diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index bec10c10c9..29afd46c18 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 ./.dapper
-./.cache
-./dist
+./.cache
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 666d9d5f95..8c525dab6a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ on:
     - "v*"
 
 env:
-  GITHUB_TAG: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+  GITHUB_ACTION_TAG: ${{ github.ref_name }}
   
 name: Release
 permissions:
@@ -17,56 +17,54 @@ permissions:
     id-token: write
 jobs:
   release-amd64:
-    runs-on: runs-on,runner=8cpu-linux-x64,run-id=${{ github.run_id }},image=ubuntu22-full-x64,hdd=64
+    runs-on: self-hosted-amd64
     steps:
     - name: Checkout code
       uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
     - name: Install Dapper
       run: |
-        curl -sL https://releases.rancher.com/dapper/latest/dapper-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m) > /usr/local/bin/dapper
-        chmod +x /usr/local/bin/dapper
+        curl -sL https://releases.rancher.com/dapper/latest/dapper-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m) > /tmp/dapper
+        chmod +x /tmp/dapper
 
     - name: Validate Release
       run: |
-       dapper -f Dockerfile --target dapper make validate-release
+       /tmp/dapper -f Dockerfile --target dapper make validate-release
 
     - name: Build
       run: |
-        dapper -f Dockerfile --target dapper make dapper-ci
+        /tmp/dapper -f Dockerfile --target dapper make dapper-ci
     
-    - name: "Read secrets"
-      uses: rancher-eio/read-vault-secrets@main
-      with:
-        secrets: |
-          secret/data/github/repo/${{ github.repository }}/dockerhub/${{ github.repository_owner }}/credentials username | DOCKER_USERNAME ;
-          secret/data/github/repo/${{ github.repository }}/dockerhub/${{ github.repository_owner }}/credentials password | DOCKER_PASSWORD ;
+    # - name: "Read secrets"
+    #   uses: rancher-eio/read-vault-secrets@main
+    #   with:
+    #     secrets: |
+    #       secret/data/github/repo/${{ github.repository }}/dockerhub/${{ github.repository_owner }}/credentials username | DOCKER_USERNAME ;
+    #       secret/data/github/repo/${{ github.repository }}/dockerhub/${{ github.repository_owner }}/credentials password | DOCKER_PASSWORD ;
 
     - name: Package Images
       run: |
-        dapper -f Dockerfile --target dapper make package-images
+        /tmp/dapper -f Dockerfile --target dapper make package-images
     
     - name: Scan Images
+      continue-on-error: true
       run: |
-        dapper -f Dockerfile --target dapper make scan-images
+        /tmp/dapper -f Dockerfile --target dapper make scan-images
     
     - name: Test
       run: |
-        dapper -f Dockerfile --target dapper make test
-    
-    - name: Login to Container Registry
-      uses: docker/login-action@v3
-      with:
-        username: ${{ env.DOCKER_USERNAME }}
-        password: ${{ env.DOCKER_PASSWORD }}
+        /tmp/dapper -f Dockerfile --target dapper make test
 
     - name: Publish Image Runtime
       run: |
-        GITHUB_TAG=${{ github.ref_name }} make publish-image-runtime
+        GITHUB_ACTION_TAG=${{ github.ref_name }} /tmp/dapper -f Dockerfile --target dapper make publish-image-runtime
+      env:
+        DOCKER_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USERNAME }}
+        DOCKER_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_PASSWORD }}
     
-    - name: Checksum Artifacts
+    - name: Checksum
       run: |
-        dapper -f Dockerfile --target dapper make checksum
+        GITHUB_ACTION_TAG=${{ github.ref_name }} /tmp/dapper -f Dockerfile --target dapper make checksum
 
     - name: Publish Artifacts
       uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
@@ -74,52 +72,50 @@ jobs:
         files: |
           dist/artifacts/*
   release-arm64:
-    runs-on: runs-on,runner=8cpu-linux-arm64,run-id=${{ github.run_id }},image=ubuntu22-full-arm64,hdd=64
+    runs-on: self-hosted-arm64
     steps:
     - name: Checkout code
       uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
     - name: Install Dapper
       run: |
-        curl -sL https://releases.rancher.com/dapper/latest/dapper-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m) > /usr/local/bin/dapper
-        chmod +x /usr/local/bin/dapper
+        curl -sL https://releases.rancher.com/dapper/latest/dapper-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m) > /tmp/dapper
+        chmod +x /tmp/dapper
 
