diff --git a/jenkins/Dockerfile-blossom.integration.centos7 b/jenkins/Dockerfile-blossom.integration.centos7
index 3da1bf9d495..eff9cbd0a9c 100644
--- a/jenkins/Dockerfile-blossom.integration.centos7
+++ b/jenkins/Dockerfile-blossom.integration.centos7
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
 ###
 #
 # Arguments:
-#    CUDA_VER=10.1 or 10.2
-#    CUDF_VER=0.18 or 0.19-SNAPSHOT
+#    CUDA_VER=10.1, 10.2 or 11.0
+#    CUDF_VER=0.18 or 0.19
 #    URM_URL=<maven repo url>
 ###
 ARG CUDA_VER=10.1
diff --git a/jenkins/Dockerfile-blossom.ubuntu16 b/jenkins/Dockerfile-blossom.ubuntu
similarity index 78%
rename from jenkins/Dockerfile-blossom.ubuntu16
rename to jenkins/Dockerfile-blossom.ubuntu
index 1bda5c05313..f8c4e4a5185 100644
--- a/jenkins/Dockerfile-blossom.ubuntu16
+++ b/jenkins/Dockerfile-blossom.ubuntu
@@ -18,22 +18,24 @@
 #
 # Build the image for rapids-plugin development environment
 #
-# Arguments: CUDA_VER=10.1 or 10.2
-#
+# Arguments:
+#       CUDA_VER=10.1, 10.2 or 11.0
+#       UBUNTU_VER=18.04 or 20.04
 ###
 
-ARG CUDA_VER=10.1
-
-FROM nvidia/cuda:${CUDA_VER}-runtime-ubuntu16.04
+ARG CUDA_VER=11.0
+ARG UBUNTU_VER=18.04
+FROM nvidia/cuda:${CUDA_VER}-runtime-ubuntu${UBUNTU_VER}
 
 #Install java-8, maven, docker image
 RUN apt-get update -y && \
     apt-get install -y software-properties-common
 RUN add-apt-repository ppa:deadsnakes/ppa && \
     apt-get update -y && \
-    apt-get install -y maven \
+    DEBIAN_FRONTEND="noninteractive" apt-get install -y maven \
     openjdk-8-jdk python3.8 python3.8-distutils python3-setuptools tzdata git
 RUN python3.8 -m easy_install pip
+RUN update-java-alternatives --set /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.8.0-openjdk-amd64
 
 RUN ln -s /usr/bin/python3.8 /usr/bin/python
 RUN python -m pip install pytest sre_yield requests pandas pyarrow findspark pytest-xdist
diff --git a/jenkins/Jenkinsfile-blossom.premerge b/jenkins/Jenkinsfile-blossom.premerge
index 5dfbae28f44..9285188c429 100644
--- a/jenkins/Jenkinsfile-blossom.premerge
+++ b/jenkins/Jenkinsfile-blossom.premerge
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ def pluginPremerge
 
 def githubHelper // blossom github helper
 def TEMP_IMAGE_BUILD = true
-def PREMERGE_DOCKERFILE = 'jenkins/Dockerfile-blossom.ubuntu16'
+def CUDA_NAME = 'cuda11.0' // hardcode cuda version for docker build part
+def PREMERGE_DOCKERFILE = 'jenkins/Dockerfile-blossom.ubuntu'
 def IMAGE_PREMERGE // temp image for premerge test
 def PREMERGE_TAG
 def skipped = false
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ pipeline {
         URM_URL = "https://${ArtifactoryConstants.ARTIFACTORY_NAME}/artifactory/sw-spark-maven"
         PVC = credentials("pvc")
         CUSTOM_WORKSPACE = "/home/jenkins/agent/workspace/${BUILD_TAG}"
+        CUDA_CLASSIFIER = 'cuda11'
     }
 
     stages {
@@ -116,9 +118,6 @@ pipeline {
                     )
 
                     container('docker-build') {
-                        def CUDA_NAME = sh(returnStdout: true,
-                                script: '. jenkins/version-def.sh>&2 && echo -n $CUDA_CLASSIFIER | sed "s/-/./g"')
-
                         // check if pre-merge dockerfile modified
                         def dockerfileModified = sh(returnStdout: true,
                                 script: 'BASE=$(git --no-pager log --oneline -1 | awk \'{ print $NF }\'); ' +
@@ -129,7 +128,7 @@ pipeline {
                         }
 
