diff --git a/.github/workflows/external_trigger.yml b/.github/workflows/external_trigger.yml
index ec163ed..59d4ff4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/external_trigger.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/external_trigger.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
           fi
           echo "**** External trigger running off of main branch. To disable this trigger, set a Github secret named \"PAUSE_EXTERNAL_TRIGGER_PHPMYADMIN_MAIN\". ****"
           echo "**** Retrieving external version ****"
-          EXT_RELEASE=$(curl -u ${{ secrets.CR_USER }}:${{ secrets.CR_PAT }} -sX GET 'https://api.github.com/repos/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/releases/latest' | jq .name | sed -e 's/^"//' -e 's/"$//')
+          EXT_RELEASE=$(curl -u ${{ secrets.CR_USER }}:${{ secrets.CR_PAT }} -sX GET 'https://api.github.com/repos/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/releases' | jq -r 'first(.[] | select(.name | startswith("5"))) | .name')
           if [ -z "${EXT_RELEASE}" ] || [ "${EXT_RELEASE}" == "null" ]; then
             echo "**** Can't retrieve external version, exiting ****"
             FAILURE_REASON="Can't retrieve external version for phpmyadmin branch main"
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 72cde4b..36fb3bd 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ ENV UPLOAD_LIMIT 8192K
 RUN \
   apk add -U --upgrade --no-cache \
     curl \
+    jq \
     php7-gd \
     php7-bz2 \
     php7-mysqli \
@@ -22,32 +23,32 @@ RUN \
     php7-tokenizer \
     php7-curl \
     php7-zip && \
-    { \
-        echo 'opcache.memory_consumption=128'; \
-        echo 'opcache.interned_strings_buffer=8'; \
-        echo 'opcache.max_accelerated_files=4000'; \
-        echo 'opcache.revalidate_freq=2'; \
-        echo 'opcache.fast_shutdown=1'; \
-    } > /etc/php7/conf.d/opcache-recommended.ini; \
-    \
-    { \
-        echo 'session.cookie_httponly=1'; \
-        echo 'session.use_strict_mode=1'; \
-    } > /etc/php7/conf.d/session-strict.ini; \
-    \
-    { \
-        echo 'allow_url_fopen=Off'; \
-        echo 'max_execution_time=${MAX_EXECUTION_TIME}'; \
-        echo 'max_input_vars=10000'; \
-        echo 'memory_limit=${MEMORY_LIMIT}'; \
-        echo 'post_max_size=${UPLOAD_LIMIT}'; \
-        echo 'upload_max_filesize=${UPLOAD_LIMIT}'; \
-    } > /etc/php7/conf.d/phpmyadmin-misc.ini && \
+  { \
+      echo 'opcache.memory_consumption=128'; \
+      echo 'opcache.interned_strings_buffer=8'; \
+      echo 'opcache.max_accelerated_files=4000'; \
+      echo 'opcache.revalidate_freq=2'; \
+      echo 'opcache.fast_shutdown=1'; \
+  } > /etc/php7/conf.d/opcache-recommended.ini; \
+  \
+  { \
+      echo 'session.cookie_httponly=1'; \
+      echo 'session.use_strict_mode=1'; \
+  } > /etc/php7/conf.d/session-strict.ini; \
+  \
+  { \
+      echo 'allow_url_fopen=Off'; \
+      echo 'max_execution_time=${MAX_EXECUTION_TIME}'; \
+      echo 'max_input_vars=10000'; \
+      echo 'memory_limit=${MEMORY_LIMIT}'; \
+      echo 'post_max_size=${UPLOAD_LIMIT}'; \
+      echo 'upload_max_filesize=${UPLOAD_LIMIT}'; \
+  } > /etc/php7/conf.d/phpmyadmin-misc.ini && \
   echo "**** install phpmyadmin ****" && \
   mkdir -p /app/phpmyadmin && \
   if [ -z ${PHPMYADMIN_VERSION+x} ]; then \
-    PHPMYADMIN_VERSION=$(curl -sX GET "https://api.github.com/repos/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/releases/latest" \
-    | awk '/tag_name/{print $4;exit}' FS='[""]' | cut -d'_' -f 2- | sed s/_/./g); \
+    PHPMYADMIN_VERSION=$(curl -sX GET "https://api.github.com/repos/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/releases" \
