diff --git a/cm-mlops/script/get-git-repo/customize.py b/cm-mlops/script/get-git-repo/customize.py
index eed6737de9..044b884740 100644
--- a/cm-mlops/script/get-git-repo/customize.py
+++ b/cm-mlops/script/get-git-repo/customize.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ def preprocess(i):
     meta = i['meta']
 
     env_key = get_env_key(env)
-    
+
     if 'CM_GIT_REPO_NAME' not in env:
         update_env(env, 'CM_GIT_REPO{}_NAME', env_key, os.path.basename(env['CM_GIT_URL']))
 
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def postprocess(i):
     git_checkout_path = env['CM_GIT_CHECKOUT_PATH']
 
     env_key = get_env_key(env)
-    
+
     # We remap CM_GIT variables with CM_GIT_REPO prefix so that they don't contaminate the env of the parent script
     update_env(env, 'CM_GIT_REPO{}_CHECKOUT_PATH', env_key, env['CM_GIT_CHECKOUT_PATH'])
     update_env(env, 'CM_GIT_REPO{}_URL', env_key, env['CM_GIT_URL'])
diff --git a/cm-mlops/script/get-ml-model-huggingface-zoo/_cm.json b/cm-mlops/script/get-ml-model-huggingface-zoo/_cm.json
index 06d56a1da5..374625a57f 100644
--- a/cm-mlops/script/get-ml-model-huggingface-zoo/_cm.json
+++ b/cm-mlops/script/get-ml-model-huggingface-zoo/_cm.json
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
     },
     "prune":{
       "env":{
-	"   CM_MODEL_TASK": "prune"
+        "CM_MODEL_TASK": "prune"
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/cm-mlops/script/get-ml-model-huggingface-zoo/download_model.py b/cm-mlops/script/get-ml-model-huggingface-zoo/download_model.py
index 2cd629a718..5ed130a501 100644
--- a/cm-mlops/script/get-ml-model-huggingface-zoo/download_model.py
+++ b/cm-mlops/script/get-ml-model-huggingface-zoo/download_model.py
@@ -5,15 +5,16 @@
 model_task = os.environ.get('CM_MODEL_TASK', '')
 
 if model_task == "prune":
-	print("Downloading model: "+model_stub)
-	downloaded_model_path = hf_hub_download(repo_id=model_stub,
-                                        filename="pytorch_model.bin",
-                                        cache_dir=os.getcwd())
-	downloaded_model_path = hf_hub_download(repo_id=model_stub,
-                                        filename="config.json",
-                                        cache_dir=os.getcwd())
-	with open('tmp-run-env.out', 'w') as f:
-    	    f.write(f"CM_ML_MODEL_FILE_WITH_PATH={os.path.join(os.getcwd(),'')}")
+    print("Downloading model: " + model_stub)
+
+    for filename in ["pytorch_model.bin", "config.json"]:
+
+        downloaded_model_path = hf_hub_download(repo_id=model_stub,
+                                                filename=filename,
+                                                cache_dir=os.getcwd())
+
+    with open('tmp-run-env.out', 'w') as f:
+        f.write(f"CM_ML_MODEL_FILE_WITH_PATH={os.path.join(os.getcwd(),'')}")
 
 else:
         model_filename = os.environ.get('CM_MODEL_ZOO_FILENAME', '')
diff --git a/cm-mlops/script/get-ml-model-neuralmagic-zoo/_cm.json b/cm-mlops/script/get-ml-model-neuralmagic-zoo/_cm.json
index e115ec5f5e..551a410bb2 100644
--- a/cm-mlops/script/get-ml-model-neuralmagic-zoo/_cm.json
+++ b/cm-mlops/script/get-ml-model-neuralmagic-zoo/_cm.json
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@
       "tags": "get,python3",
       "names": [ "python3", "python" ]
     },
+    {
+      "tags": "get,generic-python-lib,_package.protobuf",
+      "version_max": "3.20.1"
+    },
     {
       "tags": "get,generic-python-lib,_sparsezoo"
     }
diff --git a/cm-mlops/script/prune-bert-models/README-extra.md b/cm-mlops/script/prune-bert-models/README-extra.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/cm-mlops/script/prune-bert-models/_cm.json b/cm-mlops/script/prune-bert-models/_cm.json
index 598d877e8e..61673215f8 100644
--- a/cm-mlops/script/prune-bert-models/_cm.json
+++ b/cm-mlops/script/prune-bert-models/_cm.json
@@ -4,6 +4,16 @@
   "automation_uid": "5b4e0237da074764",
   "category": "Modular ML/AI applications",
   "category_sort": 10000,
+  "default_env": {
+    "CM_BERT_PRUNE_TASK":"squad",
+    "CM_BERT_PRUNE_MODEL_NAME":"bert-large-uncased",
+    "CM_MODEL_ZOO_STUB":"bert-large-uncased",
+    "CM_BERT_PRUNE_CONSTRAINT": "0.5"
+  },
+  "input_mapping": {
+    "constraint": "CM_BERT_PRUNE_CONSTRAINT",
+    "output_dir": "CM_BERT_PRUNE_OUTPUT_DIR"
+  },
   "deps": [
     {
       "tags": "get,python3"
@@ -28,46 +38,51 @@
     },
     {
       "tags": "get,generic-python-lib,_transformers"
-    },    
+    },
     {
       "tags": "get,generic-python-lib,_scikit-learn"
     },
     {
-      "tags": "get,git,repo,_repo.https://github.com/anandhu-eng/retraining-free-pruning"
+      "tags": "get,git,repo,_repo.https://github.com/cknowledge/retraining-free-pruning",
+      "env": {
+        "CM_GIT_ENV_KEY":"BERT_PRUNER_NEURIPS_2022"
+      }
     },
     {
       "names": [
-	"get-model"
+        "get-model"
       ],
-      "tags": "get, ml-model, model, zoo, model-zoo, huggingface, _prune"
+      "tags": "get,ml-model,model,zoo,model-zoo,huggingface,_prune"
     }
   ],
   "tags": [
     "prune",
+    "bert-models",
     "bert-prune",
     "prune-bert-models"
   ],
   "uid": "76182d4896414216",
   "variations":{
     "path.#":{
-	"env":{
-	    "CM_UNPRUNED_MODEL_PATH":"#"
-	}
+      "env":{
+        "CM_BERT_PRUNE_CKPT_PATH":"#"
+      }
     },
     "task.#":{
-	"env":{
-	    "CM_PRUNE_TASK":"#"
-	}
+      "env":{
+        "CM_BERT_PRUNE_TASK":"#"
+      }
     },
-    "model-name.#":{
-	"adr":{
-	  "get-model":{
-	    "tags":"_model-stub.#"
-	  }
-	},
-	"env":{
-	    "CM_PRUNE_MODEL_NAME":"#"
-	}
+    "model.#":{
+      "adr":{
+        "get-model":{
+          "tags":"_model-stub.#"
+        }
+      },
+      "env":{
+         "CM_BERT_PRUNE_MODEL_NAME":"#",
+         "CM_MODEL_ZOO_STUB":"#"
+      }
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/cm-mlops/script/prune-bert-models/customize.py b/cm-mlops/script/prune-bert-models/customize.py
index ba7901e7f3..5e0def42fe 100644
--- a/cm-mlops/script/prune-bert-models/customize.py
+++ b/cm-mlops/script/prune-bert-models/customize.py
@@ -6,12 +6,38 @@ def preprocess(i):
     os_info = i['os_info']
 
