diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index c9d35114..aa1a6ab7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - name: Set up Go 1.17
+    - name: Set up Go 1.20
       uses: actions/setup-go@v2
       with:
-        go-version: 1.17
+        go-version: "1.20"
       id: go
     - name: Set up Go for root
       run: |
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index a30e213c..6c7c6ff5 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ARG DOCKER_REGISTRY
-ARG ALPINE_VERSION=3.15
-FROM ${DOCKER_REGISTRY:+$DOCKER_REGISTRY/}golang:1.18-alpine${ALPINE_VERSION} as go-builder
+ARG DISTROLESS_DOCKER_REGISTRY
+ARG ALPINE_VERSION=3.18
+FROM ${DOCKER_REGISTRY:+$DOCKER_REGISTRY/}golang:1.20-alpine${ALPINE_VERSION} as go-builder
 
 ARG PROJECT_NAME=zookeeper-operator
 ARG REPO_PATH=github.com/pravega/$PROJECT_NAME
@@ -28,14 +29,10 @@ COPY controllers/ controllers/
 RUN GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -o /src/${PROJECT_NAME} \
     -ldflags "-X ${REPO_PATH}/pkg/version.Version=${VERSION} -X ${REPO_PATH}/pkg/version.GitSHA=${GIT_SHA}" main.go
 
-FROM ${DOCKER_REGISTRY:+$DOCKER_REGISTRY/}alpine:${ALPINE_VERSION} AS final
-
+FROM ${DISTROLESS_DOCKER_REGISTRY:-gcr.io/}distroless/static-debian11:nonroot AS final
 
 ARG PROJECT_NAME=zookeeper-operator
 
 COPY --from=go-builder /src/${PROJECT_NAME} /usr/local/bin/${PROJECT_NAME}
 
-RUN adduser -D ${PROJECT_NAME}
-USER ${PROJECT_NAME}
-
 ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/local/bin/zookeeper-operator"]
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b1d37124..0017afbb 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -130,10 +130,11 @@ build-go:
 		-o bin/$(EXPORTER_NAME)-windows-amd64.exe cmd/exporter/main.go
 
 build-image:
-	docker build --build-arg VERSION=$(VERSION) --build-arg DOCKER_REGISTRY=$(DOCKER_REGISTRY) --build-arg GIT_SHA=$(GIT_SHA) -t $(REPO):$(VERSION) .
+	docker build --build-arg VERSION=$(VERSION) --build-arg DOCKER_REGISTRY=$(DOCKER_REGISTRY) --build-arg DISTROLESS_DOCKER_REGISTRY=$(DISTROLESS_DOCKER_REGISTRY) --build-arg GIT_SHA=$(GIT_SHA) -t $(REPO):$(VERSION) .
 	docker tag $(REPO):$(VERSION) $(REPO):latest
 
 build-zk-image:
+
 	docker build --build-arg VERSION=$(VERSION)  --build-arg DOCKER_REGISTRY=$(DOCKER_REGISTRY) --build-arg GIT_SHA=$(GIT_SHA) -t $(APP_REPO):$(VERSION) ./docker
 	docker tag $(APP_REPO):$(VERSION) $(APP_REPO):latest
 
diff --git a/api/v1beta1/zookeepercluster_types.go b/api/v1beta1/zookeepercluster_types.go
index a1269b86..f64474b4 100644
--- a/api/v1beta1/zookeepercluster_types.go
+++ b/api/v1beta1/zookeepercluster_types.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ const (
 
 	// DefaultZkContainerVersion is the default tag used for for the zookeeper
 	// container
-	DefaultZkContainerVersion = "0.2.14"
+	DefaultZkContainerVersion = "0.2.15"
 
 	// DefaultZkContainerPolicy is the default container pull policy used
 	DefaultZkContainerPolicy = "Always"
diff --git a/api/v1beta1/zookeepercluster_types_test.go b/api/v1beta1/zookeepercluster_types_test.go
index c098cbd6..c8d59fb0 100644
--- a/api/v1beta1/zookeepercluster_types_test.go
+++ b/api/v1beta1/zookeepercluster_types_test.go
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ var _ = Describe("ZookeeperCluster Types", func() {
 			})
 
 			It("Checking tostring() function", func() {
-				Ω(z.Spec.Image.ToString()).To(Equal("pravega/zookeeper:0.2.14"))
+				Ω(z.Spec.Image.ToString()).To(Equal("pravega/zookeeper:0.2.15"))
 			})
 
