					}
 				}
 			}
 		}
 
-		stage("Test: baseline (jdk17)") {
-			agent {
-				docker {
-					image 'openjdk:17-bullseye'
-					args '-v $HOME/.m2:/root/.m2'
-				}
-			}
-			environment {
-				ARTIFACTORY = credentials('02bd1690-b54f-4c9f-819d-a77cb7a9822c')
-			}
-			steps {
-				sh "PROFILE=jakarta-ee-10,distribute,convergence ci/test.sh"
+		stage("Test other configurations") {
+			when {
+				beforeAgent(true)
+                branch(pattern: "issue/slim-ci|main|(\\d\\.\\d\\.x)", comparator: "REGEXP") // TOOD: Remove issue/slim-ci
 			}
-		}
 
-		stage("Test other configurations") {
 			parallel {
-				stage("Test: spring-buildsnapshot (jdk17)") {
-					agent {
-						docker {
-							image 'openjdk:17-bullseye'
-							args '-v $HOME/.m2:/root/.m2'
-						}
-					}
+				stage("Test: spring-buildsnapshot (main)") {
+					options { timeout(time: 30, unit: 'MINUTES')}
 					environment {
 						ARTIFACTORY = credentials('02bd1690-b54f-4c9f-819d-a77cb7a9822c')
 					}
 					steps {
-						sh "PROFILE=jakarta-ee-10,spring-buildsnapshot,convergence ci/test.sh"
+						script {
+							docker.image(p['docker.java.main.image']).inside(p['docker.java.inside.basic']) {
+								sh "PROFILE=jakarta-ee-10,spring-buildsnapshot,convergence ci/test.sh"
+							}
+						}
 					}
 				}
 
-				stage("Test: jakarta-ee-9 (jdk17)") {
-					agent {
-						docker {
-							image 'openjdk:17-bullseye'
-							args '-v $HOME/.m2:/root/.m2'
-						}
-					}
+				stage("Test: jakarta-ee-9 (main)") {
+					options { timeout(time: 30, unit: 'MINUTES')}
 					environment {
 						ARTIFACTORY = credentials('02bd1690-b54f-4c9f-819d-a77cb7a9822c')
 					}
 					steps {
-						// Active Jakarta EE 9 profile and disable Jakarta EE 10 (default) profile
-						sh "PROFILE=jakarta-ee-9,-jakarta-ee-10,convergence ci/test.sh"
+						script {
+							docker.image(p['docker.java.main.image']).inside(p['docker.java.inside.basic']) {
+								// Active Jakarta EE 9 profile and disable Jakarta EE 10 (default) profile
+								sh "PROFILE=jakarta-ee-9,-jakarta-ee-10,convergence ci/test.sh"
+							}
+						}
 					}
 				}
 			}
 		}
 
 		stage('Deploy') {
-			agent {
-				docker {
-					image 'springci/spring-ws-openjdk17-with-jq:latest'
-					args '-v $HOME/.m2:/tmp/jenkins-home/.m2'
-				}
-			}
 			options { timeout(time: 20, unit: 'MINUTES') }
 
