diff --git a/.env.sample b/.env.sample
index 7e63ada1..b793df8d 100644
--- a/.env.sample
+++ b/.env.sample
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ OGC_REQUEST_POOL_CONNECTIONS=10
 # Java Options & Memory
 ENABLE_JSONP=true
 outFormat=text/javascript
-GEOSERVER_JAVA_OPTS='-Djava.awt.headless=true -Xms4G -Xmx4G -Dgwc.context.suffix=gwc -XX:+UnlockDiagnosticVMOptions -XX:+LogVMOutput -XX:LogFile=/var/log/jvm.log -XX:PerfDataSamplingInterval=500 -XX:SoftRefLRUPolicyMSPerMB=36000 -XX:-UseGCOverheadLimit -XX:ParallelGCThreads=4 -Dfile.encoding=UTF8 -Djavax.servlet.request.encoding=UTF-8 -Djavax.servlet.response.encoding=UTF-8 -Duser.timezone=GMT -Dorg.geotools.shapefile.datetime=false -DGS-SHAPEFILE-CHARSET=UTF-8 -DGEOSERVER_CSRF_DISABLED=true -DPRINT_BASE_URL={geoserver_ui}/geoserver/pdf -DALLOW_ENV_PARAMETRIZATION=true -Xbootclasspath/a:/usr/local/tomcat/webapps/geoserver/WEB-INF/lib/marlin-0.9.3-Unsafe.jar -Dsun.java2d.renderer=org.marlin.pisces.MarlinRenderingEngine'
+GEOSERVER_JAVA_OPTS=-Djava.awt.headless=true -Xms4G -Xmx4G -Dgwc.context.suffix=gwc -XX:+UnlockDiagnosticVMOptions -XX:+LogVMOutput -XX:LogFile=/var/log/jvm.log -XX:PerfDataSamplingInterval=500 -XX:SoftRefLRUPolicyMSPerMB=36000 -XX:-UseGCOverheadLimit -XX:ParallelGCThreads=4 -Dfile.encoding=UTF8 -Djavax.servlet.request.encoding=UTF-8 -Djavax.servlet.response.encoding=UTF-8 -Duser.timezone=GMT -Dorg.geotools.shapefile.datetime=false -DGS-SHAPEFILE-CHARSET=UTF-8 -DGEOSERVER_CSRF_DISABLED=true -DPRINT_BASE_URL={geoserver_ui}/geoserver/pdf -DALLOW_ENV_PARAMETRIZATION=true -Xbootclasspath/a:/usr/local/tomcat/webapps/geoserver/WEB-INF/lib/marlin-0.9.3-Unsafe.jar -Dsun.java2d.renderer=org.marlin.pisces.MarlinRenderingEngine
 
 # #################
 # Security
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 967338fc..f5790f95 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ GeoNode template project. Generates a django project with GeoNode support.
   ```bash
     GN_VERSION=master
 
-    django-admin startproject --template=https://github.com/GeoNode/geonode-project/archive/refs/tags/$GN_VERSION.zip -e py,sh,md,rst,json,yml,ini,env,sample,properties -n monitoring-cron -n Dockerfile project_name ~/project_name
+    django-admin startproject --template=https://github.com/GeoNode/geonode-project/archive/refs/heads/$GN_VERSION.zip -e py,sh,md,rst,json,yml,ini,env,sample,properties -n monitoring-cron -n Dockerfile project_name ~/project_name
   ```
 
   ```bash
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 0b9c2991..88802511 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ version: '3.9'
 # Common Django template for GeoNode and Celery services below
 x-common-django:
   &default-common-django
-  image: ${COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME}_django:latest
+  image: ${COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME}/geonode:${GEONODE_BASE_IMAGE_VERSION}
   restart: unless-stopped
   env_file:
     - .env
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ services:
 
   # Nginx is serving django static and media files and proxies to django and geonode
   geonode:
+    image: ${COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME}/nginx:${NGINX_BASE_IMAGE_VERSION}
     build:
       context: ./docker/nginx
       dockerfile: Dockerfile
@@ -87,6 +88,7 @@ services:
 
   # Gets and installs letsencrypt certificates
   letsencrypt:
+    image: ${COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME}/letsencrypt:${LETSENCRYPT_BASE_IMAGE_VERSION}
     build:
       context: ./docker/letsencrypt
       dockerfile: Dockerfile
@@ -101,6 +103,7 @@ services:
 
   # Geoserver backend
   geoserver:
+    image: ${COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME}/geoserver:${GEOSERVER_BASE_IMAGE_VERSION}
     build:
       context: ./docker/geoserver
       dockerfile: Dockerfile
@@ -131,6 +134,7 @@ services:
         condition: service_healthy
 
   data-dir-conf:
+    image: ${COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME}/geoserver_data:${GEOSERVER_DATA_BASE_IMAGE_VERSION}
     build:
       context: ./docker/geoserver_data
       dockerfile: Dockerfile
@@ -146,7 +150,7 @@ services:
 
   # PostGIS database.
   db:
-    # use geonode official postgis 15 image
+    image: ${COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME}/postgis:${POSTGRES_BASE_IMAGE_VERSION}
     build:
       context: ./docker/postgresql
       dockerfile: Dockerfile