diff --git a/.make.versions b/.make.versions
index 54e6d8ca1..662782452 100644
--- a/.make.versions
+++ b/.make.versions
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ DPK_MINOR_VERSION=2
 DPK_MICRO_VERSION=1
 # The suffix is generally always set in the main/development branch and only nulled out when creating release branches.
 # It can be manually incremented, for example, to allow publishing a new intermediate version wheel to pypi. 
-DPK_VERSION_SUFFIX=.dev3
+DPK_VERSION_SUFFIX=
 
 DPK_VERSION=$(DPK_MAJOR_VERSION).$(DPK_MINOR_VERSION).$(DPK_MICRO_VERSION)$(DPK_VERSION_SUFFIX)
 
diff --git a/data-processing-lib/python/pyproject.toml b/data-processing-lib/python/pyproject.toml
index 9ff6c2d7f..d95cb3075 100644
--- a/data-processing-lib/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/data-processing-lib/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "data_prep_toolkit"
-version = "0.2.1.dev3"
+version = "0.2.1"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 keywords = ["data", "data preprocessing", "data preparation", "llm", "generative", "ai", "fine-tuning", "llmapps" ]
 description = "Data Preparation Toolkit Library"
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ dev = [
 ]
 
 [options]
-package_dir = ["src","test"]
+package_dir = ["src"]
 
 [options.packages.find]
 where = ["src/data_processing"]
diff --git a/data-processing-lib/ray/pyproject.toml b/data-processing-lib/ray/pyproject.toml
index 3f347cdf4..c67ad8a9c 100644
--- a/data-processing-lib/ray/pyproject.toml
+++ b/data-processing-lib/ray/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "data_prep_toolkit_ray"
-version = "0.2.1.dev3"
+version = "0.2.1"
 keywords = ["data", "data preprocessing", "data preparation", "llm", "generative", "ai", "fine-tuning", "llmapps" ]
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 description = "Data Preparation Toolkit Library for Ray"
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ authors = [
     { name = "Boris Lublinsky", email = "blublinsky@ibm.com" },
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    "data-prep-toolkit>=0.2.1.dev3",
+    "data-prep-toolkit>=0.2.1",
     "ray[default]==2.24.0",
     # These two are to fix security issues identified by quay.io
     "fastapi>=0.110.2",
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ dev = [
 ]
 
 [options]
-package_dir = ["src","test"]
+package_dir = ["src"]
 
 [options.packages.find]
 where = ["src/data_processing_ray"]
diff --git a/data-processing-lib/spark/Makefile b/data-processing-lib/spark/Makefile
index d4d01ba74..51290ccf5 100644
--- a/data-processing-lib/spark/Makefile
+++ b/data-processing-lib/spark/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ include $(REPOROOT)/.make.defaults
 SPARK_VERSION=3.5.2
 DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME=data-prep-kit-spark-$(SPARK_VERSION)
 DOCKER_IMAGE_LIB_NAME=data-prep-kit-spark
-DOCKER_IMAGE_VERSION := latest
 
 
 .check-env::
diff --git a/data-processing-lib/spark/pyproject.toml b/data-processing-lib/spark/pyproject.toml
index b6e9edddb..7514f0a50 100644
--- a/data-processing-lib/spark/pyproject.toml
+++ b/data-processing-lib/spark/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "data_prep_toolkit_spark"
-version = "0.2.1.dev3"
+version = "0.2.1"
 keywords = ["data", "data preprocessing", "data preparation", "llm", "generative", "ai", "fine-tuning", "llmapps" ]
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 description = "Data Preparation Toolkit Library for Spark"
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ authors = [
     { name = "Boris Lublinsky", email = "blublinsk@ibm.com" },
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    "data-prep-toolkit==0.2.1.dev3",	
+    "data-prep-toolkit==0.2.1",	
     "pyspark>=3.5.2",
     "psutil>=6.0.0"
 ]
diff --git a/kfp/kfp_ray_components/createRayClusterComponent.yaml b/kfp/kfp_ray_components/createRayClusterComponent.yaml
index 30b0b66d8..36e88d978 100644
--- a/kfp/kfp_ray_components/createRayClusterComponent.yaml
+++ b/kfp/kfp_ray_components/createRayClusterComponent.yaml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ inputs:
 
 implementation:
     container:
-        image: "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/kfp-data-processing:latest"
+        image: "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/kfp-data-processing:0.2.1"
         # command is a list of strings (command-line arguments).
         # The YAML language has two syntaxes for lists and you can use either of them.
         # Here we use the "flow syntax" - comma-separated strings inside square brackets.
diff --git a/kfp/kfp_ray_components/deleteRayClusterComponent.yaml b/kfp/kfp_ray_components/deleteRayClusterComponent.yaml
index 44e199c47..3c3e79b9c 100644
--- a/kfp/kfp_ray_components/deleteRayClusterComponent.yaml
+++ b/kfp/kfp_ray_components/deleteRayClusterComponent.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ inputs:
 
 implementation:
     container:
-        image: "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/kfp-data-processing:latest"
+        image: "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/kfp-data-processing:0.2.1"
         # command is a list of strings (command-line arguments).
         # The YAML language has two syntaxes for lists and you can use either of them.
         # Here we use the "flow syntax" - comma-separated strings inside square brackets.
diff --git a/kfp/kfp_ray_components/executeRayJobComponent.yaml b/kfp/kfp_ray_components/executeRayJobComponent.yaml
index 7ab517bff..4dccd78d0 100644
--- a/kfp/kfp_ray_components/executeRayJobComponent.yaml
+++ b/kfp/kfp_ray_components/executeRayJobComponent.yaml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ inputs:
 
 implementation:
     container:
-        image: "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/kfp-data-processing:latest"
+        image: "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/kfp-data-processing:0.2.1"
         # command is a list of strings (command-line arguments).
         # The YAML language has two syntaxes for lists and you can use either of them.
         # Here we use the "flow syntax" - comma-separated strings inside square brackets.
diff --git a/kfp/kfp_ray_components/executeRayJobComponent_multi_s3.yaml b/kfp/kfp_ray_components/executeRayJobComponent_multi_s3.yaml
index 9b98912f0..0b1d4ecef 100644
--- a/kfp/kfp_ray_components/executeRayJobComponent_multi_s3.yaml
+++ b/kfp/kfp_ray_components/executeRayJobComponent_multi_s3.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ inputs:
 
 implementation:
     container:
-        image: "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/kfp-data-processing:latest"
+        image: "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/kfp-data-processing:0.2.1"
         # command is a list of strings (command-line arguments).
         # The YAML language has two syntaxes for lists and you can use either of them.
         # Here we use the "flow syntax" - comma-separated strings inside square brackets.
diff --git a/kfp/kfp_ray_components/executeSubWorkflowComponent.yaml b/kfp/kfp_ray_components/executeSubWorkflowComponent.yaml
index 6b261a003..335713462 100644
--- a/kfp/kfp_ray_components/executeSubWorkflowComponent.yaml
+++ b/kfp/kfp_ray_components/executeSubWorkflowComponent.yaml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ outputs:
 
 implementation:
     container:
-        image: "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/kfp-data-processing:latest"
+        image: "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/kfp-data-processing:0.2.1"
         # command is a list of strings (command-line arguments).
         # The YAML language has two syntaxes for lists, and you can use either of them.
         # Here we use the "flow syntax" - comma-separated strings inside square brackets.
diff --git a/kfp/kfp_support_lib/kfp_v1_workflow_support/pyproject.toml b/kfp/kfp_support_lib/kfp_v1_workflow_support/pyproject.toml
index eaea5fb0d..a4291b093 100644
--- a/kfp/kfp_support_lib/kfp_v1_workflow_support/pyproject.toml
+++ b/kfp/kfp_support_lib/kfp_v1_workflow_support/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "data_prep_toolkit_kfp_v1"
-version = "0.2.1.dev3"
+version = "0.2.1"
 requires-python = ">=3.10,<3.12"
 description = "Data Preparation Kit Library. KFP support"
 license = {text = "Apache-2.0"}
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ authors = [
 ]
 dependencies = [
     "kfp==1.8.22",
-    "data-prep-toolkit-kfp-shared==0.2.1.dev3",
+    "data-prep-toolkit-kfp-shared==0.2.1",
 ]
 
 [build-system]
diff --git a/kfp/kfp_support_lib/kfp_v2_workflow_support/pyproject.toml b/kfp/kfp_support_lib/kfp_v2_workflow_support/pyproject.toml
index c5ca32f1a..866ca157d 100644
--- a/kfp/kfp_support_lib/kfp_v2_workflow_support/pyproject.toml
+++ b/kfp/kfp_support_lib/kfp_v2_workflow_support/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "data_prep_toolkit_kfp_v2"
-version = "0.2.1.dev3"
+version = "0.2.1"
 requires-python = ">=3.10,<3.12"
 description = "Data Preparation Kit Library. KFP support"
 license = {text = "Apache-2.0"}
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ authors = [
 dependencies = [
     "kfp==2.8.0",
     "kfp-kubernetes==1.2.0",
-    "data-prep-toolkit-kfp-shared==0.2.1.dev3",
+    "data-prep-toolkit-kfp-shared==0.2.1",
 ]
 
 [build-system]
diff --git a/kfp/kfp_support_lib/shared_workflow_support/pyproject.toml b/kfp/kfp_support_lib/shared_workflow_support/pyproject.toml
index b4f509433..a0fa9e760 100644
--- a/kfp/kfp_support_lib/shared_workflow_support/pyproject.toml
+++ b/kfp/kfp_support_lib/shared_workflow_support/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "data_prep_toolkit_kfp_shared"
-version = "0.2.1.dev3"
+version = "0.2.1"
 requires-python = ">=3.10,<3.12"
 description = "Data Preparation Kit Library. KFP support"
 license = {text = "Apache-2.0"}
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ authors = [
 dependencies = [
     "requests",
     "kubernetes",
-    "data-prep-toolkit-ray==0.2.1.dev3",
+    "data-prep-toolkit-ray==0.2.1",
 ]
 
