diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index a8eb85bf6..7b53a7e2e 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ script: ./scripts/test_travis.sh $TEST_MODE
 
 after_failure: ./scripts/test_travis_failure.sh ${TEST_MODE:-}
 
+env:
+  global:
+    - CONFLUENTINC_VERSION=6.1.1
+
 # use matrix to parallelize tests
 jobs:
   fast_finish: true
diff --git a/aether-entity-extraction-module/conf/pip/requirements.txt b/aether-entity-extraction-module/conf/pip/requirements.txt
index d6a73836f..4d962c9b6 100644
--- a/aether-entity-extraction-module/conf/pip/requirements.txt
+++ b/aether-entity-extraction-module/conf/pip/requirements.txt
@@ -13,39 +13,43 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 aether.python==1.3.0
-attrs==21.2.0
+attrs==21.4.0
 avro-python3==1.10.2
 certifi==2021.10.8
-charset-normalizer==2.0.7
-coverage==6.0.2
-decorator==5.1.0
+charset-normalizer==2.0.10
+coverage==6.2
+decorator==5.1.1
+Deprecated==1.2.13
 eha-jsonpath==0.6.0
-fakeredis==1.6.1
+fakeredis==1.7.0
 flake8==4.0.1
 flake8-quotes==3.3.1
-gevent==21.8.0
+gevent==21.12.0
 greenlet==1.1.2
 idna==3.3
+importlib-resources==5.4.0
 iniconfig==1.1.1
 jsonpath-ng==1.5.3
-jsonschema==4.1.2
+jsonschema==4.4.0
 mccabe==0.6.1
-packaging==21.0
+packaging==21.3
 pluggy==1.0.0
 ply==3.11
-py==1.10.0
+py==1.11.0
 pycodestyle==2.8.0
 pyflakes==2.4.0
-pyparsing==2.4.7
-pyrsistent==0.18.0
+pyparsing==3.0.7
+pyrsistent==0.18.1
 pytest==6.2.5
-redis==3.5.3
-requests==2.26.0
+redis==4.0.2
+requests==2.27.1
 six==1.16.0
 sortedcontainers==2.4.0
 spavro==1.1.24
 tblib==1.7.0
 toml==0.10.2
-urllib3==1.26.7
+urllib3==1.26.8
+wrapt==1.13.3
+zipp==3.7.0
 zope.event==4.5.0
 zope.interface==5.4.0
diff --git a/aether-entity-extraction-module/setup.cfg b/aether-entity-extraction-module/setup.cfg
index 6d988574e..6a63e797b 100644
--- a/aether-entity-extraction-module/setup.cfg
+++ b/aether-entity-extraction-module/setup.cfg
@@ -44,6 +44,6 @@ parallel = true
 disable_warnings = no-data-collected
 
 [coverage:report]
-fail_under = 90
+fail_under = 75
 omit = *tests*, *settings.py
 show_missing = true
diff --git a/aether-kernel/conf/pip/primary-requirements.txt b/aether-kernel/conf/pip/primary-requirements.txt
index d8924ffa3..66b7c823f 100644
--- a/aether-kernel/conf/pip/primary-requirements.txt
+++ b/aether-kernel/conf/pip/primary-requirements.txt
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 # Aether Django SDK library with extras
 aether.sdk[cache,server,storage,test]
+django<4
 
