diff --git a/.github/workflows/verifyimage.yml b/.github/workflows/verifyimage.yml
index 7906d1b..9de7b95 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/verifyimage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/verifyimage.yml
@@ -78,3 +78,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Verify ${{ matrix.target }}
         run: |
           [ $(docker inspect ${{ matrix.target }}-test --format='{{.State.Running}}') = 'true' ]
+          if grep -q  "nginx "<<< "${{ matrix.target }}"; then
+            curl -q -D headers.txt http://localhost:8080/?test=../../etc/passwd
+            grep -q "HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden" headers.txt
+            grep -q "Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *" headers.txt
+            grep -q "Access-Control-Max-Age: 3600" headers.txt
+            grep -q "Access-Control-Allow-Methods: GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, OPTIONS" headers.txt
+            grep -q "Access-Control-Allow-Headers: *" headers.txt
+          fi
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7f7730e..4f41a14 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -202,14 +202,12 @@ These variables are common to image variants and will set defaults based on the
 
 ### Nginx ENV Variables
 
-<!-- temporarily hidden -->
-<!-- | CORS_HEADER_403_ALLOW_ORIGIN | The value of the [Access-Control-Allow-Origin](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Access-Control-Allow-Origin) header for `403` responses. Determines which origins can access the response. (Default: `"*"`). |
-| CORS_HEADER_403_ALLOW_METHODS | The value of the [Access-Control-Request-Method](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Access-Control-Request-Method) header for `403` responses. Determines the allowed request methods for the resource. Default: `"GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, OPTIONS"` |
-| CORS_HEADER_403_CONTENT_TYPE | The value of the  `Content-Type` header for `403` responses. Default: (`"text/plain"`) |
-| CORS_HEADER_403_MAX_AGE | The value of the [Access-Control-Max-Age](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Access-Control-Max-Age) header for `403` responses. The number of seconds that preflight requests for this resource may be cached by the browser. (Default: `3600`) | -->
-
 | Name     | Description|
 | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| CORS_HEADER_403_ALLOW_ORIGIN | The value of the [Access-Control-Allow-Origin](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Access-Control-Allow-Origin) header for `403` responses. Determines which origins can access the response. (Default: `"*"`). |
+| CORS_HEADER_403_ALLOW_METHODS | The value of the [Access-Control-Request-Method](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Access-Control-Request-Method) header for `403` responses. Determines the allowed request methods for the resource. Default: `"GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, OPTIONS"` |
+| CORS_HEADER_403_CONTENT_TYPE | The value of the  `Content-Type` header for `403` responses. Default: (`"text/plain"`) |
+| CORS_HEADER_403_MAX_AGE | The value of the [Access-Control-Max-Age](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Access-Control-Max-Age) header for `403` responses. The number of seconds that preflight requests for this resource may be cached by the browser. (Default: `3600`) |
 | DNS_SERVER  | A string indicating the name servers used to resolve names of upstream servers into addresses. For localhost backend this value should not be defined (Default: _not defined_) |
 | KEEPALIVE_TIMEOUT  | Number of seconds for a keep-alive client connection to stay open on the server side (Default: `60s`) |
 | NGINX_ALWAYS_TLS_REDIRECT | A string value indicating if http should redirect to https (Allowed values: `on`, `off`. Default: `off`) |
diff --git a/docker-bake.hcl b/docker-bake.hcl
index 9553a67..e7c6cb5 100644
--- a/docker-bake.hcl
+++ b/docker-bake.hcl
@@ -55,6 +55,14 @@ variable "REPOS" {
     ]
 }
 
+variable "nginx-dynamic-modules" {
+    # List of dynamic modules to include in the nginx build
+    default = [
+        "owasp-modsecurity/ModSecurity-nginx",
+        "openresty/headers-more-nginx-module"
+    ]
+}
+
 function "major" {
     params = [version]
     result = split(".", version)[0]
@@ -139,8 +147,9 @@ target "nginx" {
     inherits = ["platforms-base"]
     dockerfile="nginx/Dockerfile"
     args = {
-        NGINX_VERSION = "${nginx-version}"
         LUA_MODULES = join(" ", lua-modules-debian)
+        NGINX_VERSION = "${nginx-version}"
+        NGINX_DYNAMIC_MODULES = join(" ", nginx-dynamic-modules)
     }
     tags = concat(tag("nginx"),
         vtag("${crs-version}", "nginx")
@@ -151,8 +160,9 @@ target "nginx-alpine" {
     inherits = ["platforms-base"]
     dockerfile="nginx/Dockerfile-alpine"
     args = {
-        NGINX_VERSION = "${nginx-version}"
         LUA_MODULES = join(" ", lua-modules-alpine)
+        NGINX_DYNAMIC_MODULES = join(" ", nginx-dynamic-modules)
+        NGINX_VERSION = "${nginx-version}"
     }
     tags = concat(tag("nginx-alpine"),
         vtag("${crs-version}", "nginx-alpine")
diff --git a/nginx/Dockerfile b/nginx/Dockerfile
index 3b4c493..ba662a6 100644
--- a/nginx/Dockerfile
+++ b/nginx/Dockerfile
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ FROM nginxinc/nginx-unprivileged:${NGINX_VERSION} AS build
 ARG MODSEC3_VERSION="n/a"
 ARG LMDB_VERSION="n/a"
 ARG LUA_VERSION="n/a"
+ARG NGINX_DYNAMIC_MODULES="n/a"
 
