diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker-image.yml b/.github/workflows/docker-image.yml
index 094866e..30ed372 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker-image.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker-image.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ on:
   push:
     branches: [ release_docker, dev-build ]
   pull_request:
-    paths: .github/workflows/docker-image.yml
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       version:
@@ -25,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
   timescaledb:
 
     name: PG${{ matrix.pg }}${{ matrix.oss }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -54,6 +53,7 @@ jobs:
           if [ "${{ github.event_name }}" == "pull_request" ]
           then
               export ORG=timescaledev
+              export BETA=1
           fi
           if [ "${{ github.event.inputs.no_tag_latest }}" == "true" ]
           then
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 628dbdc..2a50dc5 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -36,28 +36,37 @@ LABEL maintainer="Timescale https://www.timescale.com"
 
 
 ARG PG_VERSION
+ARG PG_MAJOR_VERSION
+ARG ALPINE_VERSION
 RUN set -ex; \
+    echo "https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v${ALPINE_VERSION}/community/" >> /etc/apk/repositories; \
     apk update; \
-    apk add --no-cache \
-        postgresql${PG_VERSION}-plpython3;
+    if [ "$PG_MAJOR_VERSION" -ge 16 ] ; then \
+        apk add --no-cache postgresql${PG_VERSION}-plpython3; \
+    fi
 
 ARG PGVECTOR_VERSION
 ARG PG_VERSION
 ARG CLANG_VERSION
+ARG PG_MAJOR_VERSION
 RUN set -ex; \
     apk update; \
-    apk add --no-cache --virtual .vector-deps \
-        postgresql${PG_VERSION}-dev \
-        git \
-        build-base \
-        clang${CLANG_VERSION} \
-        llvm${CLANG_VERSION}-dev \
-        llvm${CLANG_VERSION}; \
-    git clone --branch ${PGVECTOR_VERSION} https://github.com/pgvector/pgvector.git /build/pgvector; \
-    cd /build/pgvector; \
-    make; \
-    make install; \
-    apk del .vector-deps;
+    if [ "$PG_MAJOR_VERSION" -ge 17 ] ; then \
+        apk add --no-cache postgresql-pgvector; \
+    else \
+        apk add --no-cache --virtual .vector-deps \
+            postgresql${PG_VERSION}-dev \
+            git \
+            build-base \
+            clang${CLANG_VERSION} \
+            llvm${CLANG_VERSION}-dev \
+            llvm${CLANG_VERSION}; \
+        git clone --branch ${PGVECTOR_VERSION} https://github.com/pgvector/pgvector.git /build/pgvector; \
+        cd /build/pgvector; \
+        make; \
+        make install; \
+        apk del .vector-deps; \
+    fi
 
 # install pgai only on pg16+ and not on 32 bit arm
 ARG PGAI_VERSION
@@ -67,7 +76,7 @@ RUN set -ex; \
     if [ "$PG_MAJOR_VERSION" -ge 16 ] && [ "$TARGETARCH" != "arm" ]; then \
         apk update; \
         # install shared libraries needed at runtime
-        apk add libarrow libparquet geos; \
+        apk add libarrow libparquet geos py3-pandas py3-pyarrow py3-pillow; \
         # install required dependencies for building pyarrow from source
         apk add --no-cache --virtual .pgai-deps \
             git \
@@ -78,11 +87,13 @@ RUN set -ex; \
             py3-pip \
             apache-arrow-dev \
             geos-dev; \
-        # using uv reduces space required for pgai's dependencies \
-        python3 -m pip install uv --break-system-packages; \
+        if [ "$(pip --version | awk '{print $2; exit}')" \< "23.0.1" ]; then \
+            python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip==23.0.1; \
+        fi; \
         git clone --branch ${PGAI_VERSION} https://github.com/timescale/pgai.git /build/pgai; \
         cd /build/pgai; \
         # note: this is a hack. pyarrow will be built from source, so must be pinned to this arrow version \
+        if [ false ]; then \
         echo "pyarrow==$(pkg-config --modversion arrow)" > constraints.txt; \
         export PIP_CONSTRAINT=$(pwd)/constraints.txt; \
         if [ "$TARGETARCH" == "386" ]; then \
@@ -94,6 +105,7 @@ RUN set -ex; \
                 jpeg-dev \
                 zlib-dev; \
         fi; \
+        fi; \
         PG_BIN="/usr/local/bin" PG_MAJOR=${PG_MAJOR_VERSION} ./projects/extension/build.py install; \
         if [ "$TARGETARCH" == "386" ]; then apk del .pgai-deps-386; fi; \
         apk del .pgai-deps; \
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2713499..860d32f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ NAME=timescaledb
 # Default is to timescaledev to avoid unexpected push to the main repo
 # Set ORG to timescale in the caller
 ORG=timescaledev
-PG_VER=pg16
+PG_VER=pg17
 PG_VER_NUMBER=$(shell echo $(PG_VER) | cut -c3-)
 PG_MAJOR_VERSION=$(shell echo $(PG_VER_NUMBER) | cut -d. -f1)
 ifeq ($(shell test $(PG_MAJOR_VERSION) -ge 16; echo $$?),0)
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ default: image
 .multi_$(TS_VERSION)_$(PG_VER)_oss: Dockerfile
 	test -n "$(TS_VERSION)"  # TS_VERSION
 	test -n "$(PREV_TS_VERSION)"  # PREV_TS_VERSION
+	test -n "$(PREV_IMAGE)"  # PREV_IMAGE
+	test -n "$(ALPINE_VERSION)"  # ALPINE_VERSION
 	docker buildx create --platform $(PLATFORM) --name multibuild --use
 	docker buildx inspect multibuild --bootstrap
 	docker buildx build --platform $(PLATFORM) \
@@ -57,6 +59,7 @@ default: image
 	test -n "$(TS_VERSION)"  # TS_VERSION
 	test -n "$(PREV_TS_VERSION)"  # PREV_TS_VERSION
 	test -n "$(PREV_IMAGE)"  # PREV_IMAGE
+	test -n "$(ALPINE_VERSION)"  # ALPINE_VERSION
 	docker buildx create --platform $(PLATFORM) --name multibuild --use
 	docker buildx inspect multibuild --bootstrap
 	docker buildx build --platform $(PLATFORM) \