diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index c412c7786..9f06be195 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -22,22 +22,6 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: read
       packages: write
-
-    services:
-      postgres:
-        image: postgres:15
-        env:
-          POSTGRES_USER: edc
-          POSTGRES_PASSWORD: edc
-          POSTGRES_DB: edc
-        ports:
-          - 5432:5432
-        options: >-
-          --health-cmd pg_isready
-          --health-interval 10s
-          --health-timeout 5s
-          --health-retries 5
-
     steps:
       - uses: FranzDiebold/github-env-vars-action@v2
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
diff --git a/extensions/broker-server-api/api/build.gradle.kts b/extensions/broker-server-api/api/build.gradle.kts
index c8ec8b81c..367ee2d38 100644
--- a/extensions/broker-server-api/api/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/extensions/broker-server-api/api/build.gradle.kts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation(libs.jakarta.validationApi)
 }
 
-val openapiFileDir = "${project.buildDir}/swagger"
+val openapiFileDir = project.layout.buildDirectory.get().asFile.resolve("swagger").path
 val openapiFileFilename = "broker-server.yaml"
 val openapiFile = "$openapiFileDir/$openapiFileFilename"
 
diff --git a/extensions/broker-server-postgres-flyway-jooq/build.gradle.kts b/extensions/broker-server-postgres-flyway-jooq/build.gradle.kts
index 7177c7f1c..1f95f7f5a 100644
--- a/extensions/broker-server-postgres-flyway-jooq/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/extensions/broker-server-postgres-flyway-jooq/build.gradle.kts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import org.testcontainers.containers.PostgreSQLContainer
 
 val jooqDbType = "org.jooq.meta.postgres.PostgresDatabase"
 val jdbcDriver = "org.postgresql.Driver"
-val postgresContainer = "postgres:11-alpine"
+val postgresContainer = "postgres:15-alpine"
 
 val migrationsDir = "src/main/resources/db/migration"
 val testDataDir = "src/main/resources/db/testdata"
diff --git a/extensions/broker-server/src/test/java/de/sovity/edc/ext/brokerserver/db/TestDatabaseFactory.java b/extensions/broker-server/src/test/java/de/sovity/edc/ext/brokerserver/db/TestDatabaseFactory.java
index a46fe2f0c..cc272fcb8 100644
--- a/extensions/broker-server/src/test/java/de/sovity/edc/ext/brokerserver/db/TestDatabaseFactory.java
+++ b/extensions/broker-server/src/test/java/de/sovity/edc/ext/brokerserver/db/TestDatabaseFactory.java
@@ -21,15 +21,11 @@
 public class TestDatabaseFactory {
 
     /**
-     * Returns a JUnit 5 Extension that either connects to a test database or launches a testcontainer.
+     * Returns a JUnit 5 Extension that launches a testcontainer.
      *
      * @return {@link TestDatabase}
      */
     public static TestDatabase getTestDatabase() {
-        if (TestDatabaseViaEnv.isSkipTestcontainers()) {
-            return new TestDatabaseViaEnv();
-        }
-
         return new TestDatabaseViaTestcontainers();
     }
 }
diff --git a/extensions/broker-server/src/test/java/de/sovity/edc/ext/brokerserver/db/TestDatabaseViaEnv.java b/extensions/broker-server/src/test/java/de/sovity/edc/ext/brokerserver/db/TestDatabaseViaEnv.java
index ad2a5c5f9..085d6acdd 100644
--- a/extensions/broker-server/src/test/java/de/sovity/edc/ext/brokerserver/db/TestDatabaseViaEnv.java
+++ b/extensions/broker-server/src/test/java/de/sovity/edc/ext/brokerserver/db/TestDatabaseViaEnv.java
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.Validate;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtensionContext;
 
+/**
+ * @deprecated Use test containers wherever possible
+ */
+@Deprecated
 public class TestDatabaseViaEnv implements TestDatabase {
     public static final String SKIP_TESTCONTAINERS = "SKIP_TESTCONTAINERS";
     public static final String TEST_POSTGRES_JDBC_URL = "TEST_POSTGRES_JDBC_URL";
diff --git a/launchers/README.md b/launchers/README.md
index 5b53c7d40..d4c445a9c 100644
--- a/launchers/README.md
+++ b/launchers/README.md
@@ -132,6 +132,41 @@ Our sovity Community Edition EDC is built as several docker image variants in di
       </ul>
     </td>
   </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>
+      <a href="https://github.com/sovity/edc-broker-server-extension/pkgs/container/broker-server-dev">broker-dev</a>
+    </td>
+    <td>Development</td>
+    <td>
+      <ul>
+        <li>Local Deployment via our `docker-compose.yaml`</li>
+        <li>E2E Testing</li>
+      </ul>
+    </td>
+    <td>
+      <ul>
+        <li>Broker Server Extension(s)</li>
+        <li>PostgreSQL Persistence & Flyway</li>
+        <li>Mock IAM</li>
+      </ul>            
+    </td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>broker-ce</td>
+    <td>Community Edition</td>
+    <td>
+      <ul>
+        <li>Productive Deployment</li>
+      </ul>
+    </td>
+    <td>
+      <ul>
+        <li>Broker Server Extension(s)</li>
+        <li>PostgreSQL Persistence & Flyway</li>
+        <li>DAPS Authentication</li>
+      </ul>            
+    </td>
+  </tr>
 </table>
 
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