diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 5fb795c79..7346b0715 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # sha from https://hub.docker.com/layers/library/eclipse-temurin/21-jre-alpine-3.23/images/sha256-693c22ea458d62395bac47a2da405d0d18c77b205211ceec4846a550a37684b6
-FROM eclipse-temurin@sha256:693c22ea458d62395bac47a2da405d0d18c77b205211ceec4846a550a37684b6
+FROM eclipse-temurin:21-jdk-alpine
 
 # For Amazon Corretto Crypto Provider
 RUN apk add --no-cache gcompat
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index afed05e39..362bad889 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
     <groupId>com.uid2</groupId>
     <artifactId>uid2-operator</artifactId>
-    <version>5.66.2</version>
+    <version>5.66.5-alpha-310-SNAPSHOT</version>
   
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
         <enclave-aws.version>2.1.0</enclave-aws.version>
         <enclave-azure.version>2.1.19</enclave-azure.version> 
         <enclave-gcp.version>2.1.9</enclave-gcp.version> 
-        <uid2-shared.version>11.4.4</uid2-shared.version>
+        <uid2-shared.version>11.4.5-alpha-341-SNAPSHOT</uid2-shared.version>
         <image.version>${project.version}</image.version>
         <maven.compiler.source>21</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>21</maven.compiler.target>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/uid2/operator/util/RoutingContextUtil.java b/src/main/java/com/uid2/operator/util/RoutingContextUtil.java
index e6f69e51a..1cd8307d2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/uid2/operator/util/RoutingContextUtil.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/uid2/operator/util/RoutingContextUtil.java
@@ -20,7 +20,13 @@ public static String getApiContact(RoutingContext rc, IAuthorizableProvider auth
         try {
             final String authHeaderValue = rc.request().getHeader("Authorization");
             final String authKey = extractBearerToken(authHeaderValue);
+            if (authKey == null) {
+                return UNKNOWN;
+            }
             final IAuthorizable profile = authKeyStore.get(authKey);
+            if (profile == null) {
+                return UNKNOWN;
+            }
             String apiContact = profile.getContact();
             return apiContact == null ? UNKNOWN : apiContact;
         } catch (Exception ex) {