     - name: Validate Release
       run: |
-       dapper -f Dockerfile --target dapper make validate-release
+       /tmp/dapper -f Dockerfile --target dapper make validate-release
 
     - name: Build
       run: |
-        dapper -f Dockerfile --target dapper make dapper-ci
+        /tmp/dapper -f Dockerfile --target dapper make dapper-ci
     
-    - name: "Read secrets"
-      uses: rancher-eio/read-vault-secrets@main
-      with:
-        secrets: |
-          secret/data/github/repo/${{ github.repository }}/dockerhub/${{ github.repository_owner }}/credentials username | DOCKER_USERNAME ;
-          secret/data/github/repo/${{ github.repository }}/dockerhub/${{ github.repository_owner }}/credentials password | DOCKER_PASSWORD ;
+    # - name: "Read secrets"
+    #   uses: rancher-eio/read-vault-secrets@main
+    #   with:
+    #     secrets: |
+    #       secret/data/github/repo/${{ github.repository }}/dockerhub/${{ github.repository_owner }}/credentials username | DOCKER_USERNAME ;
+    #       secret/data/github/repo/${{ github.repository }}/dockerhub/${{ github.repository_owner }}/credentials password | DOCKER_PASSWORD ;
 
     - name: Package Images
       run: |
-        dapper -f Dockerfile --target dapper make package-images
+        /tmp/dapper -f Dockerfile --target dapper make package-images
     
     - name: Scan Images
+      continue-on-error: true
       run: |
-        dapper -f Dockerfile --target dapper make scan-images
-    
-    - name: Login to Container Registry
-      uses: docker/login-action@v3
-      with:
-        username: ${{ env.DOCKER_USERNAME }}
-        password: ${{ env.DOCKER_PASSWORD }}
+        /tmp/dapper -f Dockerfile --target dapper make scan-images
 
     - name: Publish Image Runtime
       run: |
-        GITHUB_TAG=${{ github.ref_name }} make publish-image-runtime
-    
-    - name: Checksum Artifacts
+        GITHUB_ACTION_TAG=${{ github.ref_name }} /tmp/dapper -f Dockerfile --target dapper make publish-image-runtime
+      env:
+        DOCKER_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USERNAME }}
+        DOCKER_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_PASSWORD }}
+
+    - name: Checksum
       run: |
-        dapper -f Dockerfile --target dapper make checksum
+        GITHUB_ACTION_TAG=${{ github.ref_name }} /tmp/dapper -f Dockerfile --target dapper make checksum
 
     - name: Publish Artifacts
       uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
@@ -138,15 +134,16 @@ jobs:
         curl -sL https://releases.rancher.com/dapper/latest/dapper-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m) > /usr/local/bin/dapper
         chmod +x /usr/local/bin/dapper
     
-    - name: "Read secrets"
-      uses: rancher-eio/read-vault-secrets@main
-      with:
-        secrets: |
-          secret/data/github/repo/${{ github.repository }}/pat_username/credentials token | PAT_USERNAME ;
+    # - name: "Read secrets"
+    #   uses: rancher-eio/read-vault-secrets@main
+    #   with:
+    #     secrets: |
+    #       secret/data/github/repo/${{ github.repository }}/pat_username/credentials token | PAT_USERNAME ;
 
     - name: Dispatch
       run: |
         dapper -f Dockerfile --target dapper make dispatch
       env:
         PAT_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        PATH_USERNAME: ${{ env.PAT_USERNAME }}
+        PATH_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.PAT_USERNAME }}
+        GITHUB_ACTION_TAG: ${{ env.GITHUB_ACTION_TAG }}
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 17856abc03..c27c073d65 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ RUN zypper install -y systemd-rpm-macros
 
 # Dapper/Drone/CI environment
 FROM build AS dapper
-ENV DAPPER_ENV GODEBUG GOCOVER REPO TAG GITHUB_TAG PAT_USERNAME PAT_TOKEN KUBERNETES_VERSION DOCKER_BUILDKIT DRONE_BUILD_EVENT IMAGE_NAME AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID ENABLE_REGISTRY
+ENV DAPPER_ENV GODEBUG GOCOVER REPO TAG GITHUB_ACTION_TAG PAT_USERNAME PAT_TOKEN KUBERNETES_VERSION DOCKER_BUILDKIT DRONE_BUILD_EVENT IMAGE_NAME AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID ENABLE_REGISTRY DOCKER_USERNAME DOCKER_PASSWORD
 ARG DAPPER_HOST_ARCH
 ENV ARCH $DAPPER_HOST_ARCH
 ENV DAPPER_OUTPUT ./dist ./bin ./build
diff --git a/Dockerfile.windows b/Dockerfile.windows
index 63fd52e294..1aee19713c 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.windows
+++ b/Dockerfile.windows
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ RUN apk --no-cache add \
 
