diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-manual.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-manual.yaml
index 3f3af6ac..7e0fd5da 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-manual.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-manual.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ on:
         options:
           - connect
           - connect-content-init
-          - content-images
           - package-manager
           - r-session-complete
           - workbench
@@ -48,12 +47,9 @@ jobs:
     name: Setup
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
-    concurrency:
-      group: bake-setup-${{ github.ref }}
-      cancel-in-progress: true
-
     outputs:
-      GIT_SHA: ${{ steps.checkout.outputs.sha }}
+      GIT_SHA: ${{ steps.get-git-sha.outputs.GIT_SHA }}
+      BAKE_FILE: ${{ steps.bake-file.outputs.BAKE_FILE }}
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
@@ -63,9 +59,22 @@ jobs:
         id: get-git-sha
         run: |
           GIT_SHA=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)
+          echo "Setting GIT_SHA=$GIT_SHA"
           echo "GIT_SHA=$GIT_SHA" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
+      - name: Set BAKE_FILE
+        id: bake-file
+        run: |
+          if [[ "${{ inputs.type }}" == "release" ]]; then
+            BAKE_FILE="docker-bake.hcl"
+          else
+            BAKE_FILE="docker-bake.preview.hcl"
+          fi
+          echo "Using $BAKE_FILE"
+          echo "BAKE_FILE=$BAKE_FILE" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
   build:
+    needs: [setup]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest-4x
     name: manual-build
 
@@ -95,15 +104,48 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           pip install requests
 
+      - name: Get Target
+        id: get-target
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          # Append suffix if necessary
+          target="${{ inputs.product }}"
+          if [[ "${{ inputs.type }}" != "release" ]]; then
+            target="${{ inputs.product }}-${{ inputs.type }}"
+          fi
+          echo "Setting TARGET=$target"
+          echo "TARGET=$target" >>  $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
       - name: Get Version
         id: get-version
+        shell: bash
         run: |
+          # Determine how to set the version
           if [[ "${{ inputs.version }}" == "auto" ]]; then
             VERSION=`just -f ci.Justfile get-version ${{ inputs.product }} --type=${{ inputs.type }} --local`
           else
             VERSION="${{ inputs.version }}"
           fi
-          echo "VERSION=$VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          
+          # Set the appropriate env var
+          suffix="_VERSION"
+          if [[ "${{ inputs.type }}" == "preview" ]]; then
+            suffix="_PREVIEW_VERSION"
+          elif [[ "${{ inputs.type }}" == "daily" ]]; then
+            suffix="_DAILY_VERSION"
+          fi
+          
+          product="${{ inputs.product }}"
+          if [[ "$product" == "connect" ]] || [[ "$product" == "connect-content-init" ]] || [[ "$product" == "content-images" ]]; then
+            product="CONNECT"
+          elif [[ "$product" == "package-manager" ]]; then
+            product="PACKAGE_MANAGER"
+          else
+            product="WORKBENCH"
+          fi
+          
+          echo "Setting $product$suffix=$VERSION"
+          echo "$product$suffix=$VERSION" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Set up Docker Buildx
         uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
@@ -114,10 +156,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build/Test/Push manual build image
         uses: ./.github/actions/bake-test-push
         with:
-          target: ${{ inputs.product }}
+          target: ${{ steps.get-target.outputs.TARGET }}
+          bakefile: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.BAKE_FILE }}
           push-image: ${{ inputs.push }}
           ghcr-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           dockerhub-username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME }}
           dockerhub-token: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_HUB_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
           gcp-json: '${{ secrets.GCP_ARTIFACT_REGISTRY_JSON }}'
-
diff --git a/docker-bake.hcl b/docker-bake.hcl
index 6b8ca379..11f07f1e 100644
--- a/docker-bake.hcl
+++ b/docker-bake.hcl
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ variable BASE_BUILD_MATRIX {
             {os = "ubuntu2204", r_primary = "4.2.3", r_alternate = "4.1.3", py_primary = "3.9.14", py_alternate = "3.8.15"},
             {os = "ubuntu2204", r_primary = "4.2.3", r_alternate = "4.1.3", py_primary = "3.9.17", py_alternate = "3.8.17"},
             {os = "ubuntu2204", r_primary = "4.2.3", r_alternate = "4.1.3", py_primary = "3.12.1", py_alternate = "3.11.7"},
+            {os = "ubuntu2204", r_primary = "4.4.0", r_alternate = "4.3.3", py_primary = "3.12.1", py_alternate = "3.11.7"},
         ]
     }
 }
@@ -166,7 +167,7 @@ variable CONTENT_BUILD_MATRIX {
 variable R_SESSION_COMPLETE_BUILD_MATRIX {
     default = {
         builds = [
-            {os = "ubuntu2204", r_primary = "4.2.3", r_alternate = "4.1.3", py_primary = "3.9.14", py_alternate = "3.8.15"},
+            {os = "ubuntu2204", r_primary = "4.4.0", r_alternate = "4.3.3", py_primary = "3.12.1", py_alternate = "3.11.7"},
         ]
     }
 }
@@ -174,7 +175,7 @@ variable R_SESSION_COMPLETE_BUILD_MATRIX {
 variable WORKBENCH_BUILD_MATRIX {
     default = {
         builds = [
-            {os = "ubuntu2204", r_primary = "4.2.3", r_alternate = "4.1.3", py_primary = "3.9.14", py_alternate = "3.8.15"},
+            {os = "ubuntu2204", r_primary = "4.4.0", r_alternate = "4.3.3", py_primary = "3.12.1", py_alternate = "3.11.7"},
         ]
     }
 }
diff --git a/docker-bake.preview.hcl b/docker-bake.preview.hcl
index a229e1e4..f61f07b5 100644
--- a/docker-bake.preview.hcl
+++ b/docker-bake.preview.hcl
@@ -4,23 +4,23 @@ variable BRANCH {
 }
 
