diff --git a/examples/php/echo/apache.Dockerfile b/examples/php/echo/apache.Dockerfile
index 10cef4895b3..a9c20d9439e 100644
--- a/examples/php/echo/apache.Dockerfile
+++ b/examples/php/echo/apache.Dockerfile
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ FROM composer:1.8.6 as composer
 FROM grpc-php/base as grpc-base
 
 
-FROM php:7.2-apache-stretch
+FROM php:7.4-apache-buster
 
 RUN apt-get -qq update && apt-get -qq install -y git
 
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ COPY --from=grpc-base /github/grpc/cmake/build/grpc_php_plugin \
   /usr/local/bin/protoc-gen-grpc
 
 COPY --from=grpc-base \
-  /usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20170718/grpc.so \
-  /usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20170718/grpc.so
+  /usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20190902/grpc.so \
+  /usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20190902/grpc.so
 
 
 RUN docker-php-ext-enable grpc
diff --git a/examples/php/echo/base.Dockerfile b/examples/php/echo/base.Dockerfile
index dac601c21cd..33c0422897b 100644
--- a/examples/php/echo/base.Dockerfile
+++ b/examples/php/echo/base.Dockerfile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-FROM php:7.2-stretch
+FROM php:7.4-buster
 
 RUN apt-get -qq update && apt-get -qq install -y \
   autoconf automake cmake curl git libtool \
diff --git a/examples/php/echo/cli.Dockerfile b/examples/php/echo/cli.Dockerfile
index 6dcf07acac1..7b067744471 100644
--- a/examples/php/echo/cli.Dockerfile
+++ b/examples/php/echo/cli.Dockerfile
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ FROM composer:1.8.6 as composer
 FROM grpc-php/base as grpc-base
 
 
-FROM php:7.2-stretch
+FROM php:7.4-buster
 
 RUN apt-get -qq update && apt-get -qq install -y git
 
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ COPY --from=grpc-base /github/grpc/cmake/build/grpc_php_plugin \
   /usr/local/bin/protoc-gen-grpc
 
 COPY --from=grpc-base \
-  /usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20170718/grpc.so \
-  /usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20170718/grpc.so
+  /usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20190902/grpc.so \
+  /usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20190902/grpc.so
 
 
 RUN docker-php-ext-enable grpc
diff --git a/examples/php/echo/fpm.Dockerfile b/examples/php/echo/fpm.Dockerfile
index d9b4e790f9d..be2aad50346 100644
--- a/examples/php/echo/fpm.Dockerfile
+++ b/examples/php/echo/fpm.Dockerfile
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ FROM composer:1.8.6 as composer
 FROM grpc-php/base as grpc-base
 
 
-FROM php:7.2-fpm-stretch
+FROM php:7.4-fpm-buster
 
 RUN apt-get -qq update && apt-get -qq install -y git
 
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ COPY --from=grpc-base /github/grpc/cmake/build/grpc_php_plugin \
   /usr/local/bin/protoc-gen-grpc
 
 COPY --from=grpc-base \
-  /usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20170718/grpc.so \
-  /usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20170718/grpc.so
+  /usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20190902/grpc.so \
+  /usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20190902/grpc.so
 
 
 RUN docker-php-ext-enable grpc
diff --git a/examples/php/greeter_server.php b/examples/php/greeter_server.php
index 684d6c63943..3a0460e9c10 100644
--- a/examples/php/greeter_server.php
+++ b/examples/php/greeter_server.php
@@ -26,13 +26,16 @@ class Greeter extends Helloworld\GreeterStub
         \Grpc\ServerContext $serverContext
     ): ?\Helloworld\HelloReply {
         $name = $request->getName();
+        echo 'Received request: ' . $name . PHP_EOL;
         $response = new \Helloworld\HelloReply();
         $response->setMessage("Hello " . $name);
         return $response;
     }
 }
 
+$port = 50051;
 $server = new \Grpc\RpcServer();
-$server->addHttp2Port('0.0.0.0:50051');
+$server->addHttp2Port('0.0.0.0:'.$port);
 $server->handle(new Greeter());
+echo 'Listening on port :' . $port . PHP_EOL;
 $server->run();
diff --git a/src/php/bin/build_all_docker_images.sh b/src/php/bin/build_all_docker_images.sh
index e75673d1583..0289f98edc9 100755
--- a/src/php/bin/build_all_docker_images.sh
+++ b/src/php/bin/build_all_docker_images.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 set -e
 cd $(dirname $0)/../../..
 
