diff --git a/geoBoundaryBuilder/images/geoBoundariesBase.Dockerfile b/geoBoundaryBuilder/images/geoBoundariesBase.Dockerfile
index b5d4873..7b1e153 100644
--- a/geoBoundaryBuilder/images/geoBoundariesBase.Dockerfile
+++ b/geoBoundaryBuilder/images/geoBoundariesBase.Dockerfile
@@ -28,14 +28,14 @@ RUN apk add --no-cache \
 
 # Install Python packages in steps for debugging
 RUN pip install --upgrade pip && \
-    pip install prefect==2.2.0 kubernetes==25.3.0
+    pip install prefect==3.1.5 kubernetes==25.3.0
 
-RUN pip install geopandas==0.13.2 shapely==2.0.1 matplotlib==3.7.2 pandas==2.1.1
+RUN pip install geopandas==0.13.2
 
 RUN pip install jsonschema==4.19.0 zipfile36==0.1.3
 
 # Install Prefect Kubernetes components
-RUN pip install prefect-kubernetes
+RUN pip install prefect-kubernetes==0.5.3
 
 # Set up git-lfs
 RUN git lfs install
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diff --git a/geoBoundaryBuilder/k8s_manifests/dev.yml b/geoBoundaryBuilder/k8s_manifests/dev.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..677559e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/geoBoundaryBuilder/k8s_manifests/dev.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Pod
+metadata:
+  name: gB-dev
+  namespace: geoboundaries
+spec:
+  securityContext:
+    runAsUser: 71032
+    runAsGroup: 9915
+  containers:
+    - name: gb-dev-container
+      image: ghcr.io/your-custom-image:latest # Replace with your custom image name
+      command: ["/bin/sh", "-c"] # Keep the container running
+      args:
+        - |
+          echo "Pod is ready for interactive jobs. Use kubectl exec to interact."; 
+          while true; do sleep 3600; done
+      resources:
+        requests:
+          memory: "16Gi"
+          cpu: "2"
+        limits:
+          memory: "16Gi"
+          cpu: "2"
+      volumeMounts:
+        - name: nfs-mount
+          mountPath: /sciclone/geograd/geoBoundaries
+  volumes:
+    - name: nfs-mount
+      nfs:
+        server: 128.239.59.144 
+        path: /sciclone/geograd/geoBoundaries 
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