 [build-system]
diff --git a/kfp/superworkflows/ray/kfp_v1/superworkflow_code_sample_wf.py b/kfp/superworkflows/ray/kfp_v1/superworkflow_code_sample_wf.py
index 867c83198..a35a9fbf6 100644
--- a/kfp/superworkflows/ray/kfp_v1/superworkflow_code_sample_wf.py
+++ b/kfp/superworkflows/ray/kfp_v1/superworkflow_code_sample_wf.py
@@ -17,14 +17,14 @@
 run_fuzzy_dedup_op = comp.load_component_from_file(component_spec_path + "executeSubWorkflowComponent.yaml")
 run_tokenization_op = comp.load_component_from_file(component_spec_path + "executeSubWorkflowComponent.yaml")
 
-code_to_parquet_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/code2parquet-ray:latest"
-proglang_select_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/proglang_select-ray:latest"
-code_quality_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/code_quality-ray:latest"
-malware_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/malware-ray:latest"
-doc_id_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/doc_id-ray:latest"
-ededup_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/ededup-ray:latest"
-fdedup_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/fdedup-ray:latest"
-tokenizer_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/tokenization-ray:latest"
+code_to_parquet_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/code2parquet-ray:0.2.1"
+proglang_select_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/proglang_select-ray:0.2.1"
+code_quality_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/code_quality-ray:0.2.1"
+malware_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/malware-ray:0.2.1"
+doc_id_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/doc_id-ray:0.2.1"
+ededup_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/ededup-ray:0.2.1"
+fdedup_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/fdedup-ray:0.2.1"
+tokenizer_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/tokenization-ray:0.2.1"
 
 
 # Pipeline to invoke execution on remote resource
diff --git a/kfp/superworkflows/ray/kfp_v1/superworkflow_dedups_sample_wf.py b/kfp/superworkflows/ray/kfp_v1/superworkflow_dedups_sample_wf.py
index 8243a65b5..947aece29 100644
--- a/kfp/superworkflows/ray/kfp_v1/superworkflow_dedups_sample_wf.py
+++ b/kfp/superworkflows/ray/kfp_v1/superworkflow_dedups_sample_wf.py
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@
 run_exact_dedup_op = comp.load_component_from_file(component_spec_path + "executeSubWorkflowComponent.yaml")
 run_fuzzy_dedup_op = comp.load_component_from_file(component_spec_path + "executeSubWorkflowComponent.yaml")
 
-doc_id_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/doc_id-ray:latest"
-ededup_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/ededup-ray:latest"
-fdedup_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/fdedup-ray:latest"
+doc_id_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/doc_id-ray:0.2.1"
+ededup_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/ededup-ray:0.2.1"
+fdedup_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/fdedup-ray:0.2.1"
 
 # Pipeline to invoke execution on remote resource
 @dsl.pipeline(
diff --git a/release-notes.md b/release-notes.md
index 52aca0930..8d114b8ff 100644
--- a/release-notes.md
+++ b/release-notes.md
@@ -1,5 +1,36 @@
 # Data Prep Kit Release notes
 
+## Release 0.2.1 - 9/24/2024
+
+### General 
+1. Bug fixes across the repo
+1. Added AI Alliance RAG demo, tutorials and notebooks and tips for running on google colab
+1. Added new transforms and single package for transforms published to pypi
+1. Improved CI/CD with targeted workflow triggered on specific changes to specific modules
+1. New enhancements for cutting a release
+
+
+### data-prep-toolkit libraries (python, ray, spark) 
+
+1. Restructure the repository to distinguish/separate runtime libraries
+1. Split data-processing-lib/ray into python and ray
+1. Spark runtime
+1. Updated pyarrow version
+1. Define required transform() method as abstract to AbstractTableTransform
+1. Enables configuration of makefile to use src or pypi for data-prep-kit library dependencies 
+
+
+### KFP Workloads 
+
+1. Add a configurable timeout before destroying the deployed Ray cluster.
+
+### Transforms
+
+1. Added 7 new transdforms including: language identification, profiler, repo level ordering, doc quality, pdf2parquet, HTML2Parquet and PII Transform
+1. Added ededup python implementation and incremental ededup 
+1. Added fuzzy floating point comparison
+
+
 ## Release 0.2.0 - 6/27/2024
 
 ### General 
diff --git a/transforms/code/code2parquet/kfp_ray/code2parquet_wf.py b/transforms/code/code2parquet/kfp_ray/code2parquet_wf.py
index a2080e70a..68fe95384 100644
--- a/transforms/code/code2parquet/kfp_ray/code2parquet_wf.py
+++ b/transforms/code/code2parquet/kfp_ray/code2parquet_wf.py
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@
 # the name of the job script
 EXEC_SCRIPT_NAME: str = "code2parquet_transform_ray.py"
 
-task_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/code2parquet-ray:latest"
+task_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/code2parquet-ray:0.2.1"
 
 
 # components
-base_kfp_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/kfp-data-processing:latest"
+base_kfp_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/kfp-data-processing:0.2.1"
 
 # path to kfp component specifications files
 component_spec_path = "../../../../kfp/kfp_ray_components/"
diff --git a/transforms/code/code2parquet/python/pyproject.toml b/transforms/code/code2parquet/python/pyproject.toml
index 79f0988be..c849a0de5 100644
--- a/transforms/code/code2parquet/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/transforms/code/code2parquet/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "dpk_code2parquet_transform_python"
-version = "0.2.1.dev3"
+version = "0.2.1"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 description = "code2parquet Python Transform"
 license = {text = "Apache-2.0"}
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ authors = [
     { name = "Boris Lublinsky", email = "blublinsky@ibm.com" },
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    "data-prep-toolkit==0.2.1.dev3",
+    "data-prep-toolkit==0.2.1",
     "parameterized",
     "pandas",
 ]
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ dev = [
 ]
 
 [options]
-package_dir = ["src","test"]
+package_dir = ["src"]
 
 [options.packages.find]
 where = ["src/"]
diff --git a/transforms/code/code2parquet/ray/pyproject.toml b/transforms/code/code2parquet/ray/pyproject.toml
index c7f1a1563..21c34ec32 100644
--- a/transforms/code/code2parquet/ray/pyproject.toml
+++ b/transforms/code/code2parquet/ray/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "dpk_code2parquet_transform_ray"
-version = "0.2.1.dev3"
+version = "0.2.1"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 description = "code2parquet Ray Transform"
 license = {text = "Apache-2.0"}
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ authors = [
     { name = "Boris Lublinsky", email = "blublinsky@ibm.com" },
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    "data-prep-toolkit-ray==0.2.1.dev3",
-    "dpk-code2parquet-transform-python==0.2.1.dev3",
+    "data-prep-toolkit-ray==0.2.1",
+    "dpk-code2parquet-transform-python==0.2.1",
     "parameterized",
     "pandas",
 ]
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ dev = [
 ]
 
 [options]
-package_dir = ["src","test"]
+package_dir = ["src"]
 
 [options.packages.find]
 where = ["src/"]
diff --git a/transforms/code/code_quality/kfp_ray/code_quality_wf.py b/transforms/code/code_quality/kfp_ray/code_quality_wf.py
index 138b5d613..cc2b424e1 100644
--- a/transforms/code/code_quality/kfp_ray/code_quality_wf.py
+++ b/transforms/code/code_quality/kfp_ray/code_quality_wf.py
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@
 EXEC_SCRIPT_NAME: str = "code_quality_transform_ray.py"
 PREFIX: str = ""
 
-task_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/code_quality-ray:latest"
+task_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/code_quality-ray:0.2.1"
 
 # components
-base_kfp_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/kfp-data-processing:latest"
+base_kfp_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/kfp-data-processing:0.2.1"
 
 # path to kfp component specifications files
 component_spec_path = "../../../../kfp/kfp_ray_components/"
diff --git a/transforms/code/code_quality/python/pyproject.toml b/transforms/code/code_quality/python/pyproject.toml
index 88c8f9031..58c0ed6eb 100644
--- a/transforms/code/code_quality/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/transforms/code/code_quality/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "dpk_code_quality_transform_python"
-version = "0.2.1.dev3"
+version = "0.2.1"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 description = "Code Quality Python Transform"
 license = {text = "Apache-2.0"}
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ authors = [
     { name = "Shivdeep Singh", email = "shivdeep.singh@ibm.com" },
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    "data-prep-toolkit==0.2.1.dev3",
+    "data-prep-toolkit==0.2.1",
     "bs4==0.0.2",
     "transformers==4.38.2",
 ]
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ dev = [
 ]
 
 [options]
-package_dir = ["src","test"]
+package_dir = ["src"]
 
 [options.packages.find]
 where = ["src/"]
diff --git a/transforms/code/code_quality/ray/pyproject.toml b/transforms/code/code_quality/ray/pyproject.toml
index 6925f45c0..e62dfed02 100644
--- a/transforms/code/code_quality/ray/pyproject.toml
+++ b/transforms/code/code_quality/ray/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "dpk_code_quality_transform_ray"
-version = "0.2.1.dev3"
+version = "0.2.1"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 description = "Code Quality Ray Transform"
 license = {text = "Apache-2.0"}
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ authors = [
     { name = "Shivdeep Singh", email = "shivdeep.singh@ibm.com" },
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    "dpk-code-quality-transform-python==0.2.1.dev3",
-    "data-prep-toolkit-ray==0.2.1.dev3",
+    "dpk-code-quality-transform-python==0.2.1",
+    "data-prep-toolkit-ray==0.2.1",
 ]
 