-ALL_IMAGES=( grpc-ext grpc-src alpine centos7 php-src php-future php-zts
+ALL_IMAGES=( grpc-ext grpc-src alpine centos7 php-src php-zts
              fork-support i386 php8 php8.2 )
 
 if [[ "$1" == "--cmds" ]]; then
@@ -36,5 +36,6 @@ fi
 set -x
 for arg in "${lst[@]}"
 do
+  echo "Building $arg..."
   docker build -t grpc-php/"$arg" -f ./src/php/docker/"$arg"/Dockerfile .
 done
diff --git a/src/php/bin/run_all_docker_images.sh b/src/php/bin/run_all_docker_images.sh
index d8ca92e5015..65cfa628d91 100755
--- a/src/php/bin/run_all_docker_images.sh
+++ b/src/php/bin/run_all_docker_images.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 set -e
 cd $(dirname $0)/../../..
 
-ALL_IMAGES=( grpc-ext grpc-src alpine centos7 php-src php-future php-zts
+ALL_IMAGES=( grpc-ext grpc-src alpine centos7 php-src php-zts
              fork-support i386 php8 php8.2 )
 
 if [[ "$1" == "--cmds" ]]; then
@@ -36,5 +36,6 @@ fi
 set -x
 for arg in "${lst[@]}"
 do
+  echo "Running $arg..."
   docker run -it --rm grpc-php/"$arg"
 done
diff --git a/src/php/docker/alpine/Dockerfile b/src/php/docker/alpine/Dockerfile
index 53422e845e1..0d22f83023a 100644
--- a/src/php/docker/alpine/Dockerfile
+++ b/src/php/docker/alpine/Dockerfile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-FROM php:7.2-alpine3.9
+FROM php:7.4-alpine3.15
 
 RUN apk add autoconf g++ make zlib-dev git bash wget linux-headers
 
@@ -34,4 +34,6 @@ RUN pear package && \
   find . -name grpc-*.tgz | xargs -I{} pecl install {}
 
 
-CMD ["/github/grpc/src/php/bin/run_tests.sh", "--skip-persistent-channel-tests"]
+CMD ["/github/grpc/src/php/bin/run_tests.sh", "--skip-persistent-channel-tests", \
+     "--ignore-valgrind-undef-errors"]
+
diff --git a/src/php/docker/centos7/Dockerfile b/src/php/docker/centos7/Dockerfile
index c9fefa7c1ac..ae82aa7a335 100644
--- a/src/php/docker/centos7/Dockerfile
+++ b/src/php/docker/centos7/Dockerfile
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ SHELL [ "/usr/bin/scl", "enable", "devtoolset-7"]
 RUN yum install epel-release -y && \
   rpm -Uvh https://mirror.webtatic.com/yum/el7/webtatic-release.rpm && \
   rpm -Uvh http://rpms.famillecollet.com/enterprise/remi-release-7.rpm && \
-  yum --enablerepo=remi-php72 install php -y && \
-  yum-config-manager --enable remi-php72 > /dev/null && \
+  yum --enablerepo=remi-php74 install php -y && \
+  yum-config-manager --enable remi-php74 > /dev/null && \
   yum install -y make wget which \
     gmp-devel libmpc-devel mpfr-devel yum-utils \                                                            
     php-devel php-fpm php-pear && \                                                                          
@@ -48,4 +48,6 @@ RUN pear package && \
   find . -name grpc-*.tgz | xargs -I{} pecl install {}
 
