diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 8359a24a..5f37067e 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ buildscript {
 
 plugins {
     id 'com.palantir.docker' version "0.28.0"
-    id "com.github.jk1.dependency-license-report" version "1.17"
-    id "com.github.hierynomus.license" version "0.15.0"
+    //id "com.github.jk1.dependency-license-report" version "1.17"
+    //id "com.github.hierynomus.license" version "0.15.0"
     id "org.sonarqube" version "3.3"
     id 'net.researchgate.release' version '2.8.1'
 }
@@ -27,16 +27,16 @@ release {
 allprojects {
     // TODO remove
     apply plugin: 'maven'
-    apply plugin: "com.github.hierynomus.license"
+    //apply plugin: "com.github.hierynomus.license"
     apply plugin: 'eclipse'
     apply plugin: 'idea'
     group = 'com.demandware.carbonj'
 
-    license {
-        header rootProject.file('LICENSE-HEADER-JAVA')
-        exclude "**/banner.txt"
+    //license {
+     //   header rootProject.file('LICENSE-HEADER-JAVA')
+      //  exclude "**/banner.txt"
     //    include "**/*.conf"
-    }
+    //}
 }
 
 
diff --git a/carbonj.service/Dockerfile b/carbonj.service/Dockerfile
index 3e10ee34..61a2f6bd 100644
--- a/carbonj.service/Dockerfile
+++ b/carbonj.service/Dockerfile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # For full license text, see the LICENSE file in the repo root or https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause
 #
 
-FROM quay.io/centos/centos:stream8
+FROM docker-registry.releng.demandware.net/common/cc-centos-openjdk-testrunner_11u18:b9da990
 ARG DEPENDENCY=target/dependency
 ARG VERSION=latest
 
@@ -21,18 +21,14 @@ RUN yum update -y && \
   nc \
   lsof \
   sysstat \
-  epel-release
+  epel-release \
+  python3 \
+  perl-URI-Encode \
+  perl-Data-Dumper
 
 RUN yum install -y gcc-c++ gcc make libtool automake autoconf make python3-devel
 
-RUN rpm --import http://repos.azulsystems.com/RPM-GPG-KEY-azulsystems && \
-     curl -o /etc/yum.repos.d/zulu.repo http://repos.azulsystems.com/rhel/zulu.repo && \
-     yum update -y && \
-     yum install -y zulu-11 \
-     python3 \
-     perl-URI-Encode \
-     perl-Data-Dumper && \
-     yum clean all
+RUN pip3 install --upgrade pip
 
 # Install aiohttp required by the script
 RUN pip3 install aiohttp
@@ -93,10 +89,6 @@ ENV DW_PREFIX=jetty
 ENV SERVICEDIR=/app/
 ENV app_servicedir=/app/
 
-RUN wget https://download.yourkit.com/yjp/2017.02/YourKit-JavaProfiler-2017.02-b75.zip -P /tmp/ && \
-  unzip /tmp/YourKit-JavaProfiler-2017.02-b75.zip && mv YourKit-JavaProfiler-2017.02 /usr/local/yjp/ && \
-  rm /tmp/YourKit-JavaProfiler-2017.02-b75.zip
-RUN wget https://download.yourkit.com/yjp/2017.02/yjp.jar -P /usr/local/yjp/lib/
 # Add Tini for proper sigkill handling https://github.com/krallin/tini
 RUN wget https://github.com/krallin/tini/releases/download/v0.18.0/tini
 RUN mv tini /sbin/tini
diff --git a/carbonj.service/build.gradle b/carbonj.service/build.gradle
index 9436285b..cd8aee5f 100644
--- a/carbonj.service/build.gradle
+++ b/carbonj.service/build.gradle
@@ -15,27 +15,48 @@ buildscript {
 }
 
 plugins {
-    id "com.github.hierynomus.license"
+    //id "com.github.hierynomus.license"
     id 'maven-publish'
     id 'net.researchgate.release'
     id 'org.springframework.boot'
+    id 'com.google.protobuf' version "0.9.3"
 }
 
-license {
-    header rootProject.file('LICENSE-HEADER-JAVA')
-    exclude "**/banner.txt"
+//license {
+ //   header rootProject.file('LICENSE-HEADER-JAVA')
+  //  exclude "**/banner.txt"
 //    include "**/*.conf"
-}
+//}
 
-task licenseFormatDockerFiles(type: com.hierynomus.gradle.license.tasks.LicenseFormat) {
-    source = fileTree(dir: "src").include("main/docker/files/*")
+sourceSets {
+    main {
+        proto {
+            srcDir 'src/main/protobuf'
+        }
+        java {
+            srcDirs 'build/generated/source/proto/main/java'
+        }
+    }
 }
-licenseFormat.dependsOn licenseFormatDockerFiles
 
-task licenseCheckDockerFiles(type: com.hierynomus.gradle.license.tasks.LicenseFormat) {
-    source = fileTree(dir: "src").include("main/docker/files/*")
+//task licenseFormatDockerFiles(type: com.hierynomus.gradle.license.tasks.LicenseFormat) {
+ //   source = fileTree(dir: "src").include("main/docker/files/*")
+//}
+//licenseFormat.dependsOn licenseFormatDockerFiles
+
+//task licenseCheckDockerFiles(type: com.hierynomus.gradle.license.tasks.LicenseFormat) {
+ //   source = fileTree(dir: "src").include("main/docker/files/*")
+//}
+//licenseMain.dependsOn licenseCheckDockerFiles
+
+protobuf {
+  protoc {
+    artifact = 'com.google.protobuf:protoc:3.14.0'
+    //artifact = 'com.google.protobuf:protoc:3.23.2'
+    //M1 support
+    //artifact = 'com.google.protobuf:protoc:3.14.0:osx-x86_64'
+  }
 }
-licenseMain.dependsOn licenseCheckDockerFiles
 