 		})
diff --git a/charts/zookeeper-operator/Chart.yaml b/charts/zookeeper-operator/Chart.yaml
index 9fafe472..5ed41166 100644
--- a/charts/zookeeper-operator/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/zookeeper-operator/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 apiVersion: v2
 name: zookeeper-operator
 description: Zookeeper Operator Helm chart for Kubernetes
-version: 0.2.14
-appVersion: 0.2.14
+version: 0.2.15
+appVersion: 0.2.15
 keywords:
 - zookeeper
 - storage
diff --git a/charts/zookeeper-operator/README.md b/charts/zookeeper-operator/README.md
index 3175a2ce..4497ecf2 100644
--- a/charts/zookeeper-operator/README.md
+++ b/charts/zookeeper-operator/README.md
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ The following table lists the configurable parameters of the zookeeper-operator
 | `hooks.image.tag` | Image tag for batch jobs | `"v1.16.10"` |
 | `image.pullPolicy` | Image pull policy | `IfNotPresent` |
 | `image.repository` | Image repository | `pravega/zookeeper-operator` |
-| `image.tag` | Image tag | `0.2.14` |
+| `image.tag` | Image tag | `0.2.15` |
 | `labels` | Operator pod labels | `{}` |
 | `nodeSelector` | Map of key-value pairs to be present as labels in the node in which the pod should run | `{}` |
 | `rbac.create` | Create RBAC resources | `true` |
diff --git a/charts/zookeeper-operator/values.yaml b/charts/zookeeper-operator/values.yaml
index eeef7645..afc8397e 100644
--- a/charts/zookeeper-operator/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/zookeeper-operator/values.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ global:
 
 image:
   repository: pravega/zookeeper-operator
-  tag: 0.2.14
+  tag: 0.2.15
   pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
 
 securityContext: {}
diff --git a/charts/zookeeper/Chart.yaml b/charts/zookeeper/Chart.yaml
index 3ba08e5a..594d7de3 100644
--- a/charts/zookeeper/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/zookeeper/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 apiVersion: v2
 name: zookeeper
 description: Zookeeper Helm chart for Kubernetes
-version: 0.2.14
-appVersion: 0.2.14
+version: 0.2.15
+appVersion: 0.2.15
 keywords:
 - zookeeper
 - storage
diff --git a/charts/zookeeper/README.md b/charts/zookeeper/README.md
index 8d0417bd..95027a3a 100644
--- a/charts/zookeeper/README.md
+++ b/charts/zookeeper/README.md
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ The following table lists the configurable parameters of the zookeeper chart and
 | `maxUnavailableReplicas` | Max unavailable replicas in pdb | `1` |
 | `triggerRollingRestart` | If true, the zookeeper cluster is restarted. After the restart is triggered, this value is auto-reverted to false. | `false` |
 | `image.repository` | Image repository | `pravega/zookeeper` |
-| `image.tag` | Image tag | `0.2.14` |
+| `image.tag` | Image tag | `0.2.15` |
 | `image.pullPolicy` | Image pull policy | `IfNotPresent` |
 | `domainName` | External host name appended for dns annotation | |
 | `kubernetesClusterDomain` | Domain of the kubernetes cluster | `cluster.local` |
diff --git a/charts/zookeeper/values.yaml b/charts/zookeeper/values.yaml
index d7977ec7..8a449f0b 100644
--- a/charts/zookeeper/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/zookeeper/values.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ maxUnavailableReplicas:
 
 image:
   repository: pravega/zookeeper
-  tag: 0.2.14
+  tag: 0.2.15
   pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
 
 triggerRollingRestart: false
diff --git a/config/manager/manager.yaml b/config/manager/manager.yaml
index 718a8b49..18163b4c 100644
--- a/config/manager/manager.yaml
+++ b/config/manager/manager.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ spec:
       containers:
         - name: zookeeper-operator
           # Replace this with the built image name
-          image: pravega/zookeeper-operator:0.2.14
+          image: pravega/zookeeper-operator:0.2.15
           ports:
           - containerPort: 60000
             name: metrics
diff --git a/config/samples/ECS/zookeeper_v1beta1_zookeepercluster_cr.yaml b/config/samples/ECS/zookeeper_v1beta1_zookeepercluster_cr.yaml
index 26faab41..8130f753 100644
--- a/config/samples/ECS/zookeeper_v1beta1_zookeepercluster_cr.yaml
+++ b/config/samples/ECS/zookeeper_v1beta1_zookeepercluster_cr.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ spec:
   replicas: 3
   image:
     repository: pravega/zookeeper
-    tag: 0.2.14
+    tag: 0.2.15
   storageType: persistence
   persistence:
     reclaimPolicy: Retain
diff --git a/config/samples/pravega/zookeeper_v1beta1_zookeepercluster_cr.yaml b/config/samples/pravega/zookeeper_v1beta1_zookeepercluster_cr.yaml
index b28a34fd..d3520411 100644
--- a/config/samples/pravega/zookeeper_v1beta1_zookeepercluster_cr.yaml
+++ b/config/samples/pravega/zookeeper_v1beta1_zookeepercluster_cr.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ spec:
   replicas: 3
   image:
     repository: pravega/zookeeper
-    tag: 0.2.14
+    tag: 0.2.15
   storageType: persistence
   persistence:
     reclaimPolicy: Delete
diff --git a/controllers/zookeepercluster_controller.go b/controllers/zookeepercluster_controller.go
index 45e82b32..6ef4d50f 100644
--- a/controllers/zookeepercluster_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/zookeepercluster_controller.go
@@ -125,9 +125,9 @@ func getRollingRestartAnnotation() (string, string) {
 // compareResourceVersion compare resoure versions for the supplied ZookeeperCluster and StatefulSet
 // resources
 // Returns:
-//  0 if versions are equal
+// 0 if versions are equal
 // -1 if ZookeeperCluster version is less than StatefulSet version
-//  1 if ZookeeperCluster version is greater than StatefulSet version
+// 1 if ZookeeperCluster version is greater than StatefulSet version
 func compareResourceVersion(zk *zookeeperv1beta1.ZookeeperCluster, sts *appsv1.StatefulSet) int {
 
