diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-workflows.yml b/.github/workflows/test-workflows.yml
index 1b91fd6c..cebc3667 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-workflows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-workflows.yml
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ jobs:
           -v "$(pwd)"/tests:/opt/airflow/tests
           -v "$(pwd)"/requirements-test.txt:/opt/airflow/requirements-test.txt
           -v "$(pwd)"/data:/opt/airflow/data
+          -v "$(pwd)"/scripts/variables/variables.json:/opt/airflow/variables.json
           -e AIRFLOW__CORE__EXECUTOR=CeleryExecutor
           -e AIRFLOW__DATABASE__SQL_ALCHEMY_CONN=postgresql+psycopg2://airflow:airflow@127.0.0.1:5432/airflow
           -e AIRFLOW__CELERY__RESULT_BACKEND=db+postgresql://airflow:airflow@127.0.0.1:5432/airflow
@@ -60,4 +61,4 @@ jobs:
           -e AIRFLOW__CORE__LOAD_EXAMPLES="false"
           -e AIRFLOW__API__AUTH_BACKENDS="airflow.api.auth.backend.basic_auth,airflow.api.auth.backend.session"
           registry.cern.ch/cern-sis/inspire/workflows@${{ needs.build.outputs.image-id }}
-          bash -c "pip install -r requirements-test.txt && airflow db init && pytest /opt/airflow/tests"
+          bash -c "pip install -r requirements-test.txt && airflow db init && airflow variables import /opt/airflow/variables.json && pytest /opt/airflow/tests"
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index 12900b49..96b5111d 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -48,10 +48,9 @@ x-airflow-common: &airflow-common
   # In order to add custom dependencies or upgrade provider packages you can use your extended image.
   # Comment the image line, place your Dockerfile in the directory where you placed the docker-compose.yaml
   # and uncomment the "build" line below, Then run `docker-compose build` to build the images.
-  image: apache/airflow:2.8.3-python3.11
   build:
     context: workflows
-    dockerfile: Dockerfile
+    dockerfile: Dockerfile.local
   environment: &airflow-common-env
     AIRFLOW__CORE__EXECUTOR: CeleryExecutor
     AIRFLOW__DATABASE__SQL_ALCHEMY_CONN: postgresql+psycopg2://airflow:airflow@postgres-airflow/airflow
@@ -76,6 +75,7 @@ x-airflow-common: &airflow-common
     - ${AIRFLOW_PROJ_DIR:-.}/config:/opt/airflow/config
     - ${AIRFLOW_PROJ_DIR:-.}/plugins:/opt/airflow/plugins
     - ${AIRFLOW_PROJ_DIR:-.}/scripts:/opt/airflow/scripts
+    - ${AIRFLOW_PROJ_DIR:-.}/tests:/opt/airflow/tests
 