 
-CMD ["/github/grpc/src/php/bin/run_tests.sh", "--skip-persistent-channel-tests"]
+CMD ["/github/grpc/src/php/bin/run_tests.sh", "--skip-persistent-channel-tests", \
+     "--ignore-valgrind-undef-errors"]
+
diff --git a/src/php/docker/grpc-ext/Dockerfile b/src/php/docker/grpc-ext/Dockerfile
index 03aad8f0509..9d8aac7be6a 100644
--- a/src/php/docker/grpc-ext/Dockerfile
+++ b/src/php/docker/grpc-ext/Dockerfile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-FROM php:7.2-stretch
+FROM php:7.4-buster
 
 RUN apt-get -qq update && apt-get -qq -y upgrade && apt-get -qq install -y \
   autoconf automake git libtool pkg-config \
@@ -36,4 +36,10 @@ RUN pear package && \
   find . -name grpc-*.tgz | xargs -I{} pecl install {}
 
 
-CMD ["/github/grpc/src/php/bin/run_tests.sh", "--skip-persistent-channel-tests"]
+RUN curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php && \
+  chmod +x composer.phar && \
+  mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer
+
+CMD ["/github/grpc/src/php/bin/run_tests.sh", "--skip-persistent-channel-tests", \
+     "--ignore-valgrind-undef-errors"]
+
diff --git a/src/php/docker/grpc-src/Dockerfile b/src/php/docker/grpc-src/Dockerfile
index d2870bd8ed6..a099b73a38d 100644
--- a/src/php/docker/grpc-src/Dockerfile
+++ b/src/php/docker/grpc-src/Dockerfile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-FROM php:7.2-stretch
+FROM php:7.4-buster
 
 RUN apt-get -qq update && apt-get -qq -y upgrade && apt-get -qq install -y \
   autoconf automake git libtool pkg-config \
@@ -43,4 +43,4 @@ RUN phpize && \
   make install
 
 
-CMD ["/github/grpc/src/php/bin/run_tests.sh"]
+CMD ["/github/grpc/src/php/bin/run_tests.sh", "--ignore-valgrind-undef-errors"]
diff --git a/src/php/docker/i386/Dockerfile b/src/php/docker/i386/Dockerfile
index e0b8ab41355..ab8da51af98 100644
--- a/src/php/docker/i386/Dockerfile
+++ b/src/php/docker/i386/Dockerfile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-FROM i386/php:7.2
+FROM i386/php:7.4
 
 RUN apt-get -qq update && apt-get -qq -y upgrade && apt-get -qq install -y \
   autoconf automake git libtool pkg-config \
@@ -36,4 +36,6 @@ RUN pear package && \
   find . -name grpc-*.tgz | xargs -I{} pecl install {}
 
 
-CMD ["/github/grpc/src/php/bin/run_tests.sh", "--skip-persistent-channel-tests", "--ignore-valgrind-undef-errors"]
+CMD ["/github/grpc/src/php/bin/run_tests.sh", "--skip-persistent-channel-tests", \
+     "--ignore-valgrind-undef-errors"]
+
diff --git a/src/php/docker/php-future/Dockerfile b/src/php/docker/php-future/Dockerfile
deleted file mode 100644
index a1148101bc2..00000000000
--- a/src/php/docker/php-future/Dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2019 gRPC authors.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-FROM php:7.4.11-buster
-
-RUN apt-get -qq update && apt-get -qq -y upgrade && apt-get -qq install -y \
-  autoconf automake git libtool pkg-config \
-  valgrind wget zlib1g-dev
-
-ARG MAKEFLAGS=-j8
-
-
-WORKDIR /tmp
-
-RUN wget https://phar.phpunit.de/phpunit-8.5.13.phar && \
-  mv phpunit-8.5.13.phar /usr/local/bin/phpunit && \
-  chmod +x /usr/local/bin/phpunit
-
-
-WORKDIR /github/grpc
-
-COPY . .
-
-RUN pear package && \
-  find . -name grpc-*.tgz | xargs -I{} pecl install {}
-
-
-CMD ["/github/grpc/src/php/bin/run_tests.sh", "--skip-persistent-channel-tests", "--ignore-valgrind-undef-errors"]
diff --git a/src/php/docker/php-src/Dockerfile b/src/php/docker/php-src/Dockerfile
index 4d0bbf9655b..a6f4fc9d5da 100644
--- a/src/php/docker/php-src/Dockerfile
+++ b/src/php/docker/php-src/Dockerfile
@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-FROM debian:stretch
+FROM debian:buster
 