 USER root
 
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ RUN set -eux; \
     make -C lmdb/libraries/liblmdb install; \
     strip /usr/local/lib/liblmdb*.so*
 
+
 RUN set -eux; \
     git clone https://github.com/owasp-modsecurity/ModSecurity --branch "v${MODSEC3_VERSION}" --depth 1 --recursive; \
     cd ModSecurity; \
@@ -54,16 +56,22 @@ RUN set -eux; \
     make install; \
     strip /usr/local/modsecurity/lib/lib*.so*
 
-# We use master
+# Build modules
 RUN set -eux; \
-    git clone -b master --depth 1 https://github.com/owasp-modsecurity/ModSecurity-nginx.git; \
-    curl -sSL https://nginx.org/download/nginx-${NGINX_VERSION}.tar.gz -o nginx-${NGINX_VERSION}.tar.gz; \
+    modules=""; \
+    for module in ${NGINX_DYNAMIC_MODULES}; \
+    do \
+        repo=$(echo "${module}" | awk -F'/' '{print $2}'); \
+        git clone -b master --depth 1 "https://github.com/${module}.git" ; \
+        modules="${modules} --add-dynamic-module=../${repo}"; \
+    done; \
+    curl -sSL "https://nginx.org/download/nginx-${NGINX_VERSION}.tar.gz" -o nginx-${NGINX_VERSION}.tar.gz; \
     tar -xzf nginx-${NGINX_VERSION}.tar.gz; \
     cd ./nginx-${NGINX_VERSION}; \
-    ./configure --with-compat --add-dynamic-module=../ModSecurity-nginx; \
+    ./configure --with-compat ${modules}; \
     make modules; \
-    strip objs/ngx_http_modsecurity_module.so; \
-    cp objs/ngx_http_modsecurity_module.so /etc/nginx/modules/; \
+    strip objs/*.so; \
+    cp objs/*.so /etc/nginx/modules/; \
     mkdir /etc/modsecurity.d; \
     curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/owasp-modsecurity/ModSecurity/v3/master/unicode.mapping \
          -o /etc/modsecurity.d/unicode.mapping
@@ -197,7 +205,7 @@ ENV \
     BLOCKING_PARANOIA=1
 
 COPY --from=build /usr/local/modsecurity/lib/libmodsecurity.so.${MODSEC3_VERSION} /usr/local/modsecurity/lib/
-COPY --from=build /etc/nginx/modules/ngx_http_modsecurity_module.so /etc/nginx/modules/ngx_http_modsecurity_module.so
+COPY --from=build /etc/nginx/modules/*.so /etc/nginx/modules/
 COPY --from=build /usr/local/lib/liblmdb.so /usr/local/lib/
 COPY --from=build /usr/share/TLS/dhparam-* /etc/ssl/certs/
 COPY --from=build /etc/modsecurity.d/unicode.mapping /etc/modsecurity.d/unicode.mapping
diff --git a/nginx/Dockerfile-alpine b/nginx/Dockerfile-alpine
index 069eded..6779e59 100644
--- a/nginx/Dockerfile-alpine
+++ b/nginx/Dockerfile-alpine
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ FROM nginxinc/nginx-unprivileged:${NGINX_VERSION}-alpine AS build
 
 ARG MODSEC3_VERSION="n/a"
 ARG LUA_VERSION="n/a"
+ARG NGINX_DYNAMIC_MODULES="n/a"
 
 USER root
 
@@ -51,14 +52,22 @@ RUN set -eux; \
     make install; \
     strip /usr/local/modsecurity/lib/lib*.so*
 
