diff --git a/smp-docker/images/build-docker-images.sh b/smp-docker/images/build-docker-images.sh
index 9be88be6a2c2a9e89c0f048bc9485f86f73bb22e..b48b2faffff2ace8a0e8ec490916af81e0f48b61 100755
--- a/smp-docker/images/build-docker-images.sh
+++ b/smp-docker/images/build-docker-images.sh
@@ -167,7 +167,20 @@ validateAndPrepareArtefacts() {
 # build docker images
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 buildImages() {
+  #buildOracleDatabaseImage
+  #buildWebLogicOracleImages
+  buildTomcatMysqlImages
+}
+buildTomcatMysqlImages() {
+    # build tomcat mysql image  deployment.
+  docker build -t "smp-sml-tomcat-mysql:${SMP_VERSION}" ./tomcat-mysql-smp-sml/ --build-arg SMP_VERSION=${SMP_VERSION}
+  if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "Error occurred while building image [smp-sml-tomcat-mysql:${SMP_VERSION}]!"
+    exit 10
+  fi
+}
 
+buildOracleDatabaseImage(){
   # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
   # build docker image for oracle database
   # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -177,6 +190,9 @@ buildImages() {
     echo "Error occurred while building image [smp-oradb-${ORA_VERSION}-${ORA_EDITION}:${SMP_VERSION}]!"
     exit 10
   fi
+}
+
+buildWebLogicOracleImages(){
   # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
   # build docker image for oracle database
   # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -200,12 +216,6 @@ buildImages() {
     echo "Error occurred while building image [smp-weblogic-122:${SMP_VERSION}]!"
     exit 10
   fi
-  # build tomcat mysql image  deployment.
-  docker build -t "smp-sml-tomcat-mysql:${SMP_VERSION}" ./tomcat-mysql-smp-sml/ --build-arg SMP_VERSION=${SMP_VERSION}
-  if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-    echo "Error occurred while building image [smp-sml-tomcat-mysql:${SMP_VERSION}]!"
-    exit 10
-  fi
 }
 
 function pushImageToDockerhub() {
diff --git a/smp-docker/images/tomcat-mysql-smp-sml/Dockerfile b/smp-docker/images/tomcat-mysql-smp-sml/Dockerfile
index 2937ad03582b7da9381d0b3332633ed431988c79..7b2f0701ed4510a41d24f7aef2519c4aaa43589b 100755
--- a/smp-docker/images/tomcat-mysql-smp-sml/Dockerfile
+++ b/smp-docker/images/tomcat-mysql-smp-sml/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM ubuntu:18.04
+FROM ubuntu:22.04
 MAINTAINER Joze Rihtarsic
 
 ARG SMP_VERSION
@@ -6,13 +6,12 @@ ARG SMP_LOGICAL_ADDRESS="${SMP_LOGICAL_ADDRESS:-http://localhost:8080/smp/}"
 
 # Set the SMP_VERSION env variable  \
 ENV SMP_HOME=/opt/smp  \
-    MYSQL_DRV_VERSION=5.1.46  \
-    MYSQL_DRV_SHA1=9a3e63b387e376364211e96827bc27db8d7a92e9	  \
-    TOMCAT_MAJOR=8    \
-    TOMCAT_VERSION=8.5.73   \
-    #native version is dependant from tomcat version!
-    TOMCAT_NAVITVE_VERSION=1.2.31  \
-    TOMCAT_SHA512=bc39e4545c779326803bc2574592d72dfea1b56e4cb95d7ac5264c1b91f3da8b1b94f53c53390d1c8348ebe1dad2c10719cc2746b179e1085719d964aa60a779   \
+    MYSQL_DRV_VERSION=5.1.49  \
+    MYSQL_DRV_SHA1=cf76d2e4c9c3782a85c15c87bec5772b34ffd0e5 \
+    TOMCAT_MAJOR=9  \
+    TOMCAT_VERSION=9.0.65 \
+    TOMCAT_NAVITVE_VERSION=1.2.35  \
+    TOMCAT_SHA512=00e1ba9139969e6bf056b7e862a4bfb6a13d62208170d4081e18fa45ffa42f6a1fed6d78931e7f7dd64b7dd746e0cee066592204c277528b7aab5d9f29322bd7 \
     SMP_DB_SCHEMA=smp  \
     SMP_DB_USER=smp \
     SMP_INIT_PROPERTY_DELIMITER="||"  \
@@ -29,12 +28,13 @@ ENV SMP_HOME=/opt/smp  \
     SML_DB_USER_PASSWORD=sml  \
     BIND_USER=bind   \
 # misc variables
-   JACOCO_VERSION=0.8.4 \
-   LANG=en_US.utf8  \
-   LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/apr/lib \
+    JACOCO_VERSION=0.8.8 \
+    JACOCO_SHA512=bc9bbd10434900e7b48e68678cb280173db86489cdd320552089eb91bb470e7297d2f6f4f595907c35747c36cfa212f3fac71eb4005fce6c65451505e17d19a2 \
+    LANG=en_US.utf8  \
+    LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/apr/lib \
    # set debug
-   JPDA_ADDRESS="5005" \
-   JPDA_TRANSPORT="dt_socket"
+    JPDA_ADDRESS="5005" \
+    JPDA_TRANSPORT="dt_socket"
 
