diff --git a/.ci/docker-compose-file/docker-compose-kafka.yaml b/.ci/docker-compose-file/docker-compose-kafka.yaml
index 352494592..d7ab6fe6f 100644
--- a/.ci/docker-compose-file/docker-compose-kafka.yaml
+++ b/.ci/docker-compose-file/docker-compose-kafka.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ services:
       - /tmp/emqx-ci/emqx-shared-secret:/var/lib/secret
   kdc:
     hostname: kdc.emqx.net
-    image:  ghcr.io/emqx/emqx-builder/5.2-3:1.14.5-25.3.2-2-ubuntu22.04
+    image:  ghcr.io/emqx/emqx-builder/5.2-8:1.15.7-26.1.2-2-ubuntu22.04
     container_name: kdc.emqx.net
     expose:
       - 88 # kdc
diff --git a/.ci/docker-compose-file/docker-compose.yaml b/.ci/docker-compose-file/docker-compose.yaml
index f3943b010..af2eced2c 100644
--- a/.ci/docker-compose-file/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/.ci/docker-compose-file/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ version: '3.9'
 services:
   erlang:
     container_name: erlang
-    image: ${DOCKER_CT_RUNNER_IMAGE:-ghcr.io/emqx/emqx-builder/5.2-3:1.14.5-25.3.2-2-ubuntu22.04}
+    image: ${DOCKER_CT_RUNNER_IMAGE:-ghcr.io/emqx/emqx-builder/5.2-8:1.15.7-26.1.2-2-ubuntu22.04}
     env_file:
       - credentials.env
       - conf.env
diff --git a/.github/actions/package-macos/action.yaml b/.github/actions/package-macos/action.yaml
index 25edcb5f5..a2d89ac54 100644
--- a/.github/actions/package-macos/action.yaml
+++ b/.github/actions/package-macos/action.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ inputs:
   profile: # emqx, emqx-enterprise
     required: true
     type: string
-  otp: # 25.3.2-2
+  otp:
     required: true
     type: string
   os:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/_pr_entrypoint.yaml b/.github/workflows/_pr_entrypoint.yaml
index 4a98f0808..6bfd66224 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/_pr_entrypoint.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/_pr_entrypoint.yaml
@@ -17,17 +17,17 @@ env:
 jobs:
   sanity-checks:
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    container: "ghcr.io/emqx/emqx-builder/5.2-3:1.14.5-25.3.2-2-ubuntu22.04"
+    container: "ghcr.io/emqx/emqx-builder/5.2-8:1.15.7-26.1.2-2-ubuntu22.04"
     outputs:
       ct-matrix: ${{ steps.matrix.outputs.ct-matrix }}
       ct-host: ${{ steps.matrix.outputs.ct-host }}
       ct-docker: ${{ steps.matrix.outputs.ct-docker }}
       version-emqx: ${{ steps.matrix.outputs.version-emqx }}
       version-emqx-enterprise: ${{ steps.matrix.outputs.version-emqx-enterprise }}
-      builder: "ghcr.io/emqx/emqx-builder/5.2-3:1.14.5-25.3.2-2-ubuntu22.04"
-      builder_vsn: "5.2-3"
-      otp_vsn: "25.3.2-2"
-      elixir_vsn: "1.14.5"
+      builder: "ghcr.io/emqx/emqx-builder/5.2-8:1.15.7-26.1.2-2-ubuntu22.04"
+      builder_vsn: "5.2-8"
+      otp_vsn: "26.1.2-2"
+      elixir_vsn: "1.15.7"
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -92,14 +92,14 @@ jobs:
           MATRIX="$(echo "${APPS}" | jq -c '
             [
               (.[] | select(.profile == "emqx") | . + {
-                builder: "5.2-3",
-                otp: "25.3.2-2",
-                elixir: "1.14.5"
+                builder: "5.2-8",
+                otp: "26.1.2-2",
+                elixir: "1.15.7"
               }),
               (.[] | select(.profile == "emqx-enterprise") | . + {
-                builder: "5.2-3",
-                otp: ["25.3.2-2"][],
-                elixir: "1.14.5"
+                builder: "5.2-8",
