diff --git a/.github/actions/build-and-test/action.yaml b/.github/actions/build-and-test/action.yaml
index ca46c4302..becd6dd7d 100644
--- a/.github/actions/build-and-test/action.yaml
+++ b/.github/actions/build-and-test/action.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ inputs:
     description: ""
   run-tests:
     required: true
-    default: "false"
+    default: "true"
     description: Spin up aerospike enterprise server and run tests
 
 runs:
diff --git a/.github/actions/run-ee-server/action.yaml b/.github/actions/run-ee-server/action.yaml
index 22510249c..152debb82 100644
--- a/.github/actions/run-ee-server/action.yaml
+++ b/.github/actions/run-ee-server/action.yaml
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ inputs:
     description: ""
     required: false
     default: aerospike/clients
+  container-name:
+    default: aerospike
+    required: false
+    description: Name for test container
 
 runs:
   using: "composite"
@@ -35,18 +39,30 @@ runs:
         oidc-provider-name: ${{ inputs.oidc-provider }}
         oidc-audience: ${{ inputs.oidc-audience }}
 
-    - name: Log into Docker Hub to get server RC
-      if: ${{ inputs.use-server-rc == 'true' }}
+    - if: ${{ inputs.use-server-rc == 'true' }}
       run: docker login ${{ inputs.container-repo-url }} --username ${{ inputs.docker-hub-username }} --password ${{ inputs.docker-hub-password }}
       shell: bash
 
     - run: echo IMAGE_NAME=${{ inputs.use-server-rc == 'true' && inputs.container-repo-url || '' }}aerospike/aerospike-server-enterprise${{ inputs.use-server-rc == 'true' && '-rc' || '' }}:${{ inputs.server-tag }} >> $GITHUB_ENV
       shell: bash
 
-    - run: docker run -d --name aerospike -p 3000:3000 ${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}
+    - run: docker run -d --name ${{ inputs.container-name }} -p 3000:3000 ${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}
       shell: bash
 
     - uses: ./.github/actions/wait-for-as-server-to-start
       with:
-        container-name: aerospike
+        container-name: ${{ inputs.container-name }}
         is-security-enabled: true
+        is-strong-consistency-enabled: true
+
+    - run: docker exec ${{ inputs.container-name }} asadm --enable -e 'asinfo -v "roster-set:namespace=test;nodes=A1"'
+      shell: bash
+
+    - run: docker exec ${{ inputs.container-name }} asadm --enable -e 'asinfo -v revive:'
+      shell: bash
+
+    - run: docker exec ${{ inputs.container-name }} asadm --enable -e 'asinfo -v recluster:'
+      shell: bash
+
+    - run: docker logs ${{ inputs.container-name }}
+      shell: bash
diff --git a/.github/actions/wait-for-as-server-to-start/action.yaml b/.github/actions/wait-for-as-server-to-start/action.yaml
index 591c89434..d98c170dd 100644
--- a/.github/actions/wait-for-as-server-to-start/action.yaml
+++ b/.github/actions/wait-for-as-server-to-start/action.yaml
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ inputs:
     description: Flag to toggle docker hub creds use. With this flag enabled before attempting to pull image we will attempt to log in do docker hub.
     required: false
     default: "false"
+  is-strong-consistency-enabled:
+    description: Flag to enable strong consistency
+    required: false
+    default: "false"
 
 runs:
   using: "composite"
@@ -18,5 +22,5 @@ runs:
     # Also, we don't want to fail if we timeout in case the server *did* finish starting up but the script couldn't detect it due to a bug
     # Effectively, this composite action is like calling "sleep" that is optimized to exit early when it detects an ok from the server
     - name: Wait for EE server to start
-      run: timeout 30 bash ./.github/workflows/scripts/wait-for-as-server-to-start.sh ${{ inputs.container-name }} ${{ inputs.is-security-enabled }} || true
+      run: timeout 30 bash ./.github/workflows/scripts/wait-for-as-server-to-start.sh ${{ inputs.container-name }} ${{ inputs.is-security-enabled }} ${{ inputs.is-strong-consistency-enabled }} || true
       shell: bash
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-dev.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-dev.yaml
index 1ca17a63e..ea1825789 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-dev.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-dev.yaml
@@ -34,17 +34,9 @@ on:
         description: Spin up aerospike enterprise server and run tests
 
 jobs:
-  debug-job:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: debug
-        run: |
-          echo "${{ inputs.branch }}"
-          echo "${{ github.base_ref }}"
-
   java-version:
     needs: debug-job
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ${{ vars.BUILD_CONTAINER_DISTRO_VERSION }}
     outputs:
       java-version: ${{ steps.get-java-version.outputs.java-version }}
     steps:
@@ -62,14 +54,6 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           echo ${{ steps.get-java-version.outputs.java-version }}
 
-  debug-java-version-job:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: java-version
-    steps:
-      - name: debug
-        run: |
-          echo "${{ needs.java-version.outputs.java-version }}"
-
   build:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/build.yaml
     needs: java-version
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yaml b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
index 34eaf7728..eea449bcd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ${{ vars.BUILD_CONTAINER_DISTRO_VERSION }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/promote.yaml b/.github/workflows/promote.yaml
index 35a9e91f8..d17c2d793 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/promote.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/promote.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   validate-build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ${{ vars.BUILD_CONTAINER_DISTRO_VERSION }}
     steps:
       - name: Setup jfrog shell
         uses: jfrog/setup-jfrog-cli@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-stage.yaml b/.github/workflows/release-stage.yaml
index aa3f78069..7420c2707 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-stage.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-stage.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   debug-job:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ${{ vars.BUILD_CONTAINER_DISTRO_VERSION }}
     steps:
       - name: debug
         run: |
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
 
   java-version:
     needs: debug-job
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ${{ vars.BUILD_CONTAINER_DISTRO_VERSION }}
     outputs:
       java-version: ${{ steps.get-java-version.outputs.java-version }}
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 0c3a01319..0accf4831 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ${{ vars.BUILD_CONTAINER_DISTRO_VERSION }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/client/deploy-resources/bouncycastle_pom.xml b/client/deploy-resources/bouncycastle_pom.xml
index 1fc1c059c..0421d9c23 100644
--- a/client/deploy-resources/bouncycastle_pom.xml
+++ b/client/deploy-resources/bouncycastle_pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.aerospike</groupId>
   <artifactId>aerospike-client-bc-jdk21</artifactId>
-  <version>9.0.2</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Aerospike Java Client BC</name>
   <description>Aerospike Java client interface to Aerospike database server. Uses Bouncy Castle crypto library for RIPEMD-160 hashing.</description>
diff --git a/client/deploy-resources/gnu_pom.xml b/client/deploy-resources/gnu_pom.xml
index 5005254e9..fde3a1208 100644
--- a/client/deploy-resources/gnu_pom.xml
+++ b/client/deploy-resources/gnu_pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.aerospike</groupId>
   <artifactId>aerospike-client-jdk21</artifactId>
-  <version>9.0.2</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Aerospike Java Client</name>
   <description>Aerospike Java client interface to Aerospike database server</description>
diff --git a/client/pom.xml b/client/pom.xml
index cda8518d2..993602d62 100644
--- a/client/pom.xml
+++ b/client/pom.xml
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@
                   <file>target/${project.build.finalName}.jar</file>
                   <groupId>com.aerospike</groupId>
                   <artifactId>aerospike-client${crypto.type}-jdk21</artifactId>
+                  <version>${revision}</version>
                   <generatePom>true</generatePom>
                 </configuration>
                 </execution>