diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 39c68ddc..b88e855b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ jobs:
         python-version: ['py38']
         django-version: ['django32', 'django42']
         db-version: ['mysql57', 'mysql80']
-        # excluding mysql5.7 with Django 4.2 since Django 4.2 has 
+        # excluding mysql5.7 with Django 4.2 since Django 4.2 has
         # dropped support for MySQL<8
         exclude:
-          - django-version: 'django42'
-            db-version: 'mysql57'
+         - django-version: 'django42'
+           db-version: 'mysql57'
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ jobs:
         docker-compose -f .travis/docker-compose-travis.yml up -d
     - name: Install Dependencies
       run: |
-        pip install -r requirements/travis.txt
+        docker exec -e TOXENV=${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.django-version }} --env DB_HOST=${{ matrix.db-version }} -u root edx_notes_api \
+        /bin/bash -c "apt-get update && apt-get install python3-dev default-libmysqlclient-dev build-essential pkg-config"
     - name: Run Tests
       run: |
         docker exec -e TOXENV=${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.django-version }} --env DB_HOST=${{ matrix.db-version }} -u root edx_notes_api /edx/app/edx_notes_api/edx_notes_api/.travis/run_tests.sh
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index cd8500d9..31b6973c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ piptools: ## install pinned version of pip-compile and pip-sync
 upgrade: export CUSTOM_COMPILE_COMMAND=make upgrade
 upgrade: piptools ## update the requirements/*.txt files with the latest packages satisfying requirements/*.in
 	# Make sure to compile files after any other files they include!
-	pip-compile --upgrade -o requirements/travis.txt requirements/travis.in
 	pip-compile --upgrade --rebuild --allow-unsafe -o requirements/pip.txt requirements/pip.in
 	pip-compile --upgrade -o requirements/pip-tools.txt requirements/pip-tools.in
 	pip install -qr requirements/pip.txt
@@ -77,4 +76,6 @@ upgrade: piptools ## update the requirements/*.txt files with the latest package
 	pip-compile --upgrade -o requirements/test.txt requirements/test.in
 	# Let tox control the Django version for tests
 	grep -e "^django==" requirements/base.txt > requirements/django.txt
-	sed -i '/^[dD]jango==/d' requirements/test.txt
+	sed '/^[dD]jango==/d' requirements/test.txt > requirements/test.tmp
+	mv requirements/test.tmp requirements/test.txt
+
diff --git a/requirements/constraints.txt b/requirements/constraints.txt
index 74c0a461..fa7b0411 100644
--- a/requirements/constraints.txt
+++ b/requirements/constraints.txt
@@ -21,3 +21,4 @@ python-dateutil==2.4.0
 newrelic==4.8.0.110
 more-itertools==5.0.0
 pylint==1.5.0
+django-cors-headers==3.14.0
diff --git a/requirements/production.txt b/requirements/production.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b