diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 4c7c788..01afbff 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Set default values for build arguments
-ARG DEFRA_VERSION=3.0.4
+ARG DEFRA_VERSION=3.0.5
 ARG BASE_VERSION=24.14.0-alpine3.23
 
 FROM node:$BASE_VERSION AS production
diff --git a/JOB.env b/JOB.env
index f297853..6d8db91 100644
--- a/JOB.env
+++ b/JOB.env
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-DEFRA_VERSION=3.0.4
+DEFRA_VERSION=3.0.5
 IMAGE_NAME=node
diff --git a/examples/Dockerfile.service b/examples/Dockerfile.service
index 13a5265..bc03631 100644
--- a/examples/Dockerfile.service
+++ b/examples/Dockerfile.service
@@ -1,14 +1,9 @@
 # This assumes that the parent image has been built locally using production and development build configuration as defra-node 
 # and defra-node-development tagged with a version.
 
-ARG BASE_VERSION=2.7.0-node22.14.0
+ARG BASE_VERSION=3.0.4-node24.14.0
 FROM defra-node:$BASE_VERSION AS base
 
-# Copy our package files so that our package install will do a clean install. This installs the exact versions of the packages
-#   listed in package-lock.json, and does not update either the package-lock.json or the package.json file.
-# Our production dependencies are now installed.
-COPY --chown=node:node package*.json ./
-RUN npm ci --ignore-scripts
 
 # Development stage installs devDependencies, builds app from source and declares a file watcher as the default command.
 #   We name this stage so we can refer to it in later stages
@@ -39,7 +34,14 @@ CMD [ "npm", "run", "test" ]
 # Production stage exposes service port, copies in built app code and declares the Node app as the default command
 FROM base AS production
 
+# Copy application artifacts and assign root ownership to prevent modification by other users.
+COPY --from=development --chown=root:root /home/node/package*.json ./
+COPY --from=development --chown=root:root /home/node/app/ ./app/
+
+# Install node modules and remove write permissions.
+RUN npm ci --ignore-scripts --omit=dev && chmod -R a-w /home/node
+
 # This is the command that is run for the production service. The parent image has an ENTRYPOINT that uses a lightweight
-#   init program "tini" that handles signals. As long as we don't override the ENTRYPOINT the "tini" routine will handle signals and
-#   orphaned processes
+# init program "tini" that handles signals. As long as we don't override the ENTRYPOINT the "tini" routine will handle signals and
+# orphaned processes
 CMD [ "node", "app/index" ]
diff --git a/examples/Dockerfile.web b/examples/Dockerfile.web
index 8664309..b7cd987 100644
--- a/examples/Dockerfile.web
+++ b/examples/Dockerfile.web
@@ -1,19 +1,13 @@
 # This assumes that the parent image has been built locally using production and development build configuration as defra-node 
 # and defra-node-development tagged with a version.
 
-ARG BASE_VERSION=2.5.2-node22.14.0
+ARG BASE_VERSION=3.0.4-node24.14.0
 FROM defra-node:$BASE_VERSION AS base
 
 # Set the port that is going to be exposed later on in the Dockerfile as well.
 ARG PORT=3000
 ENV PORT=${PORT}
 
-# Copy our package files so that our package install will do a clean install. This installs the exact versions of the packages
-#   listed in package-lock.json, and does not update either the package-lock.json or the package.json file.
-# Our production dependencies are now installed.
-COPY --chown=node:node package*.json ./
-RUN npm ci --ignore-scripts
-
 # Development stage installs devDependencies, builds app from source and declares a file watcher as the default command.
 #   We name this stage so we can refer to it in later stages
 FROM defra-node-development:$BASE_VERSION AS development
@@ -53,10 +47,14 @@ WORKDIR /home/node
 EXPOSE ${PORT}
 
 # Copy in the files that we built using the tools in the development stage. The final production stage will have the built files,
-#   but none of the tools required to build those files. This reduces the attack surface, and also the size of the final production image
-COPY --from=development /home/node/app/ ./app/
+# but none of the tools required to build those files. This reduces the attack surface, and also the size of the final production image
+COPY --from=development --chown=root:root /home/node/package*.json ./
+COPY --from=development --chown=root:root /home/node/app/ ./app/
+
+# Install node modules and remove write permissions.
+RUN npm ci --ignore-scripts --omit=dev && chmod -R a-w /home/node
 
 # This is the command that is run for the production service. The parent image has an ENTRYPOINT that uses a lightweight
-#   init program "tini" that handles signals. As long as we don't override the ENTRYPOINT the "tini" routine will handle signals and
-#   orphaned processes
+# init program "tini" that handles signals. As long as we don't override the ENTRYPOINT the "tini" routine will handle signals and
+# orphaned processes
 CMD [ "node", "app/index" ]