diff --git a/domismp-tests/domismp-docker/compose/domismp-springboot-mysql/docker-compose.yml b/domismp-tests/domismp-docker/compose/domismp-springboot-mysql/docker-compose.yml
index 2db2aab1314772ce2bb53f3e7984992b5d5cf566..09b1785f6900aff7e9818b86594aa868d748795f 100644
--- a/domismp-tests/domismp-docker/compose/domismp-springboot-mysql/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/domismp-tests/domismp-docker/compose/domismp-springboot-mysql/docker-compose.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ services:
     image: ${IMAGE_TAG:-edeliverytest}/${IMAGE_SMP_SPRINGBOOT_MYSQL}:${SMP_VERSION}
     hostname: smp-springboot-mysql.local
     environment:
+# example to start it with JDK 8
+#      - JDK_VERSION=8
       - SMP_INIT_PROPERTIES=smp.passwordPolicy.expired.forceChange=false
         ||smp.automation.authentication.external.tls.SSLClientCert.enabled=true
         ||smp.cluster.enabled=false
diff --git a/domismp-tests/domismp-docker/compose/domismp-tomcat-mysql/docker-compose.yml b/domismp-tests/domismp-docker/compose/domismp-tomcat-mysql/docker-compose.yml
index eb1cd7d7636f311d90863201473a7cc372a4c82a..d3f2da2ced53838a32ec3a419794cf35376920d4 100644
--- a/domismp-tests/domismp-docker/compose/domismp-tomcat-mysql/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/domismp-tests/domismp-docker/compose/domismp-tomcat-mysql/docker-compose.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ services:
     image: ${IMAGE_TAG:-edeliverytest}/${IMAGE_SMP_TOMCAT_MYSQL}:${SMP_VERSION}
     hostname: eulogin.protected.smp.local
     environment:
+# example to start it with JDK 8
+#      - JDK_VERSION=8
       - SMP_INIT_PROPERTIES=smp.passwordPolicy.expired.forceChange=false
         ||smp.automation.authentication.external.tls.SSLClientCert.enabled=true
         ||smp.cluster.enabled=false
diff --git a/domismp-tests/domismp-docker/images/domismp-springboot-mysql/Dockerfile b/domismp-tests/domismp-docker/images/domismp-springboot-mysql/Dockerfile
index 6bf8bb62cd996b645c42c24b17cbf4a005489f85..d12384e0b6f3c3acf852a0c215741478ccfce6ba 100755
--- a/domismp-tests/domismp-docker/images/domismp-springboot-mysql/Dockerfile
+++ b/domismp-tests/domismp-docker/images/domismp-springboot-mysql/Dockerfile
@@ -18,8 +18,17 @@ ENV SMP_HOME=/opt/smp  \
    # set debug
     JPDA_ADDRESS="5005" \
     JPDA_TRANSPORT="dt_socket" \
-    SMP_PORT=8084
+    SMP_PORT=8084 \
+    JAVA_8_VERSION="jdk8u402-b06" \
+    JAVA_8_URL_FILENAME="OpenJDK8U-jdk_x64_linux_hotspot_8u402b06.tar.gz" \
+    JAVA_8_SHA256=fcfd08abe39f18e719e391f2fc37b8ac1053075426d10efac4cbf8969e7aa55e \
+    JAVA_11_VERSION="jdk-11.0.22+7" \
+    JAVA_11_URL_FILENAME="OpenJDK11U-jdk_x64_linux_hotspot_11.0.22_7.tar.gz" \
+    JAVA_11_SHA256=25cf602cac350ef36067560a4e8042919f3be973d419eac4d839e2e0000b2cc8  \
+    JDK_VERSION=11
 