 RUN apt-get -qq update && apt-get -qq -y upgrade && apt-get -qq install -y \
-  autoconf build-essential git libtool \
-  libcurl4-openssl-dev libedit-dev libsodium-dev \
-  libssl-dev libxml2-dev \
-  pkg-config valgrind wget zlib1g-dev
+  autoconf bison build-essential git libtool \
+  libcurl4-openssl-dev libedit-dev libonig-dev libsodium-dev \
+  libsqlite3-dev libssl-dev libxml2-dev \
+  pkg-config re2c valgrind wget zlib1g-dev
 
 
 WORKDIR /tmp
@@ -28,25 +28,19 @@ RUN wget https://phar.phpunit.de/phpunit-8.5.13.phar && \
   chmod +x /usr/local/bin/phpunit
 
 
-RUN wget http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bison/bison-3.4.2.tar.gz && \
-  tar -zxvf bison-3.4.2.tar.gz && \
-  cd bison-3.4.2 && \
-  ./configure && make && make install
-
-
 WORKDIR /github/php-src
 
 ARG MAKEFLAGS=-j8
 
 RUN git clone https://github.com/php/php-src .
 
-RUN git checkout php-7.2.22 && \
+RUN git checkout php-7.4.33 && \
   ./buildconf --force && \
   ./configure --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --enable-option-checking=fatal \
     --enable-debug --enable-pcntl \
     --enable-ftp --enable-mbstring --enable-mysqlnd \
     --with-curl --with-libedit --with-mhash --with-openssl \
-    --with-sodium=shared --with-zlib && \
+    --with-pear --with-sodium=shared --with-zlib && \
   make && make install
 
 
@@ -58,4 +52,6 @@ RUN pear package && \
   find . -name grpc-*.tgz | xargs -I{} pecl install {}
 
 
-CMD ["/github/grpc/src/php/bin/run_tests.sh", "--skip-persistent-channel-tests"]
+CMD ["/github/grpc/src/php/bin/run_tests.sh", "--skip-persistent-channel-tests", \
+     "--ignore-valgrind-undef-errors"]
+
diff --git a/src/php/docker/php-zts/Dockerfile b/src/php/docker/php-zts/Dockerfile
index c7e6ea50799..ab817e8de6c 100644
--- a/src/php/docker/php-zts/Dockerfile
+++ b/src/php/docker/php-zts/Dockerfile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-FROM php:7.2-zts-stretch
+FROM php:7.4-zts-buster
 
 RUN apt-get -qq update && apt-get -qq -y upgrade && apt-get -qq install -y \
   autoconf automake git libtool pkg-config \
@@ -36,4 +36,6 @@ RUN pear package && \
   find . -name grpc-*.tgz | xargs -I{} pecl install {}
 
 
-CMD ["/github/grpc/src/php/bin/run_tests.sh", "--skip-persistent-channel-tests"]
+CMD ["/github/grpc/src/php/bin/run_tests.sh", "--skip-persistent-channel-tests", \
+     "--ignore-valgrind-undef-errors"]
+
diff --git a/src/php/docker/php8.2/Dockerfile b/src/php/docker/php8.2/Dockerfile
index 61b8117567c..2706803dd75 100644
--- a/src/php/docker/php8.2/Dockerfile
+++ b/src/php/docker/php8.2/Dockerfile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-FROM php:8.2.0RC4-zts-buster
+FROM php:8.2.0RC7-zts-buster
 
