diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index ababac4571f..8ca10a0c567 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ stages:
 # in cases where jobs require Docker-in-Docker, the job
 # definition must be extended with `.use-docker-in-docker`
 default:
-  image: ${REGISTRY_HOST}/${REGISTRY_GROUP}/gitlab-build-images:ruby-2.7.patched-golang-1.16-git-2.33-lfs-2.9-chrome-89-node-14.15-yarn-1.22-postgresql-11-graphicsmagick-1.3.36
+  image: ${REGISTRY_HOST}/${REGISTRY_GROUP}/gitlab-build-images:debian-bullseye-ruby-2.7.patched-golang-1.16-git-2.33-lfs-2.9-chrome-97-node-14.15-yarn-1.22-postgresql-11-graphicsmagick-1.3.36
   tags:
     - gitlab-org
   # All jobs are interruptible by default
diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/frontend.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/frontend.gitlab-ci.yml
index ea4ae3b0492..1bfcb8b4909 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/frontend.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/frontend.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     - .default-retry
     - .default-before_script
     - .assets-compile-cache
-  image: ${REGISTRY_HOST}/${REGISTRY_GROUP}/gitlab-build-images:ruby-2.7-git-2.33-lfs-2.9-node-14.15-yarn-1.22-graphicsmagick-1.3.36
+  image: ${REGISTRY_HOST}/${REGISTRY_GROUP}/gitlab-build-images:debian-bullseye-ruby-2.7-git-2.33-lfs-2.9-node-14.15-yarn-1.22-graphicsmagick-1.3.36
   variables:
     SETUP_DB: "false"
     WEBPACK_VENDOR_DLL: "true"
diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/global.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/global.gitlab-ci.yml
index 04883e5680a..26f39af05e6 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/global.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/global.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     - source scripts/prepare_build.sh
 
 .ruby-gems-cache: &ruby-gems-cache
-  key: "ruby-gems-v1"
+  key: "ruby-gems-v2"
   paths:
     - vendor/ruby/
   policy: pull
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   policy: push  # We want to rebuild the cache from scratch to ensure stale dependencies are cleaned up.
 
 .gitaly-ruby-gems-cache: &gitaly-ruby-gems-cache
-  key: "gitaly-ruby-gems-v1"
+  key: "gitaly-ruby-gems-v2"
   paths:
     - vendor/gitaly-ruby/
   policy: pull
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@
     - *storybook-node-modules-cache-push
 
 .use-pg11:
-  image: ${REGISTRY_HOST}/${REGISTRY_GROUP}/gitlab-build-images:ruby-2.7.patched-golang-1.16-git-2.33-lfs-2.9-chrome-89-node-14.15-yarn-1.22-postgresql-11-graphicsmagick-1.3.36
+  image: ${REGISTRY_HOST}/${REGISTRY_GROUP}/gitlab-build-images:debian-bullseye-ruby-2.7.patched-golang-1.16-git-2.33-lfs-2.9-chrome-97-node-14.15-yarn-1.22-postgresql-11-graphicsmagick-1.3.36
   services:
     - name: postgres:11.6
       command: ["postgres", "-c", "fsync=off", "-c", "synchronous_commit=off", "-c", "full_page_writes=off"]
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@
     POSTGRES_HOST_AUTH_METHOD: trust
 
 .use-pg12:
-  image: ${REGISTRY_HOST}/${REGISTRY_GROUP}/gitlab-build-images:ruby-2.7.patched-golang-1.16-git-2.33-lfs-2.9-chrome-89-node-14.15-yarn-1.22-postgresql-12-graphicsmagick-1.3.36
+  image: ${REGISTRY_HOST}/${REGISTRY_GROUP}/gitlab-build-images:debian-bullseye-ruby-2.7.patched-golang-1.16-git-2.33-lfs-2.9-chrome-97-node-14.15-yarn-1.22-postgresql-12-graphicsmagick-1.3.36
   services:
     - name: postgres:12
       command: ["postgres", "-c", "fsync=off", "-c", "synchronous_commit=off", "-c", "full_page_writes=off"]
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@
     POSTGRES_HOST_AUTH_METHOD: trust
 
 .use-pg13:
-  image: ${REGISTRY_HOST}/${REGISTRY_GROUP}/gitlab-build-images:ruby-2.7.patched-golang-1.16-git-2.33-lfs-2.9-chrome-89-node-14.15-yarn-1.22-postgresql-13-graphicsmagick-1.3.36
+  image: ${REGISTRY_HOST}/${REGISTRY_GROUP}/gitlab-build-images:debian-bullseye-ruby-2.7.patched-golang-1.16-git-2.33-lfs-2.9-chrome-97-node-14.15-yarn-1.22-postgresql-13-graphicsmagick-1.3.36
   services:
     - name: postgres:13
       command: ["postgres", "-c", "fsync=off", "-c", "synchronous_commit=off", "-c", "full_page_writes=off"]
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@
     POSTGRES_HOST_AUTH_METHOD: trust
 