 variable CONNECT_DAILY_VERSION {
-    default = null
+    default = ""
 }
 
 variable PACKAGE_MANAGER_PREVIEW_VERSION {
-    default = null
+    default = ""
 }
 
 variable PACKAGE_MANAGER_DAILY_VERSION {
-    default = null
+    default = ""
 }
 
 variable WORKBENCH_DAILY_VERSION {
-    default = null
+    default = ""
 }
 
 variable WORKBENCH_PREVIEW_VERSION {
-    default = null
+    default = ""
 }
 
 variable DRIVERS_VERSION {
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ variable BASE_BUILD_MATRIX {
         builds = [
             {os = "centos7", r_primary = "4.2.3", r_alternate = "4.1.3", py_primary = "3.11.9", py_alternate = "3.10.14"},
             {os = "ubuntu2204", r_primary = "4.2.3", r_alternate = "4.1.3", py_primary = "3.11.9", py_alternate = "3.10.14"},
+            {os = "ubuntu2204", r_primary = "4.4.0", r_alternate = "4.3.3", py_primary = "3.11.9", py_alternate = "3.10.14"},
         ]
     }
 }
@@ -127,7 +128,7 @@ variable PRO_BUILD_MATRIX {
 variable PACKAGE_MANAGER_BUILD_MATRIX {
     default = {
         builds = [
-            {os = "ubuntu2204", r_primary = "4.2.3", r_alternate = "4.1.3", py_primary = "3.11.9", py_alternate = "3.10.14"},
+            {os = "ubuntu2204", r_primary = "4.4.0", r_alternate = "4.3.3", py_primary = "3.11.9", py_alternate = "3.10.14"},
         ]
     }
 }
@@ -135,7 +136,7 @@ variable PACKAGE_MANAGER_BUILD_MATRIX {
 variable CONNECT_BUILD_MATRIX {
     default = {
         builds = [
-            {os = "ubuntu2204", r_primary = "4.2.3", r_alternate = "4.1.3", py_primary = "3.11.9", py_alternate = "3.10.14", quarto = DEFAULT_QUARTO_VERSION},
+            {os = "ubuntu2204", r_primary = "4.4.0", r_alternate = "4.3.3", py_primary = "3.11.9", py_alternate = "3.10.14", quarto = DEFAULT_QUARTO_VERSION},
         ]
     }
 }
@@ -151,7 +152,7 @@ variable CONNECT_CONTENT_INIT_BUILD_MATRIX {
 variable R_SESSION_COMPLETE_BUILD_MATRIX {
     default = {
         builds = [
-            {os = "ubuntu2204", r_primary = "4.2.3", r_alternate = "4.1.3", py_primary = "3.11.9", py_alternate = "3.10.14"},
+            {os = "ubuntu2204", r_primary = "4.4.0", r_alternate = "4.3.3", py_primary = "3.11.9", py_alternate = "3.10.14"},
         ]
     }
 }
@@ -159,7 +160,7 @@ variable R_SESSION_COMPLETE_BUILD_MATRIX {
 variable WORKBENCH_BUILD_MATRIX {
     default = {
         builds = [
-            {os = "ubuntu2204", r_primary = "4.2.3", r_alternate = "4.1.3", py_primary = "3.11.9", py_alternate = "3.10.14"},
+            {os = "ubuntu2204", r_primary = "4.4.0", r_alternate = "4.3.3", py_primary = "3.11.9", py_alternate = "3.10.14"},
         ]
     }
 }
diff --git a/product/base/Dockerfile.centos7 b/product/base/Dockerfile.centos7
index 9faf3e6b..dfd13ed9 100644
--- a/product/base/Dockerfile.centos7
+++ b/product/base/Dockerfile.centos7
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 FROM centos:7 as build
 
