diff --git a/.github/workflows/actions.yml b/.github/workflows/actions.yml
index ac4edad0..477c3aa6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/actions.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/actions.yml
@@ -88,11 +88,18 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Mockgen
         run: go get github.com/golang/mock/mockgen@v1.6.0
       - name: Get dependencies
-        run: go mod download
+        run: go mod download ; sudo apt -y install dnf
       - name: Mod tidy
         run: go mod tidy
       - name: Build podmon Docker Image
-        run: cd cmd/podmon ; make clean build; docker build -t podmon .
+        run: |
+         cd cmd/podmon
+         chmod +x ../../scripts/buildubimicro.sh
+         buildah unshare ../../scripts/buildubimicro.sh "registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9-micro:9.2-9"
+         make clean build
+         podman build -t docker.io/podmon . --build-arg BASEIMAGE="localhost/resiliency-ubimicro"
+         podman save docker.io/library/podmon -o /tmp/podmon.tar
+         docker load -i /tmp/podmon.tar
       - name: Image scanner
         uses: Azure/container-scan@v0
         with:
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a9d24186..36107837 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2021-2022 Dell Inc., or its subsidiaries. All Rights Reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2021-2023 Dell Inc., or its subsidiaries. All Rights Reserved.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 # Includes the following generated file to get semantic version information
 all:
-	(cd cmd/podmon; make clean build docker push)
+	(cd cmd/podmon; make clean build-base-image build podman push)
 
 check:
 	@scripts/check.sh ./internal/monitor ./internal/k8sapi ./internal/csiapi ./internal/criapi ./cmd/podmon  
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 50ce0c0e..d59c55a1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
- Copyright (c) 2021-2022 Dell Inc., or its subsidiaries. All Rights Reserved.
+ Copyright (c) 2021-2023 Dell Inc., or its subsidiaries. All Rights Reserved.
 
  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 # Dell Container Storage Modules (CSM) for Resiliency
 [![Contributor Covenant](https://img.shields.io/badge/Contributor%20Covenant-v2.0%20adopted-ff69b4.svg)](https://github.com/dell/csm/blob/main/docs/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md)
 [![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-Apache%202.0-blue.svg)](https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
-[![Docker Pulls](https://img.shields.io/docker/pulls/dellemc/podmon)](https://hub.docker.com/r/dellemc/podmon)
+[![Podmam Pulls](https://img.shields.io/docker/pulls/dellemc/podmon)](https://hub.docker.com/r/dellemc/podmon)
 [![Go version](https://img.shields.io/github/go-mod/go-version/dell/karavi-resiliency)](go.mod)
 [![GitHub release (latest by date including pre-releases)](https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/dell/karavi-resiliency?include_prereleases&label=latest&style=flat-square)](https://github.com/dell/karavi-resiliency/releases/latest)
 [![Releases](https://img.shields.io/badge/Releases-green.svg)](https://github.com/dell/karavi-resiliency/releases)
@@ -47,14 +47,15 @@ If you wish to clone and build CSM for Resiliency, a Linux host is required with
 
 | Component       | Version   | Additional Information                                                                                                                     |
 | --------------- | --------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
-| Docker          | v19+      | [Docker installation](https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/)                                                                                                    |
-| Golang          | v1.18+    | [Golang installation](https://github.com/travis-ci/gimme)                                                                                                         |
-| git             | latest    | [Git installation](https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Getting-Started-Installing-Git)                                                                              |
+| Podman          | v4.4.1+   | [Podman installation](https://podman.io/docs/installation)                                                                                                    |
+| Buildah         | v1.29.1+  | [Buildah installation](https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/getting-started-buildah)                                                                               |
+| Golang          | v1.18+    | [Golang installation](https://github.com/travis-ci/gimme)                                                                                                     |
+| git             | latest    | [Git installation](https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Getting-Started-Installing-Git)                                                                             |
 
 Once all prerequisites are on the Linux host, follow the steps below to clone, build and deploy CSM for Resiliency:
 