 			environment {
@@ -96,52 +82,54 @@ pipeline {
 
 			steps {
 				script {
-					PROJECT_VERSION = sh(
-							script: "ci/version.sh",
-							returnStdout: true
-					).trim()
-
-					if (PROJECT_VERSION.matches(/.*-RC[0-9]+$/) || PROJECT_VERSION.matches(/.*-M[0-9]+$/)) {
-						RELEASE_TYPE = "milestone"
-					} else if (PROJECT_VERSION.endsWith('SNAPSHOT')) {
-						RELEASE_TYPE = 'snapshot'
-					} else if (PROJECT_VERSION.matches(/.*\.[0-9]+$/)) {
-						RELEASE_TYPE = 'release'
-					} else {
-						RELEASE_TYPE = 'snapshot'
-					}
+					docker.image(p['docker.java.main.image']).inside(p['docker.java.inside.basic']) {
+						PROJECT_VERSION = sh(
+								script: "ci/version.sh",
+								returnStdout: true
+						).trim()
+
+						if (PROJECT_VERSION.matches(/.*-RC[0-9]+$/) || PROJECT_VERSION.matches(/.*-M[0-9]+$/)) {
+							RELEASE_TYPE = "milestone"
+						} else if (PROJECT_VERSION.endsWith('SNAPSHOT')) {
+							RELEASE_TYPE = 'snapshot'
+						} else if (PROJECT_VERSION.matches(/.*\.[0-9]+$/)) {
+							RELEASE_TYPE = 'release'
+						} else {
+							RELEASE_TYPE = 'snapshot'
+						}
+
+						if (RELEASE_TYPE == 'release') {
+
+							STAGING_REPOSITORY_ID = sh(
+								script: "ci/rc-open.sh",
+								returnStdout: true
+							).readLines()
+							  .findAll{ line -> line.contains("<repository>") && !line.contains("%s") }
+							  .collect{ s -> s.substring(s.indexOf("<repository>") + "<repository>".length(), s.indexOf("</repository>")) }
+							  .inject(0){ first, second -> second } // find the last entry, a.k.a. the most recent staging repository id
+
+							sh "ci/build-and-deploy-to-maven-central.sh ${PROJECT_VERSION} ${STAGING_REPOSITORY_ID}"
+							sh "ci/rc-close.sh ${STAGING_REPOSITORY_ID}"
+							sh "ci/smoke-test-against-maven-central.sh ${PROJECT_VERSION} ${STAGING_REPOSITORY_ID}"
+							sh "ci/rc-release.sh ${STAGING_REPOSITORY_ID}"
 
-					if (RELEASE_TYPE == 'release') {
-
-						STAGING_REPOSITORY_ID = sh(
-							script: "ci/rc-open.sh",
-							returnStdout: true
-						).readLines()
-						  .findAll{ line -> line.contains("<repository>") && !line.contains("%s") }
-						  .collect{ s -> s.substring(s.indexOf("<repository>") + "<repository>".length(), s.indexOf("</repository>")) }
-						  .inject(0){ first, second -> second } // find the last entry, a.k.a. the most recent staging repository id
-
-						sh "ci/build-and-deploy-to-maven-central.sh ${PROJECT_VERSION} ${STAGING_REPOSITORY_ID}"
-						sh "ci/rc-close.sh ${STAGING_REPOSITORY_ID}"
-						sh "ci/smoke-test-against-maven-central.sh ${PROJECT_VERSION} ${STAGING_REPOSITORY_ID}"
-						sh "ci/rc-release.sh ${STAGING_REPOSITORY_ID}"
-
-						slackSend(
-								color: (currentBuild.currentResult == 'SUCCESS') ? 'good' : 'danger',
-								channel: '#spring-ws',
-								message: "Spring WS ${PROJECT_VERSION} is released to Maven Central!")
-					} else {
-
-						sh "ci/build-and-deploy-to-artifactory.sh ${RELEASE_TYPE}"
-
-						// TODO: Resolve smoke testing against Artifactory
-						// sh "ci/smoke-test-against-artifactory.sh ${PROJECT_VERSION}"
-						
-						if (RELEASE_TYPE == 'milestone') {
 							slackSend(
 									color: (currentBuild.currentResult == 'SUCCESS') ? 'good' : 'danger',
 									channel: '#spring-ws',
-									message: "Spring WS ${PROJECT_VERSION} is released to Artifactory!")
+									message: "Spring WS ${PROJECT_VERSION} is released to Maven Central!")
+						} else {
+
+							sh "ci/build-and-deploy-to-artifactory.sh ${RELEASE_TYPE}"
+
+							// TODO: Resolve smoke testing against Artifactory
+							// sh "ci/smoke-test-against-artifactory.sh ${PROJECT_VERSION}"
+
+							if (RELEASE_TYPE == 'milestone') {
+								slackSend(
+										color: (currentBuild.currentResult == 'SUCCESS') ? 'good' : 'danger',
+										channel: '#spring-ws',
+										message: "Spring WS ${PROJECT_VERSION} is released to Artifactory!")
+							}
 						}
 					}
 				}
@@ -155,12 +143,6 @@ pipeline {
 					branch 'release'
 				}
 			}
-			agent {
-				docker {
-					image 'openjdk:17-bullseye'
-					args '-v $HOME/.m2:/tmp/jenkins-home/.m2'
-				}
-			}
 			options { timeout(time: 20, unit: 'MINUTES') }
 