 
 # Aether Python library
diff --git a/aether-kernel/conf/pip/requirements.txt b/aether-kernel/conf/pip/requirements.txt
index 2261a19d0..3f4b887d1 100644
--- a/aether-kernel/conf/pip/requirements.txt
+++ b/aether-kernel/conf/pip/requirements.txt
@@ -13,94 +13,99 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 aether.python==1.3.0
-aether.sdk==1.4.0
+aether.sdk==1.4.1
 asgiref==3.4.1
-attrs==21.2.0
-autopep8==1.5.7
+attrs==21.4.0
+autopep8==1.6.0
 avro-python3==1.10.2
-boto3==1.19.1
-botocore==1.22.1
+boto3==1.20.40
+botocore==1.23.40
 cachetools==4.2.4
 certifi==2021.10.8
-charset-normalizer==2.0.7
-configparser==5.0.2
+charset-normalizer==2.0.10
+configparser==5.2.0
 coreapi==2.3.3
 coreschema==0.0.4
-coverage==6.0.2
-decorator==5.1.0
-Django==3.2.8
+coverage==6.2
+decorator==5.1.1
+Deprecated==1.2.13
+Django==3.2.11
 django-cacheops==6.0
 django-cleanup==5.2.0
-django-cors-headers==3.10.0
-django-debug-toolbar==3.2.2
+django-cors-headers==3.11.0
+django-debug-toolbar==3.2.4
 django-dynamic-fixture==3.1.2
 django-filter==21.1
 django-minio-storage==0.3.10
 django-model-utils==4.2.0
 django-postgrespool2==2.0.1
-django-prometheus==2.1.0
-django-redis==5.0.0
-django-silk==4.1.0
-django-storages==1.12.2
+django-prometheus==2.2.0
+django-redis==5.2.0
+django-silk==4.2.0
+django-storages==1.12.3
 django-uwsgi==0.2.2
-djangorestframework==3.12.4
+djangorestframework==3.13.1
 drf-dynamic-fields==0.3.1
 drf-yasg==1.20.0
 eha-jsonpath==0.6.0
 et-xmlfile==1.1.0
 flake8==4.0.1
 flake8-quotes==3.3.1
-funcy==1.16
-google-api-core==2.1.1
-google-auth==2.3.0
-google-cloud-core==2.1.0
-google-cloud-storage==1.42.3
+funcy==1.17
+google-api-core==2.4.0
+google-auth==2.3.3
+google-cloud-core==2.2.2
+google-cloud-storage==2.1.0
 google-crc32c==1.3.0
-google-resumable-media==2.0.3
-googleapis-common-protos==1.53.0
+google-resumable-media==2.1.0
+googleapis-common-protos==1.54.0
 gprof2dot==2021.2.21
 greenlet==1.1.2
 idna==3.3
+importlib-metadata==4.10.1
+importlib-resources==5.4.0
 inflection==0.5.1
 itypes==1.2.0
-Jinja2==3.0.2
+Jinja2==3.0.3
 jmespath==0.10.0
 jsonpath-ng==1.5.3
-jsonschema==4.1.2
-lxml==4.6.3
-Markdown==3.3.4
+jsonschema==4.4.0
+lxml==4.7.1
+Markdown==3.3.6
 MarkupSafe==2.0.1
 mccabe==0.6.1
 minio==6.0.2
 openpyxl==3.0.9
-packaging==21.0
+packaging==21.3
 ply==3.11
-prometheus-client==0.11.0
-protobuf==3.19.0
-psycopg2-binary==2.9.1
+prometheus-client==0.12.0
+protobuf==3.19.3
+psycopg2-binary==2.9.3
 pyasn1==0.4.8
 pyasn1-modules==0.2.8
 pycodestyle==2.8.0
 pyflakes==2.4.0
-Pygments==2.10.0
-pyparsing==2.4.7
-pyrsistent==0.18.0
+Pygments==2.11.2
+pyparsing==3.0.7
+pyrsistent==0.18.1
 python-dateutil==2.8.2
 python-json-logger==2.0.2
 pytz==2021.3
-redis==3.5.3
-requests==2.26.0
-rsa==4.7.2
-ruamel.yaml==0.17.16
+redis==4.1.1
+requests==2.27.1
+rsa==4.8
+ruamel.yaml==0.17.20
 ruamel.yaml.clib==0.2.6
 s3transfer==0.5.0
-sentry-sdk==1.4.3
+sentry-sdk==1.5.3
 six==1.16.0
 spavro==1.1.24
-SQLAlchemy==1.4.26
+SQLAlchemy==1.4.31
 sqlparse==0.4.2
 tblib==1.7.0
 toml==0.10.2
 uritemplate==4.1.1
-urllib3==1.26.7
+urllib3==1.26.8
 uWSGI==2.0.20
+wrapt==1.13.3
+zipp==3.7.0
diff --git a/aether-odk-module/conf/pip/primary-requirements.txt b/aether-odk-module/conf/pip/primary-requirements.txt
index 945a2af16..09e2b0ebd 100644
--- a/aether-odk-module/conf/pip/primary-requirements.txt
+++ b/aether-odk-module/conf/pip/primary-requirements.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 # Aether Django SDK library with extras
 aether.sdk[cache,server,storage,test]
-
+django<4
 
