diff --git a/testing/pipeline/k8s-custom-pipelines.yml b/testing/pipeline/k8s-custom-pipelines.yml
index 6b10daca5c9..0cc9895583a 100644
--- a/testing/pipeline/k8s-custom-pipelines.yml
+++ b/testing/pipeline/k8s-custom-pipelines.yml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ stages:
       path: ./test/extensions/public/Flux.Tests.ps1
   - job: BuildPublishExtension
     pool:
-      vmImage: 'ubuntu-20.04'
+      vmImage: 'ubuntu-latest'
     displayName: "Build and Publish the Extension Artifact"
     variables:
       CLI_REPO_PATH: $(Agent.BuildDirectory)/s
@@ -103,18 +103,6 @@ stages:
 
         azdev verify license
 
-  - job: StaticAnalysis
-    displayName: "Static Analysis"
-    pool:
-      vmImage: 'ubuntu-20.04'
-    steps:
-      - task: UsePythonVersion@0
-        displayName: 'Use Python 3.6'
-        inputs:
-          versionSpec: 3.6
-      - bash: pip install wheel==0.30.0 pylint==1.9.5 flake8==3.5.0 requests
-        displayName: 'Install wheel, pylint, flake8, requests'
-
   - job: IndexVerify
     displayName: "Verify Extensions Index"
     pool:
diff --git a/testing/pipeline/templates/build-extension.yml b/testing/pipeline/templates/build-extension.yml
index 6ccd671f266..733b8c470df 100644
--- a/testing/pipeline/templates/build-extension.yml
+++ b/testing/pipeline/templates/build-extension.yml
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ steps:
   condition: and(succeeded(), eq(variables['IS_PRIVATE_BRANCH'], 'False'))
   displayName: "Copy Files, Set Variables for k8s-extension"
 - task: UsePythonVersion@0
-  displayName: 'Use Python 3.6'
+  displayName: 'Use Python 3.10'
   inputs:
-    versionSpec: 3.6
+    versionSpec: 3.10
 - bash: |
     set -ev
     echo "Building extension ${EXTENSION_NAME}..."
diff --git a/testing/pipeline/templates/run-test.yml b/testing/pipeline/templates/run-test.yml
index 526f2eba0f4..fa8ced33e9d 100644
--- a/testing/pipeline/templates/run-test.yml
+++ b/testing/pipeline/templates/run-test.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ parameters:
 jobs:
 - job: ${{ parameters.jobName}}
   pool:
-    vmImage: 'ubuntu-20.04'
+    vmImage: 'ubuntu-latest'
   variables:
     ${{ if eq(variables['IS_PRIVATE_BRANCH'], 'False') }}:
       EXTENSION_NAME: "k8s-extension"