diff --git a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
index f20aa5b8..1b79a74a 100644
--- a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
+++ b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ Example
 **Test Configuration**:
 * OS type & version: Ubuntu 20.04
 * Hardware: x86-64 (e.g., x86, x86-64, arm, arm64)
-* Toolchain: Docker v20.10 & Go v1.19
-* Edge Orchestration Release: v1.1.x
+* Toolchain: Docker v20.10 & Go v1.23
+* Edge Orchestration Release: v1.2.x
 
 # Checklist:
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 9d242546..5bc99f4b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         arch: [x86c, x86_64c, armc, arm64c, x86_64n, x86_64a]
-        os: [ubuntu-20.04]
+        os: [ubuntu-24.04]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332
@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Golang
         uses: actions/setup-go@0a12ed9d6a96ab950c8f026ed9f722fe0da7ef32
         with:
-          go-version: '1.19'
+          go-version: '1.23'
 
-      - name: Install Qemu
-        if:  ${{ matrix.arch != 'x86_64c' && matrix.arch != 'x86_64a' && matrix.arch != 'x86_64n'}}
-        run: |
-          sudo apt-get update
-          sudo apt-get install -y qemu binfmt-support qemu-user-static
+      # - name: Install Qemu
+      #   if:  ${{ matrix.arch != 'x86_64c' && matrix.arch != 'x86_64a' && matrix.arch != 'x86_64n'}}
+      #   run: |
+      #     sudo apt-get update
+      #     sudo apt-get install -y qemu binfmt-support qemu-user-static
 
       - name: Install Android SDK & NDK  
         if:  ${{ matrix.arch == 'x86_64a' }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
index 5ab99cdf..3d2e58b1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Setup Golang
       uses: actions/setup-go@0a12ed9d6a96ab950c8f026ed9f722fe0da7ef32
       with:
-        go-version: '1.19'
+        go-version: '1.23'
 
     - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
       uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@afb54ba388a7dca6ecae48f608c4ff05ff4cc77a
diff --git a/.github/workflows/go-fuzz-test.yml b/.github/workflows/go-fuzz-test.yml
index f2caf34a..9d83189e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/go-fuzz-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/go-fuzz-test.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Golang
         uses: actions/setup-go@0a12ed9d6a96ab950c8f026ed9f722fe0da7ef32
         with:
-          go-version: '1.19'
+          go-version: '1.23'
 
       - name: Fuzz test
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint-vet-gofmt-staticcheck-analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/lint-vet-gofmt-staticcheck-analysis.yml
index e3b82aaa..aa23cec2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint-vet-gofmt-staticcheck-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint-vet-gofmt-staticcheck-analysis.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Golang
         uses: actions/setup-go@0a12ed9d6a96ab950c8f026ed9f722fe0da7ef32
         with:
-          go-version: '1.19'
+          go-version: '1.23'
 
       - name: Set env vars (golint)
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 916c7cca..f6de78a3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Golang
         uses: actions/setup-go@0a12ed9d6a96ab950c8f026ed9f722fe0da7ef32
         with:
-          go-version: '1.19'
+          go-version: '1.23'
 
       - name: Set up QEMU
         uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@49b3bc8e6bdd4a60e6116a5414239cba5943d3cf
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-suite.yml b/.github/workflows/test-suite.yml
index 48c9a795..f95f8c40 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-suite.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-suite.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Golang
         uses: actions/setup-go@0a12ed9d6a96ab950c8f026ed9f722fe0da7ef32
         with:
-          go-version: '1.19'
+          go-version: '1.23'
 