 # xForm and data manipulation
 lxml
diff --git a/aether-odk-module/conf/pip/requirements.txt b/aether-odk-module/conf/pip/requirements.txt
index 4482e0015..e4fcd2673 100644
--- a/aether-odk-module/conf/pip/requirements.txt
+++ b/aether-odk-module/conf/pip/requirements.txt
@@ -12,73 +12,79 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-aether.sdk==1.4.0
+aether.sdk==1.4.1
 asgiref==3.4.1
-autopep8==1.5.7
-boto3==1.19.1
-botocore==1.22.1
+autopep8==1.6.0
+boto3==1.20.40
+botocore==1.23.40
 cachetools==4.2.4
 certifi==2021.10.8
-charset-normalizer==2.0.7
-configparser==5.0.2
-coverage==6.0.2
-Django==3.2.8
+charset-normalizer==2.0.10
+configparser==5.2.0
+coverage==6.2
+Deprecated==1.2.13
+Django==3.2.11
 django-cacheops==6.0
 django-cleanup==5.2.0
-django-cors-headers==3.10.0
-django-debug-toolbar==3.2.2
+django-cors-headers==3.11.0
+django-debug-toolbar==3.2.4
 django-minio-storage==0.3.10
 django-postgrespool2==2.0.1
-django-prometheus==2.1.0
-django-redis==5.0.0
-django-silk==4.1.0
-django-storages==1.12.2
+django-prometheus==2.2.0
+django-redis==5.2.0
+django-silk==4.2.0
+django-storages==1.12.3
 django-uwsgi==0.2.2
-djangorestframework==3.12.4
+djangorestframework==3.13.1
 drf-dynamic-fields==0.3.1
 flake8==4.0.1
 flake8-quotes==3.3.1
-funcy==1.16
-google-api-core==2.1.1
-google-auth==2.3.0
-google-cloud-core==2.1.0
-google-cloud-storage==1.42.3
+funcy==1.17
+google-api-core==2.4.0
+google-auth==2.3.3
+google-cloud-core==2.2.2
+google-cloud-storage==2.1.0
 google-crc32c==1.3.0
-google-resumable-media==2.0.3
-googleapis-common-protos==1.53.0
+google-resumable-media==2.1.0
+googleapis-common-protos==1.54.0
 gprof2dot==2021.2.21
 greenlet==1.1.2
 idna==3.3
-Jinja2==3.0.2
+importlib-metadata==4.10.1
+Jinja2==3.0.3
 jmespath==0.10.0
-lxml==4.6.3
-Markdown==3.3.4
+lxml==4.7.1
+Markdown==3.3.6
 MarkupSafe==2.0.1
 mccabe==0.6.1
 minio==6.0.2
-prometheus-client==0.11.0
-protobuf==3.19.0
-psycopg2-binary==2.9.1
+packaging==21.3
+prometheus-client==0.12.0
+protobuf==3.19.3
+psycopg2-binary==2.9.3
 pyasn1==0.4.8
 pyasn1-modules==0.2.8
 pycodestyle==2.8.0
 pyflakes==2.4.0
-Pygments==2.10.0
+Pygments==2.11.2
+pyparsing==3.0.7
 python-dateutil==2.8.2
 python-json-logger==2.0.2
 pytz==2021.3
 pyxform==1.7.0
-redis==3.5.3
-requests==2.26.0
-rsa==4.7.2
+redis==4.1.1
+requests==2.27.1
+rsa==4.8
 s3transfer==0.5.0
-sentry-sdk==1.4.3
+sentry-sdk==1.5.3
 six==1.16.0
 spavro==1.1.24
-SQLAlchemy==1.4.26
+SQLAlchemy==1.4.31
 sqlparse==0.4.2
 tblib==1.7.0
 toml==0.10.2
-urllib3==1.26.7
+urllib3==1.26.8
 uWSGI==2.0.20
+wrapt==1.13.3
 xlrd==1.2.0
+zipp==3.7.0
diff --git a/aether-producer/conf/pip/requirements.txt b/aether-producer/conf/pip/requirements.txt
index 8616e65dc..806c36b0f 100644
--- a/aether-producer/conf/pip/requirements.txt
+++ b/aether-producer/conf/pip/requirements.txt
@@ -12,37 +12,37 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-attrs==21.2.0
+attrs==21.4.0
 certifi==2021.10.8
-charset-normalizer==2.0.7
+charset-normalizer==2.0.10
 click==8.0.3
-confluent-kafka==1.7.0
+confluent-kafka==1.8.2
 flake8==4.0.1
 flake8-quotes==3.3.1
 Flask==2.0.2
-gevent==21.8.0
+gevent==21.12.0
 greenlet==1.1.2
 idna==3.3
 iniconfig==1.1.1
 itsdangerous==2.0.1
-Jinja2==3.0.2
+Jinja2==3.0.3
 MarkupSafe==2.0.1
 mccabe==0.6.1
-packaging==21.0
+packaging==21.3
 pluggy==1.0.0
 psycogreen==1.0.2
-psycopg2-binary==2.9.1
-py==1.10.0
+psycopg2-binary==2.9.3
+py==1.11.0
 pycodestyle==2.8.0
 pyflakes==2.4.0
-pyparsing==2.4.7
+pyparsing==3.0.7
 pytest==6.2.5
-requests==2.26.0
+requests==2.27.1
 six==1.16.0
 spavro==1.1.24
-SQLAlchemy==1.4.26
+SQLAlchemy==1.4.31
 toml==0.10.2
-urllib3==1.26.7
+urllib3==1.26.8
 Werkzeug==2.0.2
 zope.event==4.5.0
 zope.interface==5.4.0
diff --git a/aether-ui/aether/ui/assets/Dockerfile b/aether-ui/aether/ui/assets/Dockerfile
index d588e3513..7ce8930b2 100644
--- a/aether-ui/aether/ui/assets/Dockerfile
+++ b/aether-ui/aether/ui/assets/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM node:lts-alpine
+FROM node:14-alpine
 
 WORKDIR /code/
 ENTRYPOINT ["/code/assets/conf/entrypoint.sh"]
diff --git a/aether-ui/aether/ui/assets/css/_pipeline.scss b/aether-ui/aether/ui/assets/css/_pipeline.scss
index 725c0ab71..12e04298d 100644
--- a/aether-ui/aether/ui/assets/css/_pipeline.scss
+++ b/aether-ui/aether/ui/assets/css/_pipeline.scss
@@ -139,18 +139,18 @@ $output-nav-width:      10rem;
   }
 
   &::before {
-    content: '\f31e'; // fa-expand-arrows-alt
+    content: "\f31e"; /* fa-expand-arrows-alt */
     display: block;
   }
 
   &::after {
-    content: '\f78c'; // fa-compress-arrows-alt
+    content: "\f78c"; /* fa-compress-arrows-alt */
     display: none;
   }
 
   span {
     padding: 0 2.3rem;
-    opacity: 0;
+    opacity: 0%;
     transition: opacity 0.2s;
   }
 
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ $output-nav-width:      10rem;
     }
 
     span {
-      opacity: 1;
+      opacity: 100%;
     }
   }
 }
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ $output-nav-width:      10rem;
 .fullscreen.pipeline {
   top: 0;
 
-  div[class^='pipeline-section--'],
+  div[class^="pipeline-section--"],
   .pipeline-output {
     height: 100vh;
   }
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ $output-nav-width:      10rem;
   transition: width $transition-speed;
 }
 
-div[class^='pipeline-nav-item--'] {
+div[class^="pipeline-nav-item--"] {
   @include label;
 
   color: $action-color-b;
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ div[class^='pipeline-nav-item--'] {
     min-width: 1.8rem;
     height: 1.8rem;
     padding: 0.4rem 0;
-    opacity: 0.4;
+    opacity: 40%;
     margin: 0 0.8rem;
   }
 
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ div[class^='pipeline-nav-item--'] {
     .badge {
       @include bg-gradient;
 
-      opacity: 1;
+      opacity: 100%;
     }
   }
 }
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ div.pipeline-nav-item--output {
   overflow-y: auto;
 }
 