 [build-system]
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ dev = [
 ]
 
 [options]
-package_dir = ["src","test"]
+package_dir = ["src"]
 
 [options.packages.find]
 where = ["src/"]
diff --git a/transforms/code/header_cleanser/kfp_ray/header_cleanser_wf.py b/transforms/code/header_cleanser/kfp_ray/header_cleanser_wf.py
index ba82169c3..426e5fb91 100644
--- a/transforms/code/header_cleanser/kfp_ray/header_cleanser_wf.py
+++ b/transforms/code/header_cleanser/kfp_ray/header_cleanser_wf.py
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@
 EXEC_SCRIPT_NAME: str = "header_cleanser_transform_ray.py"
 PREFIX: str = ""
 
-task_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/header_cleanser-ray:latest"
+task_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/header_cleanser-ray:0.2.1"
 
 # components
-base_kfp_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/kfp-data-processing:latest"
+base_kfp_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/kfp-data-processing:0.2.1"
 
 # path to kfp component specifications files
 component_spec_path = "../../../../kfp/kfp_ray_components/"
diff --git a/transforms/code/header_cleanser/python/pyproject.toml b/transforms/code/header_cleanser/python/pyproject.toml
index 2799974b4..14b609854 100644
--- a/transforms/code/header_cleanser/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/transforms/code/header_cleanser/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "dpk_header_cleanser_transform_python"
-version = "0.2.1.dev3"
+version = "0.2.1"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 description = "License and Copyright Removal Transform for Python"
 license = {text = "Apache-2.0"}
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ authors = [
     { name = "Yash kalathiya", email = "yashkalathiya164@gmail.com" },
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    "data-prep-toolkit==0.2.1.dev3",
+    "data-prep-toolkit==0.2.1",
     "scancode-toolkit==32.1.0",
 ]
 
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ dev = [
 ]
 
 [options]
-package_dir = ["src","test"]
+package_dir = ["src"]
 
 [options.packages.find]
 where = ["src/"]
diff --git a/transforms/code/header_cleanser/ray/pyproject.toml b/transforms/code/header_cleanser/ray/pyproject.toml
index d40aa9373..8c05f2099 100644
--- a/transforms/code/header_cleanser/ray/pyproject.toml
+++ b/transforms/code/header_cleanser/ray/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "dpk_header_cleanser_transform_ray"
-version = "0.2.1.dev3"
+version = "0.2.1"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 description = "License and copyright removal Transform for Ray"
 license = {text = "Apache-2.0"}
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ authors = [
     { name = "Yash kalathiya", email = "yashkalathiya164@gmail.com" },
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    "dpk-header-cleanser-transform-python==0.2.1.dev3",
-    "data-prep-toolkit-ray==0.2.1.dev3",
+    "dpk-header-cleanser-transform-python==0.2.1",
+    "data-prep-toolkit-ray==0.2.1",
     "scancode-toolkit==32.1.0",
 ]
 
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ dev = [
 ]
 
 [options]
-package_dir = ["src","test"]
+package_dir = ["src"]
 
 [options.packages.find]
 where = ["src/"]
diff --git a/transforms/code/malware/kfp_ray/malware_wf.py b/transforms/code/malware/kfp_ray/malware_wf.py
index d9ec70b37..5d7b4e5c5 100644
--- a/transforms/code/malware/kfp_ray/malware_wf.py
+++ b/transforms/code/malware/kfp_ray/malware_wf.py
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@
 # the name of the job script
 EXEC_SCRIPT_NAME: str = "malware_transform_ray.py"
 
-task_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/malware-ray:latest"
+task_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/malware-ray:0.2.1"
 
 # components
-base_kfp_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/kfp-data-processing:latest"
+base_kfp_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/kfp-data-processing:0.2.1"
 
 # path to kfp component specifications files
 component_spec_path = "../../../../kfp/kfp_ray_components/"
diff --git a/transforms/code/malware/python/pyproject.toml b/transforms/code/malware/python/pyproject.toml
index 9e5e122ca..707c3a106 100644
--- a/transforms/code/malware/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/transforms/code/malware/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "dpk_malware_transform_python"
-version = "0.2.1.dev3"
+version = "0.2.1"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 description = "Malware Python Transform"
 license = {text = "Apache-2.0"}
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ authors = [
     { name = "Takuya Goto", email = "tkyg@jp.ibm.com" },
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    "data-prep-toolkit==0.2.1.dev3",
+    "data-prep-toolkit==0.2.1",
     "clamd==1.0.2",
 ]
 
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ dev = [
 ]
 
 [options]
-package_dir = ["src","test"]
+package_dir = ["src"]
 
 [options.packages.find]
 where = ["src/"]
diff --git a/transforms/code/malware/ray/pyproject.toml b/transforms/code/malware/ray/pyproject.toml
index 60d9a3089..8e221d732 100644
--- a/transforms/code/malware/ray/pyproject.toml
+++ b/transforms/code/malware/ray/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "dpk_malware_transform_ray"
-version = "0.2.1.dev3"
+version = "0.2.1"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 description = "Malware Ray Transform"
 license = {text = "Apache-2.0"}
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ authors = [
     { name = "Takuya Goto", email = "tkyg@jp.ibm.com" },
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    "dpk-malware-transform-python==0.2.1.dev3",
-    "data-prep-toolkit-ray==0.2.1.dev3",
+    "dpk-malware-transform-python==0.2.1",
+    "data-prep-toolkit-ray==0.2.1",
 ]
 
 [build-system]
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ dev = [
 ]
 
 [options]
-package_dir = ["src","test"]
+package_dir = ["src"]
 
 [options.packages.find]
 where = ["src/"]
diff --git a/transforms/code/proglang_select/kfp_ray/proglang_select_wf.py b/transforms/code/proglang_select/kfp_ray/proglang_select_wf.py
index 209121cd4..f9f2c4a62 100644
--- a/transforms/code/proglang_select/kfp_ray/proglang_select_wf.py
+++ b/transforms/code/proglang_select/kfp_ray/proglang_select_wf.py
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@
 # the name of the job script
 EXEC_SCRIPT_NAME: str = "proglang_select_transform_ray.py"
 
-task_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/proglang_select-ray:latest"
+task_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/proglang_select-ray:0.2.1"
 
 # components
-base_kfp_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/kfp-data-processing:latest"
+base_kfp_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/kfp-data-processing:0.2.1"
 
 # path to kfp component specifications files
 component_spec_path = "../../../../kfp/kfp_ray_components/"
diff --git a/transforms/code/proglang_select/python/pyproject.toml b/transforms/code/proglang_select/python/pyproject.toml
index 7fcef9bfc..da05b8acf 100644
--- a/transforms/code/proglang_select/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/transforms/code/proglang_select/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "dpk_proglang_select_transform_python"
-version = "0.2.1.dev3"
+version = "0.2.1"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 description = "Programming Language Selection Python Transform"
 license = {text = "Apache-2.0"}
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ authors = [
     { name = "Shivdeep Singh", email = "shivdeep.singh@ibm.com" },
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    "data-prep-toolkit==0.2.1.dev3",
+    "data-prep-toolkit==0.2.1",
 ]
 
 [build-system]
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ dev = [
 ]
 
 [options]
-package_dir = ["src","test"]
+package_dir = ["src"]
 
 [options.packages.find]
 where = ["src/"]
diff --git a/transforms/code/proglang_select/ray/pyproject.toml b/transforms/code/proglang_select/ray/pyproject.toml
index 703bf5279..ae778f40d 100644
--- a/transforms/code/proglang_select/ray/pyproject.toml
+++ b/transforms/code/proglang_select/ray/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "dpk_proglang_select_transform_ray"
-version = "0.2.1.dev3"
+version = "0.2.1"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 description = "Programming Language Selection Ray Transform"
 license = {text = "Apache-2.0"}
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ authors = [
     { name = "Shivdeep Singh", email = "shivdeep.singh@ibm.com" },
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    "dpk-proglang-select-transform-python==0.2.1.dev3",
-    "data-prep-toolkit-ray==0.2.1.dev3",
+    "dpk-proglang-select-transform-python==0.2.1",
+    "data-prep-toolkit-ray==0.2.1",
 ]
 
 [build-system]
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ dev = [
 ]
 
 [options]
-package_dir = ["src","test"]
+package_dir = ["src"]
 
 [options.packages.find]
 where = ["src/"]
diff --git a/transforms/code/repo_level_ordering/kfp_ray/repo_level_order_wf.py b/transforms/code/repo_level_ordering/kfp_ray/repo_level_order_wf.py
index 256636176..c91963bec 100644
--- a/transforms/code/repo_level_ordering/kfp_ray/repo_level_order_wf.py
+++ b/transforms/code/repo_level_ordering/kfp_ray/repo_level_order_wf.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 EXEC_SCRIPT_NAME: str = "repo_level_order_transform_ray.py"
 
 # components
-base_kfp_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/kfp-data-processing:latest"
+base_kfp_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/kfp-data-processing:0.2.1"
 
 # path to kfp component specifications files
 component_spec_path = "../../../../kfp/kfp_ray_components/"
diff --git a/transforms/code/repo_level_ordering/ray/pyproject.toml b/transforms/code/repo_level_ordering/ray/pyproject.toml
index 6f54a65ed..7cc8bdb41 100644
--- a/transforms/code/repo_level_ordering/ray/pyproject.toml
+++ b/transforms/code/repo_level_ordering/ray/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "dpk_repo_level_order_transform_ray"
-version = "0.2.1.dev3"
+version = "0.2.1"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 description = "repo_level_order Ray Transform"
 license = {text = "Apache-2.0"}
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ authors = [
     { name = "Shanmukha Guttula", email = "shagutt1@in.ibm.com" },
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    "data-prep-toolkit-ray==0.2.1.dev3",
+    "data-prep-toolkit-ray==0.2.1",
     "networkx==3.3",
     "colorlog==6.8.2",
     "func-timeout==4.3.5",
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ dev = [
 ]
 