+# set default java home environment variable
+ENV JAVA_HOME=/opt/java/${JAVA_11_VERSION}/
 # Exposing ports used in entrypoint.sh ..
 # - 3306 Mysql port
 # - 8080 springboot port
@@ -34,12 +43,20 @@ RUN apt-get update -qqy \
     && apt-get upgrade -qqy \
     && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
         mysql-server \
-        openjdk-8-jdk \
+        ca-certificates \
         locales\
+        wget \
 	    curl \
         unzip   \
         haveged \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+RUN mkdir -p /opt/java \
+        && wget -O /opt/java/${JAVA_11_VERSION}.tar.gz https://github.com/adoptium/temurin11-binaries/releases/download/${JAVA_11_VERSION}/${JAVA_11_URL_FILENAME} \
+        && wget -O /opt/java/${JAVA_8_VERSION}.tar.gz https://github.com/adoptium/temurin8-binaries/releases/download/${JAVA_8_VERSION}/${JAVA_8_URL_FILENAME} \
+        && sha256sum /opt/java/${JAVA_11_VERSION}.tar.gz | grep ${JAVA_11_SHA256} \
+        && sha256sum /opt/java/${JAVA_8_VERSION}.tar.gz | grep ${JAVA_8_SHA256} \
+        && tar -xvf /opt/java/${JAVA_11_VERSION}.tar.gz -C /opt/java/ \
+        && tar -xvf /opt/java/${JAVA_8_VERSION}.tar.gz -C /opt/java/
 RUN   localedef -i en_US -c -f UTF-8 -A /usr/share/locale/locale.alias en_US.UTF-8 \
 # set user
     && addgroup mysql mysql   \
@@ -47,7 +64,6 @@ RUN   localedef -i en_US -c -f UTF-8 -A /usr/share/locale/locale.alias en_US.UTF
     && useradd -s /bin/false -g smp -d ${SMP_HOME} smp \
     && mkdir -p $SMP_HOME/logs   \
     && cd $SMP_HOME  \
-    && export JAVA_HOME=$(readlink -f /usr/bin/javac | sed "s:/bin/javac::") \
     && echo "server.port=${SMP_PORT}" >  $SMP_HOME/application.properties
 
 ADD ./artefacts /tmp/artefacts
diff --git a/domismp-tests/domismp-docker/images/domismp-springboot-mysql/README.md b/domismp-tests/domismp-docker/images/domismp-springboot-mysql/README.md
index 548e63b38638790735789e86a992ae7b3ccec9fb..3103a10ceee54082aae3ec7f7586370d0ee56451 100755
--- a/domismp-tests/domismp-docker/images/domismp-springboot-mysql/README.md
+++ b/domismp-tests/domismp-docker/images/domismp-springboot-mysql/README.md
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@ DomiSMP with sprinboot and mysql database.
 
 The Image is intended for internal testing of the DomiSMP snapshots builds. The images should not
 be used in production environment.  
+The image is shipped with jdk 8 and 11. By default the jdk 11 is used, but it can be changed by setting the environment
+variable JDK_VERSION=8 to start the container with JAVA_HOME pointing to jdk 8.
 
-Image contains SMP deployed on the spring Embedded Tomcat 9 server with the MYSQL.
+Image contains SMP deployed on the spring Embedded Tomcat 9 server with the MySQL 8.
 
 # How to build
 
diff --git a/domismp-tests/domismp-docker/images/domismp-springboot-mysql/entrypoint.sh b/domismp-tests/domismp-docker/images/domismp-springboot-mysql/entrypoint.sh
index ee88b363caa690a6170228982b459e7046e633c2..5c65aaee21f6c20514508d4ad745953637ed8dc7 100755
--- a/domismp-tests/domismp-docker/images/domismp-springboot-mysql/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/domismp-tests/domismp-docker/images/domismp-springboot-mysql/entrypoint.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 #set -e
 
+# set java home
+if [ "${JDK_VERSION}" == "8" ]; then
+  export JAVA_HOME=/opt/java/${JAVA_8_VERSION}
+fi
 # parameters
 MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=${MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD:-"root"}
 SMP_DB_USER=${SMP_DB_USER:-"smp"}
@@ -141,7 +145,7 @@ init_mysql
 init_smp_properties
 init_smp
 
