diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index ec526b0736..b13cdf2b2d 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Use the `python:3.7` as a source image from the Amazon ECR Public Gallery
 # We are not using `python:3.7.2-slim` from Dockerhub because it has put a  pull rate limit. 
-FROM public.ecr.aws/sam/build-python3.7:latest
+FROM public.ecr.aws/sam/build-python3.8:latest
 
 # Set up an app directory for your code
 COPY . /app
diff --git a/buildspec.yml b/buildspec.yml
index 63e53d247f..3e9c29916d 100644
--- a/buildspec.yml
+++ b/buildspec.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ version: 0.2
 phases:
   install:
     runtime-versions:
-      python: 3.7
+      python: 3.8
     commands:
       - echo 'about to call dockerd'
       - nohup /usr/local/bin/dockerd --host=unix:///var/run/docker.sock --host=tcp://127.0.0.1:2375 --storage-driver=overlay2&
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ phases:
       # For example, a 1.21 kubectl client works with Kubernetes 1.20, 1.21 and 1.22 clusters.
       # Ref: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eks/latest/userguide/install-kubectl.html OR https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/tools/install-kubectl-linux/
       # To download a specific version v1.22.0 on Linux, use:
-      - curl -LO https://dl.k8s.io/release/v1.23.6/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl
+      - curl -LO https://dl.k8s.io/release/v1.29.0/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl
       # Download the kubectl checksum file
-      - curl -LO "https://dl.k8s.io/v1.23.6/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl.sha256"
+      - curl -LO "https://dl.k8s.io/v1.29.0/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl.sha256"
       # Validate the kubectl binary against the checksum file
       - echo "$(cat kubectl.sha256)  kubectl" | sha256sum --check
       # Install kubectl
diff --git a/ci-cd-codepipeline.cfn.yml b/ci-cd-codepipeline.cfn.yml
index c0f4d9d31b..10bf98b3fd 100755
--- a/ci-cd-codepipeline.cfn.yml
+++ b/ci-cd-codepipeline.cfn.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Parameters:
 
   GitHubUser:
     Type: String
-    Default: SudKul
+    Default: Mujeebla
     Description: GitHub username or organization
     MinLength: 3
     MaxLength: 100
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ Resources:
 
       Handler: index.handler
       Role: !GetAtt CustomResourceLambdaExecutionRole.Arn
-      Runtime: python3.7
+      Runtime: python3.8
       Timeout: 300
 
   CustomResourceLambdaExecutionRole: