diff --git a/.env.template b/.env.template
index 7bb1dd5..9c9078d 100644
--- a/.env.template
+++ b/.env.template
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ AIRFLOW__CORE__HIDE_SENSITIVE_VAR_CONN_FIELDS=False
 # CSRF key https://airflow.apache.org/docs/apache-airflow/stable/configurations-ref.html#secret-key
 AIRFLOW__WEBSERVER__SECRET_KEY=sample-secret-key=
 # Executor to use
-AIRFLOW__CORE__EXECUTOR=SequentialExecutor
+AIRFLOW__CORE__EXECUTOR=LocalExecutor
 # Environment this instance is being run in
 AIRFLOW_VAR_ENVIRONMENT=dev
 
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ AIRFLOW_VAR_ENVIRONMENT=dev
 ########################################################################################
 # Airflow primary metadata database
 # Change the following line in prod to use the appropriate DB
-AIRFLOW__DATABASE__SQL_ALCHEMY_CONN=sqlite:////opt/airflow/db/airflow.db
+AIRFLOW__DATABASE__SQL_ALCHEMY_CONN=postgresql+psycopg2://airflow:airflow@postgres:5432/airflow
 # Remote logging connection ID
 # Replace "access_key" and "secret+key" with the real values. Secret key must be URL-encoded
 AIRFLOW_CONN_AWS_DEFAULT=aws://test_key:test_secret@?region_name=us-east-1&endpoint_url=http://s3:5000
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index bc3b2a9..d819595 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -14,9 +14,8 @@ ENV DAGS_FOLDER=${AIRFLOW_HOME}/techbloc_airflow/dags
 ENV PYTHONPATH=${DAGS_FOLDER}
 
 # Container optimizations
-ENV PIPNOCACHEDIR=1
-ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
+ENV PIP_NO_CACHE_DIR=1
 ENV PIP_NO_COLOR=1
 
 # Airflow/workflow configuration
@@ -32,13 +31,12 @@ ENV AIRFLOW__LOGGING__REMOTE_LOG_CONN_ID=aws_default
 ENV AIRFLOW__LOGGING__REMOTE_BASE_LOG_FOLDER=s3://techbloc-airflow-logs
 
 
-#RUN apt-get update && apt-get -yqq upgrade && apt-get -yqq install \
-#    build-essential \
-#    libpq-dev \
-#    libffi-dev \
-#    && apt-get autoremove -y \
-#    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 USER root
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get -yqq install \
+    build-essential \
+    libpq-dev \
+    && apt-get autoremove -y \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 RUN mkdir -p ${DATABASE_DIR} /home/airflow/.ipython/ /opt/ssh/ && \
     chown -R airflow ${DATABASE_DIR} /home/airflow/.ipython/ /opt/ssh/
 USER airflow
@@ -54,7 +52,7 @@ ARG PROJECT_AIRFLOW_VERSION
 # https://airflow.apache.org/docs/apache-airflow/stable/installation/installing-from-pypi.html#constraints-files
 ARG CONSTRAINTS_FILE="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/apache/airflow/constraints-${PROJECT_AIRFLOW_VERSION}/constraints-${PROJECT_PY_VERSION}.txt"
 
-RUN pip install --user -r ${REQUIREMENTS_FILE} -c ${CONSTRAINTS_FILE}
+RUN pip install -r ${REQUIREMENTS_FILE} -c ${CONSTRAINTS_FILE}
 
 COPY entrypoint.sh /opt/airflow/entrypoint.sh
 
diff --git a/docker-compose.dev.yml b/docker-compose.dev.yml
index 6961cbf..c428081 100644
--- a/docker-compose.dev.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.dev.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ x-airflow-common:
   &airflow-common
   restart: on-failure
   depends_on:
+    - postgres
     - s3
   build:
     context: .
@@ -56,8 +57,6 @@ services:
   # Dev changes for the scheduler
   scheduler:
     <<: *airflow-common
-    depends_on:
-      - s3
     environment:
       _AIRFLOW_WWW_USER_CREATE: "true"
       _AIRFLOW_WWW_USER_USERNAME: airflow
@@ -72,6 +71,7 @@ services:
     <<: *airflow-common
     depends_on:
       - s3
+      - postgres
       - scheduler
 