       - name: Set env vars (gocov)
         run: |
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4679da02..9e313f74 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_ARM),y)
 	INTERFACE_OUT_INC_DIR		:= $(INTERFACE_OUT_DIR)/inc/linux_arm
 	INTERFACE_OUT_BIN_DIR		:= $(INTERFACE_OUT_DIR)/bin/linux_arm
 	INTERFACE_OUT_LIB_DIR		:= $(INTERFACE_OUT_DIR)/lib/linux_arm
-	CONTAINER_ARCH="arm32v7"
+	CONTAINER_ARCH="arm/v7"
 	GOARCH=arm
 	CC="arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc"
 	GOARM=7
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ else ifeq ($(CONFIG_ARM64),y)
 	INTERFACE_OUT_INC_DIR		:= $(INTERFACE_OUT_DIR)/inc/linux_aarch64
 	INTERFACE_OUT_BIN_DIR		:= $(INTERFACE_OUT_DIR)/bin/linux_aarch64
 	INTERFACE_OUT_LIB_DIR		:= $(INTERFACE_OUT_DIR)/lib/linux_aarch64
-	CONTAINER_ARCH="arm64v8"
+	CONTAINER_ARCH="arm64"
 	GOARCH=arm64
 	CC="aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc"
 	ANDROID_TARGET="android/arm64"
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ else ifeq ($(CONFIG_X86),y)
 	INTERFACE_OUT_INC_DIR		:= $(INTERFACE_OUT_DIR)/inc/linux_x86
 	INTERFACE_OUT_BIN_DIR		:= $(INTERFACE_OUT_DIR)/bin/linux_x86
 	INTERFACE_OUT_LIB_DIR		:= $(INTERFACE_OUT_DIR)/lib/linux_x86
-	CONTAINER_ARCH="i386"
+	CONTAINER_ARCH="386"
 	GOARCH=386
 	CC="gcc"
 	ANDROID_TARGET="android/386"
@@ -181,19 +181,22 @@ build_docker_container:
 	$(call print_header, "Create Docker container $(CONTAINER_ARCH)")
 	-docker rm -f $(PKG_NAME)
 	-docker rmi -f $(DOCKER_IMAGE):$(CONTAINER_VERSION)
-	$(Q) mkdir -p $(BASE_DIR)/bin/qemu
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_ARM),y)
-ifneq ($(shell uname -m),armv7l)
-	$(Q) cp /usr/bin/qemu-arm-static $(BASE_DIR)/bin/qemu
-endif
-endif
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_ARM64),y)
-ifneq ($(shell uname -m),aarch64)
-	$(Q) cp /usr/bin/qemu-aarch64-static $(BASE_DIR)/bin/qemu
-endif
-endif
-	$(DOCKER) build --tag $(DOCKER_IMAGE):$(CONTAINER_VERSION) --file $(BASE_DIR)/Dockerfile --build-arg PLATFORM=$(CONTAINER_ARCH) .
+	-docker buildx create --use
+
+#	$(Q) mkdir -p $(BASE_DIR)/bin/qemu
+#ifeq ($(CONFIG_ARM),y)
+#ifneq ($(shell uname -m),armv7l)
+#	$(Q) cp /usr/bin/qemu-arm-static $(BASE_DIR)/bin/qemu
+#endif
+#endif
+#ifeq ($(CONFIG_ARM64),y)
+#ifneq ($(shell uname -m),aarch64)
+#	$(Q) cp /usr/bin/qemu-aarch64-static $(BASE_DIR)/bin/qemu
+#endif
+#endif
+	$(DOCKER) buildx build --platform linux/$(CONTAINER_ARCH) --tag $(DOCKER_IMAGE):$(CONTAINER_VERSION) --file $(BASE_DIR)/Dockerfile .
 	-docker save -o $(BASE_DIR)/bin/edge-orchestration.tar $(DOCKER_IMAGE)
+#	 docker buildx build --platform linux/arm/v7 --tag lfedge/edge-home-orchestration-go:latest --file Dockerfile --load .
 
