diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index f0b77c197..257d138aa 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v1.7.7
+v1.7.8
diff --git a/make/photon/adminserver/Dockerfile b/make/photon/adminserver/Dockerfile
index f0ec24883..4341aa517 100644
--- a/make/photon/adminserver/Dockerfile
+++ b/make/photon/adminserver/Dockerfile
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ COPY ./make/photon/adminserver/harbor_adminserver ./make/photon/adminserver/star
 #As UI will be blocked until adminserver is ready, let adminserver do the initialise work for DB
 COPY ./make/migrations /harbor/migrations
 
+RUN chage -M 99999 root
+
 HEALTHCHECK CMD curl --fail -s http://127.0.0.1:8080/api/ping || exit 1 
 
 RUN chmod u+x /harbor/harbor_adminserver /harbor/start.sh
diff --git a/make/photon/chartserver/Dockerfile b/make/photon/chartserver/Dockerfile
index 3ff892221..6af10a77c 100644
--- a/make/photon/chartserver/Dockerfile
+++ b/make/photon/chartserver/Dockerfile
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ RUN chown -R 10000:10000 /chartserver \
     && chmod u+x /chartserver/chartm \
     && chmod u+x /docker-entrypoint.sh
 
+RUN chage -M 99999 root
+
 HEALTHCHECK --interval=30s --timeout=10s --retries=3 CMD curl -sS 127.0.0.1:9999/health || exit 1
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["/docker-entrypoint.sh"]
diff --git a/make/photon/clair/Dockerfile b/make/photon/clair/Dockerfile
index 8ec5c732e..92bc9e20b 100644
--- a/make/photon/clair/Dockerfile
+++ b/make/photon/clair/Dockerfile
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ RUN chown -R 10000:10000 /clair \
     && chmod u+x /docker-entrypoint.sh \
     && chmod +x /dumb-init
 
+RUN chage -M 99999 root
+
 HEALTHCHECK --interval=30s --timeout=10s --retries=3 CMD curl -sS 127.0.0.1:6061/health || exit 1
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["/docker-entrypoint.sh"]
diff --git a/make/photon/core/Dockerfile b/make/photon/core/Dockerfile
index ecf09e136..a9b2165fd 100644
--- a/make/photon/core/Dockerfile
+++ b/make/photon/core/Dockerfile
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ RUN tdnf install sudo -y >> /dev/null\
     && groupadd -r -g 10000 harbor && useradd --no-log-init -r -g 10000 -u 10000 harbor \
     && mkdir /harbor/
 
+RUN chage -M 99999 root
+
 HEALTHCHECK CMD curl --fail -s http://127.0.0.1:8080/api/ping || exit 1
 COPY ./make/photon/core/harbor_core ./make/photon/core/start.sh ./UIVERSION /harbor/
 COPY ./src/core/views /harbor/views
diff --git a/make/photon/db/Dockerfile b/make/photon/db/Dockerfile
index 2df280a09..667511e33 100644
--- a/make/photon/db/Dockerfile
+++ b/make/photon/db/Dockerfile
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ RUN tdnf install -y shadow gzip postgresql >> /dev/null\
 
 RUN tdnf erase -y toybox && tdnf install -y util-linux
 
+RUN chage -M 99999 root
+
 VOLUME /var/lib/postgresql/data
 
 ADD ./make/photon/db/docker-entrypoint.sh /entrypoint.sh
diff --git a/make/photon/jobservice/Dockerfile b/make/photon/jobservice/Dockerfile
index 3131550d2..53572039e 100644
--- a/make/photon/jobservice/Dockerfile
+++ b/make/photon/jobservice/Dockerfile
@@ -8,5 +8,7 @@ RUN mkdir /harbor/ \
 COPY ./make/photon/jobservice/start.sh ./make/photon/jobservice/harbor_jobservice /harbor/
 
 RUN chmod u+x /harbor/harbor_jobservice /harbor/start.sh
+
+RUN chage -M 99999 root
 WORKDIR /harbor/
 ENTRYPOINT ["/harbor/start.sh"]
diff --git a/make/photon/nginx/Dockerfile b/make/photon/nginx/Dockerfile
index 3d244ee58..03b0ff50d 100644
--- a/make/photon/nginx/Dockerfile
+++ b/make/photon/nginx/Dockerfile
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ EXPOSE 80
 VOLUME /var/cache/nginx /var/log/nginx /run
 STOPSIGNAL SIGQUIT
 
