diff --git a/components/diagnostics/diagnose_me/component.py b/components/diagnostics/diagnose_me/component.py
index 79c46546e09..a8a2db99d41 100644
--- a/components/diagnostics/diagnose_me/component.py
+++ b/components/diagnostics/diagnose_me/component.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ def run_diagnose_me(
           HALT_ON_ERROR flag is set.
       """
 
-    # Installing pip3 and kfp, since the base image 'google/cloud-sdk:276.0.0'
+    # Installing pip3 and kfp, since the base image 'google/cloud-sdk:279.0.0'
     # does not come with pip3 pre-installed.
     import subprocess
     subprocess.run(
@@ -157,6 +157,6 @@ def run_diagnose_me(
 
     comp.func_to_container_op(
         run_diagnose_me,
-        base_image='google/cloud-sdk:276.0.0',
+        base_image='google/cloud-sdk:279.0.0',
         output_component_file='component.yaml',
     )
diff --git a/components/diagnostics/diagnose_me/component.yaml b/components/diagnostics/diagnose_me/component.yaml
index d9892d2e4b7..a22f72c5451 100644
--- a/components/diagnostics/diagnose_me/component.yaml
+++ b/components/diagnostics/diagnose_me/component.yaml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ implementation:
                 HALT_ON_ERROR flag is set.
             """
 
-          # Installing pip3 and kfp, since the base image 'google/cloud-sdk:276.0.0'
+          # Installing pip3 and kfp, since the base image 'google/cloud-sdk:279.0.0'
           # does not come with pip3 pre-installed.
           import subprocess
           subprocess.run(
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ implementation:
     - '----output-paths'
     - {outputPath: bucket}
     - {outputPath: project_id}
-    image: google/cloud-sdk:276.0.0
+    image: google/cloud-sdk:279.0.0
 description: |-
   Performs environment verification specific to this pipeline.
 