 ## go test and coverage
 test-go:
diff --git a/configs/defdockerfiles/alpine b/configs/defdockerfiles/alpine
index cc7887bf..50eb1847 100644
--- a/configs/defdockerfiles/alpine
+++ b/configs/defdockerfiles/alpine
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # Docker image for "edge-orchestration"
 ### alpine:3.12
-ARG PLATFORM
-FROM $PLATFORM/alpine:3.12
+FROM alpine:3.12
 
 # environment variables
 ENV TARGET_DIR=/edge-orchestration
@@ -12,12 +11,12 @@ ENV MNEDC_BROADCAST_PORT=3333
 ENV ZEROCONF_PORT=42425
 ENV APP_BIN_DIR=bin
 ENV APP_NAME=edge-orchestration
-ENV APP_QEMU_DIR=$APP_BIN_DIR/qemu
+# ENV APP_QEMU_DIR=$APP_BIN_DIR/qemu
 ENV BUILD_DIR=build
 
 # copy files
 COPY $APP_BIN_DIR/$APP_NAME $BUILD_DIR/package/run.sh $TARGET_DIR/
-COPY $APP_QEMU_DIR/ /usr/bin/
+# COPY $APP_QEMU_DIR/ /usr/bin/
 RUN mkdir -p $TARGET_DIR/res/
 
 # install required tools
diff --git a/configs/defdockerfiles/ubuntu b/configs/defdockerfiles/ubuntu
index dd65da34..56ee3161 100644
--- a/configs/defdockerfiles/ubuntu
+++ b/configs/defdockerfiles/ubuntu
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # Docker image for "edge-orchestration"
-### ubuntu:20.04
-ARG PLATFORM
-FROM $PLATFORM/ubuntu:20.04
+### ubuntu:24.04
+FROM ubuntu:24.04
 
 # environment variables
 ENV TARGET_DIR=/edge-orchestration
@@ -13,19 +12,22 @@ ENV ZEROCONF_PORT=42425
 ENV UI_PORT=49153
 ENV APP_BIN_DIR=bin
 ENV APP_NAME=edge-orchestration
-ENV APP_QEMU_DIR=$APP_BIN_DIR/qemu
+# ENV APP_QEMU_DIR=$APP_BIN_DIR/qemu
 ENV BUILD_DIR=build
 ENV WEB_DIR=web
 
 # copy files
 COPY $APP_BIN_DIR/$APP_NAME $BUILD_DIR/package/run.sh $TARGET_DIR/
-COPY $APP_QEMU_DIR/ /usr/bin/
+# COPY $APP_QEMU_DIR/ /usr/bin/
 RUN mkdir -p $TARGET_DIR/res/
 COPY $WEB_DIR/$BUILD_DIR/ $TARGET_DIR/$WEB_DIR/
 
 # install required tools
-RUN apt-get update
-RUN apt-get install -y net-tools iproute2
+# RUN apt-get update
+# RUN apt-get install -y net-tools iproute2
+
+RUN apt update
+RUN apt install -y net-tools iproute2
 
 # expose ports
 EXPOSE $HTTP_PORT $MDNS_PORT $ZEROCONF_PORT $MNEDC_PORT $MNEDC_BROADCAST_PORT $UI_PORT
diff --git a/configs/defdockerfiles/ubuntu_multistage b/configs/defdockerfiles/ubuntu_multistage
index 52210930..7cb3734d 100644
--- a/configs/defdockerfiles/ubuntu_multistage
+++ b/configs/defdockerfiles/ubuntu_multistage
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # Docker image for "edge-orchestration"
-FROM --platform=$TARGETPLATFORM ubuntu:20.04 AS builder
+FROM --platform=$TARGETPLATFORM ubuntu:24.04 AS builder
 
 # environment variables
 ARG TARGETPLATFORM
-ENV GOVERSION=1.19.1
+ENV GOVERSION=1.23.2
 ENV GOPATH=/usr/local/go
 ENV TARGET_DIR=/edge-orchestration
 
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ RUN script/install-golang.sh
 ARG TARGETVERSION
 RUN make buildx_binary VERSION=$TARGETVERSION
 
-FROM ubuntu:20.04
+FROM ubuntu:24.04
 
 # environment variables
 ENV TARGET_DIR=/edge-orchestration
@@ -44,8 +44,11 @@ COPY --from=builder $TARGET_DIR/$WEB_DIR/$BUILD_DIR $TARGET_DIR/$WEB_DIR/
 RUN mkdir -p $TARGET_DIR/res/
 