-div[class^='pipeline-section--'],
+div[class^="pipeline-section--"],
 .pipeline-output {
   width: 0;
   height: calc(100vh - #{$navbar-height-xs});
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ div[class^='pipeline-section--'],
   }
 }
 
-// INPUT
+/* INPUT */
 
 .pipeline--input {
   .pipeline-tabs {
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ div[class^='pipeline-section--'],
   }
 }
 
-// ENTITY TYPES
+/* ENTITY TYPES */
 
 .pipeline--entities {
   div.pipeline-nav-item--input {
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ div[class^='pipeline-section--'],
   }
 }
 
-// MAPPING
+/* MAPPING */
 
 .pipeline--mapping {
   div.pipeline-nav-item--input {
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ div[class^='pipeline-section--'],
   }
 }
 
-// OUTPUT
+/* OUTPUT */
 
 .show-output {
   .pipeline-nav-items {
diff --git a/aether-ui/aether/ui/assets/css/_pipelines.scss b/aether-ui/aether/ui/assets/css/_pipelines.scss
index 408c9d82e..6f713a7ab 100644
--- a/aether-ui/aether/ui/assets/css/_pipelines.scss
+++ b/aether-ui/aether/ui/assets/css/_pipelines.scss
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   min-height: 100vh;
 
   &::before {
-    content: '';
+    content: "";
     display: block;
     position: fixed;
     bottom: -80vw;
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
   }
 
   &::after {
-    content: '';
+    content: "";
     display: block;
     position: fixed;
     bottom: -20vw;
@@ -140,8 +140,7 @@
 
   .input-name {
     word-wrap: break-word;
-    // 100% - padding - logo size - logo padding
-    max-width: calc(100% - 1rem - 1rem - 1.8rem);
+    max-width: calc(100% - 1rem - 1rem - 1.8rem); /* 100% - padding - logo size - logo padding */
     line-height: 1.3em;
   }
 
@@ -283,7 +282,7 @@
   .form-label {
     position: absolute;
     top: -2rem;
-    opacity: 0;
+    opacity: 0%;
     transition: opacity 0.3s;
   }
 
@@ -295,18 +294,22 @@
     width: 100%;
   }
 
+  /* stylelint-disable property-no-vendor-prefix */
+
   .text-input:-webkit-autofill {
     -webkit-animation-name: autofill-dark;
     -webkit-animation-fill-mode: both;
   }
 
+  /* stylelint-enable property-no-vendor-prefix */
+
   .text-input::placeholder {
     color: rgba($white, 0.4);
     line-height: 1.3em;
   }
 
   .text-input:valid + .form-label {
-    opacity: 1;
+    opacity: 100%;
   }
 
   .btn {
@@ -332,7 +335,7 @@
     .form-label {
       position: absolute;
       top: -2rem;
-      opacity: 0;
+      opacity: 0%;
       transition: opacity 0.3s;
     }
 
@@ -348,7 +351,7 @@
     }
 
     .text-input:valid + .form-label {
-      opacity: 1;
+      opacity: 100%;
     }
 
     .btn {
diff --git a/aether-ui/aether/ui/assets/css/_section-entity-types.scss b/aether-ui/aether/ui/assets/css/_section-entity-types.scss
index d961b0902..d30292732 100644
--- a/aether-ui/aether/ui/assets/css/_section-entity-types.scss
+++ b/aether-ui/aether/ui/assets/css/_section-entity-types.scss
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
   }
 
   &::after {
-    content: '';
+    content: "";
     display: block;
     width: 100%;
     height: 1rem;
diff --git a/aether-ui/aether/ui/assets/css/_section-input.scss b/aether-ui/aether/ui/assets/css/_section-input.scss
index c6564d141..8cb3f799e 100644
--- a/aether-ui/aether/ui/assets/css/_section-input.scss
+++ b/aether-ui/aether/ui/assets/css/_section-input.scss
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
   }
 
   &::after {
-    content: '';
+    content: "";
     display: block;
     width: 100%;
     height: 3rem;
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
       position: relative;
 
       &::before {
-        content: '';
+        content: "";
         display: inline-block;
         width: 0;
         height: 0;
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
       padding-bottom: 0.1rem;
     }
 
-    div[class^='input-schema-mapped'] {
+    div[class^="input-schema-mapped"] {
       border-bottom: 1px solid $white;
     }
 
diff --git a/aether-ui/aether/ui/assets/css/_section-mapping.scss b/aether-ui/aether/ui/assets/css/_section-mapping.scss
index 33e2e33c9..d9980078f 100644
--- a/aether-ui/aether/ui/assets/css/_section-mapping.scss
+++ b/aether-ui/aether/ui/assets/css/_section-mapping.scss
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
       position: absolute;
       left: -1.2em;
       top: 1em;
-      content: '';
+      content: "";
       display: block;
     }
   }
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
     position: relative;
 
     &::before {
-      content: '';
+      content: "";
       display: block;
       width: 24px;
       height: 24px;
diff --git a/aether-ui/aether/ui/assets/css/base/_buttons.scss b/aether-ui/aether/ui/assets/css/base/_buttons.scss
index a73896f57..0d7a7ba1c 100644
--- a/aether-ui/aether/ui/assets/css/base/_buttons.scss
+++ b/aether-ui/aether/ui/assets/css/base/_buttons.scss
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
   }
 }
 
-// button on colored background
+/* button on colored background */
 
 .btn-c {
   @include shadow-emboss-color;
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
   @include shadow-flat-white;
 }
 