 [options]
-package_dir = ["src","test"]
+package_dir = ["src"]
 
 [options.packages.find]
 where = ["src/"]
diff --git a/transforms/language/doc_chunk/kfp_ray/doc_chunk_multiple_wf.py b/transforms/language/doc_chunk/kfp_ray/doc_chunk_multiple_wf.py
index a613955c9..eb76a8ec6 100644
--- a/transforms/language/doc_chunk/kfp_ray/doc_chunk_multiple_wf.py
+++ b/transforms/language/doc_chunk/kfp_ray/doc_chunk_multiple_wf.py
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@
 from workflow_support.compile_utils import ONE_HOUR_SEC, ONE_WEEK_SEC, ComponentUtils
 
 
-task_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/doc_chunk-ray:latest"
+task_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/doc_chunk-ray:0.2.1"
 
 # the name of the job script
 EXEC_SCRIPT_NAME: str = "doc_chunk_transform_ray.py"
 
 # components
-base_kfp_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/kfp-data-processing:latest"
+base_kfp_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/kfp-data-processing:0.2.1"
 
 # path to kfp component specifications files
 component_spec_path = "../../../../kfp/kfp_ray_components/"
diff --git a/transforms/language/doc_chunk/kfp_ray/doc_chunk_wf.py b/transforms/language/doc_chunk/kfp_ray/doc_chunk_wf.py
index 7fb107758..313476604 100644
--- a/transforms/language/doc_chunk/kfp_ray/doc_chunk_wf.py
+++ b/transforms/language/doc_chunk/kfp_ray/doc_chunk_wf.py
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@
 from workflow_support.compile_utils import ONE_HOUR_SEC, ONE_WEEK_SEC, ComponentUtils
 
 
-task_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/doc_chunk-ray:latest"
+task_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/doc_chunk-ray:0.2.1"
 
 # the name of the job script
 EXEC_SCRIPT_NAME: str = "doc_chunk_transform_ray.py"
 
 # components
-base_kfp_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/kfp-data-processing:latest"
+base_kfp_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/kfp-data-processing:0.2.1"
 
 # path to kfp component specifications files
 component_spec_path = "../../../../kfp/kfp_ray_components/"
diff --git a/transforms/language/doc_chunk/python/pyproject.toml b/transforms/language/doc_chunk/python/pyproject.toml
index 4deb09d47..ddcadba5b 100644
--- a/transforms/language/doc_chunk/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/transforms/language/doc_chunk/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "dpk_doc_chunk_transform_python"
-version = "0.2.1.dev3"
+version = "0.2.1"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 description = "chunk documents Python Transform"
 license = {text = "Apache-2.0"}
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ authors = [
     { name = "Christoph Auer", email = "cau@zurich.ibm.com" },
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    "data-prep-toolkit==0.2.1.dev3",
+    "data-prep-toolkit==0.2.1",
     "docling-core==1.3.0",
     "llama-index-core>=0.11.0,<0.12.0",
 ]
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ dev = [
 ]
 
 [options]
-package_dir = ["src","test"]
+package_dir = ["src"]
 
 [options.packages.find]
 where = ["src/"]
diff --git a/transforms/language/doc_chunk/ray/pyproject.toml b/transforms/language/doc_chunk/ray/pyproject.toml
index 19288e2db..76e368c27 100644
--- a/transforms/language/doc_chunk/ray/pyproject.toml
+++ b/transforms/language/doc_chunk/ray/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "dpk_doc_chunk_transform_ray"
-version = "0.2.1.dev3"
+version = "0.2.1"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 description = "chunk documents Ray Transform"
 license = {text = "Apache-2.0"}
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ authors = [
     { name = "Christoph Auer", email = "cau@zurich.ibm.com" },
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    "dpk-doc-chunk-transform-python==0.2.1.dev3",
-    "data-prep-toolkit-ray==0.2.1.dev3",
+    "dpk-doc-chunk-transform-python==0.2.1",
+    "data-prep-toolkit-ray==0.2.1",
 ]
 
 [build-system]
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ dev = [
 ]
 
 [options]
-package_dir = ["src","test"]
+package_dir = ["src"]
 
 [options.packages.find]
 where = ["src/"]
diff --git a/transforms/language/doc_quality/kfp_ray/doc_quality_multiple_wf.py b/transforms/language/doc_quality/kfp_ray/doc_quality_multiple_wf.py
index c68715b5d..75ebde0d1 100644
--- a/transforms/language/doc_quality/kfp_ray/doc_quality_multiple_wf.py
+++ b/transforms/language/doc_quality/kfp_ray/doc_quality_multiple_wf.py
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@
 from workflow_support.compile_utils import ONE_HOUR_SEC, ONE_WEEK_SEC, ComponentUtils
 
 
-task_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/doc_quality-ray:latest"
+task_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/doc_quality-ray:0.2.1"
 
 # the name of the job script
 EXEC_SCRIPT_NAME: str = "doc_quality_transform_ray.py"
 
 # components
-base_kfp_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/kfp-data-processing:latest"
+base_kfp_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/kfp-data-processing:0.2.1"
 
 # path to kfp component specifications files
 component_spec_path = "../../../../kfp/kfp_ray_components/"
diff --git a/transforms/language/doc_quality/kfp_ray/doc_quality_wf.py b/transforms/language/doc_quality/kfp_ray/doc_quality_wf.py
index b42262468..e334e0d13 100644
--- a/transforms/language/doc_quality/kfp_ray/doc_quality_wf.py
+++ b/transforms/language/doc_quality/kfp_ray/doc_quality_wf.py
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@
 from workflow_support.compile_utils import ONE_HOUR_SEC, ONE_WEEK_SEC, ComponentUtils
 
 
-task_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/doc_quality-ray:latest"
+task_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/doc_quality-ray:0.2.1"
 
 # the name of the job script
 EXEC_SCRIPT_NAME: str = "doc_quality_transform_ray.py"
 
 # components
-base_kfp_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/kfp-data-processing:latest"
+base_kfp_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/kfp-data-processing:0.2.1"
 
 # path to kfp component specifications files
 component_spec_path = "../../../../kfp/kfp_ray_components/"
diff --git a/transforms/language/doc_quality/python/pyproject.toml b/transforms/language/doc_quality/python/pyproject.toml
index e63a6d5e5..c8d9fa11c 100644
--- a/transforms/language/doc_quality/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/transforms/language/doc_quality/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "dpk_doc_quality_transform_python"
-version = "0.2.1.dev3"
+version = "0.2.1"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 description = "Document Quality Python Transform"
 license = {text = "Apache-2.0"}
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ authors = [
     { name = "Daiki Tsuzuku", email = "dtsuzuku@jp.ibm.com" }
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    "data-prep-toolkit==0.2.1.dev3",
+    "data-prep-toolkit==0.2.1",
 ]
 
 [build-system]
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ dev = [
 ]
 
 [options]
-package_dir = ["src","test"]
+package_dir = ["src"]
 
 [options.packages.find]
 where = ["src/"]
diff --git a/transforms/language/doc_quality/ray/pyproject.toml b/transforms/language/doc_quality/ray/pyproject.toml
index 6bc9cc6c6..4d642384e 100644
--- a/transforms/language/doc_quality/ray/pyproject.toml
+++ b/transforms/language/doc_quality/ray/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "dpk_doc_quality_transform_ray"
-version = "0.2.1.dev3"
+version = "0.2.1"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 description = "Document Quality Ray Transform"
 license = {text = "Apache-2.0"}
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ authors = [
     { name = "Daiki Tsuzuku", email = "dtsuzuku@jp.ibm.com" }
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    "dpk-doc_quality-transform-python==0.2.1.dev3",
-    "data-prep-toolkit-ray==0.2.1.dev3"
+    "dpk-doc_quality-transform-python==0.2.1",
+    "data-prep-toolkit-ray==0.2.1"
 ]
 
 [build-system]
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ dev = [
 ]
 
 [options]
-package_dir = ["src","test"]
+package_dir = ["src"]
 
 [options.packages.find]
 where = ["src/"]
diff --git a/transforms/language/lang_id/kfp_ray/lang_id_multiple_wf.py b/transforms/language/lang_id/kfp_ray/lang_id_multiple_wf.py
index ecd58b6fe..3696cead6 100644
--- a/transforms/language/lang_id/kfp_ray/lang_id_multiple_wf.py
+++ b/transforms/language/lang_id/kfp_ray/lang_id_multiple_wf.py
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@
 from workflow_support.compile_utils import ONE_HOUR_SEC, ONE_WEEK_SEC, ComponentUtils
 
 
-task_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/lang_id-ray:latest"
+task_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/lang_id-ray:0.2.1"
 
 # the name of the job script
 EXEC_SCRIPT_NAME: str = "lang_id_transform_ray.py"
 
 # components
-base_kfp_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/kfp-data-processing:latest"
+base_kfp_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/kfp-data-processing:0.2.1"
 
 # path to kfp component specifications files
 component_spec_path = "../../../../kfp/kfp_ray_components/"
diff --git a/transforms/language/lang_id/kfp_ray/lang_id_wf.py b/transforms/language/lang_id/kfp_ray/lang_id_wf.py
index 4f581cf2c..01e041928 100644
--- a/transforms/language/lang_id/kfp_ray/lang_id_wf.py
+++ b/transforms/language/lang_id/kfp_ray/lang_id_wf.py
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@
 from workflow_support.compile_utils import ONE_HOUR_SEC, ONE_WEEK_SEC, ComponentUtils
 