 # install required tools
-RUN apt-get update
-RUN apt-get install -y net-tools iproute2
+# RUN apt-get update
+# RUN apt-get install -y net-tools iproute2
+
+RUN apt update
+RUN apt install -y net-tools iproute2
 
 # expose ports
 EXPOSE $HTTP_PORT $MDNS_PORT $ZEROCONF_PORT $MNEDC_PORT $MNEDC_BROADCAST_PORT $UI_PORT
diff --git a/docs/platforms/x86_64_linux/x86_64_linux.md b/docs/platforms/x86_64_linux/x86_64_linux.md
index e28bb4ab..62678e33 100644
--- a/docs/platforms/x86_64_linux/x86_64_linux.md
+++ b/docs/platforms/x86_64_linux/x86_64_linux.md
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Please see the below [How to work](#how-to-work) to know how to run Edge Orchest
 `$ sudo usermod -aG docker $USER`
 
 - go compiler
-    - Version: 1.19 (or above)
+    - Version: 1.23 (or above)
     - [How to install](https://golang.org/dl/)
 
 > To build Edge Orchestrator from Go sources, you need to set GOPATH environment variable:  
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 86fbb802..293076dc 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/lf-edge/edge-home-orchestration-go
 
-go 1.19
+go 1.23
 
 require (
 	github.com/casbin/casbin v1.9.1
diff --git a/internal/common/resourceutil/resourceutil_test.go b/internal/common/resourceutil/resourceutil_test.go
index 36f8e1e5..09f3cf87 100644
--- a/internal/common/resourceutil/resourceutil_test.go
+++ b/internal/common/resourceutil/resourceutil_test.go
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ func TestGetCPUUsage(t *testing.T) {
 
 		cpuUsage, err := resourceIns.GetResource(CPUUsage)
 		if err != nil {
-			t.Errorf(err.Error())
+			t.Error(err.Error())
 		}
 
 		if cpuUsage != dummyCPUPercentResult {
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ func TestGetCPUFreq(t *testing.T) {
 
 		cpuFreq, err := resourceIns.GetResource(CPUFreq)
 		if err != nil {
-			t.Errorf(err.Error())
+			t.Error(err.Error())
 		}
 
 		if cpuFreq != dummyCPUFreqResult {
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ func TestGetCPUCount(t *testing.T) {
 
 		cpuCount, err := resourceIns.GetResource(CPUCount)
 		if err != nil {
-			t.Errorf(err.Error())
+			t.Error(err.Error())
 		}
 
 		if cpuCount != dummyCPUCountResult {
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ func TestGetMemAvailable(t *testing.T) {
 
 		memAvailable, err := resourceIns.GetResource(MemAvailable)
 		if err != nil {
-			t.Errorf(err.Error())
+			t.Error(err.Error())
 		}
 
 		if memAvailable != dummyMemAvailableResult {
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ func TestGetMemFree(t *testing.T) {
 
 		memFree, err := resourceIns.GetResource(MemFree)
 		if err != nil {
-			t.Errorf(err.Error())
+			t.Error(err.Error())
 		}
 
 		if memFree != dummyMemFreeResult {
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ func TestGetNetMBps(t *testing.T) {
 
 		netMBps, err := resourceIns.GetResource(NetMBps)
 		if err != nil {
-			t.Errorf(err.Error())
+			t.Error(err.Error())
 		}
 
 		if netMBps != dummyNetMBpsResult {
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ func TestGetNetBandwidth(t *testing.T) {
 
 		netBandwidth, err := resourceIns.GetResource(NetBandwidth)
 		if err != nil {
-			t.Errorf(err.Error())
+			t.Error(err.Error())
 		}
 
