diff --git a/images/linux/scripts/base/apt.sh b/images/linux/scripts/base/apt.sh
index f50866b55..725757498 100644
--- a/images/linux/scripts/base/apt.sh
+++ b/images/linux/scripts/base/apt.sh
@@ -40,4 +40,4 @@ apt-get install jq
 
 # Install apt-fast using quick-install.sh
 # https://github.com/ilikenwf/apt-fast
-bash -c "$(curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ilikenwf/apt-fast/master/quick-install.sh)"
+bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ilikenwf/apt-fast/master/quick-install.sh)"
diff --git a/images/linux/scripts/helpers/install.sh b/images/linux/scripts/helpers/install.sh
index 9fe39be2b..55aa7816f 100644
--- a/images/linux/scripts/helpers/install.sh
+++ b/images/linux/scripts/helpers/install.sh
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ get_github_package_download_url() {
     local VERSION=$3
     local SEARCH_IN_COUNT="100"
 
-    json=$(curl -sSL "https://api.github.com/repos/${REPO_ORG}/releases?per_page=${SEARCH_IN_COUNT}")
+    json=$(curl -fsSL "https://api.github.com/repos/${REPO_ORG}/releases?per_page=${SEARCH_IN_COUNT}")
 
     if [ -n "$VERSION" ]; then
         tagName=$(echo $json | jq -r '.[] | select(.prerelease==false).tag_name' | sort --unique --version-sort | egrep -v ".*-[a-z]|beta" | egrep "\w*${VERSION}" | tail -1)
diff --git a/images/linux/scripts/installers/azure-cli.sh b/images/linux/scripts/installers/azure-cli.sh
index 45a32b9cd..bca11b8b3 100644
--- a/images/linux/scripts/installers/azure-cli.sh
+++ b/images/linux/scripts/installers/azure-cli.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 # Install Azure CLI (instructions taken from https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/install-azure-cli)
-curl -sL https://aka.ms/InstallAzureCLIDeb | sudo bash
+curl -fsSL https://aka.ms/InstallAzureCLIDeb | sudo bash
 echo "azure-cli https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/install-azure-cli-linux?pivots=apt" >> $HELPER_SCRIPTS/apt-sources.txt
 rm -f /etc/apt/sources.list.d/azure-cli.list
 rm -f /etc/apt/sources.list.d/azure-cli.list.save
diff --git a/images/linux/scripts/installers/cmake.sh b/images/linux/scripts/installers/cmake.sh
index 51aab6250..4bf5ca814 100644
--- a/images/linux/scripts/installers/cmake.sh
+++ b/images/linux/scripts/installers/cmake.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ if command -v cmake; then
     echo "cmake is already installed"
 else
 	downloadUrl=$(get_github_package_download_url "Kitware/CMake" "endswith(\"inux-x86_64.sh\")")
-	curl -sL ${downloadUrl} -o cmakeinstall.sh \
+	curl -fsSL ${downloadUrl} -o cmakeinstall.sh \
 	&& chmod +x cmakeinstall.sh \
 	&& ./cmakeinstall.sh --prefix=/usr/local --exclude-subdir \
 	&& rm cmakeinstall.sh
diff --git a/images/linux/scripts/installers/codeql-bundle.sh b/images/linux/scripts/installers/codeql-bundle.sh
index f6b6f0612..23daa4ef1 100644
--- a/images/linux/scripts/installers/codeql-bundle.sh
+++ b/images/linux/scripts/installers/codeql-bundle.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 source $HELPER_SCRIPTS/install.sh
 
 # Retrieve the CLI versions and bundle tags of the latest two CodeQL bundles.
-base_url="$(curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/github/codeql-action/v2/src/defaults.json)"
+base_url="$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/github/codeql-action/v2/src/defaults.json)"
 codeql_tag_name="$(echo "$base_url" | jq -r '.bundleVersion')"
 codeql_cli_version="$(echo "$base_url" | jq -r '.cliVersion')"
 prior_codeql_tag_name="$(echo "$base_url" | jq -r '.priorBundleVersion')"
diff --git a/images/linux/scripts/installers/docker-compose.sh b/images/linux/scripts/installers/docker-compose.sh
index 40db139ca..019d0937e 100644
--- a/images/linux/scripts/installers/docker-compose.sh
+++ b/images/linux/scripts/installers/docker-compose.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 # Install docker-compose v1 from releases
 URL="https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/1.29.2/docker-compose-Linux-x86_64"
-curl -L $URL -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
+curl -fsSL $URL -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
 chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
 
 invoke_tests "Tools" "Docker-compose v1"
diff --git a/images/linux/scripts/installers/docker-moby.sh b/images/linux/scripts/installers/docker-moby.sh
index 3db9ae3de..3e66905f7 100644
--- a/images/linux/scripts/installers/docker-moby.sh
+++ b/images/linux/scripts/installers/docker-moby.sh
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ fi
 