 1. Clone the repository: `git clone https://github.com/dell/karavi-resiliency.git`
-2. Define and export the following environment variables to point to your Docker registry:
+2. Define and export the following environment variables to point to your Podman registry:
 
     ```
     export REGISTRY_HOST=<registry host>
diff --git a/cmd/podmon/Dockerfile b/cmd/podmon/Dockerfile
index 06c4d558..16a6e27f 100644
--- a/cmd/podmon/Dockerfile
+++ b/cmd/podmon/Dockerfile
@@ -11,16 +11,13 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
-FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/ubi:8.8-854
+ARG BASEIMAGE
+FROM $BASEIMAGE AS final
 LABEL vendor="Dell Inc." \
       name="csm-resiliency" \
       summary="Dell Container Storage Modules (CSM) for Resiliency" \
       description="Makes Kubernetes applications, including those that utilize persistent storage, more resilient to various failures" \
       version="2.0.0" \
       license="Apache-2.0"
-RUN dnf -y install openssl && \
-    dnf -y install nettle && \
-    dnf -y install gnutls && \
-    dnf -y install systemd
 COPY podmon /podmon
 ENTRYPOINT [ "/podmon" ]
diff --git a/cmd/podmon/Makefile b/cmd/podmon/Makefile
index 9c26194c..9159ef78 100644
--- a/cmd/podmon/Makefile
+++ b/cmd/podmon/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2021-2022 Dell Inc., or its subsidiaries. All Rights Reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2021-2023 Dell Inc., or its subsidiaries. All Rights Reserved.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ MINOR=0
 PATCH=54
 VERSION?="v$(MAJOR).$(MINOR).$(PATCH)"
 REGISTRY?="${REGISTRY_HOST}:${REGISTRY_PORT}/podmon"
+BASEIMAGE?="resiliency-micro:latest"
 
 clean:
 	go clean ./...
@@ -24,11 +25,14 @@ clean:
 build:
 	CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64  go build -a -ldflags '-w' ./...
 
-docker:
-	docker build --no-cache -t "$(REGISTRY):$(VERSION)" --label commit=$(shell git log --max-count 1 --format="%H") .
+build-base-image:
+	sh ../../scripts/buildubimicro.sh "registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9-micro:9.2-9"
+
+podman:
+	podman build --no-cache -t "$(REGISTRY):$(VERSION)" --build-arg BASEIMAGE=$(BASEIMAGE) --label commit=$(shell git log --max-count 1 --format="%H") .
 
 push:
-	docker push "$(REGISTRY):$(VERSION)"
+	podman push "$(REGISTRY):$(VERSION)"
 
 unit-test:
 	go test -race -v -coverprofile=c.out ./...
diff --git a/scripts/buildubimicro.sh b/scripts/buildubimicro.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..291c3b87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/buildubimicro.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# Copyright (c) 2023 Dell Inc., or its subsidiaries. All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+microcontainer=$(buildah from $1)
+micromount=$(buildah mount $microcontainer)
+dnf install --installroot $micromount --releasever=8 --nodocs --setopt install_weak_deps=false openssl nettle gnutls systemd -y
+dnf clean all --installroot $micromount
+buildah umount $microcontainer
+buildah commit $microcontainer resiliency-ubimicro
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/podmontest/Makefile b/test/podmontest/Makefile
index 042f2864..5ca671c2 100644
--- a/test/podmontest/Makefile
+++ b/test/podmontest/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2021-2022 Dell Inc., or its subsidiaries. All Rights Reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2021-2023 Dell Inc., or its subsidiaries. All Rights Reserved.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ build:
 	rm -f podmontest
 	CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -a -tags podmontest -ldflags '-w' -o podmontest *.go
 
-docker:
-	docker build -t "$(REGISTRY):$(VERSION)" --label commit=$(shell git log --max-count 1 --format="%H") .
+podman:
+	podman build -t "$(REGISTRY):$(VERSION)" --label commit=$(shell git log --max-count 1 --format="%H") .
 
 push:
-	docker push "$(REGISTRY):$(VERSION)"
+	podman push "$(REGISTRY):$(VERSION)"