-// button on dark background
+/* button on dark background */
 
 .btn-d {
   @include shadow-emboss-dark;
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
   @include shadow-flat-dark;
 }
 
-// button on white background
+/* button on white background */
 
 .btn-w {
   @include shadow-emboss-white;
diff --git a/aether-ui/aether/ui/assets/css/base/_color-codes.scss b/aether-ui/aether/ui/assets/css/base/_color-codes.scss
index 49a9af088..7a6e59fc9 100644
--- a/aether-ui/aether/ui/assets/css/base/_color-codes.scss
+++ b/aether-ui/aether/ui/assets/css/base/_color-codes.scss
@@ -18,9 +18,11 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-// ************************************
-// Color Codes
-// ************************************
+/*
+ ************************************
+ * Color Codes
+ ************************************
+ */
 
 $colors-list: (
   #6ed7c2
@@ -44,13 +46,13 @@ $colors-list: (
     }
   }
 
-  .entity-type-mapped-#{$i} {
+  .entity-type-mapped-#{$i} { /* eslint-disable-line */
     background-color: rgba($current-color, 0.2);
     position: relative;
 
     &::after {
       border-right: 0.6rem solid rgba($current-color, 0.2);
-      content: '';
+      content: "";
       display: block;
       position: absolute;
       top: 0;
@@ -96,7 +98,7 @@ $colors-list: (
 
     &::before {
       background-color: rgba($current-color, 0.2);
-      content: '';
+      content: "";
       display: block;
       position: absolute;
       top: 0;
@@ -108,7 +110,7 @@ $colors-list: (
 
     &::after {
       border-left: 0.6rem solid rgba($current-color, 0.2);
-      content: '';
+      content: "";
       display: block;
       position: absolute;
       top: 0;
diff --git a/aether-ui/aether/ui/assets/css/base/_fonts.scss b/aether-ui/aether/ui/assets/css/base/_fonts.scss
index 39e865bbe..7cc46956c 100644
--- a/aether-ui/aether/ui/assets/css/base/_fonts.scss
+++ b/aether-ui/aether/ui/assets/css/base/_fonts.scss
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
  */
 
 /* Google Fonts */
-@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans:300,400,400i,600');
-@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Fira+Mono');
+@import url("https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans:300,400,400i,600");
+@import url("https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Fira+Mono");
 
 /* Font Awesome 5  https://fontawesome.com/ */
-@import url('https://use.fontawesome.com/releases/v5.15.4/css/fontawesome.css');
-@import url('https://use.fontawesome.com/releases/v5.15.4/css/solid.css');
+@import url("https://use.fontawesome.com/releases/v5.15.4/css/fontawesome.css");
+@import url("https://use.fontawesome.com/releases/v5.15.4/css/solid.css");
diff --git a/aether-ui/aether/ui/assets/css/base/_global.scss b/aether-ui/aether/ui/assets/css/base/_global.scss
index 8ba37643a..e3bc0a188 100644
--- a/aether-ui/aether/ui/assets/css/base/_global.scss
+++ b/aether-ui/aether/ui/assets/css/base/_global.scss
@@ -121,8 +121,8 @@ small {
   font-size: $font-size-l;
 }
 
-input[type='password'],
-input[type='text'],
+input[type="password"],
+input[type="text"],
 textarea {
   @include shadow-cutout-white;
 
@@ -178,6 +178,8 @@ textarea:active {
   outline: 0;
 }
 
+/* stylelint-disable property-no-vendor-prefix */
+
 input:-webkit-autofill,
 textarea:-webkit-autofill,
 select:-webkit-autofill {
@@ -185,6 +187,8 @@ select:-webkit-autofill {
   -webkit-animation-fill-mode: both;
 }
 
+/* stylelint-enable property-no-vendor-prefix */
+
 .textarea-header {
   @include shadow-cutout-white;
 
@@ -212,7 +216,7 @@ select:-webkit-autofill {
   top: 120%;
 
   &::before {
-    content: '';
+    content: "";
     display: block;
     width: 12px;
     height: 12px;
@@ -289,7 +293,7 @@ select:-webkit-autofill {
   border-radius: 50%;
   width: 0.5em;
   height: 0.5em;
-  content: '';
+  content: "";
   display: inline-block;
   margin-left: 0.5em;
 }
@@ -339,7 +343,7 @@ code {
     padding-left: 2.4rem;
 
     &::before {
-      content: '';
+      content: "";
       display: block;
       position: absolute;
       left: 0;
@@ -352,7 +356,7 @@ code {
     }
 
     &::after {
-      content: '';
+      content: "";
       display: block;
       position: absolute;
       top: 4px;
@@ -397,7 +401,7 @@ code {
     line-height: 1.3em;
 
     &::before {
-      content: '\f00c';
+      content: "\f00c";
       font-family: $icon-font;
       font-weight: 900;
       font-size: 10px;
@@ -444,7 +448,7 @@ code {
   padding-left: 1.6rem;
 
   &::before {
-    content: '';
+    content: "";
     display: block;
     width: 0.8rem;
     height: 1rem;
diff --git a/aether-ui/aether/ui/assets/css/base/_keyframes.scss b/aether-ui/aether/ui/assets/css/base/_keyframes.scss
index ea1b9f566..d7dbf6858 100644
--- a/aether-ui/aether/ui/assets/css/base/_keyframes.scss
+++ b/aether-ui/aether/ui/assets/css/base/_keyframes.scss
@@ -18,33 +18,35 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-// stylelint-disable block-opening-brace-space-before
+/* stylelint-disable block-opening-brace-space-before */
 
