diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e5aec70b..5860d1a6 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.12)
 #########
 
 cmake_policy( SET CMP0048 NEW ) # version in project()
-project( Dripline VERSION 2.8.7 )
+project( Dripline VERSION 2.8.8 )
 
 list( APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/scarab/cmake )
 
@@ -55,6 +55,15 @@ add_definitions( -DDL_MAX_PAYLOAD_SIZE=${Dripline_MAX_PAYLOAD_SIZE} )
 set( PUBLIC_EXT_LIBS )
 set( PRIVATE_EXT_LIBS )
 
+# Pybind11
+if( Dripline_BUILD_PYTHON )
+    find_package( Python3 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Interpreter Development )
+    set(PYBIND11_PYTHON_VERSION ${Python3_VERSION} CACHE STRING "")
+    find_package( pybind11 REQUIRED )
+    include_directories( ${