diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 3aaa1dc9f3..33f727e1e0 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -36,10 +36,15 @@ ext {
     postgresContainerVersionMigration = '15.8'
     postgresContainerVersionCurrent = '16.9'
 
-    // Docker Variables
+    // All variables that start with 'dockerBuildParam+' will all be passed to the 'docker build' command
+    dockerBuildParam_BASEIMAGE_HUB_DOCKER_COMMON = 'blackducksoftware/hub-docker-common:1.0.7'
+    dockerBuildParam_BASEIMAGE_BLACKDUCK_ALERT = 'alpine:3.20'
+    dockerBuildParam_BASEIMAGE_BLACKDUCK_ALERT_DB_MIGRATION = 'postgres:' + postgresContainerVersionMigration + '-alpine'
+    dockerBuildParam_BASEIMAGE_BLACKDUCK_ALERT_DB = 'postgres:' + postgresContainerVersionCurrent + '-alpine'
     dockerBuildParam_POSTGRES_MIGRATION_VERSION = postgresContainerVersionMigration
-    dockerBuildParam_POSTGRESIMAGEVERSION_MIGRATION = 'postgres:' + postgresContainerVersionMigration + '-alpine'
-    dockerBuildParam_POSTGRESIMAGEVERSION = 'postgres:' + postgresContainerVersionCurrent + '-alpine'
+    dockerBuildParam_BASEIMAGE_BLACKDUCK_ALERT_RABBITMQ = 'rabbitmq:3.13-alpine'
+
+    // General Docker Variables
     dockerStagingDirectory = project.buildDir.toString() + '/docker-staging'
     baseDockerDirectory = project.projectDir.toString() + '/docker'
     dockerCleanStagingAreaDirectoryStageName = 'dockerCleanStagingAreaDirectory'
diff --git a/buildSrc/docker.gradle b/buildSrc/docker.gradle
index 19262da215..535e51e5c9 100644
--- a/buildSrc/docker.gradle
+++ b/buildSrc/docker.gradle
@@ -10,21 +10,26 @@ String dockerPublishAllImages_DH = rootProject.ext.dockerPublishAllImages_DHStag
 String dockerPublishAllImages_ART = rootProject.ext.dockerPublishAllImages_ARTStageName
 String dockerPublishAllImages = rootProject.ext.dockerPublishAllImagesStageName
 
-ext.createDockerRemoveTask = { removeTaskName, removeGroupName, removeImageName, primaryDependencyTaskName ->
-    project.tasks.create(name: removeTaskName, type: Exec, group: removeGroupName, description: "Docker remove tagged Artifactory image. <sub-task>") {
+ext.createDockerRemoveTask = { removeTaskName, removeGroupName, removeImageNames, primaryDependencyTaskName ->
+    project.tasks.create(name: removeTaskName, type: Exec, group: removeGroupName, description: "Docker remove tagged Docker images. <sub-task>") {
         outputs.upToDateWhen { false }
 
         ignoreExitValue = true
         errorOutput = new ByteArrayOutputStream()
 
-        commandLine 'docker', 'image', 'rm', removeImageName
+        def imageList = removeImageNames as List<String>
+        def command = ['docker', 'image', 'rm']
+        command.addAll(imageList)
+
+        logger.lifecycle("Pre-removing the following images: " + imageList)
+        commandLine command
 
         doLast {
             String stdErr = errorOutput.toString()
 
             if (stdErr?.trim() && !stdErr.contains("Deleted: ")) {
                 if (stdErr.contains("No such image")) {
-                    logger.lifecycle("Image does not exist, continuing.")
+                    logger.lifecycle("One or more images did not need to be removed, continuing.")
                 } else {
                     throw new GradleException("${stdErr}")
                 }
@@ -102,10 +107,26 @@ dockerImagesToBuild.each { imageName ->
         imageTaskNameSuffix += token.substring(0, 1).toUpperCase() + token.substring(1).toLowerCase()
     }
 
+    // Identify base images that should be pre-removed
+    def imageNamesToRemove = []
+    imageNamesToRemove.add(fullDockerImageName)
+
+    def dockerfile = new File(baseDockerDirectory + '/' + imageName + '/Dockerfile')
+    dockerfile.eachLine { line ->
+        def matcher = line =~ /^FROM\s+\$\{?([^}]+)\}?/
+        if (matcher.find()) {
+            def gradlePropertyName = "dockerBuildParam_${matcher.group(1)}".toString()
+            if (!rootProject.ext.properties.containsKey(gradlePropertyName)) {
+                throw new GradleException("Missing Gradle property: ${gradlePropertyName}")
+            }
+            imageNamesToRemove << rootProject.ext.properties[gradlePropertyName]
+        }
+    }
+
     String dockerImageRemoveTaskName = "dockerRemove${imageTaskNameSuffix}"
     String dockerImageBuildTaskName = "dockerBuild${imageTaskNameSuffix}"
 
