diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 49f1feb..360253a 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -112,15 +112,7 @@ RUN apt purge -y  \
 
 # GeoServer user => restrict access to $CATALINA_HOME and GeoServer directories
 # See also CIS Docker benchmark and docker best practices
-RUN chmod +x /opt/*.sh \
-    && groupadd geoserver  \
-    && useradd --no-log-init -u 2000 -r -g geoserver geoserver \
-    && chown -R geoserver:geoserver $CATALINA_HOME \
-    && chmod g-w,o-rwx $CATALINA_HOME \
-    && chown -R geoserver:geoserver $GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR \
-    && chown -R geoserver:geoserver $GEOSERVER_LIB_DIR
-
-USER geoserver
+RUN chmod +x /opt/*.sh
 
 WORKDIR /opt
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index acf8aff..9d4bd62 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ To pull an official image use ``docker.osgeo.org/geoserver:{{VERSION}}``, e.g.:
 ```shell
 docker pull docker.osgeo.org/geoserver:2.24.2
 ```
-All the images can be found at: [https://repo.osgeo.org](https://repo.osgeo.org)
+All the images can be found at: [https://repo.osgeo.org](https://repo.osgeo.org/#browse/browse:geoserver-docker:v2/geoserver/tags) and the latest stable and maintenance version numbers can be obtained from [https://geoserver.org/download/](https://geoserver.org/download/)
 
 Afterwards you can run the pulled image locally with:
 
@@ -184,10 +184,11 @@ Following is the list of the all the environment variables that can be passed do
 | VAR NAME | DESCRIPTION | SAMPLE VALUE |
 |--------------|-----------|------------|
 | PATH | Used by geoserver internally to find all the libs | `/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:` |
+| CATALINA_HOME | CATALINA home path | `/usr/local/tomcat` (see also [here](https://github.com/docker-library/tomcat/blob/master/9.0/jdk17/temurin-jammy/Dockerfile)) |
 | EXTRA_JAVA_OPTS | Used to pass params to the JAVA environment. Check [ref](https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/tools/java.html) | `-Xms256m -Xmx1g` |
 | CORS_ENABLED | CORS enabled configuration | `false` |
 | CORS_ALLOWED_ORIGINS | CORS origins configuration | `*` |
-| CORS_ALLOWED_METHODS | CORS method configuration | `GET,POST` |
+| CORS_ALLOWED_METHODS | CORS method configuration | `GET,POST,PUT,DELETE,HEAD,OPTIONS` |
 | CORS_ALLOWED_HEADERS | CORS headers configuration | `*` |
 | DEBIAN_FRONTEND | Configures the Debian package manager frontend | `noninteractive`|
 | CATALINA_OPTS | Catalina options. Check [ref](https://www.baeldung.com/tomcat-catalina_opts-vs-java_opts) | `-Djava.awt.headless=true` |
diff --git a/build/release.sh b/build/release.sh
index 1dedb0d..52ac2e6 100755
--- a/build/release.sh
+++ b/build/release.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # error out if any statements fail
 set -e
 
-MAIN="2.25"
+MAIN="2.26"
 
 function usage() {
   echo "$0 <mode> <version> [<build>]"