diff --git a/ci/Dockerfile b/ci/Dockerfile
index 18681ecb2ca5..56b68654a7c8 100644
--- a/ci/Dockerfile
+++ b/ci/Dockerfile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ WORKDIR /src
 ADD . /src
 RUN make otelcontribcol
 
-FROM  486234852809.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/base:xenial
+FROM 486234852809.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/base:focal
 USER root
 
 RUN clean-apt install make \
diff --git a/ci/scripts/ci-deploy-staging.sh b/ci/scripts/ci-deploy-staging.sh
index e4174a191d8b..5a1847c8bb29 100644
--- a/ci/scripts/ci-deploy-staging.sh
+++ b/ci/scripts/ci-deploy-staging.sh
@@ -16,14 +16,14 @@ install_collector() {
 
 	# if repo already exists, helm 3+ will skip
 	helm --debug repo add open-telemetry https://open-telemetry.github.io/opentelemetry-helm-charts
-
+	helm repo update open-telemetry
 	# --install will run `helm install` if not already present.
 	helm --debug upgrade "${release_name}" -n "${namespace}" open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector --install \
 		-f ./ci/values.yaml \
 		-f "${values}" \
 		--set-string image.tag="otelcolcontrib-v$CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA" \
 		--set-string image.repository="601427279990.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/otel-collector-contrib"
-
+	helm list --all-namespaces
 }
 
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diff --git a/ci/values-staging.yaml b/ci/values-staging.yaml
index cfbb2a92722d..d43e863f9f83 100644
--- a/ci/values-staging.yaml
+++ b/ci/values-staging.yaml
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ nodeSelector:
 presets:
   logsCollection:
     enabled: false
+useGOMEMLIMIT: true
diff --git a/ci/values.yaml b/ci/values.yaml
index 85cf84aea01e..9fdc63ab8701 100644
--- a/ci/values.yaml
+++ b/ci/values.yaml
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ config:
         http:
           endpoint: 0.0.0.0:4318
   exporters:
+    # Disable debug exporter until we pull change that adds it from upstream
+    debug: null
     logging:
       verbosity: detailed
     datadog: