diff --git a/.env-local b/.env-local
index 8e7460c3..aaec6cc1 100644
--- a/.env-local
+++ b/.env-local
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-DATABASE_URL=postgres://postgres:password@database_default:5432/db
+DATABASE_URL=mysql://cms:password@database_default:3306/db
 DEFAULT_STORAGE_DSN=file:///data/media/?url=%2Fmedia%2F
 DEBUG=True
 DOMAIN_ALIASES="localhost, 127.0.0.1"
 SECURE_SSL_REDIRECT=False
+DB_PORT=3307
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 0445706c..a485113a 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM python:3.11
+FROM python:3.8.13
 
 WORKDIR /app
 
diff --git a/backend/settings.py b/backend/settings.py
index 648a8763..912cd965 100644
--- a/backend/settings.py
+++ b/backend/settings.py
@@ -50,13 +50,6 @@
     'filer',
     'easy_thumbnails',
 
-    # the default publishing implementation - optional, but used in most projects
-    'djangocms_versioning',
-
-    # the default alias content - optional, but used in most projects
-    'djangocms_alias',
-    'parler',
-
     # the default CKEditor - optional, but used in most projects
     'djangocms_text_ckeditor',
 
diff --git a/compose.yaml b/compose.yaml
index 83e7d009..422d4760 100644
--- a/compose.yaml
+++ b/compose.yaml
@@ -21,23 +21,23 @@ services:
 
   database_default:
     # Select one of the following db configurations for the database
-    image: postgres:15-alpine
+    image: mysql:8.0.34
     ports:
-      - "${DB_PORT-}:5432/tcp"  # allow your local dev env to connect to the db if variable set
+      - "${DB_PORT-}:3306/tcp"  # allow your local dev env to connect to the db if variable set
     environment:
-      POSTGRES_DB: "db"
-      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: "password"
-      POSTGRES_HOST_AUTH_METHOD: "trust"
-      SERVICE_MANAGER: "fsm-postgres"
+      MYSQL_DATABASE: "db"
+      MYSQL_USER: "cms"
+      MYSQL_PASSWORD: "password"
+      MYSQL_RANDOM_ROOT_PASSWORD: "yes"
 
     networks:
       - djangocmsnet
 
     volumes:
-       - postgres-data:/var/lib/postgresql/data/
+       - mysql:/var/lib/mysql
 
 networks:
   djangocmsnet:
 
 volumes:
-  postgres-data:
\ No newline at end of file
+  mysql:
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/requirements.in b/requirements.in
index 80573f33..552dad01 100644
--- a/requirements.in
+++ b/requirements.in
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # pip-compile -U --resolver=backtracking
 
 boto3
+mysqlclient
 psycopg2
 uwsgi
 
@@ -12,9 +13,7 @@ whitenoise
 easy-thumbnails
 
 # key requirements for django CMS
-django-cms>=4.1.0
-djangocms-versioning>=2.0.0
-djangocms-alias>=2.0.0
+django-cms==3.11.4
 
 # optional, but used in most projects
 djangocms-admin-style>=3.2.2
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 8c9a4e81..cfd7825e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 #
-# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.11
+# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.8
 # by the following command:
 #
-#    pip-compile --output-file=requirements.txt requirements.in
+#    pip-compile
 #
 asgiref==3.7.2
     # via django
+backports-zoneinfo==0.2.1
+    # via django
 boto3==1.34.11
     # via -r requirements.in
 botocore==1.34.11
@@ -32,7 +34,6 @@ django==4.2.8
     #   django-entangled
     #   django-filer
     #   django-formtools
-    #   django-parler
     #   django-polymorphic
     #   django-sekizai
     #   django-select2
@@ -40,9 +41,7 @@ django==4.2.8
     #   django-storages
     #   django-treebeard
     #   djangocms-admin-style
-    #   djangocms-alias
     #   djangocms-frontend
-    #   djangocms-versioning
     #   easy-thumbnails
 django-appconf==1.0.6
     # via django-select2
@@ -50,14 +49,12 @@ django-classy-tags==4.1.0
     # via
     #   django-cms
     #   django-sekizai
-django-cms==4.1.0
+django-cms==3.11.4
     # via
     #   -r requirements.in
-    #   djangocms-alias
     #   djangocms-attributes-field
     #   djangocms-frontend
     #   djangocms-text-ckeditor
-    #   djangocms-versioning
 django-entangled==0.5.4
     # via djangocms-frontend
 django-filer==3.1.1
@@ -66,10 +63,6 @@ django-filer==3.1.1
     #   djangocms-frontend
 django-formtools==2.5.1
     # via django-cms
-django-fsm==2.8.1
-    # via djangocms-versioning
-django-parler==2.3
-    # via djangocms-alias
 django-polymorphic==3.1.0
     # via django-filer
 django-sekizai==4.1.0
@@ -86,8 +79,6 @@ djangocms-admin-style==3.2.6
     # via
     #   -r requirements.in
     #   django-cms
-djangocms-alias==2.0.0
-    # via -r requirements.in
 djangocms-attributes-field==3.0.0
     # via djangocms-frontend
 djangocms-frontend==1.2.2
@@ -96,8 +87,6 @@ djangocms-text-ckeditor==5.1.5
     # via
     #   -r requirements.in
     #   djangocms-frontend
-djangocms-versioning==2.0.0
-    # via -r requirements.in
 easy-thumbnails[svg]==2.8.5
     # via
     #   -r requirements.in
@@ -107,12 +96,16 @@ furl==2.1.3
     # via django-storage-url
 html5lib==1.1
     # via djangocms-text-ckeditor
+importlib-metadata==7.0.1
+    # via build
 jmespath==1.0.1
     # via
     #   boto3
     #   botocore
 lxml==5.0.0
     # via svglib
+mysqlclient==2.2.1
+    # via -r requirements.in
 orderedmultidict==1.0.1
     # via furl
 packaging==23.2
@@ -153,9 +146,16 @@ tinycss2==1.2.1
     # via
     #   cssselect2
     #   svglib
+tomli==2.0.1
+    # via
+    #   build
+    #   pip-tools
+    #   pyproject-hooks
 typing-extensions==4.9.0
-    # via dj-database-url
-urllib3==2.0.7
+    # via
+    #   asgiref
+    #   dj-database-url
+urllib3==1.26.18
     # via botocore
 uwsgi==2.0.23
     # via -r requirements.in
@@ -168,6 +168,8 @@ wheel==0.42.0
     # via pip-tools
 whitenoise==6.6.0
     # via -r requirements.in
+zipp==3.17.0
+    # via importlib-metadata
 
 # The following packages are considered to be unsafe in a requirements file:
 # pip