diff --git a/.azure-pipelines/ci-build.yml b/.azure-pipelines/ci-build.yml
index 5be85b784b8..334c9e32e82 100644
--- a/.azure-pipelines/ci-build.yml
+++ b/.azure-pipelines/ci-build.yml
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ extends:
         jobs:
           - job: build
             pool:
-              name: Azure-Pipelines-1ESPT-ExDShared
+              name: 1es-ubuntu-latest-m
               os: linux
-              image: ubuntu-latest
+              
             #TODO maybe missing template context with sdl baselines?
             steps:
               - checkout: self
@@ -65,19 +65,19 @@ extends:
                   Copy-Item $(downloadLocalProperties.secureFilePath) local.properties -Verbose
                 displayName: Copy secring and 'local.properties'
 
-              - script: ./gradlew --no-daemon publishToMavenLocal -PmavenCentralPublishingEnabled=true -PmavenCentralSnapshotArtifactSuffix=""
+              - script: ./gradlew publishToMavenLocal -PmavenCentralPublishingEnabled=true -PmavenCentralSnapshotArtifactSuffix=""
                 displayName: Publish to local Maven for verification
                 condition: contains(variables['build.sourceBranch'], 'refs/tags/v')
 
-              - script: ./gradlew --no-daemon publishToMavenLocal -PmavenCentralPublishingEnabled=true
+              - script: ./gradlew publishToMavenLocal -PmavenCentralPublishingEnabled=true
                 displayName: Publish to local Maven for verification
                 condition: not(contains(variables['build.sourceBranch'], 'refs/tags/v'))
 
-              - script: ./gradlew --no-daemon publishMavenPublicationToADORepository -PmavenCentralPublishingEnabled=true -PmavenCentralSnapshotArtifactSuffix=""
+              - script: ./gradlew publishMavenPublicationToADORepository -PmavenCentralPublishingEnabled=true -PmavenCentralSnapshotArtifactSuffix=""
                 displayName: Publish to local Maven ADO for ESRP
                 condition: contains(variables['build.sourceBranch'], 'refs/tags/v')
 
-              - script: ./gradlew --no-daemon publishMavenPublicationToADORepository -PmavenCentralPublishingEnabled=true
+              - script: ./gradlew publishMavenPublicationToADORepository -PmavenCentralPublishingEnabled=true
                 displayName: Publish to local Maven ADO for ESRP
                 condition: not(contains(variables['build.sourceBranch'], 'refs/tags/v'))
 
@@ -227,4 +227,4 @@ extends:
                         approvers: mmainer@microsoft.com
                         serviceendpointurl: "https://api.esrp.microsoft.com"
                         mainpublisher: "ESRPRELPACMAN"
-                        domaintenantid: "cdc5aeea-15c5-4db6-b079-fcadd2505dc2"
\ No newline at end of file
+                        domaintenantid: "cdc5aeea-15c5-4db6-b079-fcadd2505dc2"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/gradle-build.yml b/.github/workflows/gradle-build.yml
index 5ef87a9292f..012b889102b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gradle-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gradle-build.yml
@@ -21,10 +21,6 @@ jobs:
           java-version: 21
           distribution: 'temurin'
           cache: gradle
-      - name: Detect secrets
-        run: |
-          pip install detect-secrets
-          git ls-files -z | xargs -0 detect-secrets-hook --baseline .secrets.baseline
       - name: Move generated sources to correct package
         run: .\scripts\copyFilesOnBuild.ps1 -inputPath '.\src\main\java\com\microsoft\graph\beta\generated'
         shell: pwsh
diff --git a/.secrets.baseline b/.secrets.baseline
deleted file mode 100644
index 7de1b645559..00000000000
--- a/.secrets.baseline
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,115 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "version": "1.5.0",
-  "plugins_used": [
-    {
-      "name": "ArtifactoryDetector"
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "AWSKeyDetector"
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "AzureStorageKeyDetector"
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "Base64HighEntropyString",
-      "limit": 4.5
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "BasicAuthDetector"
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "CloudantDetector"
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "HexHighEntropyString",
-      "limit": 3.0
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "IbmCloudIamDetector"
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "IbmCosHmacDetector"
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "JwtTokenDetector"
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "KeywordDetector",
-      "keyword_exclude": ""
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "MailchimpDetector"
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "NpmDetector"
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "PrivateKeyDetector"
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "SlackDetector"
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "SoftlayerDetector"
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "SquareOAuthDetector"
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "StripeDetector"
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "TwilioKeyDetector"
-    }
-  ],
-  "filters_used": [
-    {
-      "path": "detect_secrets.filters.allowlist.is_line_allowlisted"
-    },
-    {
-      "path": "detect_secrets.filters.common.is_baseline_file",
-      "filename": ".secrets.baseline"
-    },
-    {
-      "path": "detect_secrets.filters.common.is_ignored_due_to_verification_policies",
-      "min_level": 2
-    },
-    {
-      "path": "detect_secrets.filters.heuristic.is_indirect_reference"
-    },
-    {
-      "path": "detect_secrets.filters.heuristic.is_likely_id_string"
-    },
-    {
-      "path": "detect_secrets.filters.heuristic.is_lock_file"
-    },
-    {
-      "path": "detect_secrets.filters.heuristic.is_not_alphanumeric_string"
-    },
-    {
-      "path": "detect_secrets.filters.heuristic.is_potential_uuid"
-    },
-    {
-      "path": "detect_secrets.filters.heuristic.is_prefixed_with_dollar_sign"
-    },
-    {
-      "path": "detect_secrets.filters.heuristic.is_sequential_string"
-    },
-    {
-      "path": "detect_secrets.filters.heuristic.is_swagger_file"
-    },
-    {
-      "path": "detect_secrets.filters.heuristic.is_templated_secret"
-    },
-    {
-      "path": "detect_secrets.filters.regex.should_exclude_file",
-      "pattern": [
-        "src/main/java/com/microsoft/graph/beta/generated/.*",
-        "release-please-config.json",
-        "kiota-lock.json"
-      ]
-    }
-  ],
-  "results": {},
-  "generated_at": "2024-08-13T13:13:56Z"
-}