 # Install amazon-ecr-credential-helper
 aws_latest_release_url="https://api.github.com/repos/awslabs/amazon-ecr-credential-helper/releases/latest"
-aws_helper_url=$(curl "${authString[@]}" -sL $aws_latest_release_url | jq -r '.body' | awk -F'[()]' '/linux-amd64/ {print $2}')
+aws_helper_url=$(curl "${authString[@]}" -fsSL $aws_latest_release_url | jq -r '.body' | awk -F'[()]' '/linux-amd64/ {print $2}')
 download_with_retries "$aws_helper_url" "/usr/bin" docker-credential-ecr-login
 chmod +x /usr/bin/docker-credential-ecr-login
 
diff --git a/images/linux/scripts/installers/git.sh b/images/linux/scripts/installers/git.sh
index 2d2a030a7..b02e020c3 100644
--- a/images/linux/scripts/installers/git.sh
+++ b/images/linux/scripts/installers/git.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ cat <<EOF >> /etc/gitconfig
 EOF
 
 # Install git-lfs
-curl -s $GIT_LFS_REPO/script.deb.sh | bash
+curl -fsSL $GIT_LFS_REPO/script.deb.sh | bash
 apt-get install -y git-lfs
 
 # Install git-ftp
diff --git a/images/linux/scripts/installers/haskell.sh b/images/linux/scripts/installers/haskell.sh
index fe775e138..4a7f63478 100644
--- a/images/linux/scripts/installers/haskell.sh
+++ b/images/linux/scripts/installers/haskell.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ setEtcEnvironmentVariable "BOOTSTRAP_HASKELL_NONINTERACTIVE" $BOOTSTRAP_HASKELL_
 setEtcEnvironmentVariable "GHCUP_INSTALL_BASE_PREFIX" $GHCUP_INSTALL_BASE_PREFIX
 
 # Install GHCup
-curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://get-ghcup.haskell.org | sh > /dev/null 2>&1 || true
+curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -fsSL https://get-ghcup.haskell.org | sh > /dev/null 2>&1 || true
 export PATH="$ghcup_bin:$PATH"
 prependEtcEnvironmentPath $ghcup_bin
 
@@ -39,6 +39,6 @@ chmod -R 777 $GHCUP_INSTALL_BASE_PREFIX/.ghcup
 ln -s $GHCUP_INSTALL_BASE_PREFIX/.ghcup /etc/skel/.ghcup
 
 # Install the latest stable release of haskell stack
-curl -sSL https://get.haskellstack.org/ | sh
+curl -fsSL https://get.haskellstack.org/ | sh
 
 invoke_tests "Haskell"
diff --git a/images/linux/scripts/installers/heroku.sh b/images/linux/scripts/installers/heroku.sh
index fa1e2d4be..55637a1ce 100644
--- a/images/linux/scripts/installers/heroku.sh
+++ b/images/linux/scripts/installers/heroku.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 # Install Heroku CLI
-curl https://cli-assets.heroku.com/install.sh | sh
+curl -fsSL https://cli-assets.heroku.com/install.sh | sh
 
 invoke_tests "Tools" "Heroku"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/images/linux/scripts/installers/java-tools.sh b/images/linux/scripts/installers/java-tools.sh
index 989a6e74b..12348f24f 100644
--- a/images/linux/scripts/installers/java-tools.sh
+++ b/images/linux/scripts/installers/java-tools.sh
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ ln -s /usr/share/apache-maven-${mavenVersion}/bin/mvn /usr/bin/mvn
 # Install Gradle
 # This script founds the latest gradle release from https://services.gradle.org/versions/all
 # The release is downloaded, extracted, a symlink is created that points to it, and GRADLE_HOME is set.
-gradleJson=$(curl -s https://services.gradle.org/versions/all)
+gradleJson=$(curl -fsSL https://services.gradle.org/versions/all)
 gradleLatestVersion=$(echo ${gradleJson} | jq -r '.[] | select(.version | contains("-") | not).version' | sort -V | tail -n1)
 gradleDownloadUrl=$(echo ${gradleJson} | jq -r ".[] | select(.version==\"$gradleLatestVersion\") | .downloadUrl")
 echo "gradleUrl=${gradleDownloadUrl}"
diff --git a/images/linux/scripts/installers/julia.sh b/images/linux/scripts/installers/julia.sh
index 90bbfeb12..715a5ea36 100644
--- a/images/linux/scripts/installers/julia.sh
+++ b/images/linux/scripts/installers/julia.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 source $HELPER_SCRIPTS/install.sh
 