 RUN apt-get -qq update && apt-get -qq -y upgrade && apt-get -qq install -y \
   autoconf automake git libtool pkg-config \
@@ -23,12 +23,6 @@ ARG MAKEFLAGS=-j8
 
 WORKDIR /tmp
 
-# install pear
-RUN apt-get install expect -y && \
-  curl -LO http://pear.php.net/go-pear.phar && \
-  expect -c 'spawn php ./go-pear.phar; expect "or Enter to continue:"; send "\n"; expect "Currently used php.ini"; send "\n"; expect eof' && \
-  rm go-pear.phar
-
 RUN wget https://phar.phpunit.de/phpunit-9.5.9.phar && \
   mv phpunit-9.5.9.phar /usr/local/bin/phpunit && \
   chmod +x /usr/local/bin/phpunit
@@ -42,4 +36,6 @@ RUN pear package && \
   find . -name grpc-*.tgz | xargs -I{} pecl install {}
 
 
-CMD ["/github/grpc/src/php/bin/run_tests.sh", "--skip-persistent-channel-tests", "--ignore-valgrind-undef-errors"]
+CMD ["/github/grpc/src/php/bin/run_tests.sh", "--skip-persistent-channel-tests", \
+     "--ignore-valgrind-undef-errors"]
+
diff --git a/src/php/docker/php8/Dockerfile b/src/php/docker/php8/Dockerfile
index d70b75d6263..2094c5062c6 100644
--- a/src/php/docker/php8/Dockerfile
+++ b/src/php/docker/php8/Dockerfile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-FROM php:8.0.0-zts-buster
+FROM php:8.1-buster
 
 RUN apt-get -qq update && apt-get -qq -y upgrade && apt-get -qq install -y \
   autoconf automake git libtool pkg-config \
@@ -23,14 +23,8 @@ ARG MAKEFLAGS=-j8
 
 WORKDIR /tmp
 
-# install pear
-RUN apt-get install expect -y && \
-  curl -LO http://pear.php.net/go-pear.phar && \
-  expect -c 'spawn php ./go-pear.phar; expect "or Enter to continue:"; send "\n"; expect "Currently used php.ini"; send "\n"; expect eof' && \
-  rm go-pear.phar
-
-RUN wget https://phar.phpunit.de/phpunit-8.5.13.phar && \
-  mv phpunit-8.5.13.phar /usr/local/bin/phpunit && \
+RUN wget https://phar.phpunit.de/phpunit-9.5.9.phar && \
+  mv phpunit-9.5.9.phar /usr/local/bin/phpunit && \
   chmod +x /usr/local/bin/phpunit
 
 
@@ -42,4 +36,6 @@ RUN pear package && \
   find . -name grpc-*.tgz | xargs -I{} pecl install {}
 
 
-CMD ["/github/grpc/src/php/bin/run_tests.sh", "--skip-persistent-channel-tests", "--ignore-valgrind-undef-errors"]
+CMD ["/github/grpc/src/php/bin/run_tests.sh", "--skip-persistent-channel-tests", \
+     "--ignore-valgrind-undef-errors"]
+
diff --git a/templates/examples/php/echo/copy_from_grpc_base.include b/templates/examples/php/echo/copy_from_grpc_base.include
index f2e3d87ec69..55324e96f16 100644
--- a/templates/examples/php/echo/copy_from_grpc_base.include
+++ b/templates/examples/php/echo/copy_from_grpc_base.include
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ COPY --from=grpc-base /github/grpc/cmake/build/grpc_php_plugin ${'\\'}
   /usr/local/bin/protoc-gen-grpc
 
 COPY --from=grpc-base ${'\\'}
-  /usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20170718/grpc.so ${'\\'}
-  /usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20170718/grpc.so
+  /usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20190902/grpc.so ${'\\'}
+  /usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20190902/grpc.so
diff --git a/templates/src/php/docker/alpine/Dockerfile.template b/templates/src/php/docker/alpine/Dockerfile.template
index 10302b24e3b..b761a633712 100644
--- a/templates/src/php/docker/alpine/Dockerfile.template
+++ b/templates/src/php/docker/alpine/Dockerfile.template
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
   # limitations under the License.
 