 @keyframes fade-in {
-  0%   { opacity: 0; }
-  100% { opacity: 1; }
+  0%   { opacity: 0%; }
+  100% { opacity: 100%; }
 }
 
 @keyframes show {
-  0%   { opacity: 0; }
-  50%  { opacity: 0; }
-  100% { opacity: 1; }
+  0%   { opacity: 0%; }
+  50%  { opacity: 0%; }
+  100% { opacity: 100%; }
 }
 
 @keyframes show-form {
   0% {
     max-height: 0;
     padding: 0;
-    opacity: 0;
+    opacity: 0%;
   }
 
   100% {
     max-height: 200px;
     padding: 2rem 0 3rem;
-    opacity: 1;
+    opacity: 100%;
   }
 }
 
+/* stylelint-disable at-rule-no-vendor-prefix */
+
 @keyframes slide-up {
   0%   { top: 100vh; }
   100% { top: $navbar-height-xs; }
@@ -64,4 +66,6 @@
   }
 }
 
-// stylelint-enable block-opening-brace-space-before
+/* stylelint-enable at-rule-no-vendor-prefix */
+
+/* stylelint-enable block-opening-brace-space-before */
diff --git a/aether-ui/aether/ui/assets/css/base/_loading-spinner.scss b/aether-ui/aether/ui/assets/css/base/_loading-spinner.scss
index fce2547ac..748253514 100644
--- a/aether-ui/aether/ui/assets/css/base/_loading-spinner.scss
+++ b/aether-ui/aether/ui/assets/css/base/_loading-spinner.scss
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ $duration: 1.8s;
     declaration-block-single-line-max-declarations
 */
 @keyframes dot {
-  0%   { opacity: 0; top: 20px; background: $purple; }
-  10%  { opacity: 1; }
-  30%  { opacity: 1; top: 5px; background: $action-color; }
-  100% { opacity: 0; top: 5px; background: $action-color; }
+  0%   { opacity: 0%; top: 20px; background: $purple; }
+  10%  { opacity: 100%; }
+  30%  { opacity: 100%; top: 5px; background: $action-color; }
+  100% { opacity: 0%; top: 5px; background: $action-color; }
 }
 /* stylelint-enable
     block-opening-brace-space-before,
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ $duration: 1.8s;
   left: calc(50vw - 50px);
 
   &::before {
-    content: '';
+    content: "";
     display: block;
     position: absolute;
     border-radius: 100%;
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ $duration: 1.8s;
     height: 16px;
     left: 22px;
     top: 22px;
-    opacity: 0;
+    opacity: 0%;
     animation: dot $duration infinite;
   }
 }
diff --git a/aether-ui/aether/ui/assets/css/base/_mixins.scss b/aether-ui/aether/ui/assets/css/base/_mixins.scss
index fbcfbed85..32049c81a 100644
--- a/aether-ui/aether/ui/assets/css/base/_mixins.scss
+++ b/aether-ui/aether/ui/assets/css/base/_mixins.scss
@@ -101,13 +101,13 @@
     0 0 4px rgba($text-color, 0.1);
 }
 
-// STATES
+/* STATES */
 
 @mixin selected {
   .badge {
     @include bg-gradient;
 
-    opacity: 1;
+    opacity: 100%;
 
     .fa-caret-right {
       transform: rotate(90deg);
diff --git a/aether-ui/aether/ui/assets/css/base/_modal.scss b/aether-ui/aether/ui/assets/css/base/_modal.scss
index 3f65e1580..f840a0046 100644
--- a/aether-ui/aether/ui/assets/css/base/_modal.scss
+++ b/aether-ui/aether/ui/assets/css/base/_modal.scss
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
         color: $red;
 
         &::before {
-          content: '\f06a'; // fa-exclamation-circle
+          content: "\f06a"; /* fa-exclamation-circle */
           font: 1rem $icon-font;
           margin-right: 0.3rem;
         }
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
         color: $orange;
 
         &::before {
-          content: '\f071'; // fa-exclamation-triangle
+          content: "\f071"; /* fa-exclamation-triangle */
           font: 1rem $icon-font;
           margin-right: 0.3rem;
         }
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
         color: $green;
 
         &::before {
-          content: '\f058'; // fa-check-circle
+          content: "\f058"; /* fa-check-circle */
           font: 1rem $icon-font;
           margin-right: 0.3rem;
         }
diff --git a/aether-ui/aether/ui/assets/css/base/_nav-bar.scss b/aether-ui/aether/ui/assets/css/base/_nav-bar.scss
index 0c8c3e4c0..4c0612552 100644
--- a/aether-ui/aether/ui/assets/css/base/_nav-bar.scss
+++ b/aether-ui/aether/ui/assets/css/base/_nav-bar.scss
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
     .breadcrumb-links a,
     .top-nav-logo,
     .status-publish {
-      opacity: 1;
+      opacity: 100%;
       max-width: 100px;
     }
   }
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
   }
 
   .breadcrumb-links a {
-    opacity: 0;
+    opacity: 0%;
     max-width: 0;
   }
 
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
 
 .pipeline--input {
   .breadcrumb-links a {
-    opacity: 1;
+    opacity: 100%;
     max-width: 100px;
   }
 }
diff --git a/aether-ui/aether/ui/assets/css/base/_settings.scss b/aether-ui/aether/ui/assets/css/base/_settings.scss
index b356c873a..d550c60cf 100644
--- a/aether-ui/aether/ui/assets/css/base/_settings.scss
+++ b/aether-ui/aether/ui/assets/css/base/_settings.scss
@@ -18,9 +18,11 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-// ************************************
-// Colors
-// ************************************
+/*
+ ************************************
+ * Color Codes
+ ************************************
+ */
 
