diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-draft.yaml b/.github/workflows/release-draft.yaml
index f88ff30890..0f52f655b6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-draft.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-draft.yaml
@@ -135,8 +135,6 @@ jobs:
 
   push-container-image:
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04${{ matrix.platform == 'arm64' && '-arm' || '' }}
-    container:
-      image: ubuntu:22.04
     strategy:
       matrix:
         platform:
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8e8850dbed..b1cbd02ccd 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -159,7 +159,12 @@ endif()
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF)
 if(MSVC OR WIN32)
-	add_compile_definitions(_HAS_STD_BYTE=0)
+	add_compile_definitions(
+		_HAS_STD_BYTE=0
+		WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
+		_DISABLE_CONSTEXPR_MUTEX_CONSTRUCTOR
+		NOMINMAX
+	)
 endif()
 
 include(falcosecurity-libs)
diff --git a/cmake/modules/driver.cmake b/cmake/modules/driver.cmake
index 1777133b2d..9b9bc24c9d 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/driver.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/driver.cmake
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ else()
   # In case you want to test against another driver version (or branch, or commit) just pass the variable -
   # ie., `cmake -DDRIVER_VERSION=dev ..`
   if(NOT DRIVER_VERSION)
-    set(DRIVER_VERSION "7.3.0+driver")
-    set(DRIVER_CHECKSUM "SHA256=8f572d9a83feda635a3fa53b859d61e37af127c241e35068aadee3bc50d212c0")
+    set(DRIVER_VERSION "8.0.0+driver")
+    set(DRIVER_CHECKSUM "SHA256=f35990d6a1087a908fe94e1390027b9580d4636032c0f2b80bf945219474fd6b")
   endif()
 
   # cd /path/to/build && cmake /path/to/source
diff --git a/cmake/modules/falcosecurity-libs.cmake b/cmake/modules/falcosecurity-libs.cmake
index e2bf368de8..61782da69c 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/falcosecurity-libs.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/falcosecurity-libs.cmake
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ else()
   # In case you want to test against another falcosecurity/libs version (or branch, or commit) just pass the variable -
   # ie., `cmake -DFALCOSECURITY_LIBS_VERSION=dev ..`
   if(NOT FALCOSECURITY_LIBS_VERSION)
-    set(FALCOSECURITY_LIBS_VERSION "0.19.0")
-    set(FALCOSECURITY_LIBS_CHECKSUM "SHA256=77c38b45c8b29c4da4f8ce49da68278b347a403ff1075307ff0cf540596303ac")
+    set(FALCOSECURITY_LIBS_VERSION "0.20.0")
+    set(FALCOSECURITY_LIBS_CHECKSUM "SHA256=4ae6ddb42a1012bacd88c63abdaa7bd27ca0143c4721338a22c45597e63bc99d")
   endif()
 
   # cd /path/to/build && cmake /path/to/source
diff --git a/userspace/chisel/chisel_api.cpp b/userspace/chisel/chisel_api.cpp
index 04fcb60bee..b8e2f02e29 100644
--- a/userspace/chisel/chisel_api.cpp
+++ b/userspace/chisel/chisel_api.cpp
@@ -842,10 +842,10 @@ int lua_cbacks::get_thread_table_int(lua_State *ls, bool include_fds, bool bareb
 			lua_pushnumber(ls, (uint32_t)tinfo.m_fdlimit);
 			lua_settable(ls, -3);
 			lua_pushliteral(ls, "uid");
-			lua_pushnumber(ls, (uint32_t)tinfo.m_user.uid());
+			lua_pushnumber(ls, (uint32_t)tinfo.get_user()->uid);
 			lua_settable(ls, -3);
 			lua_pushliteral(ls, "gid");
-			lua_pushnumber(ls, (uint32_t)tinfo.m_group.gid());
+			lua_pushnumber(ls, (uint32_t)tinfo.get_group()->gid);
 			lua_settable(ls, -3);
 			lua_pushliteral(ls, "nchilds");
 			lua_pushnumber(ls, (uint32_t)tinfo.get_num_not_leader_threads());
@@ -873,7 +873,7 @@ int lua_cbacks::get_thread_table_int(lua_State *ls, bool include_fds, bool bareb
 			// Extract the user name
 			//
 			lua_pushliteral(ls, "username");
-			lua_pushstring(ls, tinfo.m_user.name().c_str());
+			lua_pushstring(ls, tinfo.get_user()->name);
 			lua_settable(ls, -3);
 
 			//