-  FROM php:${settings.php_version.php_current_version()}-alpine3.9
+  FROM php:${settings.php_version.php_current_version()}-alpine3.15
 
   RUN apk add autoconf g++ make zlib-dev git bash wget linux-headers
 
@@ -27,4 +27,4 @@
 
   <%include file="../pecl_ext_build_src.include" />
 
-  CMD ["/github/grpc/src/php/bin/run_tests.sh", "--skip-persistent-channel-tests"]
+  <%include file="../dockerfile_cmd.include" />
diff --git a/templates/src/php/docker/centos7/Dockerfile.template b/templates/src/php/docker/centos7/Dockerfile.template
index 47084bfddc2..b5b28645f60 100644
--- a/templates/src/php/docker/centos7/Dockerfile.template
+++ b/templates/src/php/docker/centos7/Dockerfile.template
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
   RUN yum install epel-release -y && ${'\\'}
     rpm -Uvh https://mirror.webtatic.com/yum/el7/webtatic-release.rpm && ${'\\'}
     rpm -Uvh http://rpms.famillecollet.com/enterprise/remi-release-7.rpm && ${'\\'}
-    yum --enablerepo=remi-php72 install php -y && ${'\\'}
-    yum-config-manager --enable remi-php72 > /dev/null && ${'\\'}
+    yum --enablerepo=remi-php74 install php -y && ${'\\'}
+    yum-config-manager --enable remi-php74 > /dev/null && ${'\\'}
     yum install -y make wget which ${'\\'}
       gmp-devel libmpc-devel mpfr-devel yum-utils ${'\\'}                                                            
       php-devel php-fpm php-pear && ${'\\'}                                                                          
@@ -41,4 +41,4 @@
 
   <%include file="../pecl_ext_build_src.include" />
 
-  CMD ["/github/grpc/src/php/bin/run_tests.sh", "--skip-persistent-channel-tests"]
+  <%include file="../dockerfile_cmd.include" />
diff --git a/templates/src/php/docker/dockerfile_cmd.include b/templates/src/php/docker/dockerfile_cmd.include
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b7ace507032
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/src/php/docker/dockerfile_cmd.include
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+CMD ["/github/grpc/src/php/bin/run_tests.sh", "--skip-persistent-channel-tests", ${'\\'}
+     "--ignore-valgrind-undef-errors"]
diff --git a/templates/src/php/docker/download_phpunit9.include b/templates/src/php/docker/download_phpunit9.include
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ad883738844
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/src/php/docker/download_phpunit9.include
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+RUN wget https://phar.phpunit.de/phpunit-9.5.9.phar && ${'\\'}
+  mv phpunit-9.5.9.phar /usr/local/bin/phpunit && ${'\\'}
+  chmod +x /usr/local/bin/phpunit
diff --git a/templates/src/php/docker/grpc-ext/Dockerfile.template b/templates/src/php/docker/grpc-ext/Dockerfile.template
index c03ac678fb4..8b4b9e000f9 100644
--- a/templates/src/php/docker/grpc-ext/Dockerfile.template
+++ b/templates/src/php/docker/grpc-ext/Dockerfile.template
@@ -29,4 +29,8 @@
 
