diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-build-publish-image.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-build-publish-image.yml
index 378213a8..1823cd16 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-build-publish-image.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-build-publish-image.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@ on:
         required: false
         type: string
 
+      image-pack-tag:
+        description: "Docker image pack version tag. Pinned to 0.0.440 due to lifecycle 0.21.2 regression (see: paketo-buildpacks/builder-noble-java-tiny#191). Normally we would use 'latest', but this is temporarily pinned until the upstream issue is resolved."
+        default: "0.0.440"
+        required: false
+        type: string
+
       image-signing:
         description: Flag to toggle image signing on/off - default off
         default: true
@@ -155,6 +161,7 @@ jobs:
     with:
       image-name: ${{ inputs.image-name }}
       image-pack: ${{ inputs.image-pack }}
+      image-pack-tag: ${{ inputs.image-pack-tag }}
       image-signing: ${{ inputs.image-signing }}
       image-tag: ${{ inputs.image-tag }}
       java-version: ${{ inputs.java-version }}
@@ -177,6 +184,7 @@ jobs:
     with:
       image-name: ${{ inputs.image-name }}
       image-pack: ${{ inputs.image-pack }}
+      image-pack-tag: ${{ inputs.image-pack-tag }}
       image-signing: ${{ inputs.image-signing }}
       java-version: ${{ inputs.java-version }}
       slack-channel-id: ${{ inputs.slack-channel-id }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-pr-checks.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-pr-checks.yml
index a023c7a4..df7f6b56 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-pr-checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-pr-checks.yml
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ on:
         default: builder-jammy-tiny
         required: false
         type: string
+      image-pack-tag:
+        description: "Docker image pack version tag. Pinned to 0.0.440 due to lifecycle 0.21.2 regression (see: paketo-buildpacks/builder-noble-java-tiny#191). Normally we would use 'latest', but this is temporarily pinned until the upstream issue is resolved."
+        default: "0.0.440"
+        required: false
+        type: string
       auto-merge-types:
         type: string
       pull-request-title:
@@ -156,6 +161,7 @@ jobs:
     with:
       image-name: ${{ inputs.image-name }}
       image-pack: ${{ inputs.image-pack }}
+      image-pack-tag: ${{ inputs.image-pack-tag }}
       java-version: ${{ inputs.java-version }}
     secrets: inherit
 
@@ -168,6 +174,7 @@ jobs:
     with:
       image-name: ${{ inputs.image-name }}
       image-pack: ${{ inputs.image-pack }}
+      image-pack-tag: ${{ inputs.image-pack-tag }}
       java-version: ${{ inputs.java-version }}
       native: ${{ inputs.native }}
     secrets: inherit
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-quarkus-build-publish-image.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-quarkus-build-publish-image.yml
index 4ad7354c..c039a3f1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-quarkus-build-publish-image.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-quarkus-build-publish-image.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@ on:
         required: false
         type: string
 
+      image-pack-tag:
+        description: "Docker image pack version tag. Pinned to 0.0.440 due to lifecycle 0.21.2 regression (see: paketo-buildpacks/builder-noble-java-tiny#191). Normally we would use 'latest', but this is temporarily pinned until the upstream issue is resolved."
+        default: "0.0.440"
+        required: false
+        type: string
+
       image-signing:
         description: Flag to toggle image signing on/off - default off
         default: true
@@ -136,7 +142,7 @@ jobs:
             --path . \
             --buildpack docker://paketobuildpacks/quarkus \
             --buildpack docker://paketobuildpacks/java-native-image \
-            --builder paketobuildpacks/${{ inputs.image-pack }}:0.0.440 \
+            --builder paketobuildpacks/${{ inputs.image-pack }}:${{ inputs.image-pack-tag }} \
             --volume "${HOME}/.m2:/home/cnb/.m2:rw" \
             --env BP_JVM_VERSION="${{ inputs.java-version }}" \
             --env BP_MAVEN_POM_FILE="./pom.xml" \
@@ -151,7 +157,7 @@ jobs:
             --path . \
             --buildpack docker://paketobuildpacks/quarkus \
             --buildpack docker://paketobuildpacks/java \
-            --builder paketobuildpacks/${{ inputs.image-pack }}:0.0.440 \
+            --builder paketobuildpacks/${{ inputs.image-pack }}:${{ inputs.image-pack-tag }} \
             --volume "${HOME}/.m2:/home/cnb/.m2:rw" \
             --env BP_JVM_VERSION="${{ inputs.java-version }}" \
             --env BP_MAVEN_POM_FILE="./pom.xml" \
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-quarkus-container-scan.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-quarkus-container-scan.yml
index a781ee5e..83d3dff2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-quarkus-container-scan.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-quarkus-container-scan.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@ on:
         required: false
         type: string
 
