diff --git a/.expeditor/automate_build.sh b/.expeditor/automate_build.sh
index 08226261a3..492b212442 100755
--- a/.expeditor/automate_build.sh
+++ b/.expeditor/automate_build.sh
@@ -11,16 +11,16 @@ export HAB_STUDIO_SECRET_HAB_FEAT_IGNORE_LOCAL=false
 export HAB_FEAT_IGNORE_LOCAL=false
 export HAB_STUDIO_HOST_ARCH=x86_64-linux
 export HAB_FEAT_OFFLINE_INSTALL=true
-export HAB_BLDR_CHANNEL: "LTS-2024"
-export HAB_STUDIO_SECRET_HAB_FALLBACK_CHANNEL: "LTS-2024"
-export HAB_FALLBACK_CHANNEL: "LTS-2024"
+export HAB_BLDR_CHANNEL="LTS-2024"
+export HAB_STUDIO_SECRET_HAB_FALLBACK_CHANNEL="LTS-2024"
+export HAB_FALLBACK_CHANNEL="dev"
 
 curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/habitat-sh/habitat/main/components/hab/install.sh | sudo bash
 
-sudo -E hab pkg install core/ruby
+sudo -E hab pkg install core/ruby3_4
 export PATH
-PATH="$(hab pkg path core/ruby)/bin:$PATH"
-sudo -E "$(hab pkg path core/ruby)"/bin/gem install toml
+PATH="$(hab pkg path core/ruby3_4)/bin:$PATH"
+sudo -E "$(hab pkg path core/ruby3_4)"/bin/gem install toml
 
 export JOB_TEMP_ROOT
 JOB_TEMP_ROOT=$(mktemp -d /tmp/job-root-XXXXXX)
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ HAB_CACHE_KEY_PATH="$JOB_TEMP_ROOT/keys"
 echo "--- :key: Generating fake origin key"
 hab license accept
 hab origin key generate
-
+export HAB_BLDR_CHANNEL=LTS-2024
+export HAB_REFRESH_CHANNEL=LTS-2024
 for pkg_name in `echo "bookshelf chef-server-ctl oc-id oc_bifrost oc_erchef openresty-noroot"`
 do
   echo "generating package for $pkg_name"
@@ -40,11 +41,13 @@ done
 ./.expeditor/replace.sh "nginx" "src"
 
 echo "generating package for nginx"
-openresty_hart=$(ls -1t results/chef-openresty*.hart | head -1)
-HAB_FEAT_OFFLINE_INSTALL=true HAB_FEAT_IGNORE_LOCAL=false HAB_ORIGIN=chef HAB_CACHE_KEY_PATH="$JOB_TEMP_ROOT/keys" DO_CHECK=true HAB_BLDR_CHANNEL=dev hab studio run -D "set -e; hab pkg install $openresty_hart; hab pkg build src/nginx"
+openresty_hart=$(ls -1t results/*openresty*.hart | head -1)
+HAB_FEAT_OFFLINE_INSTALL=true HAB_FEAT_IGNORE_LOCAL=false HAB_ORIGIN=chef HAB_CACHE_KEY_PATH="$JOB_TEMP_ROOT/keys" DO_CHECK=true HAB_BLDR_CHANNEL=LTS-2024 HAB_REFRESH_CHANNEL=LTS-2024 hab studio run -D "set -e; hab pkg install $openresty_hart; export HAB_REFRESH_CHANNEL=LTS-2024; hab pkg build src/nginx"
 
 git clone https://github.com/chef/automate.git
 cd automate
+git checkout vikas/LTS-pipeline
+# git checkout dave/LTS-channel # this is the branch that has the changes for LTS channel
 
 RESOLVED_RESULTS_DIR=$(realpath results/)
 export DO_CHECK=true
@@ -60,16 +63,16 @@ oc_id=$(ls -1t results/chef-oc_id*.hart | head -1)
 bifrost_hart=$(ls -1t results/chef-oc_bifrost*.hart | head -1)
 erchef_hart=$(ls -1t results/chef-oc_erchef*.hart | head -1)
 
+#No releases of chef/automate-scaffolding exist in the 'LTS-2024' channel== this is for bookshelf.
+HAB_FEAT_OFFLINE_INSTALL=true HAB_FEAT_IGNORE_LOCAL=false HAB_ORIGIN=chef HAB_CACHE_KEY_PATH="$JOB_TEMP_ROOT/keys" DO_CHECK=true HAB_BLDR_CHANNEL=LTS-2024 HAB_REFRESH_CHANNEL=LTS-2024 hab studio run -D "set -e; hab pkg install $bookshelf_hart; export HAB_STUDIO_SECRET_HAB_FALLBACK_CHANNEL=dev; hab pkg build components/automate-cs-bookshelf"
 