   <%include file="../pecl_ext_build_src.include" />
 
-  CMD ["/github/grpc/src/php/bin/run_tests.sh", "--skip-persistent-channel-tests"]
+  RUN curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php && ${'\\'}
+    chmod +x composer.phar && ${'\\'}
+    mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer
+
+  <%include file="../dockerfile_cmd.include" />
diff --git a/templates/src/php/docker/grpc-src/Dockerfile.template b/templates/src/php/docker/grpc-src/Dockerfile.template
index b891f90c1f2..40a2ab1da1e 100644
--- a/templates/src/php/docker/grpc-src/Dockerfile.template
+++ b/templates/src/php/docker/grpc-src/Dockerfile.template
@@ -42,4 +42,4 @@
     make install
 
 
-  CMD ["/github/grpc/src/php/bin/run_tests.sh"]
+  CMD ["/github/grpc/src/php/bin/run_tests.sh", "--ignore-valgrind-undef-errors"]
diff --git a/templates/src/php/docker/i386/Dockerfile.template b/templates/src/php/docker/i386/Dockerfile.template
index f277c676801..0c498fe6db3 100644
--- a/templates/src/php/docker/i386/Dockerfile.template
+++ b/templates/src/php/docker/i386/Dockerfile.template
@@ -29,4 +29,4 @@
 
   <%include file="../pecl_ext_build_src.include" />
 
-  CMD ["/github/grpc/src/php/bin/run_tests.sh", "--skip-persistent-channel-tests", "--ignore-valgrind-undef-errors"]
+  <%include file="../dockerfile_cmd.include" />
diff --git a/templates/src/php/docker/php-src/Dockerfile.template b/templates/src/php/docker/php-src/Dockerfile.template
index 548872fde6e..87c7d1e9426 100644
--- a/templates/src/php/docker/php-src/Dockerfile.template
+++ b/templates/src/php/docker/php-src/Dockerfile.template
@@ -17,38 +17,32 @@
   FROM debian:${settings.php_version.php_debian_version()}
 
   RUN apt-get -qq update && apt-get -qq -y upgrade && apt-get -qq install -y ${'\\'}
-    autoconf build-essential git libtool ${'\\'}
-    libcurl4-openssl-dev libedit-dev libsodium-dev ${'\\'}
-    libssl-dev libxml2-dev ${'\\'}
-    pkg-config valgrind wget zlib1g-dev
+    autoconf bison build-essential git libtool ${'\\'}
+    libcurl4-openssl-dev libedit-dev libonig-dev libsodium-dev ${'\\'}
+    libsqlite3-dev libssl-dev libxml2-dev ${'\\'}
+    pkg-config re2c valgrind wget zlib1g-dev
 
 
   WORKDIR /tmp
 
   <%include file="../download_phpunit.include" />
 
-  RUN wget http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bison/bison-3.4.2.tar.gz && ${'\\'}
-    tar -zxvf bison-3.4.2.tar.gz && ${'\\'}
-    cd bison-3.4.2 && ${'\\'}
-    ./configure && make && make install
-
-
   WORKDIR /github/php-src
 
   ARG MAKEFLAGS=-j8
 
   RUN git clone https://github.com/php/php-src .
 
-  RUN git checkout php-7.2.22 && ${'\\'}
+  RUN git checkout php-7.4.33 && ${'\\'}
     ./buildconf --force && ${'\\'}
     ./configure --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --enable-option-checking=fatal ${'\\'}
       --enable-debug --enable-pcntl ${'\\'}
       --enable-ftp --enable-mbstring --enable-mysqlnd ${'\\'}
       --with-curl --with-libedit --with-mhash --with-openssl ${'\\'}
-      --with-sodium=shared --with-zlib && ${'\\'}
+      --with-pear --with-sodium=shared --with-zlib && ${'\\'}
     make && make install
 
 
   <%include file="../pecl_ext_build_src.include" />
 
-  CMD ["/github/grpc/src/php/bin/run_tests.sh", "--skip-persistent-channel-tests"]
+  <%include file="../dockerfile_cmd.include" />
diff --git a/templates/src/php/docker/php-zts/Dockerfile.template b/templates/src/php/docker/php-zts/Dockerfile.template
index 92e114418bb..cddcaaddb10 100644
--- a/templates/src/php/docker/php-zts/Dockerfile.template
+++ b/templates/src/php/docker/php-zts/Dockerfile.template
@@ -29,4 +29,4 @@
 
