diff --git a/.github/workflows/analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/analysis.yml
index 183db2d2f4e..6eaefd8b01a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/analysis.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ env:
 jobs:
   build_debug:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    container: ghcr.io/acts-project/ubuntu2004:v26
+    container: ghcr.io/acts-project/ubuntu2004:v28
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ jobs:
 
   build_performance:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    container: ghcr.io/acts-project/ubuntu2004:v26
+    container: ghcr.io/acts-project/ubuntu2004:v28
     if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/builds.yml b/.github/workflows/builds.yml
index d37d2321b6d..a6805749aed 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/builds.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/builds.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ env:
 jobs:
   lcg:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    container: ghcr.io/acts-project/${{ matrix.image }}:v26
+    container: ghcr.io/acts-project/${{ matrix.image }}:v28
     strategy:
       matrix:
         image:
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ jobs:
 
   linux_ubuntu:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    container: ghcr.io/acts-project/ubuntu2004:v26
+    container: ghcr.io/acts-project/ubuntu2004:v28
     env:
       INSTALL_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/install
       ACTS_LOG_FAILURE_THRESHOLD: WARNING
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ jobs:
 
   linux_examples_test:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    container: ghcr.io/acts-project/ubuntu2004:v26
+    container: ghcr.io/acts-project/ubuntu2004:v28
     needs: [linux_ubuntu]
     steps:
       - name: Install git lfs
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ jobs:
 
   linux_physmon:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    container: ghcr.io/acts-project/ubuntu2004:v26
+    container: ghcr.io/acts-project/ubuntu2004:v28
     needs: [linux_ubuntu]
 
     steps:
@@ -249,6 +249,82 @@ jobs:
           name: physmon
           path: physmon
 
+  linux_ubuntu_extra:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        image: 
+          - ubuntu2204
+          - ubuntu2204_clang
+    container: ghcr.io/acts-project/${{ matrix.image }}:v28
+    env:
+      INSTALL_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/install
+      ACTS_LOG_FAILURE_THRESHOLD: WARNING
+    steps:
+      - name: Install git lfs
+        run: apt-get install -y git-lfs
+
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          submodules: true
+          lfs: true
+
+      - name: Cache build
+        uses: actions/cache@v3
+        with:
+          path: ${{ github.workspace }}/ccache
+          key: ${{ runner.os  }}-ccache-linux_ubuntu_extra_${{ env.CCACHE_KEY_SUFFIX }}_${{ github.sha }}
+          restore-keys: |
+            ${{ runner.os  }}-ccache-linux_ubuntu_extra_${{ env.CCACHE_KEY_SUFFIX }}_
+
+
+      - name: Configure
+        # setting CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=17 is a workaround for a bug in the
+        # dd4hep CMake configuration that gets triggered on recent CMake
+        # versions 
+        run: >
+          cmake -B build -S .
+          -GNinja
+          -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache
+          -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
+          -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=-Werror
+          -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=17
+          -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="${INSTALL_DIR}"
+          -DACTS_ENABLE_LOG_FAILURE_THRESHOLD=ON 
+          -DACTS_BUILD_EVERYTHING=ON
+          -DACTS_BUILD_ODD=ON
+          -DACTS_BUILD_EXAMPLES_PYTHON_BINDINGS=ON
+          -DACTS_BUILD_EXAMPLES_EDM4HEP=ON
+          -DACTS_FORCE_ASSERTIONS=ON
+          -DACTS_BUILD_ANALYSIS_APPS=ON
+
+      - name: Build
+        run: cmake --build build --
+
+      - name: Unit tests
+        run: cmake --build build -- test
+
+      - name: Integration tests
+        run: cmake --build build -- integrationtests
+
+      - name: Install
+        run: cmake --build build -- install
+
+      - name: Downstream configure
+        run: >
+          cmake -B build-downstream -S Tests/DownstreamProject
+          -GNinja
+          -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
+          -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=-Werror
+          -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=17
+          -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="${INSTALL_DIR}"
+
+      - name: Downstream build
+        run: cmake --build build-downstream --
+
+      - name: Downstream run
+        run: ./build-downstream/bin/ShowActsVersion
+
   linux-nodeps:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     container: ghcr.io/acts-project/${{ matrix.image }}:latest
@@ -415,7 +491,7 @@ jobs:
 