@@ -215,4 +215,4 @@ inputs:
 - {name: bucket, type: String}
 - {name: execution_mode, type: String}
 - {name: project_id, type: String}
-- {name: target_apis, type: String}
\ No newline at end of file
+- {name: target_apis, type: String}
diff --git a/samples/core/exit_handler/exit_handler.py b/samples/core/exit_handler/exit_handler.py
index 9c2b04c84a7..20ac35fde49 100755
--- a/samples/core/exit_handler/exit_handler.py
+++ b/samples/core/exit_handler/exit_handler.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 def gcs_download_op(url):
     return dsl.ContainerOp(
         name='GCS - Download',
-        image='google/cloud-sdk:272.0.0',
+        image='google/cloud-sdk:279.0.0',
         command=['sh', '-c'],
         arguments=['gsutil cat $0 | tee $1', url, '/tmp/results.txt'],
         file_outputs={
diff --git a/samples/core/kfp_env_validation/kfp_env_validation.ipynb b/samples/core/kfp_env_validation/kfp_env_validation.ipynb
index 2d082b6666c..a916bca5009 100644
--- a/samples/core/kfp_env_validation/kfp_env_validation.ipynb
+++ b/samples/core/kfp_env_validation/kfp_env_validation.ipynb
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
     "        RuntimeError: If gcp credentials are not configured correctly\n",
     "    \"\"\"\n",
     " \n",
-    "    # Installing pip3 and kfp, since the base image 'google/cloud-sdk:276.0.0' does not come with pip3 pre-installed.\n",
+    "    # Installing pip3 and kfp, since the base image 'google/cloud-sdk:279.0.0' does not come with pip3 pre-installed.\n",
     "    import subprocess\n",
     "    subprocess.run(\n",
     "      ['curl', 'https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py', '-o', 'get-pip.py'],\n",
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
     "        RuntimeError: If gcp credentials are not configured correctly\n",
     "    \"\"\"\n",
     "\n",
-    "    # Installing pip3 and kfp, since the base image 'google/cloud-sdk:276.0.0' does not come with pip3 pre-installed.\n",
+    "    # Installing pip3 and kfp, since the base image 'google/cloud-sdk:279.0.0' does not come with pip3 pre-installed.\n",
     "    import subprocess\n",
     "    subprocess.run(\n",
     "      ['curl', 'https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py', '-o', 'get-pip.py'],\n",
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
     "        RuntimeError: If gcp credentials are not configured correctly\n",
     "    \"\"\"\n",
     "\n",
-    "    # Installing pip3 and kfp, since the base image 'google/cloud-sdk:276.0.0' does not come with pip3 pre-installed.\n",
+    "    # Installing pip3 and kfp, since the base image 'google/cloud-sdk:279.0.0' does not come with pip3 pre-installed.\n",
     "    import subprocess\n",
     "    subprocess.run(\n",
     "      ['curl', 'https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py', '-o', 'get-pip.py'],\n",
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@
     "        have proper privilege to access the API status. \n",
     "    \"\"\"\n",
     "    \n",
-    "    # Installing pip3 and kfp, since the base image 'google/cloud-sdk:276.0.0' does not come with pip3 pre-installed.\n",
+    "    # Installing pip3 and kfp, since the base image 'google/cloud-sdk:279.0.0' does not come with pip3 pre-installed.\n",
     "    import subprocess\n",
     "    subprocess.run(['curl','https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py','-o','get-pip.py'], capture_output=True)\n",
     "    subprocess.run(['apt-get', 'install', 'python3-distutils','--yes'], capture_output=True)\n",
@@ -274,17 +274,17 @@
     "import kfp.components as comp\n",
     "\n",
     "run_diagnose_me_op = comp.func_to_container_op(\n",
-    "    run_diagnose_me, base_image='google/cloud-sdk:276.0.0')\n",
+    "    run_diagnose_me, base_image='google/cloud-sdk:279.0.0')\n",
     "\n",
     "verify_gcp_credentials_op = comp.func_to_container_op(\n",
-    "    verify_gcp_credentials, base_image='google/cloud-sdk:276.0.0')\n",
+    "    verify_gcp_credentials, base_image='google/cloud-sdk:279.0.0')\n",
     "\n",
     "print_scopes_op = comp.func_to_container_op(\n",
-    "    print_scopes, base_image='google/cloud-sdk:276.0.0')\n",
+    "    print_scopes, base_image='google/cloud-sdk:279.0.0')\n",
     "\n",
     "\n",
     "verify_gcp_apis_op = comp.func_to_container_op(\n",
-    "    verfiy_gcp_apis, base_image='google/cloud-sdk:276.0.0')"
+    "    verfiy_gcp_apis, base_image='google/cloud-sdk:279.0.0')"
    ]
   },
   {
diff --git a/samples/core/parallel_join/parallel_join.py b/samples/core/parallel_join/parallel_join.py
index dc061e8f174..1247d6d6e34 100755
--- a/samples/core/parallel_join/parallel_join.py
+++ b/samples/core/parallel_join/parallel_join.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 def gcs_download_op(url):
     return dsl.ContainerOp(
         name='GCS - Download',
-        image='google/cloud-sdk:272.0.0',
+        image='google/cloud-sdk:279.0.0',
         command=['sh', '-c'],
         arguments=['gsutil cat $0 | tee $1', url, '/tmp/results.txt'],
         file_outputs={
diff --git a/samples/core/secret/secret.py b/samples/core/secret/secret.py
index ab611f712b5..634d5c9cf79 100644
--- a/samples/core/secret/secret.py
+++ b/samples/core/secret/secret.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 def gcs_read_op(url):
   return dsl.ContainerOp(
       name='Access GCS using auth token',
-      image='google/cloud-sdk:272.0.0',
+      image='google/cloud-sdk:279.0.0',
       command=['sh', '-c'],
       arguments=[
         'gsutil ls "$0" && echo "$1"',
@@ -34,11 +34,11 @@ def gcs_read_op(url):
 def use_gcp_api_op():
     return dsl.ContainerOp(
         name='Using Google Cloud APIs with Auth',
-        image='google/cloud-sdk:272.0.0',
+        image='google/cloud-sdk:279.0.0',
         command=[
             'sh', '-c',
-            'pip install google-cloud-storage && "$0" "$*"',
-            'python', '-c', '''
+            'pip3 install google-cloud-storage && "$0" "$*"',
+            'python3', '-c', '''
 from google.cloud import storage
 storage_client = storage.Client()
 buckets = storage_client.list_buckets()
diff --git a/samples/core/sequential/sequential.py b/samples/core/sequential/sequential.py
index 36b5d3edb86..75c211de6ba 100755
--- a/samples/core/sequential/sequential.py
+++ b/samples/core/sequential/sequential.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 def gcs_download_op(url):
     return dsl.ContainerOp(
         name='GCS - Download',
-        image='google/cloud-sdk:272.0.0',
+        image='google/cloud-sdk:279.0.0',
         command=['sh', '-c'],
         arguments=['gsutil cat $0 | tee $1', url, '/tmp/results.txt'],
         file_outputs={
diff --git a/samples/core/volume_snapshot_ops/volume_snapshot_ops.py b/samples/core/volume_snapshot_ops/volume_snapshot_ops.py
index 5fc2f811266..83305e26258 100644
--- a/samples/core/volume_snapshot_ops/volume_snapshot_ops.py
+++ b/samples/core/volume_snapshot_ops/volume_snapshot_ops.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ def volume_snapshotop_sequential(url):
 