 # Dapper/Drone/CI environment
 FROM rancher/hardened-build-base:v1.21.5b2 AS dapper
-ENV DAPPER_ENV GODEBUG REPO TAG GITHUB_TAG PAT_USERNAME PAT_TOKEN KUBERNETES_VERSION DOCKER_BUILDKIT DRONE_BUILD_EVENT IMAGE_NAME AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID ENABLE_REGISTRY
+ENV DAPPER_ENV GODEBUG REPO TAG GITHUB_ACTION_TAG PAT_USERNAME PAT_TOKEN KUBERNETES_VERSION DOCKER_BUILDKIT DRONE_BUILD_EVENT IMAGE_NAME AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID ENABLE_REGISTRY
 ARG DAPPER_HOST_ARCH
 ENV ARCH $DAPPER_HOST_ARCH
 ENV DAPPER_OUTPUT ./dist ./bin ./build
diff --git a/scripts/build-image-runtime b/scripts/build-image-runtime
index c11896735e..4d8400b0a4 100755
--- a/scripts/build-image-runtime
+++ b/scripts/build-image-runtime
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ DOCKER_BUILDKIT=${DOCKER_BUILDKIT:-1} docker image build \
     --build-arg MINOR=${VERSION_MINOR} \
     --build-arg DAPPER_HOST_ARCH=${GOARCH} \
     --build-arg CACHEBUST="$(date +%s%N)" \
-    --tag ${REPO}/${PROG}-runtime:${DOCKERIZED_VERSION} \
-    --tag ${REPO}/${PROG}-runtime:${DOCKERIZED_VERSION}-${GOOS}-${GOARCH} \
+    --tag husseingalal/${PROG}-runtime:${DOCKERIZED_VERSION} \
+    --tag husseingalal/${PROG}-runtime:${DOCKERIZED_VERSION}-${GOOS}-${GOARCH} \
     --target runtime \
     --file Dockerfile \
     .
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ if [ "${GOARCH}" != "s390x" ] && [ "${GOARCH}" != "arm64" ]; then
       --build-arg MAJOR=${VERSION_MAJOR} \
       --build-arg MINOR=${VERSION_MINOR} \
       --build-arg CACHEBUST="$(date +%s%N)" \
-      --tag ${REPO}/${PROG}-runtime:${DOCKERIZED_VERSION}-windows-amd64 \
+      --tag husseingalal/${PROG}-runtime:${DOCKERIZED_VERSION}-windows-amd64 \
       --target windows-runtime \
       --file Dockerfile.windows \
       .
@@ -38,4 +38,4 @@ fi
 mkdir -p build/images
 docker image save \
     --output build/images/${PROG}-runtime.tar \
-    ${REPO}/${PROG}-runtime:${DOCKERIZED_VERSION}-${GOOS}-${GOARCH}
+    husseingalal/${PROG}-runtime:${DOCKERIZED_VERSION}-${GOOS}-${GOARCH}
diff --git a/scripts/build-image-test b/scripts/build-image-test
index a3b7ca670a..e987f36c10 100755
--- a/scripts/build-image-test
+++ b/scripts/build-image-test
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ DOCKER_BUILDKIT=${DOCKER_BUILDKIT:-1} docker image build \
     --build-arg TAG=${VERSION} \
     --build-arg KUBERNETES_VERSION=${KUBERNETES_VERSION} \
     --build-arg CACHEBUST="$(date +%s%N)" \
-    --tag ${REPO}/${PROG}-test:${DOCKERIZED_VERSION} \
-    --tag ${REPO}/${PROG}-test:${DOCKERIZED_VERSION}-${GOARCH} \
+    --tag husseingalal/${PROG}-test:${DOCKERIZED_VERSION} \
+    --tag husseingalal/${PROG}-test:${DOCKERIZED_VERSION}-${GOARCH} \
     --target test \
 .
diff --git a/scripts/build-images b/scripts/build-images
index 25a30aeba4..84ad8fe781 100755
--- a/scripts/build-images
+++ b/scripts/build-images
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ source ./scripts/version.sh
 ./scripts/build-image-runtime
 
