diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index f5615fc..50d3ef4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ on:
   pull_request:
     branches:
     - '*'
+# Adding the manual launch of a github workflow
+  workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
   base:
diff --git a/Dockerfile.in b/Dockerfile.in
index 53ae7e8..c2ecad6 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.in
+++ b/Dockerfile.in
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM debian:stretch-20190326-slim
+FROM debian:buster-slim
 MAINTAINER Matt McCormick "matt.mccormick@kitware.com"
 
 #include "common.debian"
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f75e1bf..5b7cc02 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ clean:
 .SECONDEXPANSION:
 $(addsuffix .test,$(STANDARD_IMAGES)): $$(basename $$@)
 	$(DOCKER) run $(RM) $(ORG)/$(basename $@) > $(BIN)/dockcross-$(basename $@) && chmod +x $(BIN)/dockcross-$(basename $@)
-	$(BIN)/dockcross-$(basename $@) python test/run.py $($@_ARGS)
+	$(BIN)/dockcross-$(basename $@) python3 test/run.py $($@_ARGS)
 
 #
 # testing prerequisites implicit rule
diff --git a/common.crosstool b/common.crosstool
index 3749166..4bf1854 100644
--- a/common.crosstool
+++ b/common.crosstool
@@ -16,12 +16,14 @@
 
 # Install Debian packages required for `ct-ng`.
 RUN apt-get update --yes && apt-get install --no-install-recommends --yes \
-  gawk \
-  gperf \
-  help2man \
-  python-dev \
-  texinfo \
-&& apt-get clean --yes
+    gawk \
+    gperf \
+    help2man \
+    python3-dev \
+    texinfo \
+    && apt-get clean autoclean --yes \
+    && apt-get autoremove --yes \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/{apt,dpkg,cache,log}/
 
 ENV XCC_PREFIX=/usr/xcc
 
@@ -33,6 +35,7 @@ ENV XCC_PREFIX=/usr/xcc
 COPY \
   imagefiles/install-crosstool-ng-toolchain.sh \
   imagefiles/crosstool-ng-expat.patch \
+  imagefiles/Fix-error-with-bash-5-and-up.patch \
   crosstool-ng.config \
   /dockcross/
 
diff --git a/common.debian b/common.debian
index beec2df..d1cddac 100644
--- a/common.debian
+++ b/common.debian
@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
 ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
-ARG REPO=http://cdn-fastly.deb.debian.org
 
