diff --git a/kolla/common/sources.yaml b/kolla/common/sources.yaml
index cb6b180ff7..db892daa81 100644
--- a/kolla/common/sources.yaml
+++ b/kolla/common/sources.yaml
@@ -247,11 +247,11 @@ prometheus-memcached-exporter:
     arm64: "d1abf0ef1196ff5de5cf3462eb962b4a3d6733327951ae6d81c062902b5f2a60"
   location: "https://github.com/prometheus/memcached_exporter/releases/download/v${version}/memcached_exporter-${version}.linux-${debian_arch}.tar.gz"
 prometheus-mtail:
-  version: "3.4.13"
+  version: "3.4.14"
   type: "url"
   sha256:
-    amd64: "0817296e9609ed881f12eab1d93bac84e8aac2a156b6658a4ef86fa2fedf7b75"
-    arm64: "d52b2c00691aaed07e71c0f7d11a602f5bbaa2816d41f4493c6f43ea77749964"
+    amd64: "a01c7713d97c8725067e3f6cf2a5dccccb7aee62c8af57ffcff3a658f48b1b29"
+    arm64: "05c484b6a03510f8e6dfffccfe43453e71d357168c157342448e174f3263ca22"
   location: "https://github.com/jaqx0r/mtail/releases/download/v${version}/mtail_${version}_linux_${debian_arch}.tar.gz"
 prometheus-mysqld-exporter:
   version: "0.20.0"
@@ -292,11 +292,11 @@ prometheus-server:
     arm64: "aa9be9c36608e7ab7cc089726195d0e4fa74f87b330538df9d30d3da1f2b0e18"
   location: "https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus/releases/download/v${version}/prometheus-${version}.linux-${debian_arch}.tar.gz"
 prometheus-valkey-exporter:
-  version: "1.92.0"
+  version: "1.92.1"
   type: "url"
   sha256:
-    amd64: "028736b15004c1f5c25508235a361d80f1989c577a458cc0dc97279c5269f709"
-    arm64: "00ce9ba1fc0e6474e69d05e743e2b9b2ddeb89e35b23bf7c999a0667a737fd75"
+    amd64: "60e9819172ec1c954bad9b44ba0b15ef064e8551bd74461d0ed1a7585bb2c6ad"
+    arm64: "9aecfb030b173516266773e7d88256bedf414e6a552afc385cbb1ecd49f26832"
   location: "https://github.com/oliver006/redis_exporter/releases/download/v${version}/redis_exporter-v${version}.linux-${debian_arch}.tar.gz"
 skyline-apiserver:
   type: "url"
diff --git a/kolla/docker/ironic/ironic-conductor/Dockerfile.j2 b/kolla/docker/ironic/ironic-conductor/Dockerfile.j2
index 40525b6205..ca0afd0cb7 100644
--- a/kolla/docker/ironic/ironic-conductor/Dockerfile.j2
+++ b/kolla/docker/ironic/ironic-conductor/Dockerfile.j2
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ LABEL maintainer="{{ maintainer }}" name="{{ image_name }}"
         'systemd-udev',
         'util-linux',
         'xfsprogs',
-        'xorriso'
+        'xorriso',
+        'zstd'
     ] %}
     {% if base_arch in ['x86_64'] %}
         {% set ironic_conductor_packages = ironic_conductor_packages + [
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ LABEL maintainer="{{ maintainer }}" name="{{ image_name }}"
         'shellinabox',
         'udev',
         'xfsprogs',
+        'zstd'
     ] %}
 {% endif %}
 
diff --git a/kolla/docker/mariadb-server/Dockerfile.j2 b/kolla/docker/mariadb-server/Dockerfile.j2
index a9a84bf737..436953e808 100644
--- a/kolla/docker/mariadb-server/Dockerfile.j2
+++ b/kolla/docker/mariadb-server/Dockerfile.j2
@@ -54,12 +54,10 @@ COPY mariadb_sudoers /etc/sudoers.d/kolla_mariadb_sudoers
 COPY extend_start.sh /usr/local/bin/kolla_extend_start
 COPY security_reset.expect /usr/local/bin/kolla_security_reset
 COPY backup.sh /usr/local/bin/kolla_mariadb_backup.sh
-COPY backup_replica.sh /usr/local/bin/kolla_mariadb_backup_replica.sh
 
