diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-x-manual-docker-containers.yml b/.github/workflows/release-x-manual-docker-containers.yml
index 67390b0204..f4549978fc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-x-manual-docker-containers.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-x-manual-docker-containers.yml
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ jobs:
           push: true
           file: ./Dockerfile.${{ matrix.docker-image }}-${{ matrix.os }}
           context: .
+          target: release
           outputs: type=image,"name=${{ env.DOCKER_ORG }}/defectdojo-${{ matrix.docker-image}}",push-by-digest=true,name-canonical=true
           cache-from: type=gha,scope=${{ matrix.docker-image}}-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ env.PLATFORM }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.ref_name }}
           cache-to: type=gha,mode=max,scope=${{ matrix.docker-image}}-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ env.PLATFORM }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.ref_name }}
diff --git a/Dockerfile.django-alpine b/Dockerfile.django-alpine
index bcca856298..d0d04ae0bd 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.django-alpine
+++ b/Dockerfile.django-alpine
@@ -68,25 +68,20 @@ RUN \
 COPY \
   docker/entrypoint-celery-beat.sh \
   docker/entrypoint-celery-worker.sh \
-  docker/entrypoint-celery-worker-dev.sh \
   docker/entrypoint-initializer.sh \
   docker/entrypoint-first-boot.sh \
   docker/entrypoint-uwsgi.sh \
-  docker/entrypoint-uwsgi-dev.sh \
-  docker/entrypoint-unit-tests.sh \
-  docker/entrypoint-unit-tests-devDocker.sh \
   docker/wait-for-it.sh \
   docker/secret-file-loader.sh \
   docker/reach_database.sh \
   docker/certs/* \
   /
-COPY wsgi.py manage.py docker/unit-tests.sh ./
+COPY wsgi.py manage.py ./
 COPY dojo/ ./dojo/
 
 # Add extra fixtures to docker image which are loaded by the initializer
 COPY docker/extra_fixtures/* /app/dojo/fixtures/
 
-COPY tests/ ./tests/
 RUN \
   # Remove placeholder copied from docker/certs
   rm -f /readme.txt && \
@@ -139,9 +134,20 @@ ENTRYPOINT ["/entrypoint-uwsgi.sh"]
 
 FROM release AS development
 USER root
-COPY requirements-dev.txt ./
-RUN pip3 install --no-cache-dir -r requirements-dev.txt
+COPY \
+  requirements-dev.txt \
+  docker/unit-tests.sh \
+  ./
+COPY \
+  docker/entrypoint-celery-worker-dev.sh \
+  docker/entrypoint-uwsgi-dev.sh \
+  docker/entrypoint-unit-tests.sh \
+  docker/entrypoint-unit-tests-devDocker.sh \
+  /
+RUN pip3 install --no-cache-dir -r requirements-dev.txt && \
+    chmod 775 /*.sh
 USER ${uid}
 
 FROM development AS django-unittests
 COPY unittests/ ./unittests/
+COPY tests/ ./tests/
diff --git a/Dockerfile.django-debian b/Dockerfile.django-debian
index e816d204e0..e100912a31 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.django-debian
+++ b/Dockerfile.django-debian
@@ -71,25 +71,20 @@ RUN \
 COPY \
   docker/entrypoint-celery-beat.sh \
   docker/entrypoint-celery-worker.sh \
-  docker/entrypoint-celery-worker-dev.sh \
   docker/entrypoint-initializer.sh \
   docker/entrypoint-first-boot.sh \
   docker/entrypoint-uwsgi.sh \
-  docker/entrypoint-uwsgi-dev.sh \
-  docker/entrypoint-unit-tests.sh \
-  docker/entrypoint-unit-tests-devDocker.sh \
   docker/wait-for-it.sh \
   docker/secret-file-loader.sh \
   docker/reach_database.sh \
   docker/certs/* \
   /
-COPY wsgi.py manage.py docker/unit-tests.sh ./
+COPY wsgi.py manage.py ./
 COPY dojo/ ./dojo/
 
 # Add extra fixtures to docker image which are loaded by the initializer
 COPY docker/extra_fixtures/* /app/dojo/fixtures/
 
-COPY tests/ ./tests/
 RUN \
   # Remove placeholder copied from docker/certs
   rm -f /readme.txt && \
@@ -142,9 +137,20 @@ ENTRYPOINT ["/entrypoint-uwsgi.sh"]
 
 FROM release AS development
 USER root
-COPY requirements-dev.txt ./
-RUN pip3 install --no-cache-dir -r requirements-dev.txt
+COPY \
+  requirements-dev.txt \
+  docker/unit-tests.sh \
+  ./
+COPY \
+  docker/entrypoint-celery-worker-dev.sh \
+  docker/entrypoint-uwsgi-dev.sh \
+  docker/entrypoint-unit-tests.sh \
+  docker/entrypoint-unit-tests-devDocker.sh \
+  /
+RUN pip3 install --no-cache-dir -r requirements-dev.txt && \
+    chmod 775 /*.sh
 USER ${uid}
 
 FROM development AS django-unittests
 COPY unittests/ ./unittests/
+COPY tests/ ./tests/
diff --git a/Dockerfile.nginx-alpine b/Dockerfile.nginx-alpine
index aa867828a2..bfdf4a4114 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.nginx-alpine
+++ b/Dockerfile.nginx-alpine
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ COPY dojo/ ./dojo/
 # always collect static for debug toolbar as we can't make it dependant on env variables or build arguments without breaking docker layer caching
 RUN env DD_SECRET_KEY='.' DD_DJANGO_DEBUG_TOOLBAR_ENABLED=True python3 manage.py collectstatic --noinput --verbosity=2 && true
 
-FROM nginx:1.29.3-alpine3.22@sha256:b3c656d55d7ad751196f21b7fd2e8d4da9cb430e32f646adcf92441b72f82b14
+FROM nginx:1.29.3-alpine3.22@sha256:b3c656d55d7ad751196f21b7fd2e8d4da9cb430e32f646adcf92441b72f82b14 AS release
 ARG uid=1001
 ARG appuser=defectdojo
 COPY --from=collectstatic /app/static/ /usr/share/nginx/html/static/
diff --git a/docker-compose.override.integration_tests.yml b/docker-compose.override.integration_tests.yml
index 215529180d..8d6efe954f 100644
--- a/docker-compose.override.integration_tests.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.override.integration_tests.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - defectdojo_media_integration_tests:/usr/share/nginx/html/media
   uwsgi:
+    build:
+      target: development
     entrypoint: ['/wait-for-it.sh', '${DD_DATABASE_HOST:-postgres}:${DD_DATABASE_PORT:-5432}', '-t', '30', '--', '/entrypoint-uwsgi-dev.sh']
     volumes:
       - '.:/app:z'