diff --git a/components/example-notebook-servers/codeserver-python/Dockerfile b/components/example-notebook-servers/codeserver-python/Dockerfile
index d9eede1f..3e94cd4d 100644
--- a/components/example-notebook-servers/codeserver-python/Dockerfile
+++ b/components/example-notebook-servers/codeserver-python/Dockerfile
@@ -43,11 +43,9 @@ RUN case "${TARGETARCH}" in \
  && rm /tmp/Miniforge3.sh \
  && conda config --system --set auto_update_conda false \
  && conda config --system --set show_channel_urls true \
- && echo "conda ${MINIFORGE_VERSION:0:-2}" >> ${CONDA_DIR}/conda-meta/pinned \
- && echo "python ${PYTHON_VERSION}" >> ${CONDA_DIR}/conda-meta/pinned \
+ && echo "python ==${PYTHON_VERSION}" >> ${CONDA_DIR}/conda-meta/pinned \
  && conda install -y -q \
     python=${PYTHON_VERSION} \
-    conda=${MINIFORGE_VERSION:0:-2} \
     pip=${PIP_VERSION} \
  && conda update -y -q --all \
  && conda clean -a -f -y
diff --git a/components/example-notebook-servers/codeserver-python/requirements.txt b/components/example-notebook-servers/codeserver-python/requirements.txt
index 17897678..52629755 100644
--- a/components/example-notebook-servers/codeserver-python/requirements.txt
+++ b/components/example-notebook-servers/codeserver-python/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # kubeflow packages
-kfp==2.3.0
-kfp-server-api==2.0.2
\ No newline at end of file
+kfp==2.4.0
+kfp-server-api==2.0.3
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/components/example-notebook-servers/jupyter-pytorch-cuda-full/requirements.txt b/components/example-notebook-servers/jupyter-pytorch-cuda-full/requirements.txt
index 17897678..c8fa9558 100644
--- a/components/example-notebook-servers/jupyter-pytorch-cuda-full/requirements.txt
+++ b/components/example-notebook-servers/jupyter-pytorch-cuda-full/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 # kubeflow packages
-kfp==2.3.0
-kfp-server-api==2.0.2
\ No newline at end of file
+kfp==2.4.0
+kfp-server-api==2.0.3
+
+# jupyterlab extensions
+jupyterlab-git==0.44.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/components/example-notebook-servers/jupyter-pytorch-full/requirements.txt b/components/example-notebook-servers/jupyter-pytorch-full/requirements.txt
index 17897678..c8fa9558 100644
--- a/components/example-notebook-servers/jupyter-pytorch-full/requirements.txt
+++ b/components/example-notebook-servers/jupyter-pytorch-full/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 # kubeflow packages
-kfp==2.3.0
-kfp-server-api==2.0.2
\ No newline at end of file
+kfp==2.4.0
+kfp-server-api==2.0.3
+
+# jupyterlab extensions
+jupyterlab-git==0.44.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/components/example-notebook-servers/jupyter-scipy/requirements.txt b/components/example-notebook-servers/jupyter-scipy/requirements.txt
index 17897678..c8fa9558 100644
--- a/components/example-notebook-servers/jupyter-scipy/requirements.txt
+++ b/components/example-notebook-servers/jupyter-scipy/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 # kubeflow packages
-kfp==2.3.0
-kfp-server-api==2.0.2
\ No newline at end of file
+kfp==2.4.0
+kfp-server-api==2.0.3
+
+# jupyterlab extensions
+jupyterlab-git==0.44.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/components/example-notebook-servers/jupyter-tensorflow-cuda-full/requirements.txt b/components/example-notebook-servers/jupyter-tensorflow-cuda-full/requirements.txt
index 17897678..c8fa9558 100644
--- a/components/example-notebook-servers/jupyter-tensorflow-cuda-full/requirements.txt
+++ b/components/example-notebook-servers/jupyter-tensorflow-cuda-full/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 # kubeflow packages
-kfp==2.3.0
-kfp-server-api==2.0.2
\ No newline at end of file
+kfp==2.4.0
+kfp-server-api==2.0.3
+
+# jupyterlab extensions
+jupyterlab-git==0.44.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/components/example-notebook-servers/jupyter-tensorflow-full/requirements.txt b/components/example-notebook-servers/jupyter-tensorflow-full/requirements.txt
index 990271e3..c8fa9558 100644
--- a/components/example-notebook-servers/jupyter-tensorflow-full/requirements.txt
+++ b/components/example-notebook-servers/jupyter-tensorflow-full/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 # kubeflow packages
-kfp==2.3.0
-kfp-server-api==2.0.2
+kfp==2.4.0
+kfp-server-api==2.0.3
+
+# jupyterlab extensions
+jupyterlab-git==0.44.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/components/example-notebook-servers/jupyter/Dockerfile b/components/example-notebook-servers/jupyter/Dockerfile
index 03f605d9..59569555 100644
--- a/components/example-notebook-servers/jupyter/Dockerfile
+++ b/components/example-notebook-servers/jupyter/Dockerfile
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ ARG TARGETARCH
 USER root
 