-HAB_FEAT_OFFLINE_INSTALL=true HAB_FEAT_IGNORE_LOCAL=false HAB_ORIGIN=chef HAB_CACHE_KEY_PATH="$JOB_TEMP_ROOT/keys" DO_CHECK=true HAB_BLDR_CHANNEL=dev hab studio run -D "set -e; hab pkg install $bookshelf_hart; hab pkg build components/automate-cs-bookshelf"
-
-HAB_FEAT_OFFLINE_INSTALL=true HAB_FEAT_IGNORE_LOCAL=false HAB_ORIGIN=chef HAB_CACHE_KEY_PATH="$JOB_TEMP_ROOT/keys" DO_CHECK=true HAB_BLDR_CHANNEL=dev hab studio run -D "set -e; hab pkg install $bifrost_hart; hab pkg build components/automate-cs-oc-bifrost"
+HAB_FEAT_OFFLINE_INSTALL=true HAB_FEAT_IGNORE_LOCAL=false HAB_ORIGIN=chef HAB_CACHE_KEY_PATH="$JOB_TEMP_ROOT/keys" DO_CHECK=true HAB_BLDR_CHANNEL=LTS-2024 HAB_REFRESH_CHANNEL=LTS-2024 hab studio run -D "set -e; hab pkg install $bifrost_hart; export HAB_STUDIO_SECRET_HAB_FALLBACK_CHANNEL=dev; hab pkg build components/automate-cs-oc-bifrost"
 
-HAB_FEAT_OFFLINE_INSTALL=true HAB_FEAT_IGNORE_LOCAL=false HAB_ORIGIN=chef HAB_CACHE_KEY_PATH="$JOB_TEMP_ROOT/keys" DO_CHECK=true HAB_BLDR_CHANNEL=dev hab studio run -D "set -e; hab pkg install $erchef_hart; hab pkg build components/automate-cs-oc-erchef"
+HAB_FEAT_OFFLINE_INSTALL=true HAB_FEAT_IGNORE_LOCAL=false HAB_ORIGIN=chef HAB_CACHE_KEY_PATH="$JOB_TEMP_ROOT/keys" DO_CHECK=true HAB_BLDR_CHANNEL=LTS-2024 HAB_REFRESH_CHANNEL=LTS-2024 hab studio run -D "set -e; hab pkg install $erchef_hart; export HAB_STUDIO_SECRET_HAB_FALLBACK_CHANNEL=dev; hab pkg build components/automate-cs-oc-erchef"
 
-HAB_FEAT_OFFLINE_INSTALL=true HAB_FEAT_IGNORE_LOCAL=false HAB_ORIGIN=chef HAB_CACHE_KEY_PATH="$JOB_TEMP_ROOT/keys" DO_CHECK=true HAB_BLDR_CHANNEL=dev hab studio run -D "set -e; hab pkg install $oc_id; hab pkg build components/automate-cs-ocid"
+HAB_FEAT_OFFLINE_INSTALL=true HAB_FEAT_IGNORE_LOCAL=false HAB_ORIGIN=chef HAB_CACHE_KEY_PATH="$JOB_TEMP_ROOT/keys" DO_CHECK=true HAB_BLDR_CHANNEL=LTS-2024 HAB_REFRESH_CHANNEL=LTS-2024 hab studio run -D "set -e; hab pkg install $oc_id; export HAB_STUDIO_SECRET_HAB_FALLBACK_CHANNEL=dev; hab pkg build components/automate-cs-ocid"
 
-HAB_FEAT_OFFLINE_INSTALL=true HAB_FEAT_IGNORE_LOCAL=false HAB_ORIGIN=chef HAB_CACHE_KEY_PATH="$JOB_TEMP_ROOT/keys" DO_CHECK=true HAB_BLDR_CHANNEL=dev hab studio run -D "set -e; hab pkg install $nginx; hab pkg build components/automate-cs-nginx"
+HAB_FEAT_OFFLINE_INSTALL=true HAB_FEAT_IGNORE_LOCAL=false HAB_ORIGIN=chef HAB_CACHE_KEY_PATH="$JOB_TEMP_ROOT/keys" DO_CHECK=true HAB_BLDR_CHANNEL=LTS-2024 HAB_REFRESH_CHANNEL=LTS-2024 hab studio run -D "set -e; hab pkg install $nginx; export HAB_STUDIO_SECRET_HAB_FALLBACK_CHANNEL=dev; hab pkg build components/automate-cs-nginx"
 