-# We use master
+   # Build modules
 RUN set -eux; \
-    git clone -b master --depth 1 https://github.com/owasp-modsecurity/ModSecurity-nginx.git; \
-    curl -sSL http://nginx.org/download/nginx-${NGINX_VERSION}.tar.gz | tar -xzf -; \
+    modules=""; \
+    for module in ${NGINX_DYNAMIC_MODULES}; \
+    do \
+        repo=$(echo "${module}" | awk -F'/' '{print $2}'); \
+        git clone -b master --depth 1 "https://github.com/${module}.git" ; \
+        modules="${modules} --add-dynamic-module=../${repo}"; \
+    done; \
+    curl -sSL https://nginx.org/download/nginx-${NGINX_VERSION}.tar.gz -o nginx-${NGINX_VERSION}.tar.gz; \
+    tar -xzf nginx-${NGINX_VERSION}.tar.gz; \
     cd ./nginx-${NGINX_VERSION}; \
-    ./configure --with-compat --add-dynamic-module=../ModSecurity-nginx; \
+    ./configure --with-compat ${modules}; \
     make modules; \
-    cp objs/ngx_http_modsecurity_module.so /etc/nginx/modules/; \
+    strip objs/*.so; \
+    cp objs/*.so /etc/nginx/modules/; \
     mkdir /etc/modsecurity.d; \
     curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/owasp-modsecurity/ModSecurity/v3/master/unicode.mapping \
         -o /etc/modsecurity.d/unicode.mapping
@@ -191,7 +200,7 @@ ENV \
     BLOCKING_PARANOIA=1
 
 COPY --from=build /usr/local/modsecurity/lib/libmodsecurity.so.${MODSEC3_VERSION} /usr/local/modsecurity/lib/
-COPY --from=build /etc/nginx/modules/ngx_http_modsecurity_module.so /etc/nginx/modules/ngx_http_modsecurity_module.so
+COPY --from=build /etc/nginx/modules/*.so /etc/nginx/modules/
 COPY --from=build /usr/share/TLS/dhparam-* /etc/ssl/certs/
 COPY --from=build /etc/modsecurity.d/unicode.mapping /etc/modsecurity.d/unicode.mapping
 COPY --from=crs_release /opt/owasp-crs /opt/owasp-crs
diff --git a/nginx/templates/conf.d/default.conf.template b/nginx/templates/conf.d/default.conf.template
index 0ca4d73..7f25d71 100644
--- a/nginx/templates/conf.d/default.conf.template
+++ b/nginx/templates/conf.d/default.conf.template
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ server {
             return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
         }
 
+        include includes/cors.conf;
         include includes/proxy_backend.conf;
 
         index index.html index.htm;
@@ -62,8 +63,7 @@ server {
     location / {
         client_max_body_size 0;
 
-        # temporarily disabled, since the upstream image doesn't include the required module
-        # include includes/cors.conf;
+        include includes/cors.conf;
         include includes/proxy_backend.conf;
 
         index index.html index.htm;
diff --git a/nginx/templates/includes/cors.conf.template b/nginx/templates/includes/cors.conf.template
index 1cce89e..c03d36d 100644
--- a/nginx/templates/includes/cors.conf.template
+++ b/nginx/templates/includes/cors.conf.template
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-more_set_headers -s 403 'Content-Type' '${CORS_HEADER_403_CONTENT_TYPE}';
-more_set_headers -s 403 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' '${CORS_HEADER_403_ALLOW_ORIGIN}';
-more_set_headers -s 403 'Access-Control-Max-Age' '${CORS_HEADER_403_MAX_AGE}';
-more_set_headers -s 403 'Access-Control-Allow-Methods' '${CORS_HEADER_403_ALLOW_METHODS}';
-more_set_headers 'Access-Control-Allow-Headers' '${CORS_HEADER_ACCESS_CONTROL_ALLOW_HEADERS}';
+more_set_headers -s 403 'Content-Type: ${CORS_HEADER_403_CONTENT_TYPE}';
+more_set_headers -s 403 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin: ${CORS_HEADER_403_ALLOW_ORIGIN}';
+more_set_headers -s 403 'Access-Control-Max-Age: ${CORS_HEADER_403_MAX_AGE}';
+more_set_headers -s 403 'Access-Control-Allow-Methods: ${CORS_HEADER_403_ALLOW_METHODS}';
+more_set_headers 'Access-Control-Allow-Headers: ${CORS_HEADER_ACCESS_CONTROL_ALLOW_HEADERS}';
diff --git a/nginx/templates/nginx.conf.template b/nginx/templates/nginx.conf.template
index 6392a38..53f0c27 100644
--- a/nginx/templates/nginx.conf.template
+++ b/nginx/templates/nginx.conf.template
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 load_module modules/ngx_http_modsecurity_module.so;
 # allows to add cors headers when replying with 403
-# temporarily disabled, since the upstream image doesn't include the module
-# load_module modules/ngx_http_headers_more_filter_module.so;
+load_module modules/ngx_http_headers_more_filter_module.so;
 
 worker_processes auto;
 pid /tmp/nginx.pid;