 # args - software versions
-ARG JUPYTERLAB_VERSION=4.0.7
-ARG JUPYTER_VERSION=7.0.5
+ARG JUPYTERLAB_VERSION=3.6.6
+ARG JUPYTER_VERSION=6.5.6
 ARG MINIFORGE_VERSION=23.3.1-1
 ARG NODE_MAJOR_VERSION=18
 ARG PIP_VERSION=23.2.1
@@ -56,18 +56,16 @@ RUN case "${TARGETARCH}" in \
  && rm /tmp/Miniforge3.sh \
  && conda config --system --set auto_update_conda false \
  && conda config --system --set show_channel_urls true \
- && echo "conda ${MINIFORGE_VERSION:0:-2}" >> ${CONDA_DIR}/conda-meta/pinned \
- && echo "python ${PYTHON_VERSION}" >> ${CONDA_DIR}/conda-meta/pinned \
+ && echo "python ==${PYTHON_VERSION}" >> ${CONDA_DIR}/conda-meta/pinned \
  && conda install -y -q \
     python=${PYTHON_VERSION} \
-    conda=${MINIFORGE_VERSION:0:-2} \
     pip=${PIP_VERSION} \
  && conda update -y -q --all \
  && conda clean -a -f -y
 
 # install - jupyter
-RUN echo "jupyterlab >=${JUPYTERLAB_VERSION}" >> ${CONDA_DIR}/conda-meta/pinned \
- && echo "notebook >=${JUPYTER_VERSION}" >> ${CONDA_DIR}/conda-meta/pinned \
+RUN echo "jupyterlab ==${JUPYTERLAB_VERSION}" >> ${CONDA_DIR}/conda-meta/pinned \
+ && echo "notebook ==${JUPYTER_VERSION}" >> ${CONDA_DIR}/conda-meta/pinned \
  && conda install -y -q \
     jupyterlab==${JUPYTERLAB_VERSION} \
     notebook==${JUPYTER_VERSION} \
diff --git a/components/example-notebook-servers/rstudio/Dockerfile b/components/example-notebook-servers/rstudio/Dockerfile
index bb1febd1..1a26524e 100644
--- a/components/example-notebook-servers/rstudio/Dockerfile
+++ b/components/example-notebook-servers/rstudio/Dockerfile
@@ -67,17 +67,15 @@ RUN case "${TARGETARCH}" in \
  && rm /tmp/Miniforge3.sh \
  && conda config --system --set auto_update_conda false \
  && conda config --system --set show_channel_urls true \
- && echo "conda ${MINIFORGE_VERSION:0:-2}" >> ${CONDA_DIR}/conda-meta/pinned \
- && echo "python ${PYTHON_VERSION}" >> ${CONDA_DIR}/conda-meta/pinned \
+ && echo "python ==${PYTHON_VERSION}" >> ${CONDA_DIR}/conda-meta/pinned \
  && conda install -y -q \
     python=${PYTHON_VERSION} \
-    conda=${MINIFORGE_VERSION:0:-2} \
     pip=${PIP_VERSION} \
  && conda update -y -q --all \
  && conda clean -a -f -y
 
 # install - r packages
-RUN echo "r-base ${R_BASE_VERSION}" >> ${CONDA_DIR}/conda-meta/pinned \
+RUN echo "r-base ==${R_BASE_VERSION}" >> ${CONDA_DIR}/conda-meta/pinned \
  && conda install -y -q \
     r-base=${R_BASE_VERSION} \
     r-reticulate=${R_RETICULATE_VERSION} \