+                otp: ["26.1.2-2"][],
+                elixir: "1.15.7"
               })
             ]
           ')"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/_push-entrypoint.yaml b/.github/workflows/_push-entrypoint.yaml
index e2eff6dc7..92fe01847 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/_push-entrypoint.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/_push-entrypoint.yaml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ env:
 jobs:
   prepare:
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    container: 'ghcr.io/emqx/emqx-builder/5.2-3:1.14.5-25.3.2-2-ubuntu22.04'
+    container: 'ghcr.io/emqx/emqx-builder/5.2-8:1.15.7-26.1.2-2-ubuntu22.04'
     outputs:
       profile: ${{ steps.parse-git-ref.outputs.profile }}
       release: ${{ steps.parse-git-ref.outputs.release }}
@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ jobs:
       ct-matrix: ${{ steps.matrix.outputs.ct-matrix }}
       ct-host: ${{ steps.matrix.outputs.ct-host }}
       ct-docker: ${{ steps.matrix.outputs.ct-docker }}
-      builder: 'ghcr.io/emqx/emqx-builder/5.2-3:1.14.5-25.3.2-2-ubuntu22.04'
-      builder_vsn: '5.2-3'
-      otp_vsn: '25.3.2-2'
-      elixir_vsn: '1.14.5'
+      builder: 'ghcr.io/emqx/emqx-builder/5.2-8:1.15.7-26.1.2-2-ubuntu22.04'
+      builder_vsn: '5.2-8'
+      otp_vsn: '26.1.2-2'
+      elixir_vsn: '1.15.7'
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -62,14 +62,14 @@ jobs:
           MATRIX="$(echo "${APPS}" | jq -c '
             [
               (.[] | select(.profile == "emqx") | . + {
-                builder: "5.2-3",
-                otp: "25.3.2-2",
-                elixir: "1.14.5"
+                builder: "5.2-8",
+                otp: "26.1.2-2",
+                elixir: "1.15.7"
               }),
               (.[] | select(.profile == "emqx-enterprise") | . + {
-                builder: "5.2-3",
-                otp: ["25.3.2-2"][],
-                elixir: "1.14.5"
+                builder: "5.2-8",
+                otp: ["26.1.2-2"][],
+                elixir: "1.15.7"
               })
             ]
           ')"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_and_push_docker_images.yaml b/.github/workflows/build_and_push_docker_images.yaml
index ba24be6c2..4d5357761 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_and_push_docker_images.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_and_push_docker_images.yaml
@@ -58,15 +58,15 @@ on:
       otp_vsn:
         required: false
         type: string
-        default: '25.3.2-2'
+        default: '26.1.2-2'
       elixir_vsn:
         required: false
         type: string
-        default: '1.14.5'
+        default: '1.15.7'
       builder_vsn:
         required: false
         type: string
-        default: '5.2-3'
+        default: '5.2-8'
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_packages.yaml b/.github/workflows/build_packages.yaml
index 6d642ebef..4c1365f58 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_packages.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_packages.yaml
@@ -54,15 +54,15 @@ on:
       otp_vsn:
         required: false
         type: string
-        default: '25.3.2-2'
+        default: '26.1.2-2'
       elixir_vsn:
         required: false
         type: string
-        default: '1.14.5'
+        default: '1.15.7'
       builder_vsn:
         required: false
         type: string
-        default: '5.2-3'
+        default: '5.2-8'
 