                         if (TEMP_IMAGE_BUILD) {
-                            IMAGE_TAG = "dev-ubuntu16-${CUDA_NAME}"
+                            IMAGE_TAG = "dev-ubuntu18-${CUDA_NAME}"
                             PREMERGE_TAG = "${IMAGE_TAG}-${BUILD_TAG}"
                             IMAGE_PREMERGE = "${ARTIFACTORY_NAME}/sw-spark-docker-local/plugin:${PREMERGE_TAG}"
                             def CUDA_VER = "$CUDA_NAME" - "cuda"
@@ -137,7 +136,7 @@ pipeline {
                             uploadDocker(IMAGE_PREMERGE)
                         } else {
                             // if no pre-merge dockerfile change, use nightly image
-                            IMAGE_PREMERGE = "$ARTIFACTORY_NAME/sw-spark-docker-local/plugin:dev-ubuntu16-$CUDA_NAME-blossom-dev"
+                            IMAGE_PREMERGE = "$ARTIFACTORY_NAME/sw-spark-docker-local/plugin:dev-ubuntu18-$CUDA_NAME-blossom-dev"
                         }
 
 
diff --git a/jenkins/spark-nightly-build.sh b/jenkins/spark-nightly-build.sh
index 6e75e28d9ae..ac9057de382 100755
--- a/jenkins/spark-nightly-build.sh
+++ b/jenkins/spark-nightly-build.sh
@@ -21,14 +21,15 @@ set -ex
 
 ## export 'M2DIR' so that shims can get the correct cudf/spark dependency info
 export M2DIR="$WORKSPACE/.m2"
-mvn -U -B -Pinclude-databricks,snapshot-shims clean deploy $MVN_URM_MIRROR -Dmaven.repo.local=$M2DIR -Dpytest.TEST_TAGS='' -Dpytest.TEST_TYPE="nightly"
+mvn -U -B -Pinclude-databricks,snapshot-shims clean deploy $MVN_URM_MIRROR -Dmaven.repo.local=$M2DIR \
+    -Dpytest.TEST_TAGS='' -Dpytest.TEST_TYPE="nightly" -Dcuda.version=$CUDA_CLASSIFIER
 # Run unit tests against other spark versions
-mvn -U -B -Pspark301tests,snapshot-shims test $MVN_URM_MIRROR -Dmaven.repo.local=$M2DIR
-mvn -U -B -Pspark302tests,snapshot-shims test $MVN_URM_MIRROR -Dmaven.repo.local=$M2DIR
-mvn -U -B -Pspark303tests,snapshot-shims test $MVN_URM_MIRROR -Dmaven.repo.local=$M2DIR
-mvn -U -B -Pspark311tests,snapshot-shims test $MVN_URM_MIRROR -Dmaven.repo.local=$M2DIR
-mvn -U -B -Pspark312tests,snapshot-shims test $MVN_URM_MIRROR -Dmaven.repo.local=$M2DIR
-mvn -U -B -Pspark320tests,snapshot-shims test $MVN_URM_MIRROR -Dmaven.repo.local=$M2DIR
+mvn -U -B -Pspark301tests,snapshot-shims test $MVN_URM_MIRROR -Dmaven.repo.local=$M2DIR -Dcuda.version=$CUDA_CLASSIFIER
+mvn -U -B -Pspark302tests,snapshot-shims test $MVN_URM_MIRROR -Dmaven.repo.local=$M2DIR -Dcuda.version=$CUDA_CLASSIFIER
+mvn -U -B -Pspark303tests,snapshot-shims test $MVN_URM_MIRROR -Dmaven.repo.local=$M2DIR -Dcuda.version=$CUDA_CLASSIFIER
+mvn -U -B -Pspark311tests,snapshot-shims test $MVN_URM_MIRROR -Dmaven.repo.local=$M2DIR -Dcuda.version=$CUDA_CLASSIFIER
+mvn -U -B -Pspark312tests,snapshot-shims test $MVN_URM_MIRROR -Dmaven.repo.local=$M2DIR -Dcuda.version=$CUDA_CLASSIFIER
+mvn -U -B -Pspark320tests,snapshot-shims test $MVN_URM_MIRROR -Dmaven.repo.local=$M2DIR -Dcuda.version=$CUDA_CLASSIFIER
 
