diff --git a/resources/Dockerfile b/resources/Dockerfile
index c07bb827f..20c4e39e0 100644
--- a/resources/Dockerfile
+++ b/resources/Dockerfile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # When changing this file don't forget to update the tag name in the
 # .github/workflows/docker-image.yaml file if doing multiple per day
 
-FROM ubuntu:20.04 as dev
+FROM ubuntu:22.04 as dev
 
 ARG TARGETARCH
 ARG RUST_TOOLCHAIN="1.67.1"
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ RUN apt-get update \
         socat \
         dosfstools \
         cpio \
-        python \
         python3 \
         python3-setuptools \
         ntfs-3g \
diff --git a/scripts/dev_cli.sh b/scripts/dev_cli.sh
index e28f293d5..ef3cb18b7 100755
--- a/scripts/dev_cli.sh
+++ b/scripts/dev_cli.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 CLI_NAME="Cloud Hypervisor"
 
 CTR_IMAGE_TAG="ghcr.io/cloud-hypervisor/cloud-hypervisor"
-CTR_IMAGE_VERSION="20231012-0"
+CTR_IMAGE_VERSION="20231220-0"
 : "${CTR_IMAGE:=${CTR_IMAGE_TAG}:${CTR_IMAGE_VERSION}}"
 
 DOCKER_RUNTIME="docker"
@@ -285,8 +285,7 @@ cmd_build() {
     rustflags="$RUSTFLAGS"
     target_cc=""
     if [ "$(uname -m)" = "aarch64" ] && [ "$libc" = "musl" ]; then
-        rustflags="$rustflags -C link-arg=-lgcc -C link_arg=-specs -C link_arg=/usr/lib/aarch64-linux-musl/musl-gcc.specs"
-        target_cc="musl-gcc"
+        rustflags="$rustflags -C link-args=-Wl,-Bstatic -C link-args=-lc"
     fi
 
     $DOCKER_RUNTIME run \
@@ -399,8 +398,7 @@ cmd_tests() {
     rustflags="$RUSTFLAGS"
     target_cc=""
     if [ "$(uname -m)" = "aarch64" ] && [ "$libc" = "musl" ]; then
-        rustflags="$rustflags -C link-arg=-lgcc -C link_arg=-specs -C link_arg=/usr/lib/aarch64-linux-musl/musl-gcc.specs"
-        target_cc="musl-gcc"
+        rustflags="$rustflags -C link-args=-Wl,-Bstatic -C link-args=-lc"
     fi
 
     if [[ "$unit" = true ]]; then
diff --git a/scripts/run_integration_tests_aarch64.sh b/scripts/run_integration_tests_aarch64.sh
index bc2fff27d..bb5c7ae32 100755
--- a/scripts/run_integration_tests_aarch64.sh
+++ b/scripts/run_integration_tests_aarch64.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ build_spdk_nvme() {
         sed -i "/grpcio/d" scripts/pkgdep/debian.sh
         ./scripts/pkgdep.sh
         ./configure --with-vfio-user
-        chmod +x /usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/ninja/data/bin/ninja
+        chmod +x /usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/ninja/data/bin/ninja
         make -j `nproc` || exit 1
         touch .built
         popd
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ build_spdk_nvme() {
     fi
     cp "$WORKLOADS_DIR/spdk/build/bin/nvmf_tgt" $SPDK_DEPLOY_DIR/nvmf_tgt
     cp "$WORKLOADS_DIR/spdk/scripts/rpc.py" $SPDK_DEPLOY_DIR/rpc.py
-    cp -r "$WORKLOADS_DIR/spdk/scripts/rpc" $SPDK_DEPLOY_DIR/rpc
+    cp -r "$WORKLOADS_DIR/spdk/python/spdk/" $SPDK_DEPLOY_DIR/
     cp -r "$WORKLOADS_DIR/spdk/python" $SPDK_DEPLOY_DIR/../
 }
 
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ build_virtiofsd() {
     VIRTIOFSD_DIR="$WORKLOADS_DIR/virtiofsd_build"
     VIRTIOFSD_REPO="https://gitlab.com/virtio-fs/virtiofsd.git"
 
-    checkout_repo "$VIRTIOFSD_DIR" "$VIRTIOFSD_REPO" v1.1.0 "220405d7a2606c92636d31992b5cb3036a41047b"
+    checkout_repo "$VIRTIOFSD_DIR" "$VIRTIOFSD_REPO" v1.8.0 "97ea7908fe7f9bc59916671a771bdcfaf4044b45"
 
     if [ ! -f "$VIRTIOFSD_DIR/.built" ]; then
         pushd $VIRTIOFSD_DIR
diff --git a/scripts/run_integration_tests_x86_64.sh b/scripts/run_integration_tests_x86_64.sh
index 239dc86f5..015f2f741 100755
--- a/scripts/run_integration_tests_x86_64.sh
+++ b/scripts/run_integration_tests_x86_64.sh
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ if [ ! -f "$VIRTIOFSD" ]; then
     pushd $WORKLOADS_DIR
     git clone "https://gitlab.com/virtio-fs/virtiofsd.git" $VIRTIOFSD_DIR
     pushd $VIRTIOFSD_DIR
-    git checkout v1.1.0
+    git checkout v1.8.0
     time cargo build --release
     cp target/release/virtiofsd $VIRTIOFSD || exit 1
     popd
diff --git a/tests/integration.rs b/tests/integration.rs
index 1745f5335..7bca5ae2c 100644
--- a/tests/integration.rs
+++ b/tests/integration.rs
@@ -4212,8 +4212,8 @@ mod common_parallel {
     fn test_vfio() {
         setup_vfio_network_interfaces();
 
-        let focal = UbuntuDiskConfig::new(FOCAL_IMAGE_NAME.to_string());
-        let guest = Guest::new_from_ip_range(Box::new(focal), "172.18", 0);
+        let jammy = UbuntuDiskConfig::new(JAMMY_IMAGE_NAME.to_string());
+        let guest = Guest::new_from_ip_range(Box::new(jammy), "172.18", 0);
 
         let mut workload_path = dirs::home_dir().unwrap();
         workload_path.push("workloads");
@@ -7929,6 +7929,7 @@ mod windows {
     }
 
     #[test]
+    #[ignore = "See #6037"]
     #[cfg(not(feature = "mshv"))]
     #[cfg(not(target_arch = "aarch64"))]
     fn test_windows_guest_disk_hotplug() {
@@ -8024,6 +8025,7 @@ mod windows {
     }
 
     #[test]
+    #[ignore = "See #6037"]
     #[cfg(not(feature = "mshv"))]
     #[cfg(not(target_arch = "aarch64"))]
     fn test_windows_guest_disk_hotplug_multi() {
@@ -9507,6 +9509,7 @@ mod live_migration {
 
         // Require to run ovs-dpdk tests sequentially because they rely on the same ovs-dpdk setup
         #[test]
+        #[ignore = "See #5532"]
         #[cfg(target_arch = "x86_64")]
         #[cfg(not(feature = "mshv"))]
         fn test_live_migration_ovs_dpdk() {
@@ -9521,6 +9524,7 @@ mod live_migration {
         }
 
         #[test]
+        #[ignore = "See #5532"]
         #[cfg(target_arch = "x86_64")]
         #[cfg(not(feature = "mshv"))]
         fn test_live_upgrade_ovs_dpdk() {