+RUN chage -M 99999 root
+
 HEALTHCHECK CMD curl --fail -s http://127.0.0.1 || exit 1
 
 CMD ["nginx", "-g", "daemon off;"]
diff --git a/make/photon/notary/server.Dockerfile b/make/photon/notary/server.Dockerfile
index 5d60d17f4..3834fabc3 100644
--- a/make/photon/notary/server.Dockerfile
+++ b/make/photon/notary/server.Dockerfile
@@ -11,5 +11,6 @@ COPY ./make/photon/notary/binary/migrate /bin/migrate
 COPY ./make/photon/notary/binary/migrations/ /migrations/
 COPY ./make/photon/notary/server-start.sh /bin/server-start.sh
 RUN chmod +x /bin/notary-server /migrations/migrate.sh /bin/migrate /bin/migrate-patch /bin/server-start.sh
+RUN chage -M 99999 root
 ENV SERVICE_NAME=notary_server
 ENTRYPOINT [ "/bin/server-start.sh" ]
diff --git a/make/photon/notary/signer.Dockerfile b/make/photon/notary/signer.Dockerfile
index b27bd3cd5..8db9ec498 100644
--- a/make/photon/notary/signer.Dockerfile
+++ b/make/photon/notary/signer.Dockerfile
@@ -11,5 +11,6 @@ COPY ./make/photon/notary/binary/migrations/ /migrations/
 COPY ./make/photon/notary/signer-start.sh /bin/signer-start.sh
 
 RUN chmod +x /bin/notary-signer /migrations/migrate.sh /bin/migrate /bin/migrate-patch /bin/signer-start.sh
+RUN chage -M 99999 root
 ENV SERVICE_NAME=notary_signer
 ENTRYPOINT [ "/bin/signer-start.sh" ]
diff --git a/make/photon/portal/Dockerfile b/make/photon/portal/Dockerfile
index c011dc0de..132bf3014 100644
--- a/make/photon/portal/Dockerfile
+++ b/make/photon/portal/Dockerfile
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ COPY make/photon/portal/nginx.conf /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
 
 STOPSIGNAL SIGQUIT
 
+RUN chage -M 99999 root
+
 HEALTHCHECK CMD curl --fail -s http://127.0.0.1 || exit 1
 
 CMD ["nginx", "-g", "daemon off;"]
diff --git a/make/photon/redis/Dockerfile b/make/photon/redis/Dockerfile
index efac15505..f33620411 100644
--- a/make/photon/redis/Dockerfile
+++ b/make/photon/redis/Dockerfile
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ COPY ./make/photon/redis/docker-entrypoint.sh /usr/bin/
 COPY ./make/photon/redis/redis.conf /etc/redis.conf
 RUN chmod +x /usr/bin/docker-entrypoint.sh \
     && chown redis:redis /etc/redis.conf
+RUN chage -M 99999 root
+
 ENTRYPOINT ["docker-entrypoint.sh"]
 
 EXPOSE 6379
diff --git a/make/photon/registry/Dockerfile b/make/photon/registry/Dockerfile
index c7b35eb88..bed1402c3 100644
--- a/make/photon/registry/Dockerfile
+++ b/make/photon/registry/Dockerfile
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ RUN mkdir -p /etc/registry
 COPY ./make/photon/registry/binary/registry /usr/bin
 RUN chmod u+x /usr/bin/registry
 
+RUN chage -M 99999 root
+
 HEALTHCHECK CMD curl 127.0.0.1:5000/
 
 VOLUME ["/var/lib/registry"]
diff --git a/make/photon/registryctl/Dockerfile b/make/photon/registryctl/Dockerfile
index 16fc3fcf2..dc1b905a8 100644
--- a/make/photon/registryctl/Dockerfile
+++ b/make/photon/registryctl/Dockerfile
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ RUN chmod u+x /harbor/harbor_registryctl \
     && chmod u+x /usr/bin/registry \
     && chmod u+x /harbor/start.sh
 
+RUN chage -M 99999 root
+
 HEALTHCHECK CMD curl --fail -s http://127.0.0.1:8080/api/health || exit 1 
 
 VOLUME ["/var/lib/registry"]