 ### ARG declarations ###
-ARG R_VERSION=4.2.0
-ARG R_VERSION_ALT=3.6.2
+ARG R_VERSION=4.4.0
+ARG R_VERSION_ALT=4.3.3
 ARG PYTHON_VERSION=3.9.14
 ARG PYTHON_VERSION_ALT=3.8.15
 ARG TINI_VERSION=0.19.0
diff --git a/product/base/Dockerfile.ubuntu2204 b/product/base/Dockerfile.ubuntu2204
index 850245e8..649dabbf 100644
--- a/product/base/Dockerfile.ubuntu2204
+++ b/product/base/Dockerfile.ubuntu2204
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ FROM ubuntu:22.04 as build
 
 ### ARG declarations ###
 ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
-ARG R_VERSION=4.2.3
-ARG R_VERSION_ALT=4.1.3
+ARG R_VERSION=4.4.0
+ARG R_VERSION_ALT=4.3.3
 ARG PYTHON_VERSION=3.9.17
 ARG PYTHON_VERSION_ALT=3.8.17
 ARG TINI_VERSION=0.19.0
diff --git a/product/base/deps/ubuntu2204_packages.txt b/product/base/deps/ubuntu2204_packages.txt
index 3a836e5c..59422223 100644
--- a/product/base/deps/ubuntu2204_packages.txt
+++ b/product/base/deps/ubuntu2204_packages.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@ gpg-agent
 gsfonts
 imagemagick
 libarchive-dev
+libblas3
+libbz2-dev
 libcairo2-dev
+libcurl4
 libcurl4-openssl-dev
 libev-dev
 libfontconfig1-dev
@@ -27,26 +30,37 @@ libfribidi-dev
 libgdal-dev
 libgeos-dev
 libgl1-mesa-dev
+libglib2.0-0
 libglpk-dev
 libglu1-mesa-dev
 libgmp3-dev
 libharfbuzz-dev
 libicu-dev
 libjpeg-dev
+liblapack-dev
+liblzma-dev
 libmagick++-dev
 libmysqlclient-dev
+libncurses5-dev
 libopenblas-dev
+libpango-1.0-0
+libpangocairo-1.0-0
 libpaper-utils
 libpcre2-dev
 libpng-dev
 libproj-dev
+libreadline-dev
 libsodium-dev
 libssh2-1-dev
 libssl-dev
+libtcl8.6
 libtiff-dev
+libtirpc3
 libudunits2-dev
 libv8-dev
 libxml2-dev
+libx11-6
+libxt6
 locales
 lsb-release
 make
diff --git a/product/base/scripts/ubuntu/apt.sh b/product/base/scripts/ubuntu/apt.sh
index e67877d6..38dab76a 100755
--- a/product/base/scripts/ubuntu/apt.sh
+++ b/product/base/scripts/ubuntu/apt.sh
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ usage() {
 }
 
 # Set defaults
-APT_ARGS="-o DPkg::Lock::Timeout=60 -y -qq"
+APT_ARGS="-o DPkg::Lock::Timeout=60 -y -qq --no-install-recommends"
 CLEAN=0
 UPDATE=0
 
diff --git a/product/base/scripts/ubuntu/install_python.sh b/product/base/scripts/ubuntu/install_python.sh
index 10566024..f96d783a 100755
--- a/product/base/scripts/ubuntu/install_python.sh
+++ b/product/base/scripts/ubuntu/install_python.sh
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ usage() {
 
 
 # Set defaults
-APT_ARGS="-o DPkg::Lock::Timeout=60 -y -qq"
 PREFIX="/opt/python"
 
 OPTIONS=$(getopt -o hdr: --long help,debug,prefix:,requirement: -- "$@")
@@ -73,7 +72,7 @@ fi
 PYTHON_BIN="${PREFIX}/${PYTHON_VERSION}/bin/python"
 
 # Set apt options
-APT_ARGS="-o DPkg::Lock::Timeout=60 -y -qq"
+APT_ARGS="-o DPkg::Lock::Timeout=60 -y -qq --no-install-recommends"
 
 # Set ubuntu version
 UBUNTU_VERSION=$(lsb_release -rs)
diff --git a/product/base/scripts/ubuntu/install_r.sh b/product/base/scripts/ubuntu/install_r.sh
index 401eac65..03284b61 100755
--- a/product/base/scripts/ubuntu/install_r.sh
+++ b/product/base/scripts/ubuntu/install_r.sh
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ usage() {
 
 
 # Set defaults
-APT_ARGS="-o DPkg::Lock::Timeout=60 -y -qq"
 PREFIX="/opt/R"
 R_EXISTS=0
 WITH_SOURCE=0
@@ -85,7 +84,7 @@ fi
 R_BIN="${PREFIX}/${R_VERSION}/bin/R"
 