 
-task_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/lang_id-ray:latest"
+task_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/lang_id-ray:0.2.1"
 
 # the name of the job script
 EXEC_SCRIPT_NAME: str = "lang_id_transform_ray.py"
 
 # components
-base_kfp_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/kfp-data-processing:latest"
+base_kfp_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/kfp-data-processing:0.2.1"
 
 # path to kfp component specifications files
 component_spec_path = "../../../../kfp/kfp_ray_components/"
diff --git a/transforms/language/lang_id/python/pyproject.toml b/transforms/language/lang_id/python/pyproject.toml
index f2dd72919..240dbdd49 100644
--- a/transforms/language/lang_id/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/transforms/language/lang_id/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "dpk_lang_id_transform_python"
-version = "0.2.1.dev3"
+version = "0.2.1"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 description = "Language Identification Python Transform"
 license = {text = "Apache-2.0"}
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ authors = [
     { name = "Daiki Tsuzuku", email = "dtsuzuku@jp.ibm.com" }
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    "data-prep-toolkit==0.2.1.dev3",
+    "data-prep-toolkit==0.2.1",
     "fasttext==0.9.2",
     "langcodes==3.3.0",
     "huggingface-hub >= 0.21.4, <1.0.0",
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ dev = [
 ]
 
 [options]
-package_dir = ["src","test"]
+package_dir = ["src"]
 
 [options.packages.find]
 where = ["src/"]
diff --git a/transforms/language/lang_id/ray/pyproject.toml b/transforms/language/lang_id/ray/pyproject.toml
index 4833913a4..be96eea96 100644
--- a/transforms/language/lang_id/ray/pyproject.toml
+++ b/transforms/language/lang_id/ray/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "dpk_lang_id_transform_ray"
-version = "0.2.1.dev3"
+version = "0.2.1"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 description = "Language Identification Ray Transform"
 license = {text = "Apache-2.0"}
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ authors = [
     { name = "Daiki Tsuzuku", email = "dtsuzuku@jp.ibm.com" }
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    "dpk-lang_id-transform-python==0.2.1.dev3",
-    "data-prep-toolkit-ray==0.2.1.dev3",
+    "dpk-lang_id-transform-python==0.2.1",
+    "data-prep-toolkit-ray==0.2.1",
 ]
 
 [build-system]
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ dev = [
 ]
 
 [options]
-package_dir = ["src","test"]
+package_dir = ["src"]
 
 [options.packages.find]
 where = ["src/"]
diff --git a/transforms/language/pdf2parquet/kfp_ray/pdf2parquet_multiple_wf.py b/transforms/language/pdf2parquet/kfp_ray/pdf2parquet_multiple_wf.py
index fdfbc1fe4..824facde4 100644
--- a/transforms/language/pdf2parquet/kfp_ray/pdf2parquet_multiple_wf.py
+++ b/transforms/language/pdf2parquet/kfp_ray/pdf2parquet_multiple_wf.py
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@
 from workflow_support.compile_utils import ONE_HOUR_SEC, ONE_WEEK_SEC, ComponentUtils
 
 
-task_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/pdf2parquet-ray:latest"
+task_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/pdf2parquet-ray:0.2.1"
 
 # the name of the job script
 EXEC_SCRIPT_NAME: str = "pdf2parquet_transform_ray.py"
 
 # components
-base_kfp_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/kfp-data-processing:latest"
+base_kfp_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/kfp-data-processing:0.2.1"
 
 # path to kfp component specifications files
 component_spec_path = "../../../../kfp/kfp_ray_components/"
diff --git a/transforms/language/pdf2parquet/kfp_ray/pdf2parquet_wf.py b/transforms/language/pdf2parquet/kfp_ray/pdf2parquet_wf.py
index c3bf399fe..a3bf50759 100644
--- a/transforms/language/pdf2parquet/kfp_ray/pdf2parquet_wf.py
+++ b/transforms/language/pdf2parquet/kfp_ray/pdf2parquet_wf.py
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@
 from workflow_support.compile_utils import ONE_HOUR_SEC, ONE_WEEK_SEC, ComponentUtils
 
 
-task_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/pdf2parquet-ray:latest"
+task_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/pdf2parquet-ray:0.2.1"
 
 # the name of the job script
 EXEC_SCRIPT_NAME: str = "pdf2parquet_transform_ray.py"
 
 # components
-base_kfp_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/kfp-data-processing:latest"
+base_kfp_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/kfp-data-processing:0.2.1"
 
 # path to kfp component specifications files
 component_spec_path = "../../../../kfp/kfp_ray_components/"
diff --git a/transforms/language/pdf2parquet/python/pyproject.toml b/transforms/language/pdf2parquet/python/pyproject.toml
index 24f2294b5..bc8f29c52 100644
--- a/transforms/language/pdf2parquet/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/transforms/language/pdf2parquet/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "dpk_pdf2parquet_transform_python"
-version = "0.2.1.dev3"
+version = "0.2.1"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 description = "PDF2PARQUET Python Transform"
 license = {text = "Apache-2.0"}
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ authors = [
     { name = "Christoph Auer", email = "cau@zurich.ibm.com" },
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    "data-prep-toolkit==0.2.1.dev3",
+    "data-prep-toolkit==0.2.1",
     "docling-core==1.2.0",
     "docling-ibm-models==1.1.7",
     "deepsearch-glm==0.21.0",
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ dev = [
 ]
 
 [options]
-package_dir = ["src","test"]
+package_dir = ["src"]
 
 [options.packages.find]
 where = ["src/"]
diff --git a/transforms/language/pdf2parquet/ray/pyproject.toml b/transforms/language/pdf2parquet/ray/pyproject.toml
index 950e5ce3d..57deeedc1 100644
--- a/transforms/language/pdf2parquet/ray/pyproject.toml
+++ b/transforms/language/pdf2parquet/ray/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "dpk_pdf2parquet_transform_ray"
-version = "0.2.1.dev3"
+version = "0.2.1"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 description = "PDF2PARQUET Ray Transform"
 license = {text = "Apache-2.0"}
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ authors = [
     { name = "Christoph Auer", email = "cau@zurich.ibm.com" },
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    "dpk-pdf2parquet-transform-python==0.2.1.dev3",
-    "data-prep-toolkit-ray==0.2.1.dev3",
+    "dpk-pdf2parquet-transform-python==0.2.1",
+    "data-prep-toolkit-ray==0.2.1",
 ]
 
 [build-system]
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ dev = [
 ]
 
 [options]
-package_dir = ["src","test"]
+package_dir = ["src"]
 
 [options.packages.find]
 where = ["src/"]
diff --git a/transforms/language/pii_redactor/kfp_ray/pii_redactor_wf.py b/transforms/language/pii_redactor/kfp_ray/pii_redactor_wf.py
index f1c4dac98..381865cf3 100644
--- a/transforms/language/pii_redactor/kfp_ray/pii_redactor_wf.py
+++ b/transforms/language/pii_redactor/kfp_ray/pii_redactor_wf.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 EXEC_SCRIPT_NAME: str = "pii_redactor_transform_ray.py"
 
 # components
-base_kfp_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/kfp-data-processing:latest"
+base_kfp_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/kfp-data-processing:0.2.1"
 
 # path to kfp component specifications files
 component_spec_path = "../../../../kfp/kfp_ray_components/"
diff --git a/transforms/language/pii_redactor/python/pyproject.toml b/transforms/language/pii_redactor/python/pyproject.toml
index a61987a45..7931e1ece 100644
--- a/transforms/language/pii_redactor/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/transforms/language/pii_redactor/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "dpk_pii_redactor_transform_python"
-version = "0.2.1.dev3"
+version = "0.2.1"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 description = "PII redactor Transform for Python"
 license = {text = "Apache-2.0"}
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ authors = [
     { name = "Sowmya.L.R", email = "lrsowmya@gmail.com" },
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    "data-prep-toolkit==0.2.1.dev3",
+    "data-prep-toolkit==0.2.1",
     "presidio-analyzer>=2.2.355",
     "presidio-anonymizer>=2.2.355",
     "flair>=0.14.0",
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ dev = [
 ]
 
 [options]
-package_dir = ["src","test"]
+package_dir = ["src"]
 
 [options.packages.find]
 where = ["src/"]
diff --git a/transforms/language/pii_redactor/ray/pyproject.toml b/transforms/language/pii_redactor/ray/pyproject.toml
index a1b01be94..a6900b23d 100644
--- a/transforms/language/pii_redactor/ray/pyproject.toml
+++ b/transforms/language/pii_redactor/ray/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "dpk_pii_redactor_transform_ray"
-version = "0.2.1.dev3"
+version = "0.2.1"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 description = "PII Redactor Ray Transform"
 license = {text = "Apache-2.0"}
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ authors = [
     { name = "Boris Lublinsky", email = "blublinsky@ibm.com" },
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    "dpk_pii_redactor_transform_python==0.2.1.dev3",
-    "data-prep-toolkit-ray==0.2.1.dev3",
+    "dpk_pii_redactor_transform_python==0.2.1",
+    "data-prep-toolkit-ray==0.2.1",
     "presidio-analyzer>=2.2.355",
     "presidio-anonymizer>=2.2.355",
     "flair>=0.14.0",
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ dev = [
 ]
 
 [options]
-package_dir = ["src","test"]
+package_dir = ["src"]
 
 [options.packages.find]
 where = ["src/"]
diff --git a/transforms/language/text_encoder/kfp_ray/text_encoder_multiple_wf.py b/transforms/language/text_encoder/kfp_ray/text_encoder_multiple_wf.py
index 120c53c99..1a4eb864f 100644
--- a/transforms/language/text_encoder/kfp_ray/text_encoder_multiple_wf.py
+++ b/transforms/language/text_encoder/kfp_ray/text_encoder_multiple_wf.py
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@
 from workflow_support.compile_utils import ONE_HOUR_SEC, ONE_WEEK_SEC, ComponentUtils
 