+      image-pack-tag:
+        description: "Docker image pack version tag. Pinned to 0.0.440 due to lifecycle 0.21.2 regression (see: paketo-buildpacks/builder-noble-java-tiny#191). Normally we would use 'latest', but this is temporarily pinned until the upstream issue is resolved."
+        default: "0.0.440"
+        required: false
+        type: string
+
       registry-url:
         description: Image/Container Registery URL
         default: "my-local-registery"
@@ -92,7 +98,7 @@ jobs:
             --path . \
             --buildpack docker://paketobuildpacks/quarkus \
             --buildpack docker://paketobuildpacks/java-native-image \
-            --builder paketobuildpacks/${{ inputs.image-pack }}:0.0.440 \
+            --builder paketobuildpacks/${{ inputs.image-pack }}:${{ inputs.image-pack-tag }} \
             --volume "${HOME}/.m2:/home/cnb/.m2:rw" \
             --env BP_JVM_VERSION="${{ inputs.java-version }}" \
             --env BP_MAVEN_POM_FILE="./pom.xml" \
@@ -107,7 +113,7 @@ jobs:
             --path . \
             --buildpack docker://paketobuildpacks/quarkus \
             --buildpack docker://paketobuildpacks/java \
-            --builder paketobuildpacks/${{ inputs.image-pack }}:0.0.440 \
+            --builder paketobuildpacks/${{ inputs.image-pack }}:${{ inputs.image-pack-tag }} \
             --volume "${HOME}/.m2:/home/cnb/.m2:rw" \
             --env BP_JVM_VERSION="${{ inputs.java-version }}" \
             --env BP_MAVEN_POM_FILE="./pom.xml" \
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-spring-boot-build-publish-image.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-spring-boot-build-publish-image.yml
index 3d820aed..495c64c3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-spring-boot-build-publish-image.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-spring-boot-build-publish-image.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@ on:
         required: false
         type: string
 
+      image-pack-tag:
+        description: "Docker image pack version tag. Pinned to 0.0.440 due to lifecycle 0.21.2 regression (see: paketo-buildpacks/builder-noble-java-tiny#191). Normally we would use 'latest', but this is temporarily pinned until the upstream issue is resolved."
+        default: "0.0.440"
+        required: false
+        type: string
+
       image-signing:
         description: Flag to toggle image signing on/off - default off
         default: true
@@ -193,7 +199,7 @@ jobs:
           mvn install -B spring-boot:build-image \
             -pl ${{ inputs.module-name }} -am  \
             -Dspring-boot.build-image.imageName=${{ steps.set-image-name.outputs.image-name }}:${{ steps.set-image-tag.outputs.image-tag }} \
-            -Dspring-boot.build-image.builder=paketobuildpacks/${{ inputs.image-pack }} \
+            -Dspring-boot.build-image.builder=paketobuildpacks/${{ inputs.image-pack }}:${{ inputs.image-pack-tag }} \
             -Dspring-boot.build-image.createdDate=now
 
       - name: Build image with Maven/Spring Boot (application-path)
@@ -202,7 +208,7 @@ jobs:
           mvn -B spring-boot:build-image \
             --file ${{ inputs.application-path }}pom.xml \
             -Dspring-boot.build-image.imageName=${{ steps.set-image-name.outputs.image-name }}:${{ steps.set-image-tag.outputs.image-tag }} \
-            -Dspring-boot.build-image.builder=paketobuildpacks/${{ inputs.image-pack }}:0.0.440 \
+            -Dspring-boot.build-image.builder=paketobuildpacks/${{ inputs.image-pack }}:${{ inputs.image-pack-tag }} \
             -Dspring-boot.build-image.createdDate=now
 
       - name: Set trivyignore env if file exists
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-spring-boot-container-scan.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-spring-boot-container-scan.yml
index d2714466..d6ab9029 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-spring-boot-container-scan.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-spring-boot-container-scan.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ on:
         default: builder-jammy-tiny
         required: false
         type: string
+      image-pack-tag:
+        description: "Docker image pack version tag. Pinned to 0.0.440 due to lifecycle 0.21.2 regression (see: paketo-buildpacks/builder-noble-java-tiny#191). Normally we would use 'latest', but this is temporarily pinned until the upstream issue is resolved."
+        default: "0.0.440"
+        required: false
+        type: string
       registry-url:
         description: Image/Container Registery URL
         default: "my-local-registery"
@@ -104,11 +109,11 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Build image with Maven (module-name, skips tests)
         if: inputs.module-name != ''
-        run: mvn install -DskipTests -B spring-boot:build-image -pl ${{ inputs.module-name }} -am -Dspring-boot.build-image.imageName=${{ steps.set-image-name.outputs.image-name }}:${{ steps.set-image-tag.outputs.image-tag }} -Dspring-boot.build-image.builder=paketobuildpacks/${{ inputs.image-pack }}
+        run: mvn install -DskipTests -B spring-boot:build-image -pl ${{ inputs.module-name }} -am -Dspring-boot.build-image.imageName=${{ steps.set-image-name.outputs.image-name }}:${{ steps.set-image-tag.outputs.image-tag }} -Dspring-boot.build-image.builder=paketobuildpacks/${{ inputs.image-pack }}:${{ inputs.image-pack-tag }}
 
       - name: Build image with Maven (application-path, skips tests)
         if: inputs.module-name == ''
-        run: mvn -DskipTests -B spring-boot:build-image --file ${{ inputs.application-path }}pom.xml -Dspring-boot.build-image.imageName=${{ steps.set-image-name.outputs.image-name }}:${{ steps.set-image-tag.outputs.image-tag }} -Dspring-boot.build-image.builder=paketobuildpacks/${{ inputs.image-pack }}:0.0.440
+        run: mvn -DskipTests -B spring-boot:build-image --file ${{ inputs.application-path }}pom.xml -Dspring-boot.build-image.imageName=${{ steps.set-image-name.outputs.image-name }}:${{ steps.set-image-tag.outputs.image-tag }} -Dspring-boot.build-image.builder=paketobuildpacks/${{ inputs.image-pack }}:${{ inputs.image-pack-tag }}
 
       - name: Run Trivy vulnerability scanner
         uses: aquasecurity/trivy-action@b6643a29fecd7f34b3597bc6acb0a98b03d33ff8 # pin@v0.33.1