 # Set apt options
-APT_ARGS="-o DPkg::Lock::Timeout=60 -y -qq"
+APT_ARGS="-o DPkg::Lock::Timeout=60 -y -qq --no-install-recommends"
 APT_KEY="0x51716619e084dab9"
 APT_KEY_FILE="/usr/share/keyrings/cran-rstudio-keyring.gpg"
 APT_FILE="/etc/apt/sources.list.d/cran-rstudio.list"
@@ -130,29 +129,6 @@ install_r() {
     rm "/tmp/r-${R_VERSION}.deb"
 }
 
-install_r_dependencies() {
-    # There are many dependencies that R users may rely on that we want to
-    # include in the images. These include things like a functional X server,
-    # fonts, and other libraries that are commonly used by R packages.
-    local r_deps="r-base-core r-base-dev"
-
-    # Check whether dependencies are already installed
-    # shellcheck disable=2086
-    if dpkg -s $r_deps >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
-        echo "$d R dependencies already installed $d"
-        return
-    fi
-
-    echo "$d$d Installng R depencencies $d$d"
-    # Ensure we have apt-transport-https installed
-    # shellcheck disable=SC2086
-    apt-get install $APT_ARGS apt-transport-https
-
-    # Install R dependencies
-    # shellcheck disable=2086
-    apt-get install $APT_ARGS $r_deps
-}
-
 install_r_packages() {
     if [ ! -f "$R_PKG_FILE" ]; then
         echo "$d R package file $R_PKG_FILE does not exist $d"
@@ -180,10 +156,9 @@ get_r_source() {
 }
 
 
-# Only add the CRAN apt source & dependencies if we don't expect R to exist
+# Only add the CRAN apt source if we don't expect R to exist
 if [ "$R_EXISTS" -eq 0 ]; then
     add_cran_apt_source
-    install_r_dependencies
 fi
 
 # Check if R is already installed
diff --git a/product/base/test/goss.yaml b/product/base/test/goss.yaml
index d15aa828..5247d6f2 100644
--- a/product/base/test/goss.yaml
+++ b/product/base/test/goss.yaml
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ package:
     installed: true
   cracklib-runtime:
     installed: true
+  r-recommended:
+    installed: false
   {{end}}
   {{if .Env.OS | regexMatch "centos.*"}}
   epel-release:
@@ -45,6 +47,8 @@ file:
     exists: true
   /opt/python/{{.Env.PYTHON_VERSION_ALT}}/bin/python3:
     exists: true
+  /usr/lib/R/bin/R:
+    exists: false
   /tini:
     exists: true
   {{if .Env.OS | regexMatch "ubuntu.*"}}
diff --git a/r-session-complete/Dockerfile.ubuntu2204 b/r-session-complete/Dockerfile.ubuntu2204
index 55ed31ad..582e0aeb 100644
--- a/r-session-complete/Dockerfile.ubuntu2204
+++ b/r-session-complete/Dockerfile.ubuntu2204
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 FROM product-base-pro as build
 
 ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
-ARG R_VERSION=4.2.3
-ARG R_VERSION_ALT=4.1.3
+ARG R_VERSION=4.4.0
+ARG R_VERSION_ALT=4.3.3
 ARG PYTHON_VERSION=3.9.17
 ARG PYTHON_VERSION_ALT=3.8.17
 ARG JUPYTERLAB_VERSION=3.6.5
diff --git a/tools/get-version.py b/tools/get-version.py
index 8f22eb6a..6c73fd72 100755
--- a/tools/get-version.py
+++ b/tools/get-version.py
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ def download_json(url):
 
 
 def get_downloads_json():
-    return download_json("https://rstudio.com/wp-content/downloads.json")
+    return download_json("https://www.rstudio.com/wp-content/downloads.json")
 
 
 def rstudio_workbench_preview():
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ def get_local_release_version(product):
     with open('Justfile', 'r') as f:
         content = f.read()
 
-    vers = re.compile(f'{prefix}_VERSION := (.*)')
+    vers = re.compile(f'{prefix}_VERSION := "(.*)"')
     res = vers.search(content)
     # from the first capture group
     output_version = res[1]
diff --git a/workbench/Dockerfile.ubuntu2204 b/workbench/Dockerfile.ubuntu2204
index 37217661..74d74fa0 100644
--- a/workbench/Dockerfile.ubuntu2204
+++ b/workbench/Dockerfile.ubuntu2204
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 FROM product-base-pro as build
 
 ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
-ARG R_VERSION=4.2.3
-ARG R_VERSION_ALT=4.1.3
+ARG R_VERSION=4.4.0
+ARG R_VERSION_ALT=4.3.3
 ARG PYTHON_VERSION=3.9.17
 ARG PYTHON_VERSION_ALT=3.8.17
 ARG PYTHON_VERSION_JUPYTER=3.8.17