 jobs:
   mac:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_packages_cron.yaml b/.github/workflows/build_packages_cron.yaml
index d29f2d64a..d1c3408e7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_packages_cron.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_packages_cron.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
     if: github.repository_owner == 'emqx'
     runs-on: ${{ endsWith(github.repository, '/emqx') && 'ubuntu-22.04' || fromJSON('["self-hosted","ephemeral","linux","x64"]') }}
     container:
-      image: "ghcr.io/emqx/emqx-builder/${{ matrix.builder }}:${{ matrix.elixir }}-${{ matrix.otp }}-${{ matrix.os }}"
+      image: "ghcr.io/emqx/emqx-builder/${{ matrix.builder }}-${{ matrix.os }}"
 
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ jobs:
         profile:
           - ['emqx', 'master']
           - ['emqx-enterprise', 'release-54']
-        otp:
-          - 25.3.2-2
         arch:
           - x64
         os:
@@ -31,9 +29,7 @@ jobs:
           - ubuntu22.04
           - amzn2023
         builder:
-          - 5.2-3
-        elixir:
-          - 1.14.5
+          - 5.2-8:1.15.7-26.1.2-2
 
     defaults:
       run:
@@ -98,7 +94,7 @@ jobs:
         branch:
           - master
         otp:
-          - 25.3.2-2
+          - 26.1.2-2
         os:
           - macos-12-arm64
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_slim_packages.yaml b/.github/workflows/build_slim_packages.yaml
index 2552655aa..a2b6131f4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_slim_packages.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_slim_packages.yaml
@@ -27,19 +27,19 @@ on:
       builder:
         required: false
         type: string
-        default: 'ghcr.io/emqx/emqx-builder/5.2-3:1.14.5-25.3.2-2-ubuntu22.04'
+        default: 'ghcr.io/emqx/emqx-builder/5.2-8:1.15.7-26.1.2-2-ubuntu22.04'
       builder_vsn:
         required: false
         type: string
-        default: '5.2-3'
+        default: '5.2-8'
       otp_vsn:
         required: false
         type: string
-        default: '25.3.2-2'
+        default: '26.1.2-2'
       elixir_vsn:
         required: false
         type: string
-        default: '1.14.5'
+        default: '1.15.7'
 
 jobs:
   linux:
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         profile:
-          - ["emqx", "25.3.2-2", "ubuntu20.04", "elixir"]
-          - ["emqx-enterprise", "25.3.2-2", "ubuntu20.04", "erlang"]
+          - ["emqx", "26.1.2-2", "ubuntu20.04", "elixir"]
+          - ["emqx-enterprise", "26.1.2-2", "ubuntu20.04", "erlang"]
 
     container: "ghcr.io/emqx/emqx-builder/${{ inputs.builder_vsn }}:${{ inputs.elixir_vsn }}-${{ matrix.profile[1] }}-${{ matrix.profile[2] }}"
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql.yaml b/.github/workflows/codeql.yaml
index 3aad025db..5e0faa51d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql.yaml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
       actions: read
       security-events: write
     container:
-      image: ghcr.io/emqx/emqx-builder/5.2-3:1.14.5-25.3.2-2-ubuntu22.04
+      image: ghcr.io/emqx/emqx-builder/5.2-8:1.15.7-26.1.2-2-ubuntu22.04
 