 # get the latest julia version
-json=$(curl -sL "https://julialang-s3.julialang.org/bin/versions.json")
+json=$(curl -fsSL "https://julialang-s3.julialang.org/bin/versions.json")
 julia_version=$(echo $json | jq -r '.[].files[] | select(.triplet=="x86_64-linux-gnu" and (.version | contains("-") | not)).version' | sort -V | tail -n1)
 
 # download julia archive
diff --git a/images/linux/scripts/installers/kubernetes-tools.sh b/images/linux/scripts/installers/kubernetes-tools.sh
index 83be26728..79a8c2802 100644
--- a/images/linux/scripts/installers/kubernetes-tools.sh
+++ b/images/linux/scripts/installers/kubernetes-tools.sh
@@ -9,24 +9,24 @@ source $HELPER_SCRIPTS/install.sh
 
 # Install KIND
 URL=$(get_github_package_download_url "kubernetes-sigs/kind" "contains(\"kind-linux-amd64\")")
-curl -L -o /usr/local/bin/kind $URL
+curl -fsSL -o /usr/local/bin/kind $URL
 chmod +x /usr/local/bin/kind
 
 ## Install kubectl
-KUBECTL_VERSION=$(curl -L -s "https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt")
-curl -o /usr/local/bin/kubectl -LO "https://dl.k8s.io/release/$KUBECTL_VERSION/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl"
+KUBECTL_VERSION=$(curl -fsSL "https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt")
+curl -fsSL -o /usr/local/bin/kubectl "https://dl.k8s.io/release/$KUBECTL_VERSION/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl"
 chmod +x /usr/local/bin/kubectl
 
 # Install Helm
-curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/helm/helm/master/scripts/get-helm-3 | bash
+curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/helm/helm/master/scripts/get-helm-3 | bash
 
 # Install minikube
-curl -LO https://storage.googleapis.com/minikube/releases/latest/minikube-linux-amd64
+curl -fsSL -O https://storage.googleapis.com/minikube/releases/latest/minikube-linux-amd64
 sudo install minikube-linux-amd64 /usr/local/bin/minikube
 
 # Install kustomize
 download_url="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize/master/hack/install_kustomize.sh"
-curl -s "$download_url" | bash
+curl -fsSL "$download_url" | bash
 mv kustomize /usr/local/bin
 
 invoke_tests "Tools" "Kubernetes tools"
diff --git a/images/linux/scripts/installers/leiningen.sh b/images/linux/scripts/installers/leiningen.sh
index 045ada42d..2197b02ef 100644
--- a/images/linux/scripts/installers/leiningen.sh
+++ b/images/linux/scripts/installers/leiningen.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 LEIN_BIN=/usr/local/bin/lein
-curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/technomancy/leiningen/stable/bin/lein > $LEIN_BIN
+curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/technomancy/leiningen/stable/bin/lein > $LEIN_BIN
 chmod 0755 $LEIN_BIN
 
 # Run lein to trigger self-install
diff --git a/images/linux/scripts/installers/microsoft-edge.sh b/images/linux/scripts/installers/microsoft-edge.sh
index dc3ef46f6..5cf105cb2 100644
--- a/images/linux/scripts/installers/microsoft-edge.sh
+++ b/images/linux/scripts/installers/microsoft-edge.sh
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ EDGE_VERSION_MAJOR=$(echo $EDGE_VERSION | cut -d'.' -f 1)
 
 EDGE_DRIVER_VERSION_URL="https://msedgedriver.azureedge.net/LATEST_RELEASE_${EDGE_VERSION_MAJOR}_LINUX"
 # Convert a resulting file to normal UTF-8
-EDGE_DRIVER_LATEST_VERSION=$(curl -s "$EDGE_DRIVER_VERSION_URL" | iconv -f utf-16 -t utf-8 | tr -d '\r')
+EDGE_DRIVER_LATEST_VERSION=$(curl -fsSL "$EDGE_DRIVER_VERSION_URL" | iconv -f utf-16 -t utf-8 | tr -d '\r')
 