 
 # Exposing ports used in entrypoint.sh ..
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ RUN apt-get update \
     && mkdir -p $SMP_HOME/apache-tomcat-$TOMCAT_VERSION/classes/  \
     && echo "export CLASSPATH=$SMP_HOME/apache-tomcat-$TOMCAT_VERSION/classes" >   $SMP_HOME/apache-tomcat-$TOMCAT_VERSION/bin/setenv.sh  \
 # add sml and smp datasource 
-    && sed -i -e "s/<\/Context>/<Resource name=\"jdbc\/eDeliverySmpDs\" auth=\"Container\" type=\"javax.sql.DataSource\" maxTotal=\"100\" maxIdle=\"30\" maxWaitMillis=\"10000\" username=\"$SMP_DB_USER\" password=\"$SMP_DB_USER_PASSWORD\" driverClassName=\"com.mysql.jdbc.Driver\" url=\"jdbc:mysql:\/\/localhost:3306\/$SMP_DB_SCHEMA?useSSL=false\&amp;characterEncoding=UTF-8\&amp;useUnicode=true\"\/>\\n<Resource name=\"jdbc\/eDeliverySmlDs\" auth=\"Container\" type=\"javax.sql.DataSource\" maxTotal=\"100\" maxIdle=\"30\" maxWaitMillis=\"10000\" username=\"$SML_DB_USER\" password=\"$SML_DB_USER_PASSWORD\" driverClassName=\"com.mysql.jdbc.Driver\" url=\"jdbc:mysql:\/\/localhost:3306\/$SML_DB_SCHEMA?useSSL=false\&amp;characterEncoding=UTF-8\&amp;useUnicode=true\"\/><\/Context>/g" "$SMP_HOME/apache-tomcat-$TOMCAT_VERSION/conf/context.xml"  \
+    && sed -i -e "s/<\/Context>/<Resource name=\"jdbc\/eDeliverySmpDs\" auth=\"Container\" type=\"javax.sql.DataSource\" maxTotal=\"100\" maxIdle=\"30\" maxWaitMillis=\"10000\" username=\"$SMP_DB_USER\" password=\"$SMP_DB_USER_PASSWORD\" driverClassName=\"com.mysql.jdbc.Driver\" url=\"jdbc:mysql:\/\/localhost:3306\/$SMP_DB_SCHEMA?characterEncoding=UTF-8\&amp;useUnicode=true\"\/>\\n<Resource name=\"jdbc\/eDeliverySmlDs\" auth=\"Container\" type=\"javax.sql.DataSource\" maxTotal=\"100\" maxIdle=\"30\" maxWaitMillis=\"10000\" username=\"$SML_DB_USER\" password=\"$SML_DB_USER_PASSWORD\" driverClassName=\"com.mysql.jdbc.Driver\" url=\"jdbc:mysql:\/\/localhost:3306\/$SML_DB_SCHEMA?characterEncoding=UTF-8\&amp;useUnicode=true\"\/><\/Context>/g" "$SMP_HOME/apache-tomcat-$TOMCAT_VERSION/conf/context.xml"  \
     && sed -i -e "s/<Connector /<Connector URIEncoding=\"UTF-8\" /g" "$SMP_HOME/apache-tomcat-$TOMCAT_VERSION/conf/server.xml"  \
 # add SMP init configuration
     && echo "datasource.jndi=java:comp/env/jdbc/eDeliverySmpDs" >  $SMP_HOME/apache-tomcat-$TOMCAT_VERSION/classes/smp.config.properties   \
diff --git a/smp-server-library/src/main/java/eu/europa/ec/edelivery/smp/data/model/DBUser.java b/smp-server-library/src/main/java/eu/europa/ec/edelivery/smp/data/model/DBUser.java
index d55a2a055d05e5e54a444f4c719f4875de65f23d..e91bd618b3af256b7f8c74613318c2ecc7754f0d 100644
--- a/smp-server-library/src/main/java/eu/europa/ec/edelivery/smp/data/model/DBUser.java
+++ b/smp-server-library/src/main/java/eu/europa/ec/edelivery/smp/data/model/DBUser.java
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ import java.util.Objects;
 @org.hibernate.annotations.Table(appliesTo = "SMP_USER", comment = "SMP can handle multiple domains. This table contains domain specific data")
 @NamedQueries({
         // case insesitive search
-        @NamedQuery(name = "DBUser.getUserByUsernameInsensitive", query = "SELECT u FROM DBUser u WHERE lower(u.username) = lower(:username)"),
+        @NamedQuery(name = "DBUser.getUserByUsernameInsensitive", query = "SELECT u FROM DBUser u WHERE upper(u.username) = upper(:username)"),
         @NamedQuery(name = "DBUser.getUserByCertificateId", query = "SELECT u FROM DBUser u WHERE u.certificate.certificateId = :certificateId"),
         @NamedQuery(name = "DBUser.getUserByPatId", query = "SELECT u FROM DBUser u WHERE u.accessTokenIdentifier = :patId"),
-        @NamedQuery(name = "DBUser.getUserByCertificateIdCaseInsensitive", query = "SELECT u FROM DBUser u WHERE lower(u.certificate.certificateId) = lower(:certificateId)"),
+        @NamedQuery(name = "DBUser.getUserByCertificateIdCaseInsensitive", query = "SELECT u FROM DBUser u WHERE upper(u.certificate.certificateId) = upper(:certificateId)"),
         @NamedQuery(name = "DBUser.getUsersForBeforePasswordExpireAlerts",
                 query = "SELECT u FROM DBUser u WHERE u.passwordExpireOn IS NOT NULL" +
                         " AND u.passwordExpireOn <= :startAlertDate " +