diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9a905c788..6e503c539 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 - java-base: Add needed tzdata-java package ([#425]).
 - testing-tools: Add java, tzdata-java, unzip ([#464], [#465], [#466]).
 
+- zookeeper: add version 3.8.3 ([#470]).
+- zookeeper: add upload script ([#470]).
+
 ### Changed
 
 - Extract image tools their own [repository](https://github.com/stackabletech/image-tools) ([#437])
@@ -34,6 +37,8 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 - pyspark-k8s: The PySpark image has been removed completely. Python is now installed with the Spark image ([#436])
 - Removed all product specific changelogs and updated the root file ([#440])
 
+- zookeeper: removed versions 3.5.8, 3.6.3, 3.7.0, 3.8.0 ([#470]).
+
 [#400]: https://github.com/stackabletech/docker-images/pull/400
 [#419]: https://github.com/stackabletech/docker-images/pull/419
 [#425]: https://github.com/stackabletech/docker-images/pull/425
@@ -49,6 +54,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 [#464]: https://github.com/stackabletech/docker-images/pull/464
 [#465]: https://github.com/stackabletech/docker-images/pull/465
 [#466]: https://github.com/stackabletech/docker-images/pull/466
+[#470]: https://github.com/stackabletech/docker-images/pull/470
 [#479]: https://github.com/stackabletech/docker-images/pull/479
 
 ## [23.7.0] - 2023-07-14
diff --git a/conf.py b/conf.py
index a9f7c7c64..3097544a6 100644
--- a/conf.py
+++ b/conf.py
@@ -391,14 +391,10 @@
         "versions": [{"product": "0.2.0"}],
     },
     {
-        # ZooKeeper must be at least 3.5.0
         "name": "zookeeper",
         "versions": [
-            {"product": "3.5.8", "java-base": "11", "jmx_exporter": "0.16.1"},
-            {"product": "3.6.3", "java-base": "11", "jmx_exporter": "0.16.1"},
-            {"product": "3.7.0", "java-base": "11", "jmx_exporter": "0.16.1"},
-            {"product": "3.8.0", "java-base": "11", "jmx_exporter": "0.16.1"},
-            {"product": "3.8.1", "java-base": "11", "jmx_exporter": "0.18.0"},
+            {"product": "3.8.1", "java-base": "11", "jmx_exporter": "0.20.0"},
+            {"product": "3.8.3", "java-base": "11", "jmx_exporter": "0.20.0"},
         ],
     },
     {
diff --git a/zookeeper/Dockerfile b/zookeeper/Dockerfile
index ea274b4b7..77b212c8e 100644
--- a/zookeeper/Dockerfile
+++ b/zookeeper/Dockerfile
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ SHELL ["/bin/bash", "-o", "pipefail", "-c"]
 
 RUN microdnf update && \
     microdnf install tar gzip zip && \
-    microdnf install openssl && \
     microdnf clean all
 
 COPY --chown=stackable:stackable zookeeper/stackable /stackable
@@ -27,13 +26,13 @@ COPY zookeeper/licenses /licenses
 USER stackable
 WORKDIR /stackable
 
-RUN curl -L https://repo.stackable.tech/repository/packages/zookeeper/apache-zookeeper-${PRODUCT}-bin.tar.gz | tar -xzC . && \
-    ln -s /stackable/apache-zookeeper-${PRODUCT}-bin /stackable/zookeeper
+RUN curl --fail -L "https://repo.stackable.tech/repository/packages/zookeeper/apache-zookeeper-${PRODUCT}-bin.tar.gz" | tar -xzC . && \
+    ln -s "/stackable/apache-zookeeper-${PRODUCT}-bin" /stackable/zookeeper
 