 awk '{print $1}' << EOF > build/images-core.txt
-    ${REGISTRY}/${REPO}/${PROG}-runtime:${DOCKERIZED_VERSION}
+    ${REGISTRY}/husseingalal/${PROG}-runtime:${DOCKERIZED_VERSION}
 EOF
 
 xargs -n1 -t docker image pull --quiet << EOF >> build/images-core.txt
diff --git a/scripts/checksum b/scripts/checksum
index a46df8e064..943b99ab50 100755
--- a/scripts/checksum
+++ b/scripts/checksum
@@ -5,20 +5,15 @@ cd $(dirname $0)/..
 
 source ./scripts/version.sh
 
-CHECKSUM_DIR=${CHECKSUM_DIR:-./dist/artifacts}
+CHECKSUM_DIR=${CHECKSUM_DIR:-dist/artifacts}
 
-function checksum(){
+mkdir -p ${CHECKSUM_DIR}
+sumfile="${CHECKSUM_DIR}/sha256sum-${ARCH}.txt"
+echo -n "" > "${sumfile}"
 
-    sumfile="${CHECKSUM_DIR}/sha256sum-${ARCH}.txt"
-    echo -n "" > "${sumfile}"
+files=$(ls ${CHECKSUM_DIR} | grep "${ARCH}" | grep -v "sha256sum-${ARCH}.txt")
+for file in ${files}; do
+  sha256sum "${CHECKSUM_DIR}/${file}" | sed "s;$(dirname ${CHECKSUM_DIR}/${file})/;;g" >> "${sumfile}"
+done
 
-    files=$(ls ${CHECKSUM_DIR})
-    for file in ${files}; do
-      sha256sum "${file}" | sed "s;$(dirname ${file})/;;g" >> "${sumfile}"
-    done
-
-    cat "${sumfile}"
-}
-
-
-checksum
\ No newline at end of file
+cat "${sumfile}"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/dispatch b/scripts/dispatch
index 73d6bfa7bf..18c3e54d3b 100755
--- a/scripts/dispatch
+++ b/scripts/dispatch
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -ex
 
-REPO="https://api.github.com/repos/rancher/rke2-upgrade/dispatches"
+REPO="https://api.github.com/repos/galal-hussein/rke2-upgrade/dispatches"
 
 # send dispatch event to REPO
 curl -XPOST -u "${PAT_USERNAME}:${PAT_TOKEN}" \
         -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.everest-preview+json"  \
         -H "Content-Type: application/json" $REPO \
-        --data '{"event_type": "create_tag", "client_payload": {"tag":"'"$DRONE_TAG"'"}}'
+        --data '{"event_type": "create_tag", "client_payload": {"tag":"'"$GITHUB_ACTION_TAG"'"}}'
 
-SYSTEM_AGENT_INSTALLER_RKE2_REPO="https://api.github.com/repos/rancher/system-agent-installer-rke2/dispatches"
+SYSTEM_AGENT_INSTALLER_RKE2_REPO="https://api.github.com/repos/galal-hussein/system-agent-installer-rke2/dispatches"
 
 # send dispatch event to SYSTEM_AGENT_INSTALLER_RKE2_REPO
 curl -XPOST -u "${PAT_USERNAME}:${PAT_TOKEN}" \
         -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.everest-preview+json"  \
         -H "Content-Type: application/json" $SYSTEM_AGENT_INSTALLER_RKE2_REPO \
-        --data '{"event_type": "create_tag", "client_payload": {"tag":"'"$DRONE_TAG"'"}}'
+        --data '{"event_type": "create_tag", "client_payload": {"tag":"'"$GITHUB_ACTION_TAG"'"}}'
diff --git a/scripts/package b/scripts/package
index 1dd78f989a..de647b7b12 100755
--- a/scripts/package
+++ b/scripts/package
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ mkdir -p dist/{artifacts,bundle}
 ./scripts/package-binary
 ./scripts/package-windows-binary
 ./scripts/package-bundle
-./scripts/package-windows-bundle
+./scripts/package-windows-bundle
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/package-binary b/scripts/package-binary
index b823b1d9f5..7f17c73792 100755
--- a/scripts/package-binary
+++ b/scripts/package-binary
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ source ./scripts/version.sh
 
 mkdir -p dist/artifacts
 
-install -s bin/${PROG} dist/artifacts/${RELEASE}
+install -s bin/${PROG} dist/artifacts/${RELEASE}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/package-dev-rpm b/scripts/package-dev-rpm
index 003eeb6347..a4b326ddb1 100755
--- a/scripts/package-dev-rpm
+++ b/scripts/package-dev-rpm
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ while IFS= read -r script; do
         "${script}"
 