 
-task_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/text_encoder-ray:latest"
+task_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/text_encoder-ray:0.2.1"
 
 # the name of the job script
 EXEC_SCRIPT_NAME: str = "text_encoder_transform_ray.py"
 
 # components
-base_kfp_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/kfp-data-processing:latest"
+base_kfp_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/kfp-data-processing:0.2.1"
 
 # path to kfp component specifications files
 component_spec_path = "../../../../kfp/kfp_ray_components/"
diff --git a/transforms/language/text_encoder/kfp_ray/text_encoder_wf.py b/transforms/language/text_encoder/kfp_ray/text_encoder_wf.py
index d402c8832..0a3627b86 100644
--- a/transforms/language/text_encoder/kfp_ray/text_encoder_wf.py
+++ b/transforms/language/text_encoder/kfp_ray/text_encoder_wf.py
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@
 from workflow_support.compile_utils import ONE_HOUR_SEC, ONE_WEEK_SEC, ComponentUtils
 
 
-task_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/text_encoder-ray:latest"
+task_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/text_encoder-ray:0.2.1"
 
 # the name of the job script
 EXEC_SCRIPT_NAME: str = "text_encoder_transform_ray.py"
 
 # components
-base_kfp_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/kfp-data-processing:latest"
+base_kfp_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/kfp-data-processing:0.2.1"
 
 # path to kfp component specifications files
 component_spec_path = "../../../../kfp/kfp_ray_components/"
diff --git a/transforms/language/text_encoder/python/pyproject.toml b/transforms/language/text_encoder/python/pyproject.toml
index 1ed8725ab..615cff94b 100644
--- a/transforms/language/text_encoder/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/transforms/language/text_encoder/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "dpk_text_encoder_transform_python"
-version = "0.2.1.dev3"
+version = "0.2.1"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 description = "Text Encoder Python Transform"
 license = {text = "Apache-2.0"}
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ authors = [
     { name = "Peter Staar", email = "taa@zurich.ibm.com" },
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    "data-prep-toolkit==0.2.1.dev3",
+    "data-prep-toolkit==0.2.1",
     "sentence-transformers==3.0.1",
 ]
 
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ dev = [
 ]
 
 [options]
-package_dir = ["src","test"]
+package_dir = ["src"]
 
 [options.packages.find]
 where = ["src/"]
diff --git a/transforms/language/text_encoder/ray/pyproject.toml b/transforms/language/text_encoder/ray/pyproject.toml
index aa8af8b44..cd9580692 100644
--- a/transforms/language/text_encoder/ray/pyproject.toml
+++ b/transforms/language/text_encoder/ray/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "dpk_text_encoder_transform_ray"
-version = "0.2.1.dev3"
+version = "0.2.1"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 description = "Text Encoder Ray Transform"
 license = {text = "Apache-2.0"}
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ authors = [
     { name = "Peter Staar", email = "taa@zurich.ibm.com" },
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    "dpk-text_encoder-transform-python==0.2.1.dev3",
-    "data-prep-toolkit-ray==0.2.1.dev3",
+    "dpk-text_encoder-transform-python==0.2.1",
+    "data-prep-toolkit-ray==0.2.1",
 ]
 
 [build-system]
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ dev = [
 ]
 
 [options]
-package_dir = ["src","test"]
+package_dir = ["src"]
 
 [options.packages.find]
 where = ["src/"]
diff --git a/transforms/packaging/python/pyproject.toml b/transforms/packaging/python/pyproject.toml
index 5ddb40aae..fdea22080 100644
--- a/transforms/packaging/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/transforms/packaging/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "data_prep_toolkit_transforms"
-version = "0.2.1.dev3"
+version = "0.2.1"
 requires-python = ">=3.10,<3.12"
 keywords = ["transforms", "data preprocessing", "data preparation", "llm", "generative", "ai", "fine-tuning", "llmapps" ]
 description = "Data Preparation Toolkit Transforms"
diff --git a/transforms/packaging/python/requirements.txt b/transforms/packaging/python/requirements.txt
index 6dec1e2de..e4ad2694a 100644
--- a/transforms/packaging/python/requirements.txt
+++ b/transforms/packaging/python/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-data-prep-toolkit>=0.2.1.dev3
+data-prep-toolkit>=0.2.1
 bs4==0.0.2
 #pdf2parquet
 # conflict with chunking....
diff --git a/transforms/packaging/ray/pyproject.toml b/transforms/packaging/ray/pyproject.toml
index 9c1509472..971bb5ef9 100644
--- a/transforms/packaging/ray/pyproject.toml
+++ b/transforms/packaging/ray/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "data_prep_toolkit_transforms_ray"
-version = "0.2.1.dev3"
+version = "0.2.1"
 requires-python = ">=3.10,<3.12"
 keywords = ["transforms", "data preprocessing", "data preparation", "llm", "generative", "ai", "fine-tuning", "llmapps" ]
 description = "Data Preparation Toolkit Transforms using Ray"
diff --git a/transforms/packaging/ray/requirements.txt b/transforms/packaging/ray/requirements.txt
index 2e75ae185..fed96622b 100644
--- a/transforms/packaging/ray/requirements.txt
+++ b/transforms/packaging/ray/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-data-prep-toolkit-ray>=0.2.1.dev3
-data-prep-toolkit-transforms>=0.2.1.dev3
+data-prep-toolkit-ray>=0.2.1
+data-prep-toolkit-transforms>=0.2.1
 scancode-toolkit==32.1.0 ; platform_system != 'Darwin'
 parameterized
 tqdm==4.66.3
diff --git a/transforms/universal/doc_id/kfp_ray/doc_id_wf.py b/transforms/universal/doc_id/kfp_ray/doc_id_wf.py
index 1eb96af25..5d381ab47 100644
--- a/transforms/universal/doc_id/kfp_ray/doc_id_wf.py
+++ b/transforms/universal/doc_id/kfp_ray/doc_id_wf.py
@@ -17,12 +17,12 @@
 from workflow_support.compile_utils import ONE_HOUR_SEC, ONE_WEEK_SEC, ComponentUtils
 
 
-task_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/doc_id-ray:latest"
+task_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/doc_id-ray:0.2.1"
 
 # the name of the job script
 EXEC_SCRIPT_NAME: str = "doc_id_transform_ray.py"
 # components
-base_kfp_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/kfp-data-processing:latest"
+base_kfp_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/kfp-data-processing:0.2.1"
 
 # path to kfp component specifications files
 component_spec_path = "../../../../kfp/kfp_ray_components/"
diff --git a/transforms/universal/doc_id/python/pyproject.toml b/transforms/universal/doc_id/python/pyproject.toml
index 8e4358b28..1e822549b 100644
--- a/transforms/universal/doc_id/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/transforms/universal/doc_id/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "dpk_doc_id_transform_python"
-version = "0.2.1.dev3"
+version = "0.2.1"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 description = "ededup Python Transform"
 license = {text = "Apache-2.0"}
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ authors = [
     { name = "Boris Lublinsky", email = "blublinsk@ibm.com" },
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    "data-prep-toolkit==0.2.1.dev3"
+    "data-prep-toolkit==0.2.1"
 ]
 
 [build-system]
diff --git a/transforms/universal/doc_id/ray/pyproject.toml b/transforms/universal/doc_id/ray/pyproject.toml
index e5cb79d95..c8d495d0e 100644
--- a/transforms/universal/doc_id/ray/pyproject.toml
+++ b/transforms/universal/doc_id/ray/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "dpk_doc_id_transform_ray"
-version = "0.2.1.dev3"
+version = "0.2.1"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 description = "docid Ray Transform"
 license = {text = "Apache-2.0"}
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ authors = [
     { name = "Boris Lublinsky", email = "blublinsk@ibm.com" },
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    "dpk_doc_id_transform_python==0.2.1.dev3",
-    "data-prep-toolkit-ray==0.2.1.dev3"
+    "dpk_doc_id_transform_python==0.2.1",
+    "data-prep-toolkit-ray==0.2.1"
 ]
 
 [build-system]
diff --git a/transforms/universal/doc_id/spark/Dockerfile b/transforms/universal/doc_id/spark/Dockerfile
index 2b529de8d..6dd3cb63d 100644
--- a/transforms/universal/doc_id/spark/Dockerfile
+++ b/transforms/universal/doc_id/spark/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ARG BASE_IMAGE=quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/data-prep-kit-spark-3.5.2:0.2.1.dev0
+ARG BASE_IMAGE=data-prep-kit-spark-3.5.2:latest
 FROM ${BASE_IMAGE}
 
 USER root
diff --git a/transforms/universal/doc_id/spark/pyproject.toml b/transforms/universal/doc_id/spark/pyproject.toml
index 13d7bc2c3..f15c84305 100644
--- a/transforms/universal/doc_id/spark/pyproject.toml
+++ b/transforms/universal/doc_id/spark/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "dpk_doc_id_transform_spark"
-version = "0.2.1.dev3"
+version = "0.2.1"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 description = "Doc ID Spark Transform"
 license = {text = "Apache-2.0"}
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ authors = [
     { name = "Boris Lublinsky", email = "blublinsk@ibm.com" },
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    "data-prep-toolkit-spark==0.2.1.dev3",
+    "data-prep-toolkit-spark==0.2.1",
 ]
 
 [build-system]
diff --git a/transforms/universal/ededup/kfp_ray/ededup_wf.py b/transforms/universal/ededup/kfp_ray/ededup_wf.py
index 306391d6c..ed80a2084 100644
--- a/transforms/universal/ededup/kfp_ray/ededup_wf.py
+++ b/transforms/universal/ededup/kfp_ray/ededup_wf.py
@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@
 from workflow_support.compile_utils import ONE_HOUR_SEC, ONE_WEEK_SEC, ComponentUtils
 