 .use-pg11-ee:
-  image: ${REGISTRY_HOST}/${REGISTRY_GROUP}/gitlab-build-images:ruby-2.7.patched-golang-1.16-git-2.33-lfs-2.9-chrome-89-node-14.15-yarn-1.22-postgresql-11-graphicsmagick-1.3.36
+  image: ${REGISTRY_HOST}/${REGISTRY_GROUP}/gitlab-build-images:debian-bullseye-ruby-2.7.patched-golang-1.16-git-2.33-lfs-2.9-chrome-97-node-14.15-yarn-1.22-postgresql-11-graphicsmagick-1.3.36
   services:
     - name: postgres:11.6
       command: ["postgres", "-c", "fsync=off", "-c", "synchronous_commit=off", "-c", "full_page_writes=off"]
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@
     POSTGRES_HOST_AUTH_METHOD: trust
 
 .use-pg12-ee:
-  image: ${REGISTRY_HOST}/${REGISTRY_GROUP}/gitlab-build-images:ruby-2.7.patched-golang-1.16-git-2.33-lfs-2.9-chrome-89-node-14.15-yarn-1.22-postgresql-12-graphicsmagick-1.3.36
+  image: ${REGISTRY_HOST}/${REGISTRY_GROUP}/gitlab-build-images:debian-bullseye-ruby-2.7.patched-golang-1.16-git-2.33-lfs-2.9-chrome-97-node-14.15-yarn-1.22-postgresql-12-graphicsmagick-1.3.36
   services:
     - name: postgres:12
       command: ["postgres", "-c", "fsync=off", "-c", "synchronous_commit=off", "-c", "full_page_writes=off"]
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@
     POSTGRES_HOST_AUTH_METHOD: trust
 
 .use-pg13-ee:
-  image: ${REGISTRY_HOST}/${REGISTRY_GROUP}/gitlab-build-images:ruby-2.7.patched-golang-1.16-git-2.33-lfs-2.9-chrome-89-node-14.15-yarn-1.22-postgresql-13-graphicsmagick-1.3.36
+  image: ${REGISTRY_HOST}/${REGISTRY_GROUP}/gitlab-build-images:debian-bullseye-ruby-2.7.patched-golang-1.16-git-2.33-lfs-2.9-chrome-97-node-14.15-yarn-1.22-postgresql-13-graphicsmagick-1.3.36
   services:
     - name: postgres:13
       command: ["postgres", "-c", "fsync=off", "-c", "synchronous_commit=off", "-c", "full_page_writes=off"]
diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/workhorse.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/workhorse.gitlab-ci.yml
index aab077e575b..11f8886e3f4 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/workhorse.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/workhorse.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ workhorse:verify:
 
 workhorse:test using go 1.16:
   extends: .workhorse:test
-  image: ${REGISTRY_HOST}/${REGISTRY_GROUP}/gitlab-build-images:ruby-2.7-golang-1.16-git-2.31
+  image: ${REGISTRY_HOST}/${REGISTRY_GROUP}/gitlab-build-images:debian-bullseye-ruby-2.7-golang-1.16-git-2.31
 
