diff --git a/.github/workflows/static-assets-check.yml b/.github/workflows/static-assets-check.yml
index 25614f69a00b..ae08af336000 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/static-assets-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/static-assets-check.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        os: [ ubuntu-20.04 ]
+        os: [ ubuntu-24.04 ]
         python-version:
           - '3.11'
         node-version: [ 18 ]
@@ -72,9 +72,6 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         make base-requirements
 
-    - name: Initiate Mongo DB Service
-      run: sudo systemctl start mongod
-
     - name: Add node_modules bin to $Path
       run: echo $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/node_modules/.bin >> $GITHUB_PATH
 
diff --git a/pavelib/prereqs.py b/pavelib/prereqs.py
index c234c520593a..8297e8843bab 100644
--- a/pavelib/prereqs.py
+++ b/pavelib/prereqs.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 if toxenv and toxenv != 'quality':
     PYTHON_REQ_FILES = ['requirements/edx/testing.txt']
 else:
-    PYTHON_REQ_FILES = ['requirements/edx/development.txt']
+    PYTHON_REQ_FILES = ['requirements/edx/development.txt', 'requirements/edx/temp.txt']
 
 # Developers can have private requirements, for local copies of github repos,
 # or favorite debugging tools, etc.
diff --git a/requirements/edx/temp.txt b/requirements/edx/temp.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..022248bf8dae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements/edx/temp.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+xmlsec==1.3.14
+lxml[html-clean,html_clean]==5.3.0