diff --git a/.azure-pipelines/build-sairedis-template.yml b/.azure-pipelines/build-sairedis-template.yml
index b37d2fa44..b57eb9dec 100644
--- a/.azure-pipelines/build-sairedis-template.yml
+++ b/.azure-pipelines/build-sairedis-template.yml
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ jobs:
       set -ex
       sudo apt-get update
       sudo apt-get install -qq -y \
-        qtbase5-dev \
         libdbus-glib-1-dev \
         libpcsclite-dev \
         docbook-to-man \
diff --git a/.azure-pipelines/build-template.yml b/.azure-pipelines/build-template.yml
index d1813c23a..a4b607efe 100644
--- a/.azure-pipelines/build-template.yml
+++ b/.azure-pipelines/build-template.yml
@@ -98,16 +98,6 @@ jobs:
       mv ../*.deb .
     displayName: "Compile sonic swss common with coverage enabled"
   - ${{ if eq(parameters.run_unit_test, true) }}:
-    - script: |
-        set -ex
-        git clone https://github.com/gcovr/gcovr.git
-        cd gcovr/
-        git checkout 5.2
-        sudo pip3 install setuptools
-        sudo python3 setup.py install
-        cd ..
-        sudo rm -rf gcovr
-      displayName: "Install gcovr 5.2 (for --exclude-throw-branches support)"
     - script: |
         set -ex
         sudo pip install Pympler==0.8 pytest
@@ -142,9 +132,9 @@ jobs:
         set -ex
         # Install .NET CORE
         curl -sSL https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | sudo apt-key add -
-        sudo apt-add-repository https://packages.microsoft.com/debian/11/prod
+        sudo apt-add-repository https://packages.microsoft.com/debian/12/prod
         sudo apt-get update
-        sudo apt-get install -y dotnet-sdk-6.0
+        sudo apt-get install -y dotnet-sdk-8.0
       displayName: "Install .NET CORE"
     - task: PublishCodeCoverageResults@1
       inputs:
diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index f5f233262..6dbbd8157 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ resources:
 parameters:
   - name: debian_version
     type: string
-    default: bullseye
+    default: bookworm
 variables:
   - name: BUILD_BRANCH
     ${{ if eq(variables['Build.Reason'], 'PullRequest') }}:
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ stages:
         sudo apt-get update
         sudo apt-get install -y make libtool m4 autoconf dh-exec debhelper cmake pkg-config nlohmann-json3-dev \
                          libhiredis-dev libnl-3-dev libnl-genl-3-dev libnl-route-3-dev libnl-nf-3-dev swig3.0 \
-                         libpython2.7-dev libboost-dev libboost-serialization-dev uuid-dev libzmq5 libzmq3-dev
+                         libpython2.7-dev libboost-dev libboost-serialization-dev uuid-dev libzmq3-dev
         sudo apt-get install -y sudo
         sudo apt-get install -y redis-server redis-tools
         sudo apt-get install -y python3-pip
@@ -88,6 +88,42 @@ stages:
       artifact: sonic-swss-common.amd64.ubuntu20_04
       displayName: "Archive swss common debian packages"
 
+  - job:
+    displayName: "amd64/ubuntu-22.04"
+    pool:
+      vmImage: 'ubuntu-22.04'
+
+    steps:
+    - script: |
+        sudo apt-get update
+        sudo apt-get install -y make libtool m4 autoconf dh-exec debhelper cmake pkg-config nlohmann-json3-dev \
+                         libhiredis-dev libnl-3-dev libnl-genl-3-dev libnl-route-3-dev libnl-nf-3-dev swig4.0 \
+                         libpython3-dev libboost-dev libboost-serialization-dev uuid-dev libzmq3-dev
+        sudo apt-get install -y sudo
+        sudo apt-get install -y redis-server redis-tools
+        sudo apt-get install -y python3-pip
+        sudo pip3 install pytest
+        sudo apt-get install -y python
+        sudo apt-get install cmake libgtest-dev libgmock-dev libyang-dev
+        cd /usr/src/gtest && sudo cmake . && sudo make
+        ARCH=$(dpkg --print-architecture)
+        set -x
+        sudo curl -fsSL -o /usr/local/bin/bazel \
+            https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazelisk/releases/latest/download/bazelisk-linux-${ARCH}
+        sudo chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/bazel
+      displayName: "Install dependencies"
+    - script: |
+        ./autogen.sh
+        dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -us -uc -Pnopython2 -b -j$(nproc) && cp ../*.deb .
+      displayName: "Compile sonic swss common"
+    - script: |
+        bazel build //...
+        bazel test //...
+      displayName: "Compile and test all Bazel targets"
+    - publish: $(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/
+      artifact: sonic-swss-common.amd64.ubuntu22_04
+      displayName: "Archive swss common debian packages"
+
   - template: .azure-pipelines/build-template.yml
     parameters:
       arch: amd64
@@ -119,35 +155,6 @@ stages:
       artifact_name: sonic-swss-common.arm64
       debian_version: ${{ parameters.debian_version }}
 
-- stage: BuildBookworm
-  dependsOn: BuildArm
-  condition: succeeded('BuildArm')
-  jobs:
-  - template: .azure-pipelines/build-template.yml
-    parameters:
-      arch: amd64
-      sonic_slave: sonic-slave-bookworm:$(BUILD_BRANCH)
-      artifact_name: sonic-swss-common-bookworm
-      debian_version: ${{ parameters.debian_version }}
-
-  - template: .azure-pipelines/build-template.yml
-    parameters:
-      arch: armhf
-      timeout: 180
-      pool: sonicbld-armhf
-      sonic_slave: sonic-slave-bookworm-armhf:$(BUILD_BRANCH)
-      artifact_name: sonic-swss-common-bookworm.armhf
-      debian_version: ${{ parameters.debian_version }}
-
-  - template: .azure-pipelines/build-template.yml
-    parameters:
-      arch: arm64
-      timeout: 180
-      pool: sonicbld-arm64
-      sonic_slave: sonic-slave-bookworm-arm64:$(BUILD_BRANCH)
-      artifact_name: sonic-swss-common-bookworm.arm64
-      debian_version: ${{ parameters.debian_version }}
-
 - stage: BuildSairedis
   dependsOn: Build
   condition: succeeded('Build')
diff --git a/goext/Makefile b/goext/Makefile
index 50beb76dc..76fddb7f5 100644
--- a/goext/Makefile
+++ b/goext/Makefile
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ all:
 	$(SWIG) $(SWIG_FLAG) -I/usr/include/swss/ swsscommon.i
 
 check:
+	$(GO) mod init goext
 	sudo CGO_LDFLAGS="$(CGO_LDFLAGS)" CGO_CXXFLAGS="$(CGO_CXXFLAGS)" $(GO) test
 
 clean: