diff --git a/.github/workflows/external_trigger.yml b/.github/workflows/external_trigger.yml
index 54d6672..9c70000 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/external_trigger.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/external_trigger.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "> [!NOTE]" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
           echo "> External trigger running off of alpine322 branch. To disable this trigger, add \`python_alpine322\` into the Github organizational variable \`SKIP_EXTERNAL_TRIGGER\`." >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
           printf "\n## Retrieving external version\n\n" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-          EXT_RELEASE=$(echo 3.13.11)
+          EXT_RELEASE=$(curl -u ${{ secrets.CR_USER }}:${{ secrets.CR_PAT }} -sX GET https://api.github.com/repos/python/cpython/tags | jq -r '.[] | select(.name | contains("rc") or contains("a") or contains("b") | not) | .name' | sed 's|^v||g' | sort -rV | head -1)
           echo "Type is \`custom_version_command\`" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
           if grep -q "^python_alpine322_${EXT_RELEASE}" <<< "${SKIP_EXTERNAL_TRIGGER}"; then
             echo "> [!WARNING]" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
index 7600f1c..3a07a2c 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ pipeline {
       steps{
         script{
           env.EXT_RELEASE = sh(
-            script: ''' echo 3.13.11 ''',
+            script: ''' curl -sX GET https://api.github.com/repos/python/cpython/tags | jq -r '.[] | select(.name | contains("rc") or contains("a") or contains("b") | not) | .name' | sed 's|^v||g' | sort -rV | head -1 ''',
             returnStdout: true).trim()
             env.RELEASE_LINK = 'custom_command'
         }
diff --git a/jenkins-vars.yml b/jenkins-vars.yml
index 66cf2fa..696b694 100644
--- a/jenkins-vars.yml
+++ b/jenkins-vars.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # jenkins variables
 project_name: docker-python
 external_type: na
-custom_version_command: "echo 3.13.11"
+custom_version_command: "curl -sX GET https://api.github.com/repos/python/cpython/tags | jq -r '.[] | select(.name | contains(\"rc\") or contains(\"a\") or contains(\"b\") | not) | .name' | sed 's|^v||g' | sort -rV | head -1"
 release_type: stable
 release_tag: alpine322
 ls_branch: alpine322
diff --git a/patches/gh-126156-Improve-performance-of-creating-Morsel-obj.patch b/patches/gh-126156-Improve-performance-of-creating-Morsel-obj.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index d80cc33..0000000
--- a/patches/gh-126156-Improve-performance-of-creating-Morsel-obj.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-From dd3c0fa3fd2795326dae0e0ed63c668f5506cf32 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: "J. Nick Koston" <nick@koston.org>
-Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 14:05:40 -0500
-Subject: [PATCH] gh-126156: Improve performance of creating `Morsel` objects
- (#126157)
-
-Replaces the manually constructed loop with a call to `dict.update`
----
- Lib/http/cookies.py                                          | 5 +++--
- .../Library/2024-10-30-00-12-22.gh-issue-126156.BOSqv0.rst   | 1 +
- 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
- create mode 100644 Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-10-30-00-12-22.gh-issue-126156.BOSqv0.rst
-
-diff --git a/Lib/http/cookies.py b/Lib/http/cookies.py
-index 6b9ed24ad8e..d7e8d08b2d9 100644
---- a/Lib/http/cookies.py
-+++ b/Lib/http/cookies.py
-@@ -266,6 +266,8 @@ class Morsel(dict):
-         "samesite" : "SameSite",
-     }
- 
-+    _reserved_defaults = dict.fromkeys(_reserved, "")
-+
-     _flags = {'secure', 'httponly'}
- 
-     def __init__(self):
-@@ -273,8 +275,7 @@ def __init__(self):
-         self._key = self._value = self._coded_value = None
- 
-         # Set default attributes
--        for key in self._reserved:
--            dict.__setitem__(self, key, "")
-+        dict.update(self, self._reserved_defaults)
- 
-     @property
-     def key(self):
--- 
-2.39.3 (Apple Git-145)
diff --git a/patches/musl-skip_failing_tests.patch b/patches/musl-skip_failing_tests.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ab19aab..0000000
--- a/patches/musl-skip_failing_tests.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-From c4355fe059aad95122cae9747ec9e34b934a2a3a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: =?UTF-8?q?Jan=20=C4=8Cerm=C3=A1k?= <sairon@sairon.cz>
-Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2025 13:20:37 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] Skip test_re tests failing on musl
-
----
- Lib/test/test_re.py | 6 +++---
- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/Lib/test/test_re.py b/Lib/test/test_re.py
-index 813cb4a..0b5877a 100644
---- a/Lib/test/test_re.py
-+++ b/Lib/test/test_re.py
-@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
- from test.support import (gc_collect, bigmemtest, _2G,
-                           cpython_only, captured_stdout,
--                          check_disallow_instantiation, is_emscripten, is_wasi,
-+                          check_disallow_instantiation, is_emscripten, is_wasi, linked_to_musl,
-                           warnings_helper, SHORT_TIMEOUT, CPUStopwatch, requires_resource)
- import locale
- import re
-@@ -2177,7 +2177,7 @@ class ReTests(unittest.TestCase):
-         self.assertEqual(re.fullmatch('[a-c]+', 'ABC', re.I).span(), (0, 3))
- 
-     @unittest.skipIf(
--        is_emscripten or is_wasi,
-+        is_emscripten or is_wasi or linked_to_musl,
-         "musl libc issue on Emscripten/WASI, bpo-46390"
-     )
-     def test_locale_caching(self):
-@@ -2217,7 +2217,7 @@ class ReTests(unittest.TestCase):
-         self.assertIsNone(re.match(b'(?Li)\xe5', b'\xc5'))
- 
-     @unittest.skipIf(
--        is_emscripten or is_wasi,
-+        is_emscripten or is_wasi or linked_to_musl,
-         "musl libc issue on Emscripten/WASI, bpo-46390"
-     )
-     def test_locale_compiled(self):