 RUN chmod 644 /usr/local/bin/kolla_extend_start \
     && chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/kolla_security_reset \
                  /usr/local/bin/kolla_mariadb_backup.sh \
-                 /usr/local/bin/kolla_mariadb_backup_replica.sh \
     && chmod 750 /etc/sudoers.d \
     && chmod 440 /etc/sudoers.d/kolla_mariadb_sudoers \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/mysql/*
diff --git a/kolla/docker/mariadb-server/backup_replica.sh b/kolla/docker/mariadb-server/backup_replica.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index fe10bc61b1..0000000000
--- a/kolla/docker/mariadb-server/backup_replica.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,149 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-set -eu
-set -o pipefail
-
-BACKUP_DIR=/backup/
-DEFAULT_MY_CNF="/etc/mysql/my.cnf"
-REPLICA_MY_CNF="$(mktemp)"
-RETRY_INTERVAL=5  # Interval between retries (in seconds)
-MAX_RETRIES=12    # Max retries (12 retries * 5 seconds = 60 seconds)
-VERIFY_DB_SERVER_CERT="${VERIFY_DB_SERVER_CERT:=FALSE}"
-
-# Cleanup function to remove the REPLICA_MY_CNF file
-cleanup() {
-    rm -f "${REPLICA_MY_CNF}"
-}
-
-# Set trap to ensure cleanup occurs on exit or error
-trap cleanup EXIT
-
-cd "${BACKUP_DIR}"
-
-# Execute a full backup
-backup_full() {
-    echo "Taking a full backup"
-    LAST_FULL_DATE=$(date +%d-%m-%Y-%s)
-    BACKUP_FILE="backup-full-${LAST_FULL_DATE}.mbs.gz"
-    BACKUP_PATH="${BACKUP_DIR}/full-${LAST_FULL_DATE}"
-    mkdir -p "${BACKUP_PATH}"
-
-    mariabackup \
-        --defaults-file="${REPLICA_MY_CNF}" \
-        --backup \
-        --stream=mbstream \
-        --history="${LAST_FULL_DATE}" \
-        | gzip > "${BACKUP_PATH}/${BACKUP_FILE}"
-
-    echo "${BACKUP_PATH}/${BACKUP_FILE}" > "${BACKUP_DIR}/last_full_file"
-}
-
-# Execute an incremental backup
-backup_incremental() {
-    if [ ! -r "${BACKUP_DIR}/last_full_file" ]; then
-        echo "Error: No full backup file found."
-        exit 1
-    fi
-
-    FULL_BACKUP_FILE=$(cat "${BACKUP_DIR}/last_full_file")
-    LAST_FULL_DATE=$(basename "$(dirname "${FULL_BACKUP_FILE}")" | sed 's/^full-//')
-    NOW=$(date +%H-%M-%S-%d-%m-%Y)
-    INCR_DIR="${BACKUP_DIR}/incr-${NOW}-since-${LAST_FULL_DATE}"
-    mkdir -p "${INCR_DIR}"
-
-    # Temp dir for full base restore
-    TMP_BASEDIR=$(mktemp -d)
-
-    echo "Decompressing full backup to temp dir: ${TMP_BASEDIR}"
-    gunzip -c "${FULL_BACKUP_FILE}" | mbstream -x -C "${TMP_BASEDIR}"
-
-    mariabackup \
-        --defaults-file="${REPLICA_MY_CNF}" \
-        --backup \
-        --stream=mbstream \
-        --incremental-basedir="${TMP_BASEDIR}" \
-        --history="incr-${NOW}" \
-        | gzip > "${INCR_DIR}/backup-incremental-${NOW}.mbs.gz"
-
-    rm -rf "${TMP_BASEDIR}"
-}
-
-# Retry logic for database queries
-retry_mysql_query() {
-    local query="$1"
-    local result=""
-    local attempt=1
-
-    while [ ${attempt} -le ${MAX_RETRIES} ]; do
-        result=$(mariadb --ssl-verify-server-cert="${VERIFY_DB_SERVER_CERT}" -h "${HOST}" -u "${USER}" -p"${PASS}" -s -N -e "${query}" 2>/dev/null || true)
-        if [ -n "${result}" ]; then
-            echo "${result}"
-            return 0
-        fi
-        echo "Attempt ${attempt}/${MAX_RETRIES} failed. Retrying in ${RETRY_INTERVAL} seconds..."
-        sleep "${RETRY_INTERVAL}"
-        attempt=$((attempt + 1))
-    done
-
-    echo "Error: Failed to execute the query after ${MAX_RETRIES} attempts."
-    return 1
-}
-
-get_and_set_replica_server() {
-    HOST="$(grep '^host' "${DEFAULT_MY_CNF}" | awk -F '=' '{print $2}' | xargs)"
-    USER="$(grep '^user' "${DEFAULT_MY_CNF}" | awk -F '=' '{print $2}' | xargs)"
-    PASS="$(grep '^password' "${DEFAULT_MY_CNF}" | awk -F '=' '{print $2}' | xargs)"
-
-    ALL_HOSTS_SELECT="SELECT REGEXP_REPLACE(VARIABLE_VALUE, ':[0-9]*','') FROM information_schema.GLOBAL_STATUS WHERE VARIABLE_NAME = 'wsrep_incoming_addresses';"
-    ALL_HOSTS=$(retry_mysql_query "${ALL_HOSTS_SELECT}")
-    if [ -z "${ALL_HOSTS}" ]; then
-        echo "Backup failed due to inability to fetch a list of servers."
-        exit 1
-    fi
-
-    ACTIVE_HOST_SELECT='SELECT @@hostname;'
-    ACTIVE_HOST=$(retry_mysql_query "${ACTIVE_HOST_SELECT}" | xargs getent hosts | awk '{print $1}')
-    if [ -z "${ACTIVE_HOST}" ]; then
-        echo "Backup failed due to inability to fetch active host."
-        exit 1
-    fi
-
-    # Multinode
-    if echo "${ALL_HOSTS}" | grep -q ','; then
-        for server in $(echo "${ALL_HOSTS}" | tr ',' '\n'); do
-            if [[ "${server}" != "${ACTIVE_HOST}" ]]; then
-                REPLICA_HOST="${server}"
-                break
-            fi
-        done
-    # Single node
-    else
-        REPLICA_HOST="${ALL_HOSTS}"
-    fi
-    if [ -z "${REPLICA_HOST}" ]; then
-        echo "Backup failed due to inability to determine replica host."
-        exit 1
-    fi
-
-    cp "${DEFAULT_MY_CNF}" "${REPLICA_MY_CNF}"
-    sed -i "s/${HOST}/${REPLICA_HOST}/g" "${REPLICA_MY_CNF}"
-}
-
-if [ -n "${BACKUP_TYPE}" ]; then
-    get_and_set_replica_server
-    case "${BACKUP_TYPE}" in
-        "full")
-            backup_full
-            ;;
-        "incremental")
-            backup_incremental
-            ;;
-        *)
-            echo "Only full or incremental options are supported."
-            exit 1
-            ;;
-    esac
-else
-    echo "You need to specify either full or incremental backup options."
-    exit 1
-fi
diff --git a/kolla/docker/ovn/ovn-sb-db-relay/Dockerfile.j2 b/kolla/docker/ovn/ovn-sb-db-relay/Dockerfile.j2
index 1d1761033b..667c89afdf 100644
--- a/kolla/docker/ovn/ovn-sb-db-relay/Dockerfile.j2
+++ b/kolla/docker/ovn/ovn-sb-db-relay/Dockerfile.j2
@@ -7,12 +7,6 @@ LABEL maintainer="{{ maintainer }}" name="{{ image_name }}"
 