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
diff --git a/.github/workflows/performance_test.yaml b/.github/workflows/performance_test.yaml
index 1b6101f06..a8cfae5d8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/performance_test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/performance_test.yaml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
   prepare:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: github.repository_owner == 'emqx'
-    container: ghcr.io/emqx/emqx-builder/5.2-3:1.14.5-25.3.2-2-ubuntu20.04
+    container: ghcr.io/emqx/emqx-builder/5.2-8:1.15.7-26.1.2-2-ubuntu20.04
     outputs:
       BENCH_ID: ${{ steps.prepare.outputs.BENCH_ID }}
       PACKAGE_FILE: ${{ steps.package_file.outputs.PACKAGE_FILE }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run_relup_tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/run_relup_tests.yaml
index 381e95753..d707a4f08 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run_relup_tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run_relup_tests.yaml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - uses: erlef/setup-beam@v1.16.0
       with:
-        otp-version: 25.3.2
+        otp-version: 26.1.2
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       with:
         repository: hawk/lux
diff --git a/.tool-versions b/.tool-versions
index 824207a4a..dec9fa563 100644
--- a/.tool-versions
+++ b/.tool-versions
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-erlang 26.1.2-1
+erlang 26.1.2-2
 elixir 1.15.7-otp-26
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ab740a40e..db3d21b6f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ REBAR = $(CURDIR)/rebar3
 BUILD = $(CURDIR)/build
 SCRIPTS = $(CURDIR)/scripts
 export EMQX_RELUP ?= true
-export EMQX_DEFAULT_BUILDER = ghcr.io/emqx/emqx-builder/5.1-4:1.14.5-25.3.2-2-debian11
+export EMQX_DEFAULT_BUILDER = ghcr.io/emqx/emqx-builder/5.2-8:1.15.7-26.1.2-2-debian11
 export EMQX_DEFAULT_RUNNER = public.ecr.aws/debian/debian:11-slim
 export EMQX_REL_FORM ?= tgz
 export QUICER_DOWNLOAD_FROM_RELEASE = 1
diff --git a/README-RU.md b/README-RU.md
index c22df7f3f..6cb7fda6a 100644
--- a/README-RU.md
+++ b/README-RU.md
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@ docker run -d --name emqx -p 1883:1883 -p 8083:8083 -p 8883:8883 -p 8084:8084 -p
 
 Ветка `master` предназначена для последней версии 5, переключитесь на ветку `main-v4.4` для версии 4.4.
 
-EMQX требует OTP 24 для версии 4.4. Версию 5.0 можно собирать с OTP 24 или 25.
+EMQX требует OTP 24 для версии 4.4.
+Версии 5.0 ~ 5.3 могут быть собраны с OTP 24 или 25.
+Версия 5.4 и новее могут быть собраны с OTP 25 или 26.
 
 ```bash
 git clone https://github.com/emqx/emqx.git
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3624e90f8..3fda5999c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -95,7 +95,9 @@ For more organised improvement proposals, you can send pull requests to [EIP](ht
 
 The `master` branch tracks the latest version 5. For version 4.4 checkout the `main-v4.4` branch.
 
-EMQX 4.4 requires OTP 24. EMQX 5.0 and 5.1 can be built with OTP 24 or 25.
+EMQX 4.4 requires OTP 24.
+EMQX 5.0 ~ 5.3 can be built with OTP 24 or 25.
+EMQX 5.4 and newer can be built with OTP 24 or 25.
 
 ```bash
 git clone https://github.com/emqx/emqx.git
diff --git a/build b/build
index c70f91b60..bbc053f01 100755
--- a/build
+++ b/build
@@ -387,10 +387,10 @@ docker_cleanup() {
 
 ## Build the default docker image based on debian 11.
 make_docker() {
-    local EMQX_BUILDER_VERSION="${EMQX_BUILDER_VERSION:-5.1-4}"
+    local EMQX_BUILDER_VERSION="${EMQX_BUILDER_VERSION:-5.2-8}"
     local EMQX_BUILDER_PLATFORM="${EMQX_BUILDER_PLATFORM:-debian11}"
-    local EMQX_BUILDER_OTP="${EMQX_BUILDER_OTP:-25.3.2-2}"
-    local EMQX_BUILDER_ELIXIR="${EMQX_BUILDER_ELIXIR:-1.14.5}"
+    local EMQX_BUILDER_OTP="${EMQX_BUILDER_OTP:-26.1.2-2}"
+    local EMQX_BUILDER_ELIXIR="${EMQX_BUILDER_ELIXIR:-1.15.7}"
     local EMQX_BUILDER=${EMQX_BUILDER:-ghcr.io/emqx/emqx-builder/${EMQX_BUILDER_VERSION}:${EMQX_BUILDER_ELIXIR}-${EMQX_BUILDER_OTP}-${EMQX_BUILDER_PLATFORM}}
     local EMQX_RUNNER="${EMQX_RUNNER:-${EMQX_DEFAULT_RUNNER}}"
     local EMQX_DOCKERFILE="${EMQX_DOCKERFILE:-deploy/docker/Dockerfile}"
diff --git a/deploy/docker/Dockerfile b/deploy/docker/Dockerfile
index b2dfbb1f6..185b3d0ee 100644
--- a/deploy/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/deploy/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ARG BUILD_FROM=ghcr.io/emqx/emqx-builder/5.1-4:1.14.5-25.3.2-2-debian11
+ARG BUILD_FROM=ghcr.io/emqx/emqx-builder/5.2-8:1.15.7-26.1.2-2-debian11
 ARG RUN_FROM=public.ecr.aws/debian/debian:11-slim
 FROM ${BUILD_FROM} AS builder
 ARG DEBUG=0
diff --git a/scripts/buildx.sh b/scripts/buildx.sh
index 662a7233c..39d8b8e5e 100755
--- a/scripts/buildx.sh
+++ b/scripts/buildx.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 ## example:
 ## ./scripts/buildx.sh --profile emqx --pkgtype tgz --arch arm64 \
-##     --builder ghcr.io/emqx/emqx-builder/5.1-4:1.14.5-25.3.2-2-debian11
+##     --builder ghcr.io/emqx/emqx-builder/5.2-8:1.15.7-26.1.2-2-debian11
 