 			environment {
@@ -169,12 +151,14 @@ pipeline {
 
 			steps {
 				script {
-					sh 'MAVEN_OPTS="-Duser.name=jenkins -Duser.home=/tmp/jenkins-home" ./mvnw -s settings.xml -Pjakarta-ee-10,distribute,docs ' +
-							'-Dartifactory.server=https://repo.spring.io ' +
-							"-Dartifactory.username=${ARTIFACTORY_USR} " +
-							"-Dartifactory.password=${ARTIFACTORY_PSW} " +
-							"-Dartifactory.distribution-repository=temp-private-local " +
-							'-Dmaven.test.skip=true -Dmaven.deploy.skip=true deploy -B'
+					docker.image(p['docker.java.main.image']).inside(p['docker.java.inside.basic']) {
+						sh 'MAVEN_OPTS="-Duser.name=jenkins -Duser.home=/tmp/jenkins-home" ./mvnw -s settings.xml -Pjakarta-ee-10,distribute,docs ' +
+								'-Dartifactory.server=https://repo.spring.io ' +
+								"-Dartifactory.username=${ARTIFACTORY_USR} " +
+								"-Dartifactory.password=${ARTIFACTORY_PSW} " +
+								"-Dartifactory.distribution-repository=temp-private-local " +
+								'-Dmaven.test.skip=true -Dmaven.deploy.skip=true deploy -B'
+					}
 				}
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/ci/Dockerfile b/ci/Dockerfile
deleted file mode 100644
index ceebadd3a..000000000
--- a/ci/Dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-FROM openjdk:17-bullseye
-
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y jq gpg
-
-RUN apt-get clean \
- && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
diff --git a/ci/pipeline.properties b/ci/pipeline.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..87bae420e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/pipeline.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# Java versions
+java.main.tag=17.0.6_10-jdk-focal
+java.next.tag=20-jdk-jammy
+
+# Docker container images - standard
+docker.java.main.image=harbor-repo.vmware.com/dockerhub-proxy-cache/library/eclipse-temurin:${java.main.tag}
+docker.java.next.image=harbor-repo.vmware.com/dockerhub-proxy-cache/library/eclipse-temurin:${java.next.tag}
+
+# Docker environment settings
+docker.java.inside.basic=-v $HOME/.m2:/tmp/jenkins-home/.m2
diff --git a/ci/test.sh b/ci/test.sh
index 121aaa3a6..2df068275 100755
--- a/ci/test.sh
+++ b/ci/test.sh
@@ -2,5 +2,9 @@
 
 set -euo pipefail
 
+mkdir -p /tmp/jenkins-home/.m2/spring-ws
+chown -R 1001:1001 .
+
 MAVEN_OPTS="-Duser.name=jenkins -Duser.home=/tmp/jenkins-home" \
-  ./mvnw -s settings.xml -P${PROFILE} clean dependency:list test -Dsort -B
+  ./mvnw -s settings.xml \
+  -P${PROFILE} clean dependency:list test -Dsort -B -Dmaven.repo.local=/tmp/jenkins-home/.m2/spring-ws