 		if netBandwidth != dummyNetBandwidthResult {
diff --git a/internal/controller/configuremgr/configuremgr_test.go b/internal/controller/configuremgr/configuremgr_test.go
index c8777f76..2c97cd09 100644
--- a/internal/controller/configuremgr/configuremgr_test.go
+++ b/internal/controller/configuremgr/configuremgr_test.go
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ func TestSetConfigPath(t *testing.T) {
 				t.Errorf("%s != %s", defaultConfPath, configuremgrObj.confpath)
 			}
 		} else {
-			t.Errorf(err.Error())
+			t.Error(err.Error())
 		}
 	})
 	t.Run("No File", func(t *testing.T) {
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ func TestBasicMockConfigureMgr(t *testing.T) {
 		os.RemoveAll(dir)
 		err := os.Mkdir(dir, 0775)
 		if err != nil {
-			t.Errorf(err.Error())
+			t.Error(err.Error())
 		} else {
 			files, err := os.ReadDir(src)
 			if err != nil {
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ func TestBasicMockConfigureMgr(t *testing.T) {
 				fileContent, _ := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(src, file.Name()))
 				err = os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(dir, file.Name()), []byte(fileContent), 0664)
 				if err != nil {
-					t.Errorf(err.Error())
+					t.Error(err.Error())
 				}
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/internal/controller/discoverymgr/mnedc/server/server.go b/internal/controller/discoverymgr/mnedc/server/server.go
index b0c00a68..5167f73b 100644
--- a/internal/controller/discoverymgr/mnedc/server/server.go
+++ b/internal/controller/discoverymgr/mnedc/server/server.go
@@ -19,13 +19,14 @@ package server
 
 import (
 	"errors"
-	"github.com/lf-edge/edge-home-orchestration-go/internal/common/logmgr"
-	"github.com/lf-edge/edge-home-orchestration-go/internal/common/networkhelper"
 	"math/rand"
 	"net"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/lf-edge/edge-home-orchestration-go/internal/common/logmgr"
+	"github.com/lf-edge/edge-home-orchestration-go/internal/common/networkhelper"
+
 	"github.com/lf-edge/edge-home-orchestration-go/internal/controller/discoverymgr/mnedc/connectionutil"
 	"github.com/lf-edge/edge-home-orchestration-go/internal/controller/discoverymgr/mnedc/tunmgr"
 
@@ -387,11 +388,11 @@ func generateServerIP() net.IP {
 
 	privateIP = privateIP + "/16"
 	_, subnet, _ := net.ParseCIDR(privateIP)
-	rand.Seed(time.Now().UnixNano())
+	r := rand.New(rand.NewSource(time.Now().UnixNano()))
 
 	for {
 		//Assigning new Virtual IP address in case of clash with Private IP
-		serverVirtualIP = net.IPv4(10, byte(rand.Intn(255)), byte(rand.Intn(255)), 1)
+		serverVirtualIP = net.IPv4(10, byte(r.Intn(255)), byte(r.Intn(255)), 1)
 		if !subnet.Contains(serverVirtualIP) {
 			break
 		}
diff --git a/internal/controller/securemgr/authenticator/authenticator.go b/internal/controller/securemgr/authenticator/authenticator.go
index 56b2d83f..1331c348 100644
--- a/internal/controller/securemgr/authenticator/authenticator.go
+++ b/internal/controller/securemgr/authenticator/authenticator.go
@@ -59,9 +59,10 @@ func init() {
 var alphabet = []rune("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ")
 
 func randString(n int) string {
+	r := rand.New(rand.NewSource(time.Now().UnixNano()))
 	b := make([]rune, n)
 	for i := range b {
-		b[i] = alphabet[rand.Intn(len(alphabet))]
+		b[i] = alphabet[r.Intn(len(alphabet))]
 	}
 	return string(b)
 }
@@ -81,7 +82,6 @@ func Init(passPhraseJWTPath string) {
 	var err error
 	passphrase, err = os.ReadFile(passPhraseJWTFilePath)
 	if err != nil {
-		rand.Seed(time.Now().UnixNano())
 		passphrase = []byte(randString(16))
 		err = os.WriteFile(passPhraseJWTFilePath, passphrase, 0666)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/third_party/zeroconf/go.mod b/third_party/zeroconf/go.mod
index 1f85397b..c4ab1aa9 100644
--- a/third_party/zeroconf/go.mod
+++ b/third_party/zeroconf/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/grandcat/zeroconf
 
-go 1.19
+go 1.23
 
 require (
 	github.com/cenkalti/backoff v2.2.1+incompatible