 volumes:
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 7e5220c..1f31ae2 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,25 +1,41 @@
 version: '3'
 
 services:
+  postgres:
+    image: postgres:13
+    environment:
+      POSTGRES_USER: airflow
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${POSTGRES_PASSWORD:-airflow}
+      POSTGRES_DB: airflow
+    volumes:
+      - airflow-db:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "pg_isready", "-U", "airflow"]
+      interval: 10s
+      retries: 5
+    restart: always
 
   scheduler:
     image: ghcr.io/orcacollective/techbloc-airflow:${DOCKER_IMAGE_TAG:-latest}
+    depends_on:
+      - postgres
     env_file: .env
     restart: always
     # Only necessary for the entrypoint, services run as "airflow"
     user: root
     environment:
       # Upgrade the DB on startup
-      _AIRFLOW_DB_UPGRADE: "true"
+      _AIRFLOW_DB_MIGRATE: "true"
     command: scheduler
     expose:
       - "8793"  # Used for fetching logs
     volumes:
       - ./techbloc_airflow/dags:/opt/airflow/techbloc_airflow/dags
-      - db:/opt/airflow/db
 
   webserver:
     image: ghcr.io/orcacollective/techbloc-airflow:${DOCKER_IMAGE_TAG:-latest}
+    depends_on:
+      - postgres
     env_file: .env
     restart: always
     # Only necessary for the entrypoint, services run as "airflow"
@@ -29,7 +45,6 @@ services:
       - "${AIRFLOW_PORT}:8080"
     volumes:
       - ./techbloc_airflow/dags:/opt/airflow/techbloc_airflow/dags
-      - db:/opt/airflow/db
 
 volumes:
-  db:
+  airflow-db:
diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
index 8b078d6..acf7751 100644
--- a/justfile
+++ b/justfile
@@ -81,12 +81,8 @@ deploy:
 lint:
     pre-commit run --all-files
 
-# Load any dependencies necessary for actions on the stack without running the webserver
-_deps:
-    @just up "s3"
-
 # Mount the tests directory and run a particular command
-@_mount-tests command: _deps
+@_mount-tests command:
     # The test directory is mounted into the container only during testing
     @just _dc run \
         -v {{ justfile_directory() }}/tests:/opt/airflow/tests/ \
@@ -99,16 +95,16 @@ _deps:
 test-session:
     @just _mount-tests bash
 
-# Run pytest using the webserver image
+# Run pytest using the scheduler image
 test *pytestargs:
     @just _mount-tests "bash -c \'pytest {{ pytestargs }}\'"
 
-# Open a shell into the webserver container
+# Open a shell into the scheduler container
 shell user="airflow": up
     @just _dc exec -u {{ user }} {{ SERVICE }} /bin/bash
 
-# Launch an IPython REPL using the webserver image
-ipython: _deps
+# Launch an IPython REPL using the scheduler image
+ipython:
     @just _dc run \
         --rm \
         -w /opt/airflow/techbloc_airflow/dags \
@@ -116,9 +112,13 @@ ipython: _deps
         bash -c \'ipython\'
 
 # Run a given command in bash using the scheduler image
-run *args: _deps
+run *args:
     @just _dc run --rm {{ SERVICE }} bash -c \'{{ args }}\'
 
+# Initialize the database
+init:
+    @just run airflow db init
+
 # Launch a pgcli shell on the postgres container (defaults to openledger) use "airflow" for airflow metastore
 db-shell:
     @just run bash -c 'sqlite3 /opt/airflow/db/airflow.db'
diff --git a/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements_dev.txt
index cd00e03..a34f2e6 100644
--- a/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 flaky==3.7.0
 ipython
-pytest-mock==3.11.1
+pytest-mock
 pytest-raises==0.11
 pytest-sugar==0.9.7
 pytest-xdist
diff --git a/requirements_prod.txt b/requirements_prod.txt
index df87ad6..f0d550f 100644
--- a/requirements_prod.txt
+++ b/requirements_prod.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-# PYTHON=3.10
-apache-airflow[amazon,sqlite,http,ssh]==2.4.3
+# PYTHON=3.12
+apache-airflow[amazon,postgres,http,ssh]==2.9.0