 EDGEDRIVER_URL="https://msedgedriver.azureedge.net/${EDGE_DRIVER_LATEST_VERSION}/edgedriver_linux64.zip"
 download_with_retries $EDGEDRIVER_URL "/tmp" "edgedriver_linux64.zip"
diff --git a/images/linux/scripts/installers/miniconda.sh b/images/linux/scripts/installers/miniconda.sh
index 02a370b2c..3a3e7d295 100644
--- a/images/linux/scripts/installers/miniconda.sh
+++ b/images/linux/scripts/installers/miniconda.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 # Install Miniconda
-curl -sL https://repo.continuum.io/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh -o miniconda.sh \
+curl -fsSL https://repo.continuum.io/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh -o miniconda.sh \
     && chmod +x miniconda.sh \
     && ./miniconda.sh -b -p /usr/share/miniconda \
     && rm miniconda.sh
diff --git a/images/linux/scripts/installers/nodejs.sh b/images/linux/scripts/installers/nodejs.sh
index 97b82fed5..46ef75b8c 100644
--- a/images/linux/scripts/installers/nodejs.sh
+++ b/images/linux/scripts/installers/nodejs.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ source $HELPER_SCRIPTS/install.sh
 
 # Install default Node.js
 defaultVersion=$(get_toolset_value '.node.default')
-curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tj/n/master/bin/n -o ~/n
+curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tj/n/master/bin/n -o ~/n
 bash ~/n $defaultVersion
 
 # Install node modules
diff --git a/images/linux/scripts/installers/nvm.sh b/images/linux/scripts/installers/nvm.sh
index ddb146119..71ae4b8d6 100644
--- a/images/linux/scripts/installers/nvm.sh
+++ b/images/linux/scripts/installers/nvm.sh
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 
 export NVM_DIR="/etc/skel/.nvm"
 mkdir $NVM_DIR
-VERSION=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/nvm-sh/nvm/releases/latest | jq -r '.tag_name')
-curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/$VERSION/install.sh | bash
+VERSION=$(curl -fsSL https://api.github.com/repos/nvm-sh/nvm/releases/latest | jq -r '.tag_name')
+curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/$VERSION/install.sh | bash
 echo 'NVM_DIR=$HOME/.nvm' | tee -a /etc/environment
 echo '[ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"  # This loads nvm' | tee -a /etc/skel/.bash_profile
 [ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"
diff --git a/images/linux/scripts/installers/packer.sh b/images/linux/scripts/installers/packer.sh
index 34c7f01eb..2433963cf 100644
--- a/images/linux/scripts/installers/packer.sh
+++ b/images/linux/scripts/installers/packer.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 source $HELPER_SCRIPTS/install.sh
 
 # Install Packer
-URL=$(curl -s https://api.releases.hashicorp.com/v1/releases/packer/latest | jq -r '.builds[] | select((.arch=="amd64") and (.os=="linux")).url')
+URL=$(curl -fsSL https://api.releases.hashicorp.com/v1/releases/packer/latest | jq -r '.builds[] | select((.arch=="amd64") and (.os=="linux")).url')
 ZIP_NAME="packer_linux_amd64.zip"
 download_with_retries "${URL}" "/tmp" "${ZIP_NAME}"
 unzip -qq "/tmp/${ZIP_NAME}" -d /usr/local/bin
diff --git a/images/linux/scripts/installers/pulumi.sh b/images/linux/scripts/installers/pulumi.sh
index e0081349f..9c15de3f2 100644
--- a/images/linux/scripts/installers/pulumi.sh
+++ b/images/linux/scripts/installers/pulumi.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 source $HELPER_SCRIPTS/install.sh
 
 # Install Pulumi
-VERSION=$(curl --fail --silent -L "https://www.pulumi.com/latest-version")
+VERSION=$(curl -fsSL "https://www.pulumi.com/latest-version")
 TARBALL_URL="https://get.pulumi.com/releases/sdk/pulumi-v${VERSION}-linux-x64.tar.gz"
 download_with_retries ${TARBALL_URL} "/tmp" pulumi-v${VERSION}.tar.gz
 tar --strip=1 -xf /tmp/pulumi-v${VERSION}.tar.gz -C /usr/local/bin
diff --git a/images/linux/scripts/installers/pypy.sh b/images/linux/scripts/installers/pypy.sh
index 547c72020..32cb2ffc3 100644
--- a/images/linux/scripts/installers/pypy.sh
+++ b/images/linux/scripts/installers/pypy.sh
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ function InstallPyPy
 }
 