   cuda:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    container: ghcr.io/acts-project/ubuntu1804_cuda:v26
+    container: ghcr.io/acts-project/ubuntu1804_cuda:v28
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
@@ -442,7 +518,7 @@ jobs:
 
   exatrkx:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    container: ghcr.io/acts-project/ubuntu2004_exatrkx:v26
+    container: ghcr.io/acts-project/ubuntu2004_exatrkx:v28
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
@@ -469,7 +545,7 @@ jobs:
 
   sycl:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    container: ghcr.io/acts-project/ubuntu2004_oneapi:v26
+    container: ghcr.io/acts-project/ubuntu2004_oneapi:v28
     defaults:
       run:
         shell: bash
@@ -503,7 +579,7 @@ jobs:
 
   docs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    container: ghcr.io/acts-project/ubuntu2004:v26
+    container: ghcr.io/acts-project/ubuntu2004:v28
     env:
         DOXYGEN_WARN_AS_ERROR: YES
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/checks.yml b/.github/workflows/checks.yml
index eadf64ab50c..74b92f57af9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/checks.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   format:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    container: ghcr.io/acts-project/format10:v26
+    container: ghcr.io/acts-project/format10:v28
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: Check
diff --git a/Examples/Python/tests/requirements.in b/Examples/Python/tests/requirements.in
index 5080ed06e65..06a308ae561 100644
--- a/Examples/Python/tests/requirements.in
+++ b/Examples/Python/tests/requirements.in
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ pytest
 pytest-check
 uproot
 awkward
+pytest-rerunfailures
diff --git a/Examples/Python/tests/requirements.txt b/Examples/Python/tests/requirements.txt
index db65c8fdb05..c9b74234224 100644
--- a/Examples/Python/tests/requirements.txt
+++ b/Examples/Python/tests/requirements.txt
@@ -26,8 +26,11 @@ pytest==7.0.1
     # via
     #   -r requirements.in
     #   pytest-check
+    #   pytest-rerunfailures
 pytest-check==1.0.4
     # via -r requirements.in
+pytest-rerunfailures==10.2
+    # via -r requirements.in
 tomli==2.0.1
     # via pytest
 uproot==4.1.9
diff --git a/Examples/Python/tests/test_examples.py b/Examples/Python/tests/test_examples.py
index 6f43a28adc7..f3d603fd7eb 100644
--- a/Examples/Python/tests/test_examples.py
+++ b/Examples/Python/tests/test_examples.py
@@ -935,6 +935,7 @@ def test_vertex_fitting(tmp_path):
     ],
 )
 @pytest.mark.filterwarnings("ignore::UserWarning")
+@pytest.mark.flaky(reruns=2)
 def test_vertex_fitting_reading(
     tmp_path, ptcl_gun, rng, finder, inputTracks, entries, assert_root_hash
 ):
diff --git a/thirdparty/OpenDataDetector b/thirdparty/OpenDataDetector
index 05f456b791d..93277c38f93 160000
--- a/thirdparty/OpenDataDetector
+++ b/thirdparty/OpenDataDetector
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 05f456b791d66da67be9d906b2509db714691b30
+Subproject commit 93277c38f931c7596515f6e667866e65d91ddc6e
diff --git a/thirdparty/actsdd4hep/CMakeLists.txt b/thirdparty/actsdd4hep/CMakeLists.txt
index b97e3981fb2..fd79b2e15d1 100644
--- a/thirdparty/actsdd4hep/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/thirdparty/actsdd4hep/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ message( STATUS "Building ActsDD4hep glue library as part of the ACTS project" )
 # Declare where to get VecMem from.
 set( ACTS_ACTSDD4HEP_GIT_REPOSITORY "https://github.com/acts-project/acts-dd4hep.git"
    CACHE STRING "Git repository to take ActsDD4hep glue library from from" )
-set( ACTS_ACTSDD4HEP_GIT_TAG "v1.0.0" CACHE STRING "Version of ActsDD4hep glue library to build" )
+set( ACTS_ACTSDD4HEP_GIT_TAG "v1.0.1" CACHE STRING "Version of ActsDD4hep glue library to build" )
 mark_as_advanced( ACTS_ACTSDD4HEP_GIT_REPOSITORY ACTS_ACTSDD4HEP_GIT_TAG )
 FetchContent_Declare( actsdd4hep
    GIT_REPOSITORY "${ACTS_ACTSDD4HEP_GIT_REPOSITORY}"