diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b064411..8ac5167 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -55,12 +55,43 @@
 
 # make help not widely in use yet so be explicit
 help ::
+
 	@echo
 	@echo 'Usage: $(MAKE) help ...'
+
 	@echo '  % make clean sterile'
-	@echo '  % make lint lint-jjb'
-	@echo '  % make build           # jjb-gen'
+	@printf '  %-33.33s %s\n' 'lint' \
+	  'Invoke syntax checking targets'
+	@printf '  %-33.33s %s\n' 'build' \
+	  'Invoke jenkins-jobs to regenerate pipelines'
 	@echo '  % make test'
 	@echo '  % make help            # show all available targes'
 
+	@echo
+	@echo '[HELP: modifiers]'
+	@printf '  %-33.33s %s\n' '{topic}-help' \
+	  'Display extended help for individual makefile targets'
+	@printf '  %-33.33s %s\n' 'help-verbose' \
+	  'Display exhaustive help'
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+build-help :
+	@printf '  %-33.33s %s\n' 'build' \
+	  'Alias for $(MAKE) jjb-gen'
+	@printf '  %-33.33s %s\n' 'jjb-gen' \
+	  'Invoke jenkins-jobs to regenerate pipelines'
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+lint-help :
+	@printf '  %-33.33s %s\n' 'lint' \
+	  'Perform syntax checking on configured sources'
+	@printf '  %-33.33s %s\n' 'lint-jjb' \
+	  'Invoke jenkins-jobs to syntax check JJB source'
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+help-verbose :: help $(help-verbose)
+
 # [EOF]
diff --git a/global-jjb b/global-jjb
index 89213a1..09979e2 160000
--- a/global-jjb
+++ b/global-jjb
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 89213a114af3775da43b5f97c3584db516d49987
+Subproject commit 09979e2fde9b92aa7bc00de4175a88d64fe9e33f
diff --git a/jjb/defaults.yaml b/jjb/defaults.yaml
index 6d4f97b..c5c4e13 100644
--- a/jjb/defaults.yaml
+++ b/jjb/defaults.yaml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     # https://docs.releng.linuxfoundation.org/projects/lftools/en/latest/commands/version.html
     # https://docs.releng.linuxfoundation.org/projects/lftools/en/latest/release-notes.html#v0-35-11-4
     # lftools
-    lftools-version: '~=0.26.2'
+    lftools-version: '~=0.37.4'
 
     # git module config
     # LF templates require these to be set in later versions of global-jjb for git module
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@
 
     # default email address to send job failure messages
     failure-email-address: 'cord-dev@opencord.org'
+    failure-notification: 'cord-dev@opencord.org'
+    failure-notification-prefix: "[releng]"
 
     # regexp for gerrit triggers
     # list of supported branches, for branch-regexp
diff --git a/packer/common-packer b/packer/common-packer
index 4a5b0cd..6485404 160000
--- a/packer/common-packer
+++ b/packer/common-packer
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 4a5b0cd9032938194c4813fe36663ddee4f9e60e
+Subproject commit 6485404dda02505f48cef60d9aafd726c3aacfa8