 # Installation PyPy
-pypyVersions=$(curl https://downloads.python.org/pypy/versions.json)
+pypyVersions=$(curl -fsSL https://downloads.python.org/pypy/versions.json)
 toolsetVersions=$(get_toolset_value '.toolcache[] | select(.name | contains("PyPy")) | .versions[]')
 
 for toolsetVersion in $toolsetVersions; do
diff --git a/images/linux/scripts/installers/ruby.sh b/images/linux/scripts/installers/ruby.sh
index bf9797475..5c25fe69c 100644
--- a/images/linux/scripts/installers/ruby.sh
+++ b/images/linux/scripts/installers/ruby.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ fi
 apt-get install -y libz-dev openssl libssl-dev
 
 echo "Install Ruby from toolset..."
-PACKAGE_TAR_NAMES=$(curl -s "https://api.github.com/repos/ruby/ruby-builder/releases/latest" | jq -r '.assets[].name')
+PACKAGE_TAR_NAMES=$(curl -fsSL "https://api.github.com/repos/ruby/ruby-builder/releases/latest" | jq -r '.assets[].name')
 TOOLSET_VERSIONS=$(get_toolset_value '.toolcache[] | select(.name | contains("Ruby")) | .versions[]')
 PLATFORM_VERSION=$(get_toolset_value '.toolcache[] | select(.name | contains("Ruby")) | .platform_version')
 RUBY_PATH="$AGENT_TOOLSDIRECTORY/Ruby"
diff --git a/images/linux/scripts/installers/rust.sh b/images/linux/scripts/installers/rust.sh
index 5e0b46588..adec5a65a 100644
--- a/images/linux/scripts/installers/rust.sh
+++ b/images/linux/scripts/installers/rust.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ source $HELPER_SCRIPTS/os.sh
 export RUSTUP_HOME=/etc/skel/.rustup
 export CARGO_HOME=/etc/skel/.cargo
 
-curl https://sh.rustup.rs -sSf | sh -s -- -y --default-toolchain=stable --profile=minimal
+curl -fsSL https://sh.rustup.rs | sh -s -- -y --default-toolchain=stable --profile=minimal
 
 # Initialize environment variables
 source $CARGO_HOME/env
diff --git a/images/linux/scripts/installers/swift.sh b/images/linux/scripts/installers/swift.sh
index f482d6021..ef7a7c09f 100644
--- a/images/linux/scripts/installers/swift.sh
+++ b/images/linux/scripts/installers/swift.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ source $HELPER_SCRIPTS/install.sh
 
 # Install
 image_label="$(lsb_release -rs)"
-swift_version=$(curl -s "https://api.github.com/repos/apple/swift/releases/latest" | jq -r '.tag_name | match("[0-9.]+").string')
+swift_version=$(curl -fsSL "https://api.github.com/repos/apple/swift/releases/latest" | jq -r '.tag_name | match("[0-9.]+").string')
 
 swift_tar_name="swift-$swift_version-RELEASE-ubuntu$image_label.tar.gz"
 swift_tar_url="https://swift.org/builds/swift-$swift_version-release/ubuntu${image_label//./}/swift-$swift_version-RELEASE/$swift_tar_name"
diff --git a/images/linux/scripts/installers/terraform.sh b/images/linux/scripts/installers/terraform.sh
index bed616fb8..0e8f55537 100644
--- a/images/linux/scripts/installers/terraform.sh
+++ b/images/linux/scripts/installers/terraform.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 source $HELPER_SCRIPTS/install.sh
 
 # Install Terraform
-URL=$(curl -s https://api.releases.hashicorp.com/v1/releases/terraform/latest | jq -r '.builds[] | select((.arch=="amd64") and (.os=="linux")).url')
+URL=$(curl -fsSL https://api.releases.hashicorp.com/v1/releases/terraform/latest | jq -r '.builds[] | select((.arch=="amd64") and (.os=="linux")).url')
 ZIP_NAME="terraform_linux_amd64.zip"
 download_with_retries "${URL}" "/tmp" "${ZIP_NAME}"
 unzip -qq "/tmp/${ZIP_NAME}" -d /usr/local/bin
diff --git a/images/linux/scripts/installers/zstd.sh b/images/linux/scripts/installers/zstd.sh
index 8c738f4c0..d845b97f9 100644
--- a/images/linux/scripts/installers/zstd.sh
+++ b/images/linux/scripts/installers/zstd.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 source $HELPER_SCRIPTS/install.sh
 
 apt-get install -y liblz4-dev
-release_tag=$(curl https://api.github.com/repos/facebook/zstd/releases/latest | jq -r '.tag_name')
+release_tag=$(curl -fsSL https://api.github.com/repos/facebook/zstd/releases/latest | jq -r '.tag_name')
 zstd_tar_name=zstd-${release_tag//v}.tar.gz
 URL=https://github.com/facebook/zstd/releases/download/${release_tag}/${zstd_tar_name}
 download_with_retries "${URL}" "/tmp" "${zstd_tar_name}"