 RUN \
-  bash -c "echo \"deb $REPO/debian stretch main contrib non-free\" > /etc/apt/sources.list"  && \
-  bash -c "echo \"deb $REPO/debian stretch-updates main contrib non-free\" >> /etc/apt/sources.list"  && \
-  bash -c "echo \"deb $REPO/debian-security stretch/updates main\" >> /etc/apt/sources.list" && \
-  bash -c "echo \"deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian stretch-backports main\" >> /etc/apt/sources.list" && \
   apt-get update --yes && \
   apt-get install --no-install-recommends --yes \
     autogen \
@@ -30,8 +25,8 @@ RUN \
     ncurses-dev \
     pkg-config \
     pax \
-#    python3 \
-#    python3-pip \
+    python3 \
+    python3-pip \
     rsync \
     sed \
     ssh \
@@ -41,23 +36,7 @@ RUN \
     xz-utils \
     zip \
     zlib1g-dev \
-# python build
-    libncurses5-dev \
-    libgdbm-dev \
-    libnss3-dev \
-    libssl-dev \
-    libsqlite3-dev \
-    libreadline-dev \
-    libffi-dev \
-    libbz2-dev\
-  && \
-  apt-get clean --yes
-
-# build and install python
-COPY \
-  imagefiles/build-and-install-python.sh \
-  /buildscripts/
-RUN \
-  set -x && \
-  /buildscripts/build-and-install-python.sh && \
-  rm -rf /buildscripts
\ No newline at end of file
+#    python-is-python3 \
+    && apt-get clean autoclean --yes \
+    && apt-get autoremove --yes \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/{apt,dpkg,cache,log}/
diff --git a/common.docker b/common.docker
index 9177445..62a36c6 100644
--- a/common.docker
+++ b/common.docker
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ RUN \
   /buildscripts/build-and-install-git.sh && \
   /buildscripts/install-cmake-binary.sh $X86_FLAG && \
   /buildscripts/install-liquidprompt-binary.sh && \
-  PYTHON=$([ -e /opt/python/cp38-cp38/bin/python ] && echo "/opt/python/cp38-cp38/bin/python" || echo "python") && \
+  PYTHON=$([ -e /opt/python/cp38-cp38/bin/python ] && echo "/opt/python/cp38-cp38/bin/python" || echo "python3") && \
   /buildscripts/install-python-packages.sh -python ${PYTHON} && \
   /buildscripts/build-and-install-ninja.sh -python ${PYTHON} && \
   rm -rf /buildscripts
diff --git a/imagefiles/Fix-error-with-bash-5-and-up.patch b/imagefiles/Fix-error-with-bash-5-and-up.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3847d9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/imagefiles/Fix-error-with-bash-5-and-up.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+From 67368ebe9d9259e9f34a4f9166a33357858813f1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Bensuperpc <bensuperpc@gmail.com>
+Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2021 11:55:48 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH 1/1] Fix error with bash 5 and up
+
+Fix error with bash 5 and up
+
+Signed-off-by: Bensuperpc <bensuperpc@gmail.com>
+---
+ configure.ac | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
+index d10bf71d..e2302b4c 100644
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ ACX_PROG_VERSION_REQ_STRICT([BASH_SHELL],
+     [GNU bash >= 3.1],
+     [bash],
+     [bash],
+-    ['^GNU bash, version (3\.[1-9]|4)'])
++    ['^GNU bash, version (3\.[1-9]|4|5)'])
+ 
+ # We need a awk that *is* GNU awk
+ ACX_PROG_VERSION_REQ_STRICT([AWK],
+-- 
+2.32.0
+
diff --git a/imagefiles/build-and-install-python.sh b/imagefiles/build-and-install-python.sh
index b51871d..887ac5a 100755
--- a/imagefiles/build-and-install-python.sh
+++ b/imagefiles/build-and-install-python.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 # Usage:
 #
 #  build-and-install-python.sh [-version 3.9.5]
+# needed packages : libncurses5-dev libgdbm-dev libnss3-dev 
+#   libssl-dev libsqlite3-dev libreadline-dev libffi-dev libbz2-dev
 
 PYTHON_VERSION=3.9.5
 while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
diff --git a/imagefiles/install-crosstool-ng-toolchain.sh b/imagefiles/install-crosstool-ng-toolchain.sh
index 8c0fb7a..384b13b 100755
--- a/imagefiles/install-crosstool-ng-toolchain.sh
+++ b/imagefiles/install-crosstool-ng-toolchain.sh
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ git checkout ${REV}
 
 if [ ${REV} = "crosstool-ng-1.23.0" ]; then
   patch scripts/build/companion_libs/210-expat.sh -i /dockcross/crosstool-ng-expat.patch
+  # Patch to fix error with bash 5 and up: https://github.com/pfalcon/esp-open-sdk/issues/365
+  patch configure.ac -i /dockcross/Fix-error-with-bash-5-and-up.patch
 fi
 
 # Bootstrap and install the tool.
@@ -112,5 +114,5 @@ unset LD_LIBRARY_PATH
 
 # Build and install the toolchain!
 # Print last 250 lines if build fail
-"${BOOTSTRAP_PREFIX}/bin/ct-ng" build || tail -250 build.log
+"${BOOTSTRAP_PREFIX}/bin/ct-ng" build || (tail -250 build.log && exit 1)