+    | jq -r 'first(.[] | select(.name | startswith("5"))) | .name'); \
   fi && \
   curl -s -o \
     /tmp/phpmyadmin.tar.xz -L \
diff --git a/Dockerfile.aarch64 b/Dockerfile.aarch64
index 0841cc1..38567bf 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.aarch64
+++ b/Dockerfile.aarch64
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ ENV UPLOAD_LIMIT 8192K
 RUN \
   apk add -U --upgrade --no-cache \
     curl \
+    jq \
     php7-gd \
     php7-bz2 \
     php7-mysqli \
@@ -22,32 +23,32 @@ RUN \
     php7-tokenizer \
     php7-curl \
     php7-zip && \
-    { \
-        echo 'opcache.memory_consumption=128'; \
-        echo 'opcache.interned_strings_buffer=8'; \
-        echo 'opcache.max_accelerated_files=4000'; \
-        echo 'opcache.revalidate_freq=2'; \
-        echo 'opcache.fast_shutdown=1'; \
-    } > /etc/php7/conf.d/opcache-recommended.ini; \
-    \
-    { \
-        echo 'session.cookie_httponly=1'; \
-        echo 'session.use_strict_mode=1'; \
-    } > /etc/php7/conf.d/session-strict.ini; \
-    \
-    { \
-        echo 'allow_url_fopen=Off'; \
-        echo 'max_execution_time=${MAX_EXECUTION_TIME}'; \
-        echo 'max_input_vars=10000'; \
-        echo 'memory_limit=${MEMORY_LIMIT}'; \
-        echo 'post_max_size=${UPLOAD_LIMIT}'; \
-        echo 'upload_max_filesize=${UPLOAD_LIMIT}'; \
-    } > /etc/php7/conf.d/phpmyadmin-misc.ini && \
+  { \
+      echo 'opcache.memory_consumption=128'; \
+      echo 'opcache.interned_strings_buffer=8'; \
+      echo 'opcache.max_accelerated_files=4000'; \
+      echo 'opcache.revalidate_freq=2'; \
+      echo 'opcache.fast_shutdown=1'; \
+  } > /etc/php7/conf.d/opcache-recommended.ini; \
+  \
+  { \
+      echo 'session.cookie_httponly=1'; \
+      echo 'session.use_strict_mode=1'; \
+  } > /etc/php7/conf.d/session-strict.ini; \
+  \
+  { \
+      echo 'allow_url_fopen=Off'; \
+      echo 'max_execution_time=${MAX_EXECUTION_TIME}'; \
+      echo 'max_input_vars=10000'; \
+      echo 'memory_limit=${MEMORY_LIMIT}'; \
+      echo 'post_max_size=${UPLOAD_LIMIT}'; \
+      echo 'upload_max_filesize=${UPLOAD_LIMIT}'; \
+  } > /etc/php7/conf.d/phpmyadmin-misc.ini && \
   echo "**** install phpmyadmin ****" && \
   mkdir -p /app/phpmyadmin && \
   if [ -z ${PHPMYADMIN_VERSION+x} ]; then \
-    PHPMYADMIN_VERSION=$(curl -sX GET "https://api.github.com/repos/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/releases/latest" \
-    | awk '/tag_name/{print $4;exit}' FS='[""]' | cut -d'_' -f 2- | sed s/_/./g); \
+    PHPMYADMIN_VERSION=$(curl -sX GET "https://api.github.com/repos/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/releases" \
+    | jq -r 'first(.[] | select(.name | startswith("5"))) | .name'); \
   fi && \
   curl -s -o \
     /tmp/phpmyadmin.tar.xz -L \
diff --git a/Dockerfile.armhf b/Dockerfile.armhf
index c23a666..fd6fed2 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.armhf
+++ b/Dockerfile.armhf
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ ENV UPLOAD_LIMIT 8192K
 RUN \
   apk add -U --upgrade --no-cache \
     curl \
+    jq \
     php7-gd \
     php7-bz2 \
     php7-mysqli \
@@ -22,32 +23,32 @@ RUN \
     php7-tokenizer \
     php7-curl \
     php7-zip && \
-    { \
-        echo 'opcache.memory_consumption=128'; \
-        echo 'opcache.interned_strings_buffer=8'; \
-        echo 'opcache.max_accelerated_files=4000'; \
-        echo 'opcache.revalidate_freq=2'; \
-        echo 'opcache.fast_shutdown=1'; \
-    } > /etc/php7/conf.d/opcache-recommended.ini; \
-    \
-    { \
-        echo 'session.cookie_httponly=1'; \
-        echo 'session.use_strict_mode=1'; \
-    } > /etc/php7/conf.d/session-strict.ini; \
-    \
-    { \
-        echo 'allow_url_fopen=Off'; \