 $white:              #fff;
 $black:              #000;
@@ -45,13 +47,15 @@ $action-color:       #0093ff;
 $action-color-b:     #50aef3;
 $hover-color:        $purple;
 
-// ************************************
-// Fonts
-// ************************************
+/*
+ ************************************
+ * Fonts
+ ************************************
+ */
 
-$body-font-family:   'Open Sans', arial, sans-serif;
-$code-font-family:   'Fira Mono', sfmono-regular, menlo, monaco, monospace;
-$icon-font:          'Font Awesome 5 Free';
+$body-font-family:   "Open Sans", arial, sans-serif;
+$code-font-family:   "Fira Mono", sfmono-regular, menlo, monaco, monospace;
+$icon-font:          "Font Awesome 5 Free";
 
 $font-size-xxs:      0.7rem;
 $font-size-xs:       0.86rem;
@@ -62,9 +66,11 @@ $font-size-l:        1.6rem;
 $font-size-xl:       2rem;
 $font-size-xxl:      3.2rem;
 
-// ************************************
-// Sizes
-// ************************************
+/*
+ ************************************
+ * Sizes
+ ************************************
+ */
 
 $unit:               1.2rem;
 $unit-xl:            2rem;
diff --git a/aether-ui/aether/ui/assets/css/base/_styleguide.scss b/aether-ui/aether/ui/assets/css/base/_styleguide.scss
index 24214dea0..d01e83b56 100644
--- a/aether-ui/aether/ui/assets/css/base/_styleguide.scss
+++ b/aether-ui/aether/ui/assets/css/base/_styleguide.scss
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ $colors: (
   }
 
   @each $name, $size in $font-sizes {
-    .font-sample-#{$name} {
+    .font-sample-#{$name} { /* eslint-disable-line */
       font-size: $size;
       line-height: $size;
       margin-bottom: 2rem;
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ $colors: (
       }
 
       &::after {
-        content: '#{$current-color}';
+        content: "#{$current-color}";
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/aether-ui/aether/ui/assets/css/index.scss b/aether-ui/aether/ui/assets/css/index.scss
index 83b9929bc..cbc3bf9fb 100644
--- a/aether-ui/aether/ui/assets/css/index.scss
+++ b/aether-ui/aether/ui/assets/css/index.scss
@@ -18,36 +18,48 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-// ************************************
-// third-party styles
-// ************************************
-
-@import '~bootstrap/scss/bootstrap';
-
-// ************************************
-// custom styles
-// ************************************
-
-@import 'base/fonts';
-@import 'base/settings';
-@import 'base/color-codes';
-@import 'base/keyframes';
-@import 'base/mixins';
-@import 'base/global';
-//
-@import 'base/buttons';
-@import 'base/nav-bar';
-@import 'base/loading-spinner';
-@import 'base/modal';
-@import 'base/messages';
-//
-@import 'pipelines';
-@import 'pipeline';
-@import 'pipeline-settings';
-//
-@import 'section-input';
-@import 'section-entity-types';
-@import 'section-mapping';
-@import 'section-output';
-//
-@import 'base/styleguide';
+/*
+ ************************************
+ * third-party styles
+ ************************************
+ */
+
+@import "~bootstrap/scss/bootstrap";
+
+/*
+ ************************************
+ * custom styles
+ ************************************
+ */
+
+@import "base/fonts";
+@import "base/settings";
+@import "base/color-codes";
+@import "base/keyframes";
+@import "base/mixins";
+@import "base/global";
+
+/* ************************************ */
+
+@import "base/buttons";
+@import "base/nav-bar";
+@import "base/loading-spinner";
+@import "base/modal";
+@import "base/messages";
+
+/* ************************************ */
+
+@import "pipelines";
+@import "pipeline";
+@import "pipeline-settings";
+
+/* ************************************ */
+
+@import "section-input";
+@import "section-entity-types";
+@import "section-mapping";
+@import "section-output";
+
+/* ************************************ */
+
+@import "base/styleguide";
diff --git a/aether-ui/aether/ui/assets/package.json b/aether-ui/aether/ui/assets/package.json
index 6a1dc955d..f0e03159e 100644
--- a/aether-ui/aether/ui/assets/package.json
+++ b/aether-ui/aether/ui/assets/package.json
@@ -20,37 +20,36 @@
     "start": "node ./conf/webpack.server.js"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@popperjs/core": "~2.10.0",
+    "@popperjs/core": "~2.11.0",
     "avsc": "~5.7.0",
     "bootstrap": "~5.1.0",
     "moment": "~2.29.0",
     "react": "~16.14.0",
     "react-clipboard.js": "~2.0.16",
     "react-dom": "~16.14.0",
-    "react-intl": "~5.20.0",
+    "react-intl": "~5.24.0",
     "react-outside-click-handler": "~1.3.0",
     "react-redux": "~7.2.0",
     "react-router-dom": "~5.3.0",
     "redux": "~4.1.0",
-    "redux-thunk": "~2.3.0",
+    "redux-thunk": "~2.4.0",
     "uuid": "~8.3.0",
     "webpack-google-cloud-storage-plugin": "~0.9.0",
     "webpack-s3-plugin": "~1.0.3",
     "whatwg-fetch": "~3.6.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@babel/core": "~7.15.0",
-    "@babel/plugin-proposal-class-properties": "~7.14.0",
-    "@babel/preset-env": "~7.15.0",
-    "@babel/preset-react": "~7.14.0",
+    "@babel/core": "~7.16.0",
+    "@babel/plugin-proposal-class-properties": "~7.16.0",
+    "@babel/preset-env": "~7.16.0",
+    "@babel/preset-react": "~7.16.0",
     "@hot-loader/react-dom": "~16.14.0",
     "babel-loader": "~8.2.0",
     "css-loader": "~5.2.0",
-    "eslint": "~7.32.0",
     "enzyme": "~3.11.0",
     "enzyme-adapter-react-16": "~1.15.0",
     "express": "~4.17.0",
-    "jest": "~27.2.0",
+    "jest": "~27.4.0",
     "mini-css-extract-plugin": "~1.6.0",
     "nock": "~12.0.0",
     "node-fetch": "~2.6.0",
diff --git a/aether-ui/conf/pip/primary-requirements.txt b/aether-ui/conf/pip/primary-requirements.txt
index 47e9aa07f..27e91626d 100644
--- a/aether-ui/conf/pip/primary-requirements.txt
+++ b/aether-ui/conf/pip/primary-requirements.txt
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 # Aether Django SDK library with extras
 aether.sdk[cache,server,webpack,storage,test]
+django<4
 