   user: "${AIRFLOW_UID:-50000}:0"
   depends_on: &airflow-common-depends-on
diff --git a/workflows/Dockerfile.local b/workflows/Dockerfile.local
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b600cbec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/workflows/Dockerfile.local
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+FROM apache/airflow:2.9.3-python3.11
+
+WORKDIR /opt/airflow
+
+COPY --chown=airflow:root dags ./dags/
+COPY --chown=airflow:root plugins ./plugins/
+COPY --chown=airflow:root requirements.txt ./requirements.txt
+COPY --chown=airflow:root requirements-test.txt ./requirements-test.txt
+
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt -r requirements-test.txt
diff --git a/workflows/dags/author/author_create/author_create_approved.py b/workflows/dags/author/author_create/author_create_approved.py
index 12ff699b..083ae905 100644
--- a/workflows/dags/author/author_create/author_create_approved.py
+++ b/workflows/dags/author/author_create/author_create_approved.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
         "create_ticket": Param(type="boolean", default=False),
     },
     start_date=datetime.datetime(2024, 5, 5),
-    schedule_interval=None,
+    schedule=None,
     catchup=False,
     on_failure_callback=set_workflow_status_to_error,  # TODO: what if callback fails? Data in backoffice not up to date!
 )
diff --git a/workflows/dags/author/author_create/author_create_init.py b/workflows/dags/author/author_create/author_create_init.py
index 18982b03..940d4ff3 100644
--- a/workflows/dags/author/author_create/author_create_init.py
+++ b/workflows/dags/author/author_create/author_create_init.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
         "data": Param(type="object", default={}),
     },
     start_date=datetime.datetime(2024, 5, 5),
-    schedule_interval=None,
+    schedule=None,
     catchup=False,
     # TODO: what if callback fails? Data in backoffice not up to date!
     on_failure_callback=set_workflow_status_to_error,
diff --git a/workflows/dags/author/author_create/author_create_rejected.py b/workflows/dags/author/author_create/author_create_rejected.py
index 9751856e..e492038a 100644
--- a/workflows/dags/author/author_create/author_create_rejected.py
+++ b/workflows/dags/author/author_create/author_create_rejected.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
         "data": Param(type="object", default={}),
     },
     start_date=datetime.datetime(2024, 5, 5),
-    schedule_interval=None,
+    schedule=None,
     catchup=False,
     # TODO: what if callback fails? Data in backoffice not up to date!
     on_failure_callback=set_workflow_status_to_error,
diff --git a/workflows/dags/author/author_update/author_update.py b/workflows/dags/author/author_update/author_update.py
index 0e319a9a..6d07ca1e 100644
--- a/workflows/dags/author/author_update/author_update.py
+++ b/workflows/dags/author/author_update/author_update.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 @dag(
     start_date=datetime.datetime(2024, 5, 5),
-    schedule_interval=None,
+    schedule=None,
     params={
         "workflow_id": Param(type="string", default=""),
         "data": Param(type="object", default={}),
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ def set_author_update_workflow_status_to_completed(**context):
             collection=AUTHORS,
         )
 
-    @task.branch(provide_context=True)
+    @task.branch()
     def author_update_success_branch(**context):
         ti = context["ti"]
         workflow_status = ti.xcom_pull(task_ids="update_author_on_inspire")
diff --git a/workflows/dags/happy_flow_dag.py b/workflows/dags/happy_flow_dag.py
index 3b732579..6e7743b9 100644
--- a/workflows/dags/happy_flow_dag.py
+++ b/workflows/dags/happy_flow_dag.py
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 import json
 
 from airflow.decorators import dag, task
-from airflow.sensors.sql import SqlSensor
+from airflow.providers.common.sql.sensors.sql import SqlSensor
 
 
-@dag(start_date=datetime.datetime(2021, 1, 1), schedule_interval=None)
+@dag(start_date=datetime.datetime(2021, 1, 1), schedule=None)
 def happy_flow_dag():
     @task
     def fetch_document(filename: str) -> dict:
diff --git a/workflows/dags/process_until_breakpoint.py b/workflows/dags/process_until_breakpoint.py
index 43690aa3..fddc06e7 100644
--- a/workflows/dags/process_until_breakpoint.py
+++ b/workflows/dags/process_until_breakpoint.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 @dag(
     start_date=datetime.datetime(2021, 1, 1),
-    schedule_interval=None,
+    schedule=None,
     params={"approved": True},
 )
 def process_untill_breakpoint():
@@ -52,12 +52,11 @@ def validate():
         task_id="check_approval",
         ignore_downstream_trigger_rules=False,
         python_callable=check_approval,
-        provide_context=True,
     )
     fetch_document_task = fetch_document("test.json")
     normalize_affiliations_task = normalize_affiliations(fetch_document_task)
     auto_approval = ShortCircuitOperator(
-        task_id="auto_approval", python_callable=auto_approval, provide_context=True
+        task_id="auto_approval", python_callable=auto_approval
     )
     validation = validate()
 
diff --git a/workflows/tests/test_dags_integrity.py b/workflows/tests/test_dags_integrity.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..86d1b16d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/workflows/tests/test_dags_integrity.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+from airflow.models import DagBag
+
+
+def test_dagbag():
+    dag_bag = DagBag(include_examples=False)
+    assert not dag_bag.import_errors