-echo '[INFO] start running SMP'
+echo '[INFO] start running SMP with JAVA version:'
 "${JAVA_HOME}/bin/java" -version
 cd $SMP_HOME/
 ls -ltr
diff --git a/domismp-tests/domismp-docker/images/domismp-tomcat-mysql/Dockerfile b/domismp-tests/domismp-docker/images/domismp-tomcat-mysql/Dockerfile
index 7a987109dae055baa557361f1157196cfb07af0f..198fa0b95f8bbf1073696d5f22a3492bc83550b1 100755
--- a/domismp-tests/domismp-docker/images/domismp-tomcat-mysql/Dockerfile
+++ b/domismp-tests/domismp-docker/images/domismp-tomcat-mysql/Dockerfile
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@ ENV SMP_HOME=/opt/smp  \
     TOMCAT_VERSION=9.0.73 \
     TOMCAT_NAVITVE_VERSION=1.2.36  \
     TOMCAT_SHA512=4deac84d6f8ff147d0060605e85fd2c0bf92b9eb622e426d4acc19d0cd4fc0d46a394e01e5664076a5e4f1c39ae14fc2238ebee53a7779bf086540f6dc4967c8 \
+    JAVA_8_VERSION="jdk8u402-b06" \
+    JAVA_8_URL_FILENAME="OpenJDK8U-jdk_x64_linux_hotspot_8u402b06.tar.gz" \
+    JAVA_8_SHA256=fcfd08abe39f18e719e391f2fc37b8ac1053075426d10efac4cbf8969e7aa55e \
+    JAVA_11_VERSION="jdk-11.0.22+7" \
+    JAVA_11_URL_FILENAME="OpenJDK11U-jdk_x64_linux_hotspot_11.0.22_7.tar.gz" \
+    JAVA_11_SHA256=25cf602cac350ef36067560a4e8042919f3be973d419eac4d839e2e0000b2cc8 \
     SMP_DB_SCHEMA=smp  \
     SMP_DB_USER=smp \
     SMP_INIT_PROPERTY_DELIMITER="||"  \
@@ -36,6 +42,9 @@ ENV SMP_HOME=/opt/smp  \
     JPDA_ADDRESS="5005" \
     JPDA_TRANSPORT="dt_socket"
 
+# set tomcat and java home environment variables
+ENV TOMCAT_HOME=/opt/apache-tomcat-$TOMCAT_VERSION  \
+    JAVA_HOME=/opt/java/${JAVA_11_VERSION}/
 
 # Exposing ports used in entrypoint.sh ..
 # - 3306 Mysql port
@@ -45,8 +54,6 @@ ENV SMP_HOME=/opt/smp  \
 # - JDPA debug port
 EXPOSE 3306 8080 6901 53 5005
 
-
-
 VOLUME ["/data"]
 
 # install utils, java, mysql   \
@@ -54,9 +61,10 @@ RUN apt-get update -qqy \
     && apt-get upgrade -qqy \
     && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
         mysql-server \
-        openjdk-8-jdk \
         locales\
 	    curl \
+        ca-certificates \
+        wget \
         unzip   \
         bind9 \
         bind9utils  \
@@ -67,7 +75,15 @@ RUN apt-get update -qqy \
 	    libssl-dev \
 	    gcc \
 	    make \
-    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+  && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+RUN mkdir -p /opt/java \
+    && wget -O /opt/java/${JAVA_11_VERSION}.tar.gz https://github.com/adoptium/temurin11-binaries/releases/download/${JAVA_11_VERSION}/${JAVA_11_URL_FILENAME} \
+    && wget -O /opt/java/${JAVA_8_VERSION}.tar.gz https://github.com/adoptium/temurin8-binaries/releases/download/${JAVA_8_VERSION}/${JAVA_8_URL_FILENAME} \
+    && sha256sum /opt/java/${JAVA_11_VERSION}.tar.gz | grep ${JAVA_11_SHA256} \
+    && sha256sum /opt/java/${JAVA_8_VERSION}.tar.gz | grep ${JAVA_8_SHA256} \
+    && tar -xvf /opt/java/${JAVA_11_VERSION}.tar.gz -C /opt/java/ \
+    && tar -xvf /opt/java/${JAVA_8_VERSION}.tar.gz -C /opt/java/
+
 RUN   localedef -i en_US -c -f UTF-8 -A /usr/share/locale/locale.alias en_US.UTF-8 \
 # set user 
     && addgroup mysql mysql   \
@@ -106,8 +122,7 @@ RUN  echo "smp.jdbc.driver=com.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver" >  $SMP_HOME/apache-tomcat-
     && mkdir /opt/smlconf/bind 
 # enable native TLS on tomcat  
     
