diff --git a/examples/Dockerfile.service b/examples/Dockerfile.service
index 13a5265..4ac1c54 100644
--- a/examples/Dockerfile.service
+++ b/examples/Dockerfile.service
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # 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=2.10.3-node24.12.0
 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
@@ -39,7 +39,14 @@ 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..a6d3b5e 100644
--- a/examples/Dockerfile.web
+++ b/examples/Dockerfile.web
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # 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=2.10.3-node24.12.0
 FROM defra-node:$BASE_VERSION AS base
 
 # Set the port that is going to be exposed later on in the Dockerfile as well.
@@ -53,10 +53,14 @@ 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" ]