diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index b8a66b0..b511bd1 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
     # Pull docker image from docker hub
     # XTERM used for better catkin_make output
     docker:
-      - image: usdotfhwastol/autoware.ai:carma-system-3.5.0
+      - image: usdotfhwastol/autoware.ai:carma-system-3.6.0
         user: carma
         environment:
           TERM: xterm # use xterm to get full display output from build
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index e873bf3..b95a605 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -12,14 +12,14 @@
 #  License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
 #  the License.
 
-FROM usdotfhwastol/autoware.ai:carma-system-3.5.0 as setup
+FROM usdotfhwastol/autoware.ai:carma-system-3.6.0 as setup
 
 RUN mkdir ~/src
 COPY --chown=carma . /home/carma/src/
 RUN ~/src/docker/checkout.bash
 RUN ~/src/docker/install.sh
 
-FROM usdotfhwastol/autoware.ai:carma-system-3.5.0
+FROM usdotfhwastol/autoware.ai:carma-system-3.6.0
 
 ARG BUILD_DATE="NULL"
 ARG VERSION="NULL"
diff --git a/docker/checkout.bash b/docker/checkout.bash
index d88333b..ac30dbe 100755
--- a/docker/checkout.bash
+++ b/docker/checkout.bash
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
 done
 
 if [[ "$BRANCH" = "develop" ]]; then
-      git clone https://github.com/usdot-fhwa-stol/carma-msgs.git ${dir}/src/CARMAMsgs --branch develop
-      git clone https://github.com/usdot-fhwa-stol/carma-utils.git ${dir}/src/CARMAUtils --branch develop
+      git clone https://github.com/usdot-fhwa-stol/carma-msgs.git ${dir}/src/CARMAMsgs --branch carma-system-3.6.0
+      git clone https://github.com/usdot-fhwa-stol/carma-utils.git ${dir}/src/CARMAUtils --branch carma-system-3.6.0
 else
-      git clone https://github.com/usdot-fhwa-stol/carma-msgs.git ${dir}/src/CARMAMsgs --branch carma-system-3.5.0
-      git clone https://github.com/usdot-fhwa-stol/carma-utils.git ${dir}/src/CARMAUtils --branch carma-system-3.5.0
+      git clone https://github.com/usdot-fhwa-stol/carma-msgs.git ${dir}/src/CARMAMsgs --branch carma-system-3.6.0
+      git clone https://github.com/usdot-fhwa-stol/carma-utils.git ${dir}/src/CARMAUtils --branch carma-system-3.6.0
 fi
diff --git a/hooks/pre_build b/hooks/pre_build
index 13210aa..1b19901 100644
--- a/hooks/pre_build
+++ b/hooks/pre_build
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ if [[ "$SOURCE_BRANCH" = "develop" ]]; then
     sed -i "s|checkout.bash|checkout.bash -d|g; s|usdotfhwastol/|usdotfhwastoldev/|g; s|:[0-9]*\.[0-9]*\.[0-9]*|:develop|g s|:CARMA[a-zA-Z]*_[0-9]*\.[0-9]*\.[0-9]*|:develop|g; s|:carma-[a-zA-Z]*-[0-9]*\.[0-9]*\.[0-9]*|:develop|g" \
         Dockerfile
 elif [[ "$SOURCE_BRANCH" =~ ^release/.*$ ]]; then
-    # Update Dockerfile to point to release images
+    # swap checkout branch in checkout.bash to release branch
     RELEASE_NAME=$(echo $SOURCE_BRANCH | cut -d "/" -f 2)
-    sed -i "s|usdotfhwastoldev/|usdotfhwastolcandidate/|g; s|usdotfhwastol/|usdotfhwastolcandidate/|g; s|:[0-9]*\.[0-9]*\.[0-9]*|:$RELEASE_NAME|g; s|:CARMA[a-zA-Z]*_[0-9]*\.[0-9]*\.[0-9]*|:$RELEASE_NAME|g; s|:carma-[a-zA-Z]*-[0-9]*\.[0-9]*\.[0-9]*|:$RELEASE_NAME|g; s|:develop|:$RELEASE_NAME|g" \
+    sed -i "s|usdotfhwastol/|usdotfhwastolcandidate/|g; s|usdotfhwastoldev/|usdotfhwastolcandidate/|g; s|:[0-9]*\.[0-9]*\.[0-9]*|:$RELEASE_NAME|g; s|:CARMA[a-zA-Z]*_[0-9]*\.[0-9]*\.[0-9]*|:$RELEASE_NAME|g; s|:carma-[a-zA-Z]*-[0-9]*\.[0-9]*\.[0-9]*|:$RELEASE_NAME|g; s|:develop|:$RELEASE_NAME|g" \
         Dockerfile
     # swap checkout branch in checkout.bash to release branch
     sed -i "s|--branch .*|--branch $SOURCE_BRANCH|g" \
         docker/checkout.bash
-fi
\ No newline at end of file
+fi