-RUN curl https://repo.stackable.tech/repository/packages/jmx-exporter/jmx_prometheus_javaagent-${JMX_EXPORTER}.jar \
-    -o /stackable/jmx/jmx_prometheus_javaagent-${JMX_EXPORTER}.jar && \
-    chmod +x /stackable/jmx/jmx_prometheus_javaagent-${JMX_EXPORTER}.jar && \
-    ln -s /stackable/jmx/jmx_prometheus_javaagent-${JMX_EXPORTER}.jar /stackable/jmx/jmx_prometheus_javaagent.jar
+RUN curl --fail "https://repo.stackable.tech/repository/packages/jmx-exporter/jmx_prometheus_javaagent-${JMX_EXPORTER}.jar" \
+    -o "/stackable/jmx/jmx_prometheus_javaagent-${JMX_EXPORTER}.jar" && \
+    chmod +x "/stackable/jmx/jmx_prometheus_javaagent-${JMX_EXPORTER}.jar" && \
+    ln -s "/stackable/jmx/jmx_prometheus_javaagent-${JMX_EXPORTER}.jar" /stackable/jmx/jmx_prometheus_javaagent.jar
 
 # ===
 # Mitigation for CVE-2021-44228 (Log4Shell)
diff --git a/zookeeper/upload_new_zookeeper_version.sh b/zookeeper/upload_new_zookeeper_version.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..ad08f3852
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zookeeper/upload_new_zookeeper_version.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+VERSION=${1:?"Missing version number argument (arg 1)"}
+NEXUS_USER=${2:?"Missing Nexus username argument (arg 2)"}
+
+read -r -s -p "Nexus Password: " NEXUS_PASSWORD
+echo ""
+
+# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4632028/how-to-create-a-temporary-directory
+# Find the directory name of the script
+DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+
+# the temp directory used, within $DIR
+WORK_DIR=$(mktemp -d -p "$DIR")
+
+# check if tmp dir was created
+if [[ ! "$WORK_DIR" || ! -d "$WORK_DIR" ]]; then
+  echo "Could not create temp dir"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# deletes the temp directory
+function cleanup {
+  rm -rf "$WORK_DIR"
+}
+
+# register the cleanup function to be called on the EXIT signal
+trap cleanup EXIT
+
+cd "$WORK_DIR" || exit
+
+bin_file=apache-zookeeper-$VERSION-bin.tar.gz
+download_url=https://archive.apache.org/dist/zookeeper
+
+echo "Downloading ZooKeeper (this can take a while, it is intentionally downloading from a slow mirror that contains all old versions)"
+curl --fail -LOs "$download_url/zookeeper-$VERSION/$bin_file"
+curl --fail -LOs "$download_url/zookeeper-$VERSION/$bin_file.asc"
+curl --fail -LOs "$download_url/zookeeper-$VERSION/$bin_file.sha512"
+
+# It is probably redundant to check both the checksum and the signature but it's cheap and why not
+echo "Validating SHA512 Checksums"
+if ! (sha512sum "$bin_file" | diff -Z - "$bin_file.sha512"); then
+  echo "ERROR: One of the SHA512 sums does not match"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "Validating signatures"
+echo '--> NOTE: Make sure you have downloaded and added the KEYS file (https://archive.apache.org/dist/zookeeper/KEYS) to GPG: https://www.apache.org/info/verification.html'
+
+if ! (gpg --verify "$bin_file.asc" "$bin_file" 2> /dev/null); then
+  echo "ERROR: One of the signatures could not be verified"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "Uploading everything to Nexus"
+EXIT_STATUS=0
+repo_url=https://repo.stackable.tech/repository/packages/zookeeper/
+
+curl --fail -u "$NEXUS_USER:$NEXUS_PASSWORD" --upload-file "$bin_file" "$repo_url" || EXIT_STATUS=$?
+curl --fail -u "$NEXUS_USER:$NEXUS_PASSWORD" --upload-file "$bin_file.asc" "$repo_url" || EXIT_STATUS=$?
+curl --fail -u "$NEXUS_USER:$NEXUS_PASSWORD" --upload-file "$bin_file.sha512" "$repo_url" || EXIT_STATUS=$?
+
+if [ $EXIT_STATUS -ne 0 ]; then
+  echo "ERROR: Upload failed"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "Successfully uploaded version $VERSION of ZooKeeper to Nexus"
+echo "https://repo.stackable.tech/service/rest/repository/browse/packages/zookeeper/"