 
-task_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/ededup-ray:latest"
+task_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/ededup-ray:0.2.1"
 
 # the name of the job script
 EXEC_SCRIPT_NAME: str = "ededup_transform_ray.py"
 
 # components
-base_kfp_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/kfp-data-processing:latest"
+base_kfp_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/kfp-data-processing:0.2.1"
 
 # path to kfp component specifications files
 component_spec_path = "../../../../kfp/kfp_ray_components/"
diff --git a/transforms/universal/ededup/python/pyproject.toml b/transforms/universal/ededup/python/pyproject.toml
index e380bf58e..119caaa76 100644
--- a/transforms/universal/ededup/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/transforms/universal/ededup/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "dpk_ededup_transform_python"
-version = "0.2.1.dev3"
+version = "0.2.1"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 description = "ededup Python Transform"
 license = {text = "Apache-2.0"}
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ authors = [
     { name = "Boris Lublinsky", email = "blublinsky@ibm.com" },
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    "data-prep-toolkit==0.2.1.dev3",
+    "data-prep-toolkit==0.2.1",
     "mmh3==4.1.0",
     "xxhash==3.4.1",
 ]
diff --git a/transforms/universal/ededup/ray/pyproject.toml b/transforms/universal/ededup/ray/pyproject.toml
index 2fdf82392..0b444de24 100644
--- a/transforms/universal/ededup/ray/pyproject.toml
+++ b/transforms/universal/ededup/ray/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "dpk_ededup_transform_ray"
-version = "0.2.1.dev3"
+version = "0.2.1"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 description = "ededup Ray Transform"
 license = {text = "Apache-2.0"}
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ authors = [
     { name = "Boris Lublinsky", email = "blublinsky@ibm.com" },
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    "data-prep-toolkit-ray==0.2.1.dev3",
-    "dpk_ededup_transform_python==0.2.1.dev3",
+    "data-prep-toolkit-ray==0.2.1",
+    "dpk_ededup_transform_python==0.2.1",
     "tqdm==4.66.3",
 ]
 
diff --git a/transforms/universal/fdedup/kfp_ray/fdedup_wf.py b/transforms/universal/fdedup/kfp_ray/fdedup_wf.py
index c98ffafa3..2937d2bdb 100644
--- a/transforms/universal/fdedup/kfp_ray/fdedup_wf.py
+++ b/transforms/universal/fdedup/kfp_ray/fdedup_wf.py
@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@
 from workflow_support.compile_utils import ONE_HOUR_SEC, ONE_WEEK_SEC, ComponentUtils
 
 
-task_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/fdedup-ray:latest"
+task_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/fdedup-ray:0.2.1"
 
 # the name of the job script
 EXEC_SCRIPT_NAME: str = "fdedup_transform_ray.py"
 
 # components
-base_kfp_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/kfp-data-processing:latest"
+base_kfp_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/kfp-data-processing:0.2.1"
 
 # path to kfp component specifications files
 component_spec_path = "../../../../kfp/kfp_ray_components/"
diff --git a/transforms/universal/fdedup/ray/pyproject.toml b/transforms/universal/fdedup/ray/pyproject.toml
index 70f92a23f..95ce1a883 100644
--- a/transforms/universal/fdedup/ray/pyproject.toml
+++ b/transforms/universal/fdedup/ray/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "dpk_fdedup_transform_ray"
-version = "0.2.1.dev3"
+version = "0.2.1"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 description = "fdedup Ray Transform"
 license = {text = "Apache-2.0"}
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ authors = [
     { name = "Boris Lublinsky", email = "blublinsky@ibm.com" },
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    "data-prep-toolkit-ray==0.2.1.dev3",
+    "data-prep-toolkit-ray==0.2.1",
     "mmh3==4.1.0",
     "xxhash==3.4.1",
     "tqdm==4.66.3",
diff --git a/transforms/universal/filter/kfp_ray/filter_wf.py b/transforms/universal/filter/kfp_ray/filter_wf.py
index b998cd7b5..ac87d1d7c 100644
--- a/transforms/universal/filter/kfp_ray/filter_wf.py
+++ b/transforms/universal/filter/kfp_ray/filter_wf.py
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@
 EXEC_SCRIPT_NAME: str = "filter_transform_ray.py"
 PREFIX: str = ""
 
-task_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/filter-ray:latest"
+task_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/filter-ray:0.2.1"
 
 # components
-base_kfp_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/kfp-data-processing:latest"
+base_kfp_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/kfp-data-processing:0.2.1"
 
 # path to kfp component specifications files
 component_spec_path = "../../../../kfp/kfp_ray_components/"
diff --git a/transforms/universal/filter/python/pyproject.toml b/transforms/universal/filter/python/pyproject.toml
index 995247f4f..117ba6023 100644
--- a/transforms/universal/filter/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/transforms/universal/filter/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "dpk_filter_transform_python"
-version = "0.2.1.dev3"
+version = "0.2.1"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 description = "Filter Transform for Python"
 license = {text = "Apache-2.0"}
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ authors = [
     { name = "Constantin Adam", email = "cmadam@us.ibm.com" },
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    "data-prep-toolkit==0.2.1.dev3",
+    "data-prep-toolkit==0.2.1",
     "duckdb==0.10.1",
 ]
 
diff --git a/transforms/universal/filter/ray/pyproject.toml b/transforms/universal/filter/ray/pyproject.toml
index fc0035475..1dd1efeee 100644
--- a/transforms/universal/filter/ray/pyproject.toml
+++ b/transforms/universal/filter/ray/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "dpk_filter_transform_ray"
-version = "0.2.1.dev3"
+version = "0.2.1"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 description = "Filter Transform for Ray"
 license = {text = "Apache-2.0"}
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ authors = [
     { name = "Constantin Adam", email = "cmadam@us.ibm.com" },
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    "dpk-filter-transform-python==0.2.1.dev3",
-    "data-prep-toolkit-ray==0.2.1.dev3",
+    "dpk-filter-transform-python==0.2.1",
+    "data-prep-toolkit-ray==0.2.1",
 ]
 
 [build-system]
diff --git a/transforms/universal/filter/spark/Dockerfile b/transforms/universal/filter/spark/Dockerfile
index 92eebbee8..75bd07aad 100644
--- a/transforms/universal/filter/spark/Dockerfile
+++ b/transforms/universal/filter/spark/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ARG BASE_IMAGE=quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/data-prep-kit-spark-3.5.2:0.2.1.dev0
+ARG BASE_IMAGE=data-prep-kit-spark-3.5.2:latest
 FROM ${BASE_IMAGE}
 
 USER root
diff --git a/transforms/universal/filter/spark/pyproject.toml b/transforms/universal/filter/spark/pyproject.toml
index 4d31c2ef2..f82807e9a 100644
--- a/transforms/universal/filter/spark/pyproject.toml
+++ b/transforms/universal/filter/spark/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "dpk_filter_transform_spark"
-version = "0.2.1.dev3"
+version = "0.2.1"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 description = "Filter Spark Transform"
 license = {text = "Apache-2.0"}
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ authors = [
     { name = "Boris Lublinsky", email = "blublinsk@ibm.com" },
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    "data-prep-toolkit-spark==0.2.1.dev3",
+    "data-prep-toolkit-spark==0.2.1",
 ]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
diff --git a/transforms/universal/html2parquet/python/pyproject.toml b/transforms/universal/html2parquet/python/pyproject.toml
index f49c498d6..de6b606f4 100644
--- a/transforms/universal/html2parquet/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/transforms/universal/html2parquet/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "dpk_html2parquet_transform_python"
-version = "0.2.1.dev3"
+version = "0.2.1"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 description = "HTML2PARQUET Python Transform"
 license = {text = "Apache-2.0"}
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ authors = [
     { name = "Syed Zawad", email = "szawad@ibm.com" },
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    "data-prep-toolkit==0.2.1.dev3",
+    "data-prep-toolkit==0.2.1",
     "trafilatura==1.12.0"
 
 ]
diff --git a/transforms/universal/noop/kfp_ray/noop_multiple_wf.py b/transforms/universal/noop/kfp_ray/noop_multiple_wf.py
index a1f6592a8..2781153c1 100644
--- a/transforms/universal/noop/kfp_ray/noop_multiple_wf.py
+++ b/transforms/universal/noop/kfp_ray/noop_multiple_wf.py
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@
 from workflow_support.compile_utils import ONE_HOUR_SEC, ONE_WEEK_SEC, ComponentUtils
 
 
-task_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/noop-ray:latest"
+task_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/noop-ray:0.2.1"
 
 # the name of the job script
 EXEC_SCRIPT_NAME: str = "noop_transform_ray.py"
 
 # components
-base_kfp_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/kfp-data-processing:latest"
+base_kfp_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/kfp-data-processing:0.2.1"
 
 # path to kfp component specifications files
 component_spec_path = "../../../../kfp/kfp_ray_components/"
diff --git a/transforms/universal/noop/kfp_ray/noop_wf.py b/transforms/universal/noop/kfp_ray/noop_wf.py
index 67405f134..ebeff5f33 100644
--- a/transforms/universal/noop/kfp_ray/noop_wf.py
+++ b/transforms/universal/noop/kfp_ray/noop_wf.py
@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@
 from workflow_support.compile_utils import ONE_HOUR_SEC, ONE_WEEK_SEC, ComponentUtils
 
 
-task_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/noop-ray:latest"
+task_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/noop-ray:0.2.1"
 
 # the name of the job script
 EXEC_SCRIPT_NAME: str = "noop_transform_ray.py"
 
 # components
-base_kfp_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/kfp-data-processing:latest"
+base_kfp_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/kfp-data-processing:0.2.1"
 
