diff --git a/.github/workflows/cicd.yml b/.github/workflows/cicd.yml
index 61ebfd5b..e364671c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cicd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cicd.yml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   context:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
 
     outputs:
       commit_hash: ${{ steps.context.outputs.commit_hash }}
@@ -62,18 +62,18 @@ jobs:
           release_name: ${{ env.RELEASE_NAME }}
 
   build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
 
     needs: context
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: 3.6
+          python-version: '3.10'
 
       # This repo can't use the standard pycodestyle / license checker because
       # of code contributed from other institutions
@@ -107,10 +107,10 @@ jobs:
       #    fi
 
       - name: Set up Docker Buildx
-        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v1
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
 
       - name: Cache Docker layers
-        uses: actions/cache@v2
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
         with:
           path: /tmp/.buildx-cache
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-buildx-$(echo ${{ hashFiles('Dockerfile') }} | head -c 16)
@@ -118,8 +118,9 @@ jobs:
             ${{ runner.os }}-buildx-
 
       - name: Build App Image
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@v2
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
         with:
+          context: .
           target: app-container
           tags: ${{ needs.context.outputs.image_tag }}
           push: false
@@ -128,7 +129,7 @@ jobs:
           cache-to: type=local,dest=/tmp/.buildx-cache
 
       - name: Build Test Image
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@v2
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
         with:
           target: app-test-container
           tags: app-test-container
@@ -151,7 +152,7 @@ jobs:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         shell: bash
         run: |
-          python -m pip install --upgrade pip coverage coveralls==2.2.0
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip coverage coveralls==3.3.1
           coverage combine
           coveralls
 
@@ -170,11 +171,11 @@ jobs:
     outputs:
       context: ${{ steps.context.outputs.context }}
 
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Deployment Pipeline
         if: >-
@@ -200,14 +201,14 @@ jobs:
       - name: 'Surface context from executed build step'
         id: context
         shell: bash
-        run: echo "::set-output name=context::$(< ${CONTEXT_FILENAME})"
+        run: echo "context=$(< ${CONTEXT_FILENAME})" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
   housekeeping:
     if: github.event_name == 'push'
 
     needs: [context, build, deploy]
 
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
 
     steps:
       - name: House Keeping
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 1a55804f..490feda9 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-ARG DJANGO_CONTAINER_VERSION=1.4.1
+ARG DJANGO_CONTAINER_VERSION=2.0.8
 
-FROM gcr.io/uwit-mci-axdd/django-container:${DJANGO_CONTAINER_VERSION} as app-container
+FROM us-docker.pkg.dev/uwit-mci-axdd/containers/django-container:${DJANGO_CONTAINER_VERSION} AS app-container
 
 USER root
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install mysql-client libmysqlclient-dev -y
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ COPY --chown=acait:acait docker/test_settings.py project/test_settings.py
 ADD --chown=acait:acait docker/app_start.sh /scripts
 RUN chmod u+x /scripts/app_start.sh
 
-FROM gcr.io/uwit-mci-axdd/django-test-container:${DJANGO_CONTAINER_VERSION} as app-test-container
+FROM us-docker.pkg.dev/uwit-mci-axdd/containers/django-test-container:${DJANGO_CONTAINER_VERSION} AS app-test-container
 
 COPY --from=0 /app/ /app/
 COPY --from=0 /static/ /static/
diff --git a/docker/dev-values.yml b/docker/dev-values.yml
index a4cfef1c..d80fb10d 100644
--- a/docker/dev-values.yml
+++ b/docker/dev-values.yml
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ externalService:
   enabled: true
   name: spotseeker-dev-db-service
   type: ClusterIP
-  serviceAddress: 172.18.0.196
-  servicePort: 3306
+  serviceAddress: 34.83.34.217
+  servicePort: 5432
 database:
   engine: mysql
   name: api_dev
diff --git a/spotseeker_server/admin.py b/spotseeker_server/admin.py
index 2f22683a..cc25d081 100644
--- a/spotseeker_server/admin.py
+++ b/spotseeker_server/admin.py
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 # Copyright 2024 UW-IT, University of Washington
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-""" Changes
-    =================================================================
+"""
+Changes
+=================================================================
 
-    sbutler1@illinois.edu: use the same forms as used for REST.
+sbutler1@illinois.edu: use the same forms as used for REST.
 """
 
 from django.contrib import admin
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ def get_actions(self, request):
         return actions
 
     def delete_model(self, request, queryset):
-        if type(queryset) == SpotImage:
+        if isinstance(type(queryset), SpotImage):
             queryset.delete()
         else:
             for spot_image in queryset.all():
@@ -155,7 +156,7 @@ def get_actions(self, request):
         return actions
 
     def delete_model(self, request, queryset):
-        if type(queryset) == ItemImage:
+        if isinstance(type(queryset), ItemImage):
             queryset.delete()
         else:
             for item_image in queryset.all():
diff --git a/spotseeker_server/test/item/form.py b/spotseeker_server/test/item/form.py
index 5d68ecee..118c7788 100644
--- a/spotseeker_server/test/item/form.py
+++ b/spotseeker_server/test/item/form.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 from django.test import TestCase
 from django.test.utils import override_settings
 from spotseeker_server.forms.item import ItemForm, ItemExtendedInfoForm
-from spotseeker_server.default_forms.item import DefaultItemForm,\
+from spotseeker_server.default_forms.item import DefaultItemForm, \
     DefaultItemExtendedInfoForm