     env = i['env']
-    env['BERT_PRUNE_REPO_PATH'] = env['CM_GIT_CHECKOUT_PATH']
-    print("Pruning repo path:"+env['BERT_PRUNE_REPO_PATH'])
-    env['CM_UNPRUNED_MODEL_PATH']=env['CM_ML_MODEL_FILE_WITH_PATH']+"models--bert-large-uncased/snapshots/80792f8e8216b29f3c846b653a0ff0a37c210431"
-    out_dir="/home/ubuntu/prune_model/out"
-    cmd = "python3 "+env['BERT_PRUNE_REPO_PATH']+"/main.py --model_name " + env['CM_PRUNE_MODEL_NAME'] + " --task_name " + env['CM_PRUNE_TASK'] +  " --ckpt_dir "+env['CM_UNPRUNED_MODEL_PATH']+" --constraint 0.5 --output_dir "+out_dir
-    os.system(cmd)
+
+    ckpt_path = env.get('CM_BERT_PRUNE_CKPT_PATH','')
+    if ckpt_path == '':
+        p = env['CM_ML_MODEL_FILE_WITH_PATH']
+        x = os.listdir(p)
+        for y in x:
+            if y.startswith('models--'):
+                z = os.path.join(p,y)
+                if os.path.isdir(z):
+                    z1 = os.path.join(z, 'snapshots')
+                    if os.path.isdir(z1):
+                        z2 = os.listdir(z1)
+                        if len(z2)>0:
+                            ckpt_path=os.path.join(z1, z2[0])
+
+    env['CM_BERT_PRUNE_CKPT_PATH'] = ckpt_path
+
+    out_dir=env.get('CM_BERT_PRUNE_OUTPUT_DIR','')
+    if out_dir == '':
+        out_dir = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), 'pruned-model-output')
+    env['CM_BERT_PRUNE_OUTPUT_DIR'] = out_dir
+
+    print ('')
+    print ('Local CM cache path to the updated BERT pruner src from NeurIPS 2022: ' + env['CM_GIT_REPO_BERT_PRUNER_NEURIPS_2022_CHECKOUT_PATH'])
+
+    print ('')
+    for k in ["CM_ML_MODEL_FILE_WITH_PATH", "CM_BERT_PRUNE_CKPT_PATH", "CM_BERT_PRUNE_OUTPUT_DIR"]:
+        print ('ENV["{}"]: {}'.format(k, env[k]))
+
+    print ('')
+    input ('xyz')
+
     return {'return': 0}
 
 def postprocess(i):
diff --git a/cm-mlops/script/prune-bert-models/run.sh b/cm-mlops/script/prune-bert-models/run.sh
index e69de29bb2..68c0779688 100644
--- a/cm-mlops/script/prune-bert-models/run.sh
+++ b/cm-mlops/script/prune-bert-models/run.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+echo "===================================================================="
+echo "Start pruning ..."
+echo ""
+
+CM_TMP_CURRENT_SCRIPT_PATH=${CM_TMP_CURRENT_SCRIPT_PATH:-$PWD}
+
+time ${CM_PYTHON_BIN_WITH_PATH} \
+   ${CM_GIT_REPO_BERT_PRUNER_NEURIPS_2022_CHECKOUT_PATH}/main.py \
+   --model_name ${CM_BERT_PRUNE_MODEL_NAME} \
+   --task_name ${CM_BERT_PRUNE_TASK} \
+   --ckpt_dir ${CM_BERT_PRUNE_CKPT_PATH} \
+   --constraint ${CM_BERT_PRUNE_CONSTRAINT} \
+   --output_dir ${CM_BERT_PRUNE_OUTPUT_DIR}
+
+test $? -eq 0 || exit $?
+
+echo "===================================================================="