diff --git a/demo/crypto-perf/Dockerfile b/demo/crypto-perf/Dockerfile
index 525a91330..3f4dc3879 100644
--- a/demo/crypto-perf/Dockerfile
+++ b/demo/crypto-perf/Dockerfile
@@ -5,17 +5,17 @@ WORKDIR $DIR
 
 RUN echo "deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian unstable main" >> \
     /etc/apt/sources.list.d/deb-src.list
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends wget build-essential meson ninja-build python3-pyelftools libnuma-dev python3-pip libssl-dev pkg-config dpkg-dev
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends wget build-essential meson ninja-build python3-pyelftools libnuma-dev python3-pip pkg-config dpkg-dev libipsec-mb-dev
 
 # Download & unpack DPDK tarball
-ARG DPDK_TARBALL=dpdk-23.07-rc4.tar.xz
-ARG DPDK_TARBALL_SHA256="f16e25a8b1eeb7335fbd265a6d4f9cce512709436efc80f6422ee9cfdf2f32b9"
+ARG DPDK_TARBALL=dpdk-23.11-rc3.tar.xz
+ARG DPDK_TARBALL_SHA256="cacd8b6d796f9983479f8c5989830cb86705922f8d6a813d83ecb82034088993"
 
-ARG SOVERSION=23
 RUN wget -q https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/snapshot/$DPDK_TARBALL \
     && echo "$DPDK_TARBALL_SHA256 $DPDK_TARBALL" | sha256sum -c - \
     && tar -xf $DPDK_TARBALL && rm $DPDK_TARBALL
 
+ARG SOVERSION=24
 RUN cd dpdk-* && meson setup \
     -Dplatform=generic \
     -Dcpu_instruction_set=westmere \
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ RUN cd dpdk-* && \
     install -D builddir/app/dpdk-test-crypto-perf /install_root/usr/bin/dpdk-test-crypto-perf && \
     install -D builddir/app/dpdk-test-compress-perf /install_root/usr/bin/dpdk-test-compress-perf && \
     install -d /install_root/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ && \
-    for r in bus_pci eal kvargs hash security telemetry pci mbuf mempool ring net rcu ipsec cryptodev compressdev common_qat; do \
+    for r in log bus_pci eal kvargs hash security telemetry pci mbuf mempool ring net rcu ipsec cryptodev compressdev common_qat; do \
        install installdir/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/librte_${r}.so.${SOVERSION} /install_root/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/; \
     done
 
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ RUN mkdir -p /install_root/licenses/dpdk && \
     apt-get source --download-only -y libatomic1 libnuma1
 
 FROM debian:sid-slim
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends libssl3 libnuma1 libatomic1 && ldconfig -v
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends libipsec-mb1 libnuma1 libatomic1 && ldconfig -v
 COPY --from=builder /install_root /
 COPY run-dpdk-test /usr/bin/
 
diff --git a/demo/openssl-qat-engine/Dockerfile b/demo/openssl-qat-engine/Dockerfile
index 8e41bd736..5fa7292d2 100644
--- a/demo/openssl-qat-engine/Dockerfile
+++ b/demo/openssl-qat-engine/Dockerfile
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 FROM ubuntu:22.04 as builder
 
-ARG QATLIB_VERSION="23.08.0"
+ARG QATLIB_VERSION="23.11.0"
 ARG QAT_ENGINE_VERSION="v1.4.0"
 ARG ASYNC_NGINX_VERSION="v0.5.1"
-ARG IPSEC_MB_VERSION="v1.4"
-ARG IPP_CRYPTO_VERSION="ippcp_2021.8"
+ARG IPSEC_MB_VERSION="v1.5"
+ARG IPP_CRYPTO_VERSION="ippcp_2021.9.0"
 
 RUN apt update && \
     env DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt install -y \
@@ -71,10 +71,10 @@ RUN cd /asynch_mode_nginx && \
 FROM ubuntu:22.04
 
 COPY --from=builder /usr/bin/*_sample* /usr/bin/
-COPY --from=builder /usr/lib/libqat.so.4.0.0 /usr/lib/
+COPY --from=builder /usr/lib/libqat.so.4.1.0 /usr/lib/
 COPY --from=builder /usr/lib/libusdm.so.0.1.0 /usr/lib/
 COPY --from=builder /usr/lib64/libIPSec_MB.so.1 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/
-COPY --from=builder /usr/local/lib/libcrypto_mb.so.11.8 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/
+COPY --from=builder /usr/local/lib/libcrypto_mb.so.11.9 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/
 COPY --from=builder /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/engines-3/qatengine.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/engines-3/qatengine.so
 COPY --from=builder /var/www/ /var/www/
 COPY --from=builder /usr/lib64/nginx/* /usr/lib64/nginx/
diff --git a/deployments/operator/default/manager_auth_proxy_patch.yaml b/deployments/operator/default/manager_auth_proxy_patch.yaml
index bfbb9e3d2..1cfa3db10 100644
--- a/deployments/operator/default/manager_auth_proxy_patch.yaml
+++ b/deployments/operator/default/manager_auth_proxy_patch.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       containers:
       - name: kube-rbac-proxy
-        image: gcr.io/kubebuilder/kube-rbac-proxy:v0.14.1
+        image: gcr.io/kubebuilder/kube-rbac-proxy:v0.15.0
         args:
         - "--secure-listen-address=0.0.0.0:8443"
         - "--upstream=http://127.0.0.1:8080/"