 set -euo pipefail
 
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ help() {
     echo "--arch amd64|arm64:        Target arch to build the EMQX package for"
     echo "--src_dir <SRC_DIR>:       EMQX source code in this dir, default to PWD"
     echo "--builder <BUILDER>:       Builder image to pull"
-    echo "                           E.g. ghcr.io/emqx/emqx-builder/5.1-4:1.14.5-25.3.2-2-debian11"
+    echo "                           E.g. ghcr.io/emqx/emqx-builder/5.2-8:1.15.7-26.1.2-2-debian11"
 }
 
 die() {
diff --git a/scripts/pr-sanity-checks.sh b/scripts/pr-sanity-checks.sh
index 19321230b..f22677cfa 100755
--- a/scripts/pr-sanity-checks.sh
+++ b/scripts/pr-sanity-checks.sh
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ if ! type "yq" > /dev/null; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-EMQX_BUILDER_VERSION=${EMQX_BUILDER_VERSION:-5.1-4}
-EMQX_BUILDER_OTP=${EMQX_BUILDER_OTP:-25.3.2-2}
-EMQX_BUILDER_ELIXIR=${EMQX_BUILDER_ELIXIR:-1.14.5}
+EMQX_BUILDER_VERSION=${EMQX_BUILDER_VERSION:-5.2-8}
+EMQX_BUILDER_OTP=${EMQX_BUILDER_OTP:-26.1.2-2}
+EMQX_BUILDER_ELIXIR=${EMQX_BUILDER_ELIXIR:-1.15.7}
 EMQX_BUILDER_PLATFORM=${EMQX_BUILDER_PLATFORM:-ubuntu22.04}
 EMQX_BUILDER=${EMQX_BUILDER:-ghcr.io/emqx/emqx-builder/${EMQX_BUILDER_VERSION}:${EMQX_BUILDER_ELIXIR}-${EMQX_BUILDER_OTP}-${EMQX_BUILDER_PLATFORM}}
 
diff --git a/scripts/relup-test/start-relup-test-cluster.sh b/scripts/relup-test/start-relup-test-cluster.sh
index 2cee1394e..afd296152 100755
--- a/scripts/relup-test/start-relup-test-cluster.sh
+++ b/scripts/relup-test/start-relup-test-cluster.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ WEBHOOK="webhook.$NET"
 BENCH="bench.$NET"
 COOKIE='this-is-a-secret'
 ## Erlang image is needed to run webhook server and emqtt-bench
-ERLANG_IMAGE="ghcr.io/emqx/emqx-builder/5.1-4:1.14.5-25.3.2-2-ubuntu20.04"
+ERLANG_IMAGE="ghcr.io/emqx/emqx-builder/5.2-8:1.15.7-26.1.2-2-ubuntu22.04"
 # builder has emqtt-bench installed
 BENCH_IMAGE="$ERLANG_IMAGE"