diff --git a/.env.template b/.env.template
index 73c11456..20916333 100644
--- a/.env.template
+++ b/.env.template
@@ -35,12 +35,12 @@ TOOLS_IMAGE=scr.sitecore.com/tools/sitecore-docker-tools-assets:10.2.0-1809
 TRAEFIK_IMAGE=traefik:v2.5.3-windowsservercore-1809
 SOLUTION_BUILD_IMAGE=mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/framework/sdk:4.8-windowsservercore-ltsc2022
 SOLUTION_BASE_IMAGE=mcr.microsoft.com/windows/nanoserver:ltsc2022
-NETCORE_BUILD_IMAGE=mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/sdk:6.0-nanoserver-ltsc2022
-NETCORE_RELEASE_IMAGE= mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/aspnet:6.0-nanoserver-ltsc2022
+NETCORE_BUILD_IMAGE=mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/sdk:8.0-nanoserver-ltsc2022
+NETCORE_RELEASE_IMAGE= mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/aspnet:8.0-nanoserver-ltsc2022
 
 # Windows and Node.js version for JSS
 NODEJS_PARENT_IMAGE=mcr.microsoft.com/windows/nanoserver:ltsc2022
-NODEJS_VERSION=16.15.1
+NODEJS_VERSION=20.9.0
 
 # MSBuild configuration and the target build stage for the Rendering Host image.
 BUILD_CONFIGURATION=debug
diff --git a/sitecore.json b/sitecore.json
index 94962ee5..91c6659c 100644
--- a/sitecore.json
+++ b/sitecore.json
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@
     "Sitecore.DevEx.Extensibility.Publishing@5.1.25",
     "Sitecore.DevEx.Extensibility.Indexing@5.1.25",
     "Sitecore.DevEx.Extensibility.ResourcePackage@5.1.25",
-    "Sitecore.DevEx.Extensibility.XMCloud@1.1.30",
-    "Sitecore.Edge.DevEx.Sitecore.Plugin@0.5.9"
+    "Sitecore.DevEx.Extensibility.XMCloud@1.1.30"
   ],
   "serialization": {
     "defaultMaxRelativeItemPathLength": 100,