diff --git a/core/python2Action/CHANGELOG.md b/core/python2Action/CHANGELOG.md
index 6dfd54c46f88f6805b66e191e8bdb119b2e327d5..02f594941925dbeb2d6f0ca3834e1b33d9593e71 100644
--- a/core/python2Action/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/core/python2Action/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -19,10 +19,12 @@
 
 # Python 2 OpenWhisk Runtime Container
 
-
+## 1.0.1
+Changes:
+  - Update base image to openwhisk/dockerskeleton:1.3.1
 
 ## 1.0.0
-Change: Initial release
+Initial release.
 
 Python version = 2.7.12
 
diff --git a/core/python2Action/Dockerfile b/core/python2Action/Dockerfile
index 32e9446fdd2a741877b9b54aea7110d548ccb3df..dd374f685d384a19cfceb5af61e5317ba0c6c2ae 100644
--- a/core/python2Action/Dockerfile
+++ b/core/python2Action/Dockerfile
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ RUN pip install --no-cache-dir --upgrade pip setuptools six \
 ENV FLASK_PROXY_PORT 8080
 
 # Add the action proxy
-ADD https://raw.githubusercontent.com/apache/incubator-openwhisk-runtime-docker/dockerskeleton%401.1.0/core/actionProxy/actionproxy.py /actionProxy/actionproxy.py
+ADD https://raw.githubusercontent.com/apache/incubator-openwhisk-runtime-docker/dockerskeleton%401.3.1/core/actionProxy/actionproxy.py /actionProxy/actionproxy.py
 
 ADD pythonrunner.py /pythonAction/
 
diff --git a/core/pythonAction/CHANGELOG.md b/core/pythonAction/CHANGELOG.md
index 1d802a761e8af5b26a2812174bdb4ba8d5c4e8ce..9f954636bb42a6a6602ad6065b210f0bc7bcacf7 100644
--- a/core/pythonAction/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/core/pythonAction/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -19,10 +19,12 @@
 
 # Python 3 OpenWhisk Runtime Container
 
-
+## 1.0.1
+Changes:
+  - Update base image to openwhisk/dockerskeleton:1.3.1
 
 ## 1.0.0
-Change: Initial release
+Initial release.
 
 Python version = 3.6.1
 
diff --git a/core/pythonAction/Dockerfile b/core/pythonAction/Dockerfile
index 979734593802bd6f1ec2fb590f9cdf5aace1203a..1f4873b9b68b554b533bb8c76bb6d5914738cc61 100644
--- a/core/pythonAction/Dockerfile
+++ b/core/pythonAction/Dockerfile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #
 
 # Dockerfile for python actions, overrides and extends ActionRunner from actionProxy
-FROM openwhisk/dockerskeleton:1.0.0
+FROM openwhisk/dockerskeleton:1.3.1
 
 RUN apk add --no-cache \
         bzip2-dev \
diff --git a/tests/.pydevproject b/tests/.pydevproject
deleted file mode 100644
index 40e9f40a0ade3a088c757afd454acb9750da90c3..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/tests/.pydevproject
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
-<?eclipse-pydev version="1.0"?><pydev_project>
-<pydev_property name="org.python.pydev.PYTHON_PROJECT_INTERPRETER">Default</pydev_property>
-<pydev_property name="org.python.pydev.PYTHON_PROJECT_VERSION">python 2.7</pydev_property>
-</pydev_project>
diff --git a/tests/src/test/scala/runtime/actionContainers/PythonActionContainerTests.scala b/tests/src/test/scala/runtime/actionContainers/PythonActionContainerTests.scala
index 711fdf35e010858f097bf45b42390331587d9105..ecc40e38de886c943e72bd12d9c678b716421b08 100644
--- a/tests/src/test/scala/runtime/actionContainers/PythonActionContainerTests.scala
+++ b/tests/src/test/scala/runtime/actionContainers/PythonActionContainerTests.scala
@@ -103,6 +103,11 @@ class PythonActionContainerTests extends BasicActionRunnerTests with WskActorSys
          """.stripMargin.trim)
   })
 
+  testInitCannotBeCalledMoreThanOnce("""
+        |def main(args):
+        |    return args
+      """.stripMargin)
+
   it should "support actions using non-default entry points" in {
     withActionContainer() { c =>
       val code = """