 apply plugin: 'java'
 apply plugin: 'eclipse'
@@ -203,6 +224,7 @@ dependencies {
     compile group: 'io.dropwizard.metrics', name: 'metrics-core', version: '4.2.3'
     compile group: 'io.dropwizard.metrics', name: 'metrics-jvm', version: '4.2.3'
     compile group: 'io.dropwizard.metrics', name: 'metrics-graphite', version: '4.2.3'
+    compile group: 'com.google.protobuf', name: 'protobuf-java', version: '3.23.2'
 
     testCompile group: 'junit', name: 'junit', version: '4.13.2'
     testCompile group: 'org.hamcrest', name: 'hamcrest-all', version: '1.3'
diff --git a/carbonj.service/src/main/docker/files/entrypoint.sh b/carbonj.service/src/main/docker/files/entrypoint.sh
index 58e28a59..4c114e27 100755
--- a/carbonj.service/src/main/docker/files/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/carbonj.service/src/main/docker/files/entrypoint.sh
@@ -54,6 +54,16 @@ for SVC_PROP in `compgen -A variable | grep "^SVC_PROP_"` ; do
 	printf '%s=%s\n' "$var_lowercase" "${!SVC_PROP}" >> $SERVICEDIR/config/overrides.properties
 done
 
+# download optional yourkit profiler at runtime
+if [ "$ENABLE_YOURKIT_PROFILER" == "true" ]
+then
+  wget https://download.yourkit.com/yjp/2017.02/YourKit-JavaProfiler-2017.02-b75.zip -P /tmp/ && \
+    unzip /tmp/YourKit-JavaProfiler-2017.02-b75.zip && mv YourKit-JavaProfiler-2017.02 /usr/local/yjp/ && \
+    rm /tmp/YourKit-JavaProfiler-2017.02-b75.zip
+  wget https://download.yourkit.com/yjp/2017.02/yjp.jar -P /tmp
+  mv /tmp/yjp.jar /usr/local/yjp/lib/yjp.jar
+fi
+
 #########################
 #########################
 #########################
diff --git a/carbonj.service/src/main/java/com/demandware/carbonj/service/engine/GraphiteSeriesDataServlet.java b/carbonj.service/src/main/java/com/demandware/carbonj/service/engine/GraphiteSeriesDataServlet.java
index f56753bf..c6a4d009 100644
--- a/carbonj.service/src/main/java/com/demandware/carbonj/service/engine/GraphiteSeriesDataServlet.java
+++ b/carbonj.service/src/main/java/com/demandware/carbonj/service/engine/GraphiteSeriesDataServlet.java
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 package com.demandware.carbonj.service.engine;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import javax.servlet.ServletConfig;
@@ -19,6 +21,7 @@
 import com.demandware.carbonj.service.db.TimeSeriesStore;
 import com.demandware.carbonj.service.db.model.Series;
 import com.demandware.carbonj.service.db.util.SystemTime;
+import com.demandware.carbonj.service.engine.protobuf.MetricsResponse;
 import com.google.gson.Gson;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
@@ -88,6 +91,7 @@ protected void doGet( HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse res )
 
         boolean randomTest = req.getParameter("randomTest") != null;
 
+        boolean protobuf = "carbonapi_v3_pb".equals( format );
         boolean json = "json".equals( format );
         if( json )
         {
@@ -138,6 +142,40 @@ protected void doGet( HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse res )
             res.getWriter().write( gson.toJson( series ) );
             res.getWriter().close();
         }
+        else if ( protobuf )
+        {
+            List<Series> seriesList = store.fetchSeriesData( new Query( target, Integer.parseInt( from ),
+                Integer.parseInt( until ), now, System.currentTimeMillis() ) );
+
+            OutputStream output = res.getOutputStream();
+
+            List<MetricsResponse.Series> metricsSeriesList = new ArrayList<MetricsResponse.Series>();
+            for ( Series series : seriesList )
+            {
+                List<MetricsResponse.Value> valuesList = new ArrayList<MetricsResponse.Value>();
+                for ( Double value : series.values )
+                {
+                    valuesList.add( MetricsResponse.Value.newBuilder().setValue( value ).build() );
+                }
+                MetricsResponse.Series metricsSeries =
+                    MetricsResponse.Series.newBuilder().setName( series.name ).setStart( series.start )
+                        .setEnd( series.end ).setStep( series.step ).addAllValues( valuesList ).build();
+
+                metricsSeriesList.add( metricsSeries );
+            }
+
+            MetricsResponse.SeriesList response =
+                MetricsResponse.SeriesList.newBuilder().addAllSeriesList( metricsSeriesList ).build();
+
+            try
+            {
+                response.writeTo( output );
+            }
+            finally
+            {
+                output.close();
+            }
+        }        
         else
         {
             ResponseStream seriesStream = new GraphitePickler( false, res.getOutputStream() );
diff --git a/carbonj.service/src/main/protobuf/MetricsResponse.proto b/carbonj.service/src/main/protobuf/MetricsResponse.proto
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ca03b2df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/carbonj.service/src/main/protobuf/MetricsResponse.proto
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+syntax = "proto3";
+
+package protobuf;
+
+option java_package = "com.demandware.carbonj.service.engine.protobuf";
+option java_outer_classname = "MetricsResponse";
+
+
+message Value {
+   double value = 1;
+}
+
+message Series {
+   string name = 1;
+   int64 start = 2;
+   int64 end = 3;
+   int64 step = 4;
+   repeated Value values = 5;
+}
+
+message SeriesList {
+   repeated Series seriesList = 1;
+}
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