     step1 = dsl.ContainerOp(
         name="step1_ingest",
-        image="google/cloud-sdk:272.0.0",
+        image="google/cloud-sdk:279.0.0",
         command=["sh", "-c"],
         arguments=["mkdir /data/step1 && "
                    "gsutil cat %s | gzip -c >/data/step1/file1.gz" % url],
diff --git a/sdk/python/tests/compiler/testdata/volume_snapshotop_sequential.py b/sdk/python/tests/compiler/testdata/volume_snapshotop_sequential.py
index ca0173a06da..76eeae47ea5 100644
--- a/sdk/python/tests/compiler/testdata/volume_snapshotop_sequential.py
+++ b/sdk/python/tests/compiler/testdata/volume_snapshotop_sequential.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ def volume_snapshotop_sequential(url):
 
     step1 = dsl.ContainerOp(
         name="step1_ingest",
-        image="google/cloud-sdk:272.0.0",
+        image="google/cloud-sdk:279.0.0",
         command=["sh", "-c"],
         arguments=["mkdir /data/step1 && "
                    "gsutil cat %s | gzip -c >/data/step1/file1.gz" % url],
diff --git a/sdk/python/tests/compiler/testdata/volume_snapshotop_sequential.yaml b/sdk/python/tests/compiler/testdata/volume_snapshotop_sequential.yaml
index 3ad51af4893..a0d9ac8f2ab 100644
--- a/sdk/python/tests/compiler/testdata/volume_snapshotop_sequential.yaml
+++ b/sdk/python/tests/compiler/testdata/volume_snapshotop_sequential.yaml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ spec:
       command:
       - sh
       - -c
-      image: google/cloud-sdk:272.0.0
+      image: google/cloud-sdk:279.0.0
       volumeMounts:
       - mountPath: /data
         name: create-volume
diff --git a/test/build_image.yaml b/test/build_image.yaml
index 223f63637cc..8c8a73bebb6 100644
--- a/test/build_image.yaml
+++ b/test/build_image.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ spec:
     parameters:
     - name: image-build-context-gcs-uri
     - name: image-builder-image
-      value: gcr.io/ml-pipeline-test/image-builder:v20191122-0.1.25-582-g7908980c
+      value: gcr.io/ml-pipeline-test/image-builder:v20200208-0.1.25-771-g4c571961
     - name: api-image
     - name: frontend-image
     - name: scheduledworkflow-image
diff --git a/test/component_test.yaml b/test/component_test.yaml
index a742a2df6c3..2930457f2c1 100644
--- a/test/component_test.yaml
+++ b/test/component_test.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ spec:
     parameters:
     - name: image-build-context-gcs-uri
     - name: image-builder-image
-      value: gcr.io/ml-pipeline-test/image-builder:v20191122-0.1.25-582-g7908980c
+      value: gcr.io/ml-pipeline-test/image-builder:v20200208-0.1.25-771-g4c571961
     - name: commit-sha
     - name: component-image-prefix
     - name: target-image-prefix
diff --git a/test/e2e_test_gke_v2.yaml b/test/e2e_test_gke_v2.yaml
index 2a86b76e0e9..3cd328140ae 100644
--- a/test/e2e_test_gke_v2.yaml
+++ b/test/e2e_test_gke_v2.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ spec:
     parameters:
     - name: image-build-context-gcs-uri
     - name: image-builder-image
-      value: gcr.io/ml-pipeline-test/image-builder:v20191122-0.1.25-582-g7908980c
+      value: gcr.io/ml-pipeline-test/image-builder:v20200208-0.1.25-771-g4c571961
     - name: target-image-prefix
     - name: test-results-gcs-dir
     - name: initialization-test-image-suffix
diff --git a/test/frontend-integration-test/Dockerfile b/test/frontend-integration-test/Dockerfile
index c416e5c1b68..81ba79f18fd 100644
--- a/test/frontend-integration-test/Dockerfile
+++ b/test/frontend-integration-test/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM gcr.io/ml-pipeline-test/selenium-standalone-chrome-gcloud-nodejs:v20190618-0.1.21-79-g2d40ae68-dirty-9d8d84
+FROM gcr.io/ml-pipeline-test/selenium-standalone-chrome-gcloud-nodejs:v20200210-0.2.2-30-g05865480-e3b0c4
 #To build this image: cd selenium-standalone-chrome-gcloud-nodejs.Docker && make push
 
