diff --git a/.github/workflows/virtual-integration.yml b/.github/workflows/virtual-integration.yml
index f4de4bc63..41ae77ef2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/virtual-integration.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/virtual-integration.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
     if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
     permissions:
       contents: read
-    uses: open-edge-platform/orch-ci/.github/workflows/pre-merge.yml@e6058fe60cbb803e7d7935571ccd50753bc31ec8  # 0.1.28
+    uses: open-edge-platform/orch-ci/.github/workflows/pre-merge.yml@79c4381f9be567527d8782094317b0282493e45a  # 0.1.66
     with:
       run_version_check: false
       run_build: false
@@ -862,14 +862,12 @@ jobs:
       security-events: write
       id-token: write
     if: github.event_name == 'push' && ( github.ref == 'refs/heads/release-3.1' )
-    uses: open-edge-platform/orch-ci/.github/workflows/post-merge.yml@e6058fe60cbb803e7d7935571ccd50753bc31ec8  # 0.1.28
+    uses: open-edge-platform/orch-ci/.github/workflows/post-merge.yml@79c4381f9be567527d8782094317b0282493e45a  # 0.1.66
     with:
       run_build: false
       run_version_tag: false
     secrets:
       SYS_ORCH_GITHUB: ${{ secrets.SYS_ORCH_GITHUB }}
-      COSIGN_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.COSIGN_PASSWORD }}
-      COSIGN_PRIVATE_KEY: ${{ secrets.COSIGN_PRIVATE_KEY }}
       NO_AUTH_ECR_PUSH_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.NO_AUTH_ECR_PUSH_USERNAME }}
       NO_AUTH_ECR_PUSH_PASSWD: ${{ secrets.NO_AUTH_ECR_PUSH_PASSWD }}
       MSTEAMS_WEBHOOK: ${{ secrets.TEAMS_WEBHOOK }}
diff --git a/pod-configs/orchestrator/cluster/variable.tf b/pod-configs/orchestrator/cluster/variable.tf
index 386ed86fa..27aacd00c 100644
--- a/pod-configs/orchestrator/cluster/variable.tf
+++ b/pod-configs/orchestrator/cluster/variable.tf
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ variable "aurora_postgres_ver_major" {
 }
 variable "aurora_postgres_ver_minor" {
   type    = string
-  default = "9"
+  default = "17"
 }
 variable "aurora_min_acus" {
   # 1 ACU ~= 2GB memory