   <%include file="../pecl_ext_build_src.include" />
 
-  CMD ["/github/grpc/src/php/bin/run_tests.sh", "--skip-persistent-channel-tests"]
+  <%include file="../dockerfile_cmd.include" />
diff --git a/templates/src/php/docker/php-future/Dockerfile.template b/templates/src/php/docker/php8.2/Dockerfile.template
similarity index 79%
rename from templates/src/php/docker/php-future/Dockerfile.template
rename to templates/src/php/docker/php8.2/Dockerfile.template
index d9da397a049..3ee8e52ba2f 100644
--- a/templates/src/php/docker/php-future/Dockerfile.template
+++ b/templates/src/php/docker/php8.2/Dockerfile.template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 %YAML 1.2
 --- |
-  # Copyright 2019 gRPC authors.
+  # Copyright 2020 gRPC authors.
   #
   # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
   # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
   # limitations under the License.
 
-  FROM php:7.4.11-buster
+  FROM php:8.2.0RC7-zts-buster
 
   RUN apt-get -qq update && apt-get -qq -y upgrade && apt-get -qq install -y ${'\\'}
     autoconf automake git libtool pkg-config ${'\\'}
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
 
   WORKDIR /tmp
 
-  <%include file="../download_phpunit.include" />
+  <%include file="../download_phpunit9.include" />
 
   <%include file="../pecl_ext_build_src.include" />
 
-  CMD ["/github/grpc/src/php/bin/run_tests.sh", "--skip-persistent-channel-tests", "--ignore-valgrind-undef-errors"]
+  <%include file="../dockerfile_cmd.include" />
diff --git a/templates/src/php/docker/php8/Dockerfile.template b/templates/src/php/docker/php8/Dockerfile.template
index 7df1d576673..558d15d947a 100644
--- a/templates/src/php/docker/php8/Dockerfile.template
+++ b/templates/src/php/docker/php8/Dockerfile.template
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
   # limitations under the License.
 
-  FROM php:8.0.0-zts-buster
+  FROM php:8.1-buster
 
   RUN apt-get -qq update && apt-get -qq -y upgrade && apt-get -qq install -y ${'\\'}
     autoconf automake git libtool pkg-config ${'\\'}
@@ -25,14 +25,8 @@
 
   WORKDIR /tmp
 
-  # install pear
-  RUN apt-get install expect -y && ${'\\'}
-    curl -LO http://pear.php.net/go-pear.phar && ${'\\'}
-    expect -c 'spawn php ./go-pear.phar; expect "or Enter to continue:"; send "\n"; expect "Currently used php.ini"; send "\n"; expect eof' && ${'\\'}
-    rm go-pear.phar
-
-  <%include file="../download_phpunit.include" />
+  <%include file="../download_phpunit9.include" />
 
   <%include file="../pecl_ext_build_src.include" />
 
-  CMD ["/github/grpc/src/php/bin/run_tests.sh", "--skip-persistent-channel-tests", "--ignore-valgrind-undef-errors"]
+  <%include file="../dockerfile_cmd.include" />
diff --git a/tools/buildgen/plugins/expand_version.py b/tools/buildgen/plugins/expand_version.py
index 7958dd41fb2..fc70e9323be 100755
--- a/tools/buildgen/plugins/expand_version.py
+++ b/tools/buildgen/plugins/expand_version.py
@@ -101,10 +101,10 @@ class Version:
         return '%d.%d.%d' % (self.major, self.minor, self.patch)
 
     def php_current_version(self):
-        return '7.2'
+        return '7.4'
 
     def php_debian_version(self):
-        return 'stretch'
+        return 'buster'
 
 
 def mako_plugin(dictionary):