-        echo 'max_execution_time=${MAX_EXECUTION_TIME}'; \
-        echo 'max_input_vars=10000'; \
-        echo 'memory_limit=${MEMORY_LIMIT}'; \
-        echo 'post_max_size=${UPLOAD_LIMIT}'; \
-        echo 'upload_max_filesize=${UPLOAD_LIMIT}'; \
-    } > /etc/php7/conf.d/phpmyadmin-misc.ini && \
+  { \
+      echo 'opcache.memory_consumption=128'; \
+      echo 'opcache.interned_strings_buffer=8'; \
+      echo 'opcache.max_accelerated_files=4000'; \
+      echo 'opcache.revalidate_freq=2'; \
+      echo 'opcache.fast_shutdown=1'; \
+  } > /etc/php7/conf.d/opcache-recommended.ini; \
+  \
+  { \
+      echo 'session.cookie_httponly=1'; \
+      echo 'session.use_strict_mode=1'; \
+  } > /etc/php7/conf.d/session-strict.ini; \
+  \
+  { \
+      echo 'allow_url_fopen=Off'; \
+      echo 'max_execution_time=${MAX_EXECUTION_TIME}'; \
+      echo 'max_input_vars=10000'; \
+      echo 'memory_limit=${MEMORY_LIMIT}'; \
+      echo 'post_max_size=${UPLOAD_LIMIT}'; \
+      echo 'upload_max_filesize=${UPLOAD_LIMIT}'; \
+  } > /etc/php7/conf.d/phpmyadmin-misc.ini && \
   echo "**** install phpmyadmin ****" && \
   mkdir -p /app/phpmyadmin && \
   if [ -z ${PHPMYADMIN_VERSION+x} ]; then \
-    PHPMYADMIN_VERSION=$(curl -sX GET "https://api.github.com/repos/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/releases/latest" \
-    | awk '/tag_name/{print $4;exit}' FS='[""]' | cut -d'_' -f 2- | sed s/_/./g); \
+    PHPMYADMIN_VERSION=$(curl -sX GET "https://api.github.com/repos/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/releases" \
+    | jq -r 'first(.[] | select(.name | startswith("5"))) | .name'); \
   fi && \
   curl -s -o \
     /tmp/phpmyadmin.tar.xz -L \
diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
index d249b52..770b643 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ pipeline {
       steps{
         script{
           env.EXT_RELEASE = sh(
-            script: ''' curl -sX GET 'https://api.github.com/repos/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/releases/latest' | jq .name | sed -e 's/^"//' -e 's/"$//' ''',
+            script: ''' curl -sX GET 'https://api.github.com/repos/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/releases' | jq -r 'first(.[] | select(.name | startswith("5"))) | .name' ''',
             returnStdout: true).trim()
             env.RELEASE_LINK = 'custom_command'
         }
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1a6b25e..0652bc0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -231,4 +231,5 @@ Once registered you can define the dockerfile to use with `-f Dockerfile.aarch64
 
 ## Versions
 
+* **23.01.22:** - Pin versions to 5.x.x.
 * **14.06.21:** - Initial Release.
diff --git a/jenkins-vars.yml b/jenkins-vars.yml
index 4d45a0e..ef40f5d 100644
--- a/jenkins-vars.yml
+++ b/jenkins-vars.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # jenkins variables
 project_name: docker-phpmyadmin
 external_type: na
-custom_version_command: "curl -sX GET 'https://api.github.com/repos/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/releases/latest' | jq .name | sed -e 's/^\"//' -e 's/\"$//'"
+custom_version_command: "curl -sX GET 'https://api.github.com/repos/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/releases' | jq -r 'first(.[] | select(.name | startswith(\"5\"))) | .name'"
 release_type: stable
 release_tag: latest
 ls_branch: main
diff --git a/readme-vars.yml b/readme-vars.yml
index 8a65c80..fd29643 100644
--- a/readme-vars.yml
+++ b/readme-vars.yml
@@ -45,4 +45,5 @@ app_setup_block: |
 
   # changelog
 changelogs:
+  - { date: "23.01.22:", desc: "Pin versions to 5.x.x." }
   - { date: "14.06.21:", desc: "Initial Release." }
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