 COPY --chown=seluser . /src
diff --git a/test/frontend-integration-test/selenium-standalone-chrome-gcloud-nodejs.Docker/Dockerfile b/test/frontend-integration-test/selenium-standalone-chrome-gcloud-nodejs.Docker/Dockerfile
index f4c9af50c43..92a2f4522d9 100644
--- a/test/frontend-integration-test/selenium-standalone-chrome-gcloud-nodejs.Docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/test/frontend-integration-test/selenium-standalone-chrome-gcloud-nodejs.Docker/Dockerfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ FROM selenium/standalone-chrome:3.141.59-oxygen
 
 USER root
 
-ARG CLOUD_SDK_VERSION=244.0.0
+ARG CLOUD_SDK_VERSION=279.0.0
 ENV CLOUD_SDK_VERSION=$CLOUD_SDK_VERSION
 
 ARG INSTALL_COMPONENTS=kubectl
diff --git a/test/imagebuilder/Dockerfile b/test/imagebuilder/Dockerfile
index cd9b4657ca1..2a218c4b3ef 100644
--- a/test/imagebuilder/Dockerfile
+++ b/test/imagebuilder/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # This image contains script to pull github code, build image and push to gcr
 # Available at gcr.io/ml-pipeline/image-builder
 
-FROM google/cloud-sdk
+FROM google/cloud-sdk:279.0.0
 
 COPY ./build.sh /build.sh
 RUN chmod +x /build.sh
diff --git a/test/presubmit-tests-with-pipeline-deployment.sh b/test/presubmit-tests-with-pipeline-deployment.sh
index 786074c7391..df78e11b567 100755
--- a/test/presubmit-tests-with-pipeline-deployment.sh
+++ b/test/presubmit-tests-with-pipeline-deployment.sh
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ PROJECT=ml-pipeline-test
 TEST_RESULT_BUCKET=ml-pipeline-test
 TIMEOUT_SECONDS=2700 # 45 minutes
 NAMESPACE=kubeflow
-ENABLE_WORKLOAD_IDENTITY=false
+ENABLE_WORKLOAD_IDENTITY=true
 
 while [ "$1" != "" ]; do
     case $1 in
diff --git a/test/sample-test/Dockerfile b/test/sample-test/Dockerfile
index 0b85065d9dc..e6b1bd7e673 100644
--- a/test/sample-test/Dockerfile
+++ b/test/sample-test/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # This image has the script to kick off the ML pipeline sample e2e test,
 
-FROM google/cloud-sdk:272.0.0
+FROM google/cloud-sdk:279.0.0
 
 RUN apt-get update -y
 RUN apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y -q libssl-dev libffi-dev wget ssh
diff --git a/test/sample-test/configs/xgboost_training_cm.config.yaml b/test/sample-test/configs/xgboost_training_cm.config.yaml
index 49dac8b3600..626a7a46a50 100644
--- a/test/sample-test/configs/xgboost_training_cm.config.yaml
+++ b/test/sample-test/configs/xgboost_training_cm.config.yaml
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@ arguments:
   schema: gs://ml-pipeline-dataset/sample-test/sfpd/schema.json
   rounds: 5
   workers: 2
-test_timeout: 1800 # xgboost needs extra time.
+test_timeout: 3600 # xgboost needs extra time, 60 * 60 secs
diff --git a/test/sample_test.yaml b/test/sample_test.yaml
index c39c3e72af2..2a198b23207 100644
--- a/test/sample_test.yaml
+++ b/test/sample_test.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ spec:
     parameters:
       - name: image-build-context-gcs-uri
       - name: image-builder-image
-        value: gcr.io/ml-pipeline-test/image-builder:v20191122-0.1.25-582-g7908980c
+        value: gcr.io/ml-pipeline-test/image-builder:v20200208-0.1.25-771-g4c571961
       - name: target-image-prefix
       - name: test-results-gcs-dir
       - name: sample-tests-image-suffix