 # path to kfp component specifications files
 component_spec_path = "../../../../kfp/kfp_ray_components/"
diff --git a/transforms/universal/noop/python/pyproject.toml b/transforms/universal/noop/python/pyproject.toml
index 5714e70de..8f2ec097e 100644
--- a/transforms/universal/noop/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/transforms/universal/noop/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "dpk_noop_transform_python"
-version = "0.2.1.dev3"
+version = "0.2.1"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 description = "NOOP Python Transform"
 license = {text = "Apache-2.0"}
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ authors = [
     { name = "Boris Lublinsky", email = "blublinsky@ibm.com" },
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    "data-prep-toolkit==0.2.1.dev3",
+    "data-prep-toolkit==0.2.1",
 ]
 
 [build-system]
diff --git a/transforms/universal/noop/ray/pyproject.toml b/transforms/universal/noop/ray/pyproject.toml
index 9f1353b4e..e6d9cbddb 100644
--- a/transforms/universal/noop/ray/pyproject.toml
+++ b/transforms/universal/noop/ray/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "dpk_noop_transform_ray"
-version = "0.2.1.dev3"
+version = "0.2.1"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 description = "NOOP Ray Transform"
 license = {text = "Apache-2.0"}
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ authors = [
     { name = "Boris Lublinsky", email = "blublinsky@ibm.com" },
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    "dpk-noop-transform-python==0.2.1.dev3",
-    "data-prep-toolkit-ray==0.2.1.dev3",
+    "dpk-noop-transform-python==0.2.1",
+    "data-prep-toolkit-ray==0.2.1",
 ]
 
 [build-system]
diff --git a/transforms/universal/noop/spark/Dockerfile b/transforms/universal/noop/spark/Dockerfile
index e72cb06ae..47c7134b3 100644
--- a/transforms/universal/noop/spark/Dockerfile
+++ b/transforms/universal/noop/spark/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ARG BASE_IMAGE=quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/data-prep-kit-spark-3.5.2:0.2.1.dev0
+ARG BASE_IMAGE=data-prep-kit-spark-3.5.2:latest
 FROM ${BASE_IMAGE}
 
 USER root
diff --git a/transforms/universal/noop/spark/pyproject.toml b/transforms/universal/noop/spark/pyproject.toml
index 965770d92..8ee6b7f54 100644
--- a/transforms/universal/noop/spark/pyproject.toml
+++ b/transforms/universal/noop/spark/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "dpk_noop_transform_spark"
-version = "0.2.1.dev3"
+version = "0.2.1"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 description = "NOOP Spark Transform"
 license = {text = "Apache-2.0"}
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ authors = [
     { name = "Boris Lublinsky", email = "blublinsk@ibm.com" },
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    "dpk-noop-transform-python==0.2.1.dev3",
-    "data-prep-toolkit-spark==0.2.1.dev3",
+    "dpk-noop-transform-python==0.2.1",
+    "data-prep-toolkit-spark==0.2.1",
 ]
 
 [build-system]
diff --git a/transforms/universal/profiler/kfp_ray/profiler_wf.py b/transforms/universal/profiler/kfp_ray/profiler_wf.py
index 7f21fa3e0..3d14a59a8 100644
--- a/transforms/universal/profiler/kfp_ray/profiler_wf.py
+++ b/transforms/universal/profiler/kfp_ray/profiler_wf.py
@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@
 from workflow_support.compile_utils import ONE_HOUR_SEC, ONE_WEEK_SEC, ComponentUtils
 
 
-task_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/profiler-ray:latest"
+task_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/profiler-ray:0.2.1"
 
 # the name of the job script
 EXEC_SCRIPT_NAME: str = "profiler_transform_ray.py"
 
 # components
-base_kfp_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/kfp-data-processing:latest"
+base_kfp_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/kfp-data-processing:0.2.1"
 
 # path to kfp component specifications files
 component_spec_path = "../../../../kfp/kfp_ray_components/"
diff --git a/transforms/universal/profiler/ray/pyproject.toml b/transforms/universal/profiler/ray/pyproject.toml
index 1473b88b4..555b74b2a 100644
--- a/transforms/universal/profiler/ray/pyproject.toml
+++ b/transforms/universal/profiler/ray/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "dpk_profiler_transform_ray"
-version = "0.2.1.dev3"
+version = "0.2.1"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 description = "profiler Ray Transform"
 license = {text = "Apache-2.0"}
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ authors = [
     { name = "Boris Lublinsky", email = "blublinsky@ibm.com" },
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    "data-prep-toolkit-ray==0.2.1.dev3",
+    "data-prep-toolkit-ray==0.2.1",
     "mmh3==4.1.0",
     "xxhash==3.4.1",
     "tqdm==4.66.3",
diff --git a/transforms/universal/resize/kfp_ray/resize_wf.py b/transforms/universal/resize/kfp_ray/resize_wf.py
index f9b325674..4b95ff774 100644
--- a/transforms/universal/resize/kfp_ray/resize_wf.py
+++ b/transforms/universal/resize/kfp_ray/resize_wf.py
@@ -17,12 +17,12 @@
 from workflow_support.compile_utils import ONE_HOUR_SEC, ONE_WEEK_SEC, ComponentUtils
 
 
-task_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/resize-ray:latest"
+task_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/resize-ray:0.2.1"
 
 # the name of the job script
 EXEC_SCRIPT_NAME: str = "resize_transform_ray.py"
 # components
-base_kfp_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/kfp-data-processing:latest"
+base_kfp_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/kfp-data-processing:0.2.1"
 
 # path to kfp component specifications files
 component_spec_path = "../../../../kfp/kfp_ray_components/"
diff --git a/transforms/universal/resize/python/pyproject.toml b/transforms/universal/resize/python/pyproject.toml
index b1cc13314..b1abb776a 100644
--- a/transforms/universal/resize/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/transforms/universal/resize/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "dpk_resize_transform_python"
-version = "0.2.1.dev3"
+version = "0.2.1"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 description = "resize Python Transform"
 license = {text = "Apache-2.0"}
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ authors = [
     { name = "Boris Lublinsky", email = "blublinsky@ibm.com" },
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    "data-prep-toolkit==0.2.1.dev3",
+    "data-prep-toolkit==0.2.1",
 ]
 
 [build-system]
diff --git a/transforms/universal/resize/ray/pyproject.toml b/transforms/universal/resize/ray/pyproject.toml
index 86834c1b1..9a9f2afc0 100644
--- a/transforms/universal/resize/ray/pyproject.toml
+++ b/transforms/universal/resize/ray/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "dpk_resize_transform_ray"
-version = "0.2.1.dev3"
+version = "0.2.1"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 description = "Resize Ray Transform"
 license = {text = "Apache-2.0"}
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ authors = [
     { name = "Boris Lublinsky", email = "blublinsky@ibm.com" },
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    "dpk-resize-transform-python==0.2.1.dev3",
-    "data-prep-toolkit-ray==0.2.1.dev3",
+    "dpk-resize-transform-python==0.2.1",
+    "data-prep-toolkit-ray==0.2.1",
 ]
 
 [build-system]
diff --git a/transforms/universal/tokenization/kfp_ray/tokenization_wf.py b/transforms/universal/tokenization/kfp_ray/tokenization_wf.py
index ba96a790a..8cceb9b0e 100644
--- a/transforms/universal/tokenization/kfp_ray/tokenization_wf.py
+++ b/transforms/universal/tokenization/kfp_ray/tokenization_wf.py
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@
 # the name of the job script
 EXEC_SCRIPT_NAME: str = "tokenization_transform_ray.py"
 
-task_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/tokenization-ray:latest"
+task_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/tokenization-ray:0.2.1"
 
 # components
-base_kfp_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/kfp-data-processing:latest"
+base_kfp_image = "quay.io/dataprep1/data-prep-kit/kfp-data-processing:0.2.1"
 # path to kfp component specifications files
 
 # path to kfp component specifications files
diff --git a/transforms/universal/tokenization/python/pyproject.toml b/transforms/universal/tokenization/python/pyproject.toml
index 1dc0ca104..68bd2d9bc 100644
--- a/transforms/universal/tokenization/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/transforms/universal/tokenization/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [project]
 name = "dpk_tokenization_transform_python"
 keywords = ["tokenizer", "data", "data preprocessing", "data preparation", "llm", "generative", "ai", "fine-tuning", "llmapps" ]
-version = "0.2.1.dev3"
+version = "0.2.1"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 description = "Tokenization Transform for Python"
 license = {text = "Apache-2.0"}
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ authors = [
     { name = "Xuan-Hong Dang", email = "xuan-hong.dang@ibm.com"},
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    "data-prep-toolkit==0.2.1.dev3",
+    "data-prep-toolkit==0.2.1",
     "transformers==4.38.2",
 ]
 
diff --git a/transforms/universal/tokenization/ray/pyproject.toml b/transforms/universal/tokenization/ray/pyproject.toml
index fd259a9b6..84b246625 100644
--- a/transforms/universal/tokenization/ray/pyproject.toml
+++ b/transforms/universal/tokenization/ray/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "dpk_tokenization_transform_ray"
-version = "0.2.1.dev3"
+version = "0.2.1"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 description = "Tokenization Transform for Ray"
 license = {text = "Apache-2.0"}
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ authors = [
     { name = "Xuan-Hong Dang", email = "xuan-hong.dang@ibm.com"},
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    "dpk-tokenization-transform-python==0.2.1.dev3",
-    "data-prep-toolkit-ray==0.2.1.dev3",
+    "dpk-tokenization-transform-python==0.2.1",
+    "data-prep-toolkit-ray==0.2.1",
 ]
 
 [build-system]