-    ext.createDockerRemoveTask(dockerImageRemoveTaskName, 'Docker', fullDockerImageName, dockerRemoveAllImages)
+    ext.createDockerRemoveTask(dockerImageRemoveTaskName, 'Docker', imageNamesToRemove, dockerRemoveAllImages)
 
     project.tasks.create(name: dockerImageBuildTaskName, type: Exec, dependsOn: [dockerSetupStagingAreaDirectory], group: 'Docker', description: "Build docker image. <sub-task>") {
         outputs.upToDateWhen { false }
@@ -202,5 +223,5 @@ dockerImagesToBuild.each { imageName ->
     }
     project.tasks.findByName(dockerPublishAllImages_ART).dependsOn project.tasks.findByName(dockerImagePublishARTTaskName)
 
-    ext.createDockerRemoveTask(dockerImageRemoveTagARTaskName, 'Docker_Artifactory', artifactoryDockerImageName, dockerRemoveAllImages)
+    ext.createDockerRemoveTask(dockerImageRemoveTagARTaskName, 'Docker_Artifactory', [artifactoryDockerImageName], dockerRemoveAllImages)
 }
diff --git a/docker/blackduck-alert-db/Dockerfile b/docker/blackduck-alert-db/Dockerfile
index 61dab8c2bd..5c44289800 100644
--- a/docker/blackduck-alert-db/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/blackduck-alert-db/Dockerfile
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
-# The ARG for the FROM image comes from Gradle. It is based off of postgresContainerVersion,
+# The ARG's for the FROM images come from Gradle. Base image variables are set in the root build.gradle,
 # and used in buildSrc/docker.gradle
-ARG POSTGRESIMAGEVERSION_MIGRATION="default"
-ARG POSTGRESIMAGEVERSION="default"
+ARG BASEIMAGE_BLACKDUCK_ALERT_DB_MIGRATION="default"
+ARG BASEIMAGE_BLACKDUCK_ALERT_DB="default"
 
-FROM ${POSTGRESIMAGEVERSION_MIGRATION} AS old
-
-FROM ${POSTGRESIMAGEVERSION}
+FROM ${BASEIMAGE_BLACKDUCK_ALERT_DB_MIGRATION} AS old
+FROM ${BASEIMAGE_BLACKDUCK_ALERT_DB}
 
 ARG VERSION
 ARG COMMITHASH
diff --git a/docker/blackduck-alert-rabbitmq/Dockerfile b/docker/blackduck-alert-rabbitmq/Dockerfile
index 855cda0f87..511536c3f1 100644
--- a/docker/blackduck-alert-rabbitmq/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/blackduck-alert-rabbitmq/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
-FROM blackducksoftware/hub-docker-common:1.0.7 AS docker-common
-FROM rabbitmq:3.13-alpine
+# The ARG's for the FROM images come from Gradle. Base image variables are set in the root build.gradle,
+# and used in buildSrc/docker.gradle
+ARG BASEIMAGE_HUB_DOCKER_COMMON="default"
+ARG BASEIMAGE_BLACKDUCK_ALERT_RABBITMQ="default"
+
+FROM ${BASEIMAGE_HUB_DOCKER_COMMON} AS docker-common
+FROM ${BASEIMAGE_BLACKDUCK_ALERT_RABBITMQ}
 
 ARG VERSION
 ARG COMMITHASH
diff --git a/docker/blackduck-alert/Dockerfile b/docker/blackduck-alert/Dockerfile
index d0766a56a5..be262cccf0 100644
--- a/docker/blackduck-alert/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/blackduck-alert/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
-FROM blackducksoftware/hub-docker-common:1.0.7 AS docker-common
-FROM alpine:3.20
+# The ARG's for the FROM images come from Gradle. Base image variables are set in the root build.gradle,
+# and used in buildSrc/docker.gradle
+ARG BASEIMAGE_HUB_DOCKER_COMMON="default"
+ARG BASEIMAGE_BLACKDUCK_ALERT="default"
+
+FROM ${BASEIMAGE_HUB_DOCKER_COMMON} AS docker-common
+FROM ${BASEIMAGE_BLACKDUCK_ALERT}
 
 ARG VERSION
 ARG COMMITHASH