-RUN export JAVA_HOME=$(readlink -f /usr/bin/javac | sed "s:/bin/javac::") \
-    && cd $SMP_HOME/apache-tomcat-$TOMCAT_VERSION/bin \
+RUN cd $SMP_HOME/apache-tomcat-$TOMCAT_VERSION/bin \
     && tar xfz tomcat-native.tar.gz \
     && cd tomcat-native-${TOMCAT_NAVITVE_VERSION}-src/native \
     && ./configure && make && make install 
diff --git a/domismp-tests/domismp-docker/images/domismp-tomcat-mysql/README.md b/domismp-tests/domismp-docker/images/domismp-tomcat-mysql/README.md
index 0a92bf8d5482c7f372a321b6991f6397a4db65db..03641f192377abe221cd412f7987d45e74890a25 100755
--- a/domismp-tests/domismp-docker/images/domismp-tomcat-mysql/README.md
+++ b/domismp-tests/domismp-docker/images/domismp-tomcat-mysql/README.md
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 # Test and Domo SMP docker image
 
 The Image is intended for internal testing of the DomiSMP snapshots builds. The images should not
-be used in production environment.
-
+be used in production environment. 
+The image is shipped with jdk 8 and 11. By default the jdk 11 is used, but it can be changed by setting the environment 
+variable JDK_VERSION=8 to start the container with JAVA_HOME pointing to jdk 8.
 
 # Image build
 
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ be used in production environment.
 
 example:
 
-    docker run --name smp --rm -it -p 8180:8080 -p 3316:3306  edelivery-docker.devops.tech.ec.europa.eu/edeliverytest/smp-sml-tomcat-mysql:5.0-SNAPSHOT
+    docker run --name smp --rm -it -p 8180:8080 -p 3316:3306 -e JDK_VERSION=8  edelivery-docker.devops.tech.ec.europa.eu/edeliverytest/smp-sml-tomcat-mysql:5.0-SNAPSHOT
 
 ## SMP (param: -p 8180:8080 )
 url: http://localhost:8180/smp
diff --git a/domismp-tests/domismp-docker/images/domismp-tomcat-mysql/docker-compose.build.yml b/domismp-tests/domismp-docker/images/domismp-tomcat-mysql/docker-compose.build.yml
index 802e12990e4449e7bc5db5527afb5ff0c048aa5d..aa1ebef470de0c65b4209f845c6e9aa7116a2848 100644
--- a/domismp-tests/domismp-docker/images/domismp-tomcat-mysql/docker-compose.build.yml
+++ b/domismp-tests/domismp-docker/images/domismp-tomcat-mysql/docker-compose.build.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #
 version: '3.8'
 services:
-  domismp-springboot-mysql:
+  domismp-tomcat-mysql:
     image: ${IMAGE_TAG:-edeliverytest}/${IMAGE_SMP_TOMCAT_MYSQL}:${SMP_VERSION}
     build:
       context: .
diff --git a/domismp-tests/domismp-docker/images/domismp-tomcat-mysql/entrypoint.sh b/domismp-tests/domismp-docker/images/domismp-tomcat-mysql/entrypoint.sh
index b64cd3de65e45b7602243a238657f3243653b895..f067f1a3a1cb69324bcca8e533cc12e04acb0f59 100755
--- a/domismp-tests/domismp-docker/images/domismp-tomcat-mysql/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/domismp-tests/domismp-docker/images/domismp-tomcat-mysql/entrypoint.sh
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ if [ ! -d ${DATA_DIR} ]; then
   mkdir -p ${DATA_DIR}
 fi
 
+# set java home
+if [ "${JDK_VERSION}" == "8" ]; then
+  export JAVA_HOME=/opt/java/${JAVA_8_VERSION}
+fi
+
+
 init_tomcat() {
   # add java code coverage agent to image
   if [ -e /opt/jacoco/jacoco-agent.jar ]; then
@@ -263,6 +269,7 @@ init_smp
 echo "Starting named..."
 $(which named) -u ${BIND_USER} &>$BIND_DATA_DIR/bind-console.out &
 
+echo "[INFO]  JAVA_HOME: $JAVA_HOME"
 echo '[INFO] start running SMP'
 chmod u+x $SMP_HOME/apache-tomcat-$TOMCAT_VERSION/bin/*.sh
 cd $SMP_HOME/apache-tomcat-$TOMCAT_VERSION/