diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 70ef52d3b..ea8f54ff2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     <properties>    
         <!--  versions  start -->
         <!--  weblogic azure aks versions  -->
-        <version.wls-on-aks-azure-marketplace>1.0.90</version.wls-on-aks-azure-marketplace>
+        <version.wls-on-aks-azure-marketplace>1.0.91</version.wls-on-aks-azure-marketplace>
         <!--  weblogic azure vm versions  -->
         <version.arm-oraclelinux-wls>1.0.31</version.arm-oraclelinux-wls>
         <version.arm-oraclelinux-wls-admin>1.0.56</version.arm-oraclelinux-wls-admin>
diff --git a/weblogic-azure-aks/src/main/arm/scripts/buildWLSDockerImage.sh b/weblogic-azure-aks/src/main/arm/scripts/buildWLSDockerImage.sh
index 03dc722df..655439abd 100644
--- a/weblogic-azure-aks/src/main/arm/scripts/buildWLSDockerImage.sh
+++ b/weblogic-azure-aks/src/main/arm/scripts/buildWLSDockerImage.sh
@@ -293,6 +293,10 @@ function install_utilities() {
             --retry ${retryMaxAttempt} \
             -fL ${wlsMSSQLDriverUrl} \
             -o ${scriptDir}/model-images/wlsdeploy/${externalJDBCLibrariesDirectoryName}/${constMSSQLDriverName}
+        curl -m ${curlMaxTime} \
+            --retry ${retryMaxAttempt} \
+            -fL ${azureIdentityForMSSQLUrl} \
+            -o ${scriptDir}/model-images/wlsdeploy/${externalJDBCLibrariesDirectoryName}/${constAzureIdentityForMSSQLJarName}
         validate_status "Install mssql driver."
     fi
     
diff --git a/weblogic-azure-aks/src/main/arm/scripts/common.sh b/weblogic-azure-aks/src/main/arm/scripts/common.sh
index 708a49205..0f93d1f25 100644
--- a/weblogic-azure-aks/src/main/arm/scripts/common.sh
+++ b/weblogic-azure-aks/src/main/arm/scripts/common.sh
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ export constFalse="false"
 export constTrue="true"
 export constIntrospectorJobActiveDeadlineSeconds=300  # for Guaranteed Qos
 export constPostgreDriverName="postgresql-42.7.5.jar"
-export constMSSQLDriverName="mssql-jdbc-11.2.3.jre17.jar"
+export constMSSQLDriverName="mssql-jdbc-12.8.1.jre11.jar"
+export constAzureIdentityForMSSQLJarName="azure-identity-1.12.2.jar"
 export constAzureCoreVersion="1.34.0"
 export constDbPodIdentitySelector="db-pod-identity" # do not change the value
 export constPreclassDirectoryName="preclassLibraries"
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ export gitUrl4CpuImages="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oracle/weblogic-azure
 export gitUrl4AksWellTestedVersionJsonFile="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oracle/weblogic-azure/main/weblogic-azure-aks/src/main/resources/aks_well_tested_version.json"
 export gitUrl4AksToolingWellTestedVersionJsonFile="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oracle/weblogic-azure/main/weblogic-azure-aks/src/main/resources/aks_tooling_well_tested_versions.json"
 export gitUrl4WLSToolingFamilyJsonFile="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oracle/weblogic-azure/main/weblogic-azure-aks/src/main/resources/weblogic_tooling_family.json"
-export gitUrl4AzureIdentityExtensionsPomFile="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oracle/weblogic-azure/main/weblogic-azure-aks/src/main/resources/azure-identity-extensions.xml"
+export gitUrl4AzureIdentityExtensionsPomFile="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oracle/weblogic-azure/b67a5f95a6c2f590fe8ff938daa298fe7adf7a45/weblogic-azure-aks/src/main/resources/azure-identity-extensions.xml" # PR https://github.com/oracle/weblogic-azure/pull/352 "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oracle/weblogic-azure/main/weblogic-azure-aks/src/main/resources/azure-identity-extensions.xml"
 export gitUrl4MySQLDriverPomFile="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oracle/weblogic-azure/main/weblogic-azure-aks/src/main/resources/mysql-connector-java.xml"
 
 export optUninstallMaxTry=5 # Max attempts to wait for the operator uninstalled
@@ -65,5 +66,7 @@ export retryInterval=10
 
 export wlsContainerName="weblogic-server"
 export wlsPostgresqlDriverUrl="https://jdbc.postgresql.org/download/postgresql-42.7.5.jar"
-export wlsMSSQLDriverUrl="https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/microsoft/sqlserver/mssql-jdbc/11.2.3.jre17/mssql-jdbc-11.2.3.jre17.jar"
-export jdkArm64Url="https://aka.ms/download-jdk/microsoft-jdk-11.0.23-linux-aarch64.tar.gz"
\ No newline at end of file
+export wlsMSSQLDriverUrl="https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/microsoft/sqlserver/mssql-jdbc/12.8.1.jre11/mssql-jdbc-12.8.1.jre11.jar"
+# The azure-identity is required by specified MSSQL driver, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/connect/jdbc/connecting-using-azure-active-directory-authentication?view=sql-server-ver17#connect-using-activedirectorymanagedidentity-authentication-mode 
+export azureIdentityForMSSQLUrl="https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/azure/azure-identity/1.12.2/azure-identity-1.12.2.jar"
+export jdkArm64Url="https://aka.ms/download-jdk/microsoft-jdk-11.0.23-linux-aarch64.tar.gz"
diff --git a/weblogic-azure-aks/src/main/bicep/modules/_setupPasswordlessDBConnection.bicep b/weblogic-azure-aks/src/main/bicep/modules/_setupPasswordlessDBConnection.bicep
index a431ba321..64ca5af4e 100644
--- a/weblogic-azure-aks/src/main/bicep/modules/_setupPasswordlessDBConnection.bicep
+++ b/weblogic-azure-aks/src/main/bicep/modules/_setupPasswordlessDBConnection.bicep
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ module configDataSource '_deployment-scripts/_ds-datasource-connection.bicep' =
     dbConfigurationType: dbConfigurationType
     dbGlobalTranPro: dbGlobalTranPro
     dbUser: dbUser
-    dsConnectionURL: uri(format('{0}{4}{1}{4}{3}={2}', const_connectionString, name_jdbcPlugins[databaseType], reference(items(dbIdentity.userAssignedIdentities)[0].key, const_identityAPIVersion, 'full').properties.clientId, array_msiClientId[databaseType], array_urlJoiner[databaseType]), '')
+    dsConnectionURL: format('{0}{4}{1}{4}{3}={2}', const_connectionString, name_jdbcPlugins[databaseType], reference(items(dbIdentity.userAssignedIdentities)[0].key, const_identityAPIVersion, 'full').properties.clientId, array_msiClientId[databaseType], array_urlJoiner[databaseType])
     enablePswlessConnection: true
     identity: identity
     jdbcDataSourceName: jdbcDataSourceName
diff --git a/weblogic-azure-aks/src/main/resources/azure-identity-extensions.xml b/weblogic-azure-aks/src/main/resources/azure-identity-extensions.xml
index e786947da..10dd0e771 100644
--- a/weblogic-azure-aks/src/main/resources/azure-identity-extensions.xml
+++ b/weblogic-azure-aks/src/main/resources/azure-identity-extensions.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
             <artifactId>azure-identity-extensions</artifactId>
-            <version>1.2.0</version>
+            <version>1.2.2</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>