     # Build rpm
-    bash "${script}"
+    TAG=${RPM_VERSION} bash "${script}"
 done <"${SCRIPT_LIST}"
 
 if [ "${DAPPER_UID:--1}" -ne "-1" ]; then
diff --git a/scripts/package-windows-images b/scripts/package-windows-images
index c21dfe6acd..d567d2dda0 100755
--- a/scripts/package-windows-images
+++ b/scripts/package-windows-images
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@ mkdir -p dist/artifacts
 # 1809/LTSC
 crane --platform windows/amd64 pull \
   ${REGISTRY}/${REPO}/${PROG}-runtime:${DOCKERIZED_VERSION}-windows-amd64 \
-  rancher/pause:${PAUSE_VERSION}-windows-1809-amd64 \
+  husseingalal/pause:${PAUSE_VERSION}-windows-1809-amd64 \
   rke2-windows-1809-amd64-images.tar
 
 # 2022/LTSC
 crane --platform windows/amd64 pull \
   ${REGISTRY}/${REPO}/${PROG}-runtime:${DOCKERIZED_VERSION}-windows-amd64 \
-  rancher/pause:${PAUSE_VERSION}-windows-ltsc2022-amd64 \
+  husseingalal/pause:${PAUSE_VERSION}-windows-ltsc2022-amd64 \
   rke2-windows-ltsc2022-amd64-images.tar
 
 WINDOWS_TARFILES=(rke2-windows-1809-amd64-images.tar rke2-windows-ltsc2022-amd64-images.tar)
diff --git a/scripts/publish-image-runtime b/scripts/publish-image-runtime
index b3a9b14d7d..018e8b38be 100755
--- a/scripts/publish-image-runtime
+++ b/scripts/publish-image-runtime
@@ -5,7 +5,11 @@ cd $(dirname $0)/..
 
 source ./scripts/version.sh
 
-docker image push ${REPO}/${PROG}-runtime:${DOCKERIZED_VERSION}-${GOOS}-${GOARCH}
+set +x
+docker login -u $DOCKER_USERNAME -p $DOCKER_PASSWORD
+set -x
+
+docker image push husseingalal/${PROG}-runtime:${DOCKERIZED_VERSION}-${GOOS}-${GOARCH}
 if [ "${GOARCH}" != "s390x" ] && [ "${GOARCH}" != "arm64" ]; then
-    docker image push ${REPO}/${PROG}-runtime:${DOCKERIZED_VERSION}-windows-amd64
+    docker image push husseingalal/${PROG}-runtime:${DOCKERIZED_VERSION}-windows-amd64
 fi
diff --git a/scripts/test-helpers b/scripts/test-helpers
index 7f1d86d02f..97d1d6fc18 100755
--- a/scripts/test-helpers
+++ b/scripts/test-helpers
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ test-setup() {
         #TAG=${TAG:-${VERSION_TAG}${SUFFIX}}
         #REPO=${REPO:-rancher}
         #IMAGE_NAME=${IMAGE_NAME:-rke2}
-        export RKE2_IMAGE=${REPO}/${PROG}-test:${DOCKERIZED_VERSION}-${GOARCH}
+        export RKE2_IMAGE=husseingalal/${PROG}-test:${DOCKERIZED_VERSION}-${GOARCH}
         #export RKE2_IMAGE=${REPO}/${IMAGE_NAME}:${TAG}
     fi
 
diff --git a/scripts/validate-release b/scripts/validate-release
index b4021c246a..2d49673b81 100755
--- a/scripts/validate-release
+++ b/scripts/validate-release
@@ -59,6 +59,6 @@ function check_kubernetes_version() {
 . ./scripts/version.sh
 
 git fetch origin -f --tags
-parse_tag $GITHUB_TAG
+parse_tag $GITHUB_ACTION_TAG
 check_release_branch
 check_kubernetes_version