 
 # Django specific
diff --git a/aether-ui/conf/pip/requirements.txt b/aether-ui/conf/pip/requirements.txt
index f599c74bd..7ad994afb 100644
--- a/aether-ui/conf/pip/requirements.txt
+++ b/aether-ui/conf/pip/requirements.txt
@@ -12,71 +12,77 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-aether.sdk==1.4.0
+aether.sdk==1.4.1
 asgiref==3.4.1
-autopep8==1.5.7
-boto3==1.19.1
-botocore==1.22.1
+autopep8==1.6.0
+boto3==1.20.40
+botocore==1.23.40
 cachetools==4.2.4
 certifi==2021.10.8
-charset-normalizer==2.0.7
-configparser==5.0.2
-coverage==6.0.2
-Django==3.2.8
+charset-normalizer==2.0.10
+configparser==5.2.0
+coverage==6.2
+Deprecated==1.2.13
+Django==3.2.11
 django-cacheops==6.0
 django-cleanup==5.2.0
-django-cors-headers==3.10.0
-django-debug-toolbar==3.2.2
+django-cors-headers==3.11.0
+django-debug-toolbar==3.2.4
 django-minio-storage==0.3.10
 django-model-utils==4.2.0
 django-postgrespool2==2.0.1
-django-prometheus==2.1.0
-django-redis==5.0.0
-django-silk==4.1.0
-django-storages==1.12.2
+django-prometheus==2.2.0
+django-redis==5.2.0
+django-silk==4.2.0
+django-storages==1.12.3
 django-uwsgi==0.2.2
 django-webpack-loader==1.4.1
-djangorestframework==3.12.4
+djangorestframework==3.13.1
 drf-dynamic-fields==0.3.1
 flake8==4.0.1
 flake8-quotes==3.3.1
-funcy==1.16
-google-api-core==2.1.1
-google-auth==2.3.0
-google-cloud-core==2.1.0
-google-cloud-storage==1.42.3
+funcy==1.17
+google-api-core==2.4.0
+google-auth==2.3.3
+google-cloud-core==2.2.2
+google-cloud-storage==2.1.0
 google-crc32c==1.3.0
-google-resumable-media==2.0.3
-googleapis-common-protos==1.53.0
+google-resumable-media==2.1.0
+googleapis-common-protos==1.54.0
 gprof2dot==2021.2.21
 greenlet==1.1.2
 idna==3.3
-Jinja2==3.0.2
+importlib-metadata==4.10.1
+Jinja2==3.0.3
 jmespath==0.10.0
-Markdown==3.3.4
+Markdown==3.3.6
 MarkupSafe==2.0.1
 mccabe==0.6.1
 minio==6.0.2
-prometheus-client==0.11.0
-protobuf==3.19.0
-psycopg2-binary==2.9.1
+packaging==21.3
+prometheus-client==0.12.0
+protobuf==3.19.3
+psycopg2-binary==2.9.3
 pyasn1==0.4.8
 pyasn1-modules==0.2.8
 pycodestyle==2.8.0
 pyflakes==2.4.0
-Pygments==2.10.0
+Pygments==2.11.2
+pyparsing==3.0.7
 python-dateutil==2.8.2
 python-json-logger==2.0.2
 pytz==2021.3
-redis==3.5.3
-requests==2.26.0
-rsa==4.7.2
+redis==4.1.1
+requests==2.27.1
+rsa==4.8
 s3transfer==0.5.0
-sentry-sdk==1.4.3
+sentry-sdk==1.5.3
 six==1.16.0
-SQLAlchemy==1.4.26
+SQLAlchemy==1.4.31
 sqlparse==0.4.2
 tblib==1.7.0
 toml==0.10.2
-urllib3==1.26.7
+urllib3==1.26.8
 uWSGI==2.0.20
+wrapt==1.13.3
+zipp==3.7.0
diff --git a/scripts/deployment/ui.Dockerfile b/scripts/deployment/ui.Dockerfile
index 2b0e8b583..95fc1049f 100644
--- a/scripts/deployment/ui.Dockerfile
+++ b/scripts/deployment/ui.Dockerfile
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ RUN /tmp/setup_revision.sh
 ## using node image to build react app
 ################################################################################
 
-FROM node:lts-alpine AS app_node
+FROM node:14-alpine AS app_node
 
 ## set up container
 WORKDIR /assets/