 # Parse cudf and spark files from local mvn repo
 jenkins/printJarVersion.sh "CUDFVersion" "$M2DIR/ai/rapids/cudf/${CUDF_VER}" "cudf-${CUDF_VER}" "-${CUDA_CLASSIFIER}.jar" $SERVER_ID
diff --git a/jenkins/spark-premerge-build.sh b/jenkins/spark-premerge-build.sh
index 6ea3b972ae3..64c886d9af2 100755
--- a/jenkins/spark-premerge-build.sh
+++ b/jenkins/spark-premerge-build.sh
@@ -37,15 +37,16 @@ export PATH="$SPARK_HOME/bin:$SPARK_HOME/sbin:$PATH"
 tar zxf $SPARK_HOME.tgz -C $ARTF_ROOT && \
     rm -f $SPARK_HOME.tgz
 
-mvn -U -B $MVN_URM_MIRROR '-P!snapshot-shims,pre-merge' clean verify -Dpytest.TEST_TAGS='' -Dpytest.TEST_TYPE="pre-commit" -Dpytest.TEST_PARALLEL=4
+mvn -U -B $MVN_URM_MIRROR '-P!snapshot-shims,pre-merge' clean verify -Dpytest.TEST_TAGS='' \
+    -Dpytest.TEST_TYPE="pre-commit" -Dpytest.TEST_PARALLEL=4 -Dcuda.version=$CUDA_CLASSIFIER
 # Run the unit tests for other Spark versions but dont run full python integration tests
 # NOT ALL TESTS NEEDED FOR PREMERGE
-#env -u SPARK_HOME mvn -U -B $MVN_URM_MIRROR -Pspark301tests,snapshot-shims test -Dpytest.TEST_TAGS=''
-env -u SPARK_HOME mvn -U -B $MVN_URM_MIRROR -Pspark302tests,snapshot-shims test -Dpytest.TEST_TAGS=''
-env -u SPARK_HOME mvn -U -B $MVN_URM_MIRROR -Pspark303tests,snapshot-shims test -Dpytest.TEST_TAGS=''
-env -u SPARK_HOME mvn -U -B $MVN_URM_MIRROR -Pspark311tests,snapshot-shims test -Dpytest.TEST_TAGS=''
-env -u SPARK_HOME mvn -U -B $MVN_URM_MIRROR -Pspark312tests,snapshot-shims test -Dpytest.TEST_TAGS=''
-env -u SPARK_HOME mvn -U -B $MVN_URM_MIRROR -Pspark320tests,snapshot-shims test -Dpytest.TEST_TAGS=''
+#env -u SPARK_HOME mvn -U -B $MVN_URM_MIRROR -Pspark301tests,snapshot-shims test -Dpytest.TEST_TAGS='' -Dcuda.version=$CUDA_CLASSIFIER
+env -u SPARK_HOME mvn -U -B $MVN_URM_MIRROR -Pspark302tests,snapshot-shims test -Dpytest.TEST_TAGS='' -Dcuda.version=$CUDA_CLASSIFIER
+env -u SPARK_HOME mvn -U -B $MVN_URM_MIRROR -Pspark303tests,snapshot-shims test -Dpytest.TEST_TAGS='' -Dcuda.version=$CUDA_CLASSIFIER
+env -u SPARK_HOME mvn -U -B $MVN_URM_MIRROR -Pspark311tests,snapshot-shims test -Dpytest.TEST_TAGS='' -Dcuda.version=$CUDA_CLASSIFIER
+env -u SPARK_HOME mvn -U -B $MVN_URM_MIRROR -Pspark312tests,snapshot-shims test -Dpytest.TEST_TAGS='' -Dcuda.version=$CUDA_CLASSIFIER
+env -u SPARK_HOME mvn -U -B $MVN_URM_MIRROR -Pspark320tests,snapshot-shims test -Dpytest.TEST_TAGS='' -Dcuda.version=$CUDA_CLASSIFIER
 
 # The jacoco coverage should have been collected, but because of how the shade plugin
 # works and jacoco we need to clean some things up so jacoco will only report for the