 .expeditor/create-manifest.rb
 mv manifest.json results/build.json
diff --git a/.expeditor/build.habitat.yml b/.expeditor/build.habitat.yml
index d38bcabf30..1c8fde4933 100644
--- a/.expeditor/build.habitat.yml
+++ b/.expeditor/build.habitat.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 env:
   HAB_BLDR_CHANNEL: "LTS-2024"
   HAB_STUDIO_SECRET_HAB_FALLBACK_CHANNEL: "LTS-2024"
-  HAB_FALLBACK_CHANNEL: "LTS-2024"
+  HAB_FALLBACK_CHANNEL: "dev"
 
 origin: chef
 smart_build: false
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ studio_secrets:
   HAB_BLDR_CHANNEL:
     value: "LTS-2024"
   HAB_STUDIO_SECRET_HAB_FALLBACK_CHANNEL:
-    value: "LTS-2024"
+    value: "dev"
   HAB_FALLBACK_CHANNEL:
-    value: "LTS-2024"
+    value: "dev"
 
 
diff --git a/.expeditor/verify.pipeline.yml b/.expeditor/verify.pipeline.yml
index 7c7d3cc809..d0e72419d3 100644
--- a/.expeditor/verify.pipeline.yml
+++ b/.expeditor/verify.pipeline.yml
@@ -184,7 +184,10 @@ steps:
       ALLOW_LOCAL_PACKAGES: true
       HAB_STUDIO_SUP: false
       HAB_NONINTERACTIVE: true
+      HAB_REFRESH_CHANNEL: LTS-2024
       GOPROXY: "https://proxy.golang.org,direct"
+      HAB_BLDR_CHANNEL: LTS-2024
+      HAB_FALLBACK_CHANNEL: "dev"
   expeditor:
     secrets:
         HAB_STUDIO_SECRET_GITHUB_TOKEN:
diff --git a/src/bookshelf/habitat/plan.sh b/src/bookshelf/habitat/plan.sh
index 6520afacf7..00fe9f610f 100644
--- a/src/bookshelf/habitat/plan.sh
+++ b/src/bookshelf/habitat/plan.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ pkg_deps=(
   core/coreutils
   core/gcc-libs
   core/sqitch
-  core/postgresql-client
+  core/postgresql17-client
 )
 pkg_build_deps=(core/make core/git core/gcc)
 pkg_bin_dirs=(bin)
diff --git a/src/oc-id/Gemfile.lock b/src/oc-id/Gemfile.lock
index d444489e16..898735d825 100644
--- a/src/oc-id/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/src/oc-id/Gemfile.lock
@@ -495,10 +495,11 @@ GEM
       activesupport (>= 5.2)
       sprockets (>= 3.0.0)
     sqlite3 (1.6.2)
+      mini_portile2 (~> 2.8.0)
     sqlite3-ruby (1.3.3)
       sqlite3 (>= 1.3.3)
     sslshake (1.3.1)
-    stringio (3.0.6)
+    stringio (3.1.2)
     strings (0.2.1)
       strings-ansi (~> 0.2)
       unicode-display_width (>= 1.5, < 3.0)
diff --git a/src/oc-id/habitat/plan.sh b/src/oc-id/habitat/plan.sh
index 6ff93f68bf..e10f5ecd9a 100644
--- a/src/oc-id/habitat/plan.sh
+++ b/src/oc-id/habitat/plan.sh
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ pkg_maintainer="The Chef Server Maintainers <support@chef.io>"
 pkg_license=('Apache-2.0')
 pkg_deps=(
   core/sqitch
-  core/postgresql-client
+  core/postgresql17-client
   core/curl
-  core/node14
-  core/ruby30
+  core/node
+  core/ruby3_4
   core/rsync
   core/sed
   core/libffi
@@ -103,7 +103,10 @@ do_install() {
     --with-xml2-lib=$(pkg_path_for core/libxml2)/lib \
     --with-xslt-include=$(pkg_path_for core/libxslt)/include/libxslt \
     --with-xslt-lib=$(pkg_path_for core/libxslt)/lib
-  bundle install --path "${HOME}/vendor/bundle" --binstubs="${HOME}/bin" --shebang ruby --deployment
+  bundle config set path "${HOME}/vendor/bundle"
+  bundle config set deployment 'true'
+  bundle config set --local shebang 'ruby'
+  bundle install --binstubs="${HOME}/bin" 
   # fix tzdata location
   echo "Adding core/tzdata zoneinfo search path to tzinfo gem"
   grep -l DEFAULT_SEARCH_PATH $HOME/vendor/bundle/ruby/*/gems/tzinfo*/lib/tzinfo/zoneinfo_data_source.rb | while read -r f; do
diff --git a/src/oc_bifrost/habitat/plan.sh b/src/oc_bifrost/habitat/plan.sh
index 8b04447bfe..ad6c959b63 100644
--- a/src/oc_bifrost/habitat/plan.sh
+++ b/src/oc_bifrost/habitat/plan.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ pkg_deps=(
   core/curl
   core/gcc-libs
   core/sqitch
-  core/postgresql-client
+  core/postgresql17-client
 )
 pkg_build_deps=(core/make core/git core/gcc)
 pkg_bin_dirs=(bin)
diff --git a/src/oc_erchef/habitat/plan.sh b/src/oc_erchef/habitat/plan.sh
index c0f5c9221d..2ad4b57659 100644
--- a/src/oc_erchef/habitat/plan.sh
+++ b/src/oc_erchef/habitat/plan.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ pkg_deps=(
   core/gcc-libs
   core/ruby3_4
   core/sqitch
-  core/postgresql-client
+  core/postgresql17-client
   core/gecode3
   core/libffi
   core/glibc