 	zkResourceVersion, zkErr := strconv.Atoi(zk.ResourceVersion)
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 1f60fd17..59e7a880 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/pravega/zookeeper-operator
 
-go 1.18
+go 1.20
 
 require (
 	github.com/ghodss/yaml v1.0.0
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.1.2 // indirect
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
-	github.com/emicklei/go-restful v2.15.0+incompatible // indirect
+	github.com/emicklei/go-restful v2.16.0+incompatible // indirect
 	github.com/evanphx/json-patch v5.6.0+incompatible // indirect
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.5.4 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/zapr v1.2.3 // indirect
@@ -53,11 +53,11 @@ require (
 	go.uber.org/atomic v1.9.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.8.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.21.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20220526153639-5463443f8c37 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/net v0.17.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20220524215830-622c5d57e401 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220520151302-bc2c85ada10a // indirect
-	golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20220526004731-065cf7ba2467 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/text v0.3.7 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.13.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/term v0.13.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/text v0.13.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20220411224347-583f2d630306 // indirect
 	gomodules.xyz/jsonpatch/v2 v2.2.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.7 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 2388f754..32e51597 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -133,8 +133,8 @@ github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.0/go.mod h1:HtrtbFcZ19U5GC7JDqmcUSB87Iq5E25Kn
 github.com/elazarl/goproxy v0.0.0-20180725130230-947c36da3153/go.mod h1:/Zj4wYkgs4iZTTu3o/KG3Itv/qCCa8VVMlb3i9OVuzc=
 github.com/emicklei/go-restful v0.0.0-20170410110728-ff4f55a20633/go.mod h1:otzb+WCGbkyDHkqmQmT5YD2WR4BBwUdeQoFo8l/7tVs=
 github.com/emicklei/go-restful v2.9.5+incompatible/go.mod h1:otzb+WCGbkyDHkqmQmT5YD2WR4BBwUdeQoFo8l/7tVs=
-github.com/emicklei/go-restful v2.15.0+incompatible h1:8KpYO/Xl/ZudZs5RNOEhWMBY4hmzlZhhRd9cu+jrZP4=
-github.com/emicklei/go-restful v2.15.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:otzb+WCGbkyDHkqmQmT5YD2WR4BBwUdeQoFo8l/7tVs=
+github.com/emicklei/go-restful v2.16.0+incompatible h1:rgqiKNjTnFQA6kkhFe16D8epTksy9HQ1MyrbDXSdYhM=
+github.com/emicklei/go-restful v2.16.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:otzb+WCGbkyDHkqmQmT5YD2WR4BBwUdeQoFo8l/7tVs=
 github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane v0.9.0/go.mod h1:YTl/9mNaCwkRvm6d1a2C3ymFceY/DCBVvsKhRF0iEA4=
 github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane v0.9.1-0.20191026205805-5f8ba28d4473/go.mod h1:YTl/9mNaCwkRvm6d1a2C3ymFceY/DCBVvsKhRF0iEA4=
 github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane v0.9.4/go.mod h1:6rpuAdCZL397s3pYoYcLgu1mIlRU8Am5FuJP05cCM98=
@@ -657,8 +657,8 @@ golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20220127200216-cd36cc0744dd/go.mod h1:CfG3xpIq0wQ8r1q4Su
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20220225172249-27dd8689420f/go.mod h1:CfG3xpIq0wQ8r1q4Su4UZFWDARRcnwPjda9FqA0JpMk=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20220325170049-de3da57026de/go.mod h1:CfG3xpIq0wQ8r1q4Su4UZFWDARRcnwPjda9FqA0JpMk=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20220412020605-290c469a71a5/go.mod h1:CfG3xpIq0wQ8r1q4Su4UZFWDARRcnwPjda9FqA0JpMk=
-golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20220526153639-5463443f8c37 h1:lUkvobShwKsOesNfWWlCS5q7fnbG1MEliIzwu886fn8=
-golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20220526153639-5463443f8c37/go.mod h1:XRhObCWvk6IyKnWLug+ECip1KBveYUHfp+8e9klMJ9c=
+golang.org/x/net v0.17.0 h1:pVaXccu2ozPjCXewfr1S7xza/zcXTity9cCdXQYSjIM=
+golang.org/x/net v0.17.0/go.mod h1:NxSsAGuq816PNPmqtQdLE42eU2Fs7NoRIZrHJAlaCOE=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20180821212333-d2e6202438be/go.mod h1:N/0e6XlmueqKjAGxoOufVs8QHGRruUQn6yWY3a++T0U=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20190226205417-e64efc72b421/go.mod h1:gOpvHmFTYa4IltrdGE7lF6nIHvwfUNPOp7c8zoXwtLw=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20190604053449-0f29369cfe45/go.mod h1:gOpvHmFTYa4IltrdGE7lF6nIHvwfUNPOp7c8zoXwtLw=
@@ -768,12 +768,12 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220209214540-3681064d5158/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBc
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220227234510-4e6760a101f9/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220328115105-d36c6a25d886/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220412211240-33da011f77ad/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220520151302-bc2c85ada10a h1:dGzPydgVsqGcTRVwiLJ1jVbufYwmzD3LfVPLKsKg+0k=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220520151302-bc2c85ada10a/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.13.0 h1:Af8nKPmuFypiUBjVoU9V20FiaFXOcuZI21p0ycVYYGE=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.13.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201126162022-7de9c90e9dd1/go.mod h1:bj7SfCRtBDWHUb9snDiAeCFNEtKQo2Wmx5Cou7ajbmo=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20210927222741-03fcf44c2211/go.mod h1:jbD1KX2456YbFQfuXm/mYQcufACuNUgVhRMnK/tPxf8=
-golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20220526004731-065cf7ba2467 h1:CBpWXWQpIRjzmkkA+M7q9Fqnwd2mZr3AFqexg8YTfoM=
-golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20220526004731-065cf7ba2467/go.mod h1:jbD1KX2456YbFQfuXm/mYQcufACuNUgVhRMnK/tPxf8=
+golang.org/x/term v0.13.0 h1:bb+I9cTfFazGW51MZqBVmZy7+JEJMouUHTUSKVQLBek=
+golang.org/x/term v0.13.0/go.mod h1:LTmsnFJwVN6bCy1rVCoS+qHT1HhALEFxKncY3WNNh4U=
 golang.org/x/text v0.0.0-20170915032832-14c0d48ead0c/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.1-0.20180807135948-17ff2d5776d2/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
@@ -782,8 +782,9 @@ golang.org/x/text v0.3.3/go.mod h1:5Zoc/QRtKVWzQhOtBMvqHzDpF6irO9z98xDceosuGiQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.4/go.mod h1:5Zoc/QRtKVWzQhOtBMvqHzDpF6irO9z98xDceosuGiQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.5/go.mod h1:5Zoc/QRtKVWzQhOtBMvqHzDpF6irO9z98xDceosuGiQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.6/go.mod h1:5Zoc/QRtKVWzQhOtBMvqHzDpF6irO9z98xDceosuGiQ=
-golang.org/x/text v0.3.7 h1:olpwvP2KacW1ZWvsR7uQhoyTYvKAupfQrRGBFM352Gk=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.7/go.mod h1:u+2+/6zg+i71rQMx5EYifcz6MCKuco9NR6JIITiCfzQ=
+golang.org/x/text v0.13.0 h1:ablQoSUd0tRdKxZewP80B+BaqeKJuVhuRxj/dkrun3k=
+golang.org/x/text v0.13.0/go.mod h1:TvPlkZtksWOMsz7fbANvkp4WM8x/WCo/om8BMLbz+aE=
 golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20181108054448-85acf8d2951c/go.mod h1:tRJNPiyCQ0inRvYxbN9jk5I+vvW/OXSQhTDSoE431IQ=
 golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20190308202827-9d24e82272b4/go.mod h1:tRJNPiyCQ0inRvYxbN9jk5I+vvW/OXSQhTDSoE431IQ=
 golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20191024005414-555d28b269f0/go.mod h1:tRJNPiyCQ0inRvYxbN9jk5I+vvW/OXSQhTDSoE431IQ=