 workhorse:test using go 1.17:
   extends: .workhorse:test
-  image: ${REGISTRY_HOST}/${REGISTRY_GROUP}/gitlab-build-images:ruby-2.7-golang-1.17-git-2.31
+  image: ${REGISTRY_HOST}/${REGISTRY_GROUP}/gitlab-build-images:debian-bullseye-ruby-2.7-golang-1.17-git-2.31
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/boards/components/board_card_inner.vue b/app/assets/javascripts/boards/components/board_card_inner.vue
index ea80496c3f5..aee61a5b2a5 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/boards/components/board_card_inner.vue
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/boards/components/board_card_inner.vue
@@ -11,12 +11,10 @@ import { sortBy } from 'lodash';
 import { mapActions, mapGetters, mapState } from 'vuex';
 import boardCardInner from 'ee_else_ce/boards/mixins/board_card_inner';
 import { isScopedLabel } from '~/lib/utils/common_utils';
-import { updateHistory } from '~/lib/utils/url_utility';
 import { sprintf, __, n__ } from '~/locale';
 import TooltipOnTruncate from '~/vue_shared/components/tooltip_on_truncate/tooltip_on_truncate.vue';
 import UserAvatarLink from '../../vue_shared/components/user_avatar/user_avatar_link.vue';
 import { ListType } from '../constants';
-import eventHub from '../eventhub';
 import BoardBlockedIcon from './board_blocked_icon.vue';
 import IssueDueDate from './issue_due_date.vue';
 import IssueTimeEstimate from './issue_time_estimate.vue';
@@ -176,18 +174,10 @@ export default {
         )
       );
     },
-    filterByLabel(label) {
-      if (!this.updateFilters) return;
+    labelTarget(label) {
       const filterPath = window.location.search ? `${window.location.search}&` : '?';
-      const filter = `label_name[]=${encodeURIComponent(label.title)}`;
-
-      if (!filterPath.includes(filter)) {
-        updateHistory({
-          url: `${filterPath}${filter}`,
-        });
-        this.performSearch();
-        eventHub.$emit('updateTokens');
-      }
+      const value = encodeURIComponent(label.title);
+      return `${filterPath}label_name[]=${value}`;
     },
     showScopedLabel(label) {
       return this.scopedLabelsAvailable && isScopedLabel(label);
@@ -242,7 +232,7 @@ export default {
           :description="label.description"
           size="sm"
           :scoped="showScopedLabel(label)"
-          @click="filterByLabel(label)"
+          :target="labelTarget(label)"
         />
       </template>
     </div>
diff --git a/spec/frontend/boards/board_card_inner_spec.js b/spec/frontend/boards/board_card_inner_spec.js
index 6de549718d9..677978d31ca 100644
--- a/spec/frontend/boards/board_card_inner_spec.js
+++ b/spec/frontend/boards/board_card_inner_spec.js
@@ -2,15 +2,12 @@ import { GlLabel, GlLoadingIcon, GlTooltip } from '@gitlab/ui';
 import { range } from 'lodash';
 import Vuex from 'vuex';
 import { nextTick } from 'vue';
-import setWindowLocation from 'helpers/set_window_location_helper';
 import { createMockDirective, getBinding } from 'helpers/vue_mock_directive';
 import { mountExtended } from 'helpers/vue_test_utils_helper';
 import BoardBlockedIcon from '~/boards/components/board_blocked_icon.vue';
 import BoardCardInner from '~/boards/components/board_card_inner.vue';
 import { issuableTypes } from '~/boards/constants';
-import eventHub from '~/boards/eventhub';
 import defaultStore from '~/boards/stores';
-import { updateHistory } from '~/lib/utils/url_utility';
 import { mockLabelList, mockIssue, mockIssueFullPath } from './mock_data';
 
 jest.mock('~/lib/utils/url_utility');
@@ -54,6 +51,7 @@ describe('Board card component', () => {
       state: {
         ...defaultStore.state,
         issuableType: issuableTypes.issue,
+        isShowingLabels: true,
       },
       getters: {
         isGroupBoard: () => true,
@@ -405,53 +403,12 @@ describe('Board card component', () => {
       expect(wrapper.findAll(GlLabel).length).toBe(1);
       expect(wrapper.text()).not.toContain('closed');
     });
-  });
 
-  describe('filterByLabel method', () => {
-    beforeEach(() => {
-      wrapper.setProps({
-        updateFilters: true,
-      });
-    });
-
-    describe('when selected label is not in the filter', () => {
-      beforeEach(() => {
-        jest.spyOn(wrapper.vm, 'performSearch').mockImplementation(() => {});
-        setWindowLocation('?');
-        wrapper.vm.filterByLabel(label1);
-      });
-
-      it('calls updateHistory', () => {
-        expect(updateHistory).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-      });
-
-      it('dispatches performSearch vuex action', () => {
-        expect(wrapper.vm.performSearch).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-      });
-
-      it('emits updateTokens event', () => {
-        expect(eventHub.$emit).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-        expect(eventHub.$emit).toHaveBeenCalledWith('updateTokens');
-      });
-    });
-
-    describe('when selected label is already in the filter', () => {
-      beforeEach(() => {
-        jest.spyOn(wrapper.vm, 'performSearch').mockImplementation(() => {});
-        setWindowLocation('?label_name[]=testing%20123');
-        wrapper.vm.filterByLabel(label1);
-      });
-
-      it('does not call updateHistory', () => {
-        expect(updateHistory).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-      });
-
-      it('does not dispatch performSearch vuex action', () => {
-        expect(wrapper.vm.performSearch).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-      });
-
-      it('does not emit updateTokens event', () => {
-        expect(eventHub.$emit).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    describe('when label params arent set', () => {
+      it('passes the right target to GlLabel', () => {
+        expect(wrapper.findAll(GlLabel).at(0).props('target')).toEqual(
+          '?label_name[]=testing%20123',
+        );
       });
     });
   });