 {% import "macros.j2" as macros with context %}
 
-{% block ovn_sb_db_relay_ovn_ctl %}
-{# TODO(mnasiadka): Switch to 25.03 branch when available, ideally rpm/deb packages will be
-                    available. #}
-RUN curl -o /usr/share/ovn/scripts/ovn-ctl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ovn-org/ovn/refs/heads/main/utilities/ovn-ctl
-{% endblock %}
-
 COPY extend_start.sh /usr/local/bin/kolla_ovn_extend_start
 RUN chmod 644 /usr/local/bin/kolla_ovn_extend_start
 
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/bug-2167459-3dbfafe10ea28fdc.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/bug-2167459-3dbfafe10ea28fdc.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ca6ba40808
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/bug-2167459-3dbfafe10ea28fdc.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    Fixes ironic-conductor failing to decompress zstd
+    compressed files. `LP#2167459 <https://launchpad.net/bugs/2167459>_`
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/update-external-components-419631c0a728a61e.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/update-external-components-419631c0a728a61e.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..baff1d3e61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/update-external-components-419631c0a728a61e.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+upgrade:
+  - |
+    ``prometheus-mtail`` has been updated from ``3.4.13`` to ``3.4.14``.
+  - |
+    ``prometheus-valkey-exporter`` has been updated from ``1.92.0`` to
+    ``1.92.1``.
diff --git a/roles/kolla-build-config/templates/kolla-build.conf.j2 b/roles/kolla-build-config/templates/kolla-build.conf.j2
index eddbdab14a..07a50baae5 100644
--- a/roles/kolla-build-config/templates/kolla-build.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/kolla-build-config/templates/kolla-build.conf.j2
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 {# Generate a section for every build source Zuul has a checkout for,
    whether it's a required-project or a Depends-On. #}
 
-{% if not (is_upgrade | default(False) | bool) %}
 {% for canonical_name, project in zuul['projects'].items() %}
 {% if project.name in kolla_build_sources %}
 {% set source_names = kolla_build_sources[project.name] %}
@@ -27,4 +26,3 @@ location = {{ ansible_env.PWD ~ '/' ~ project.src_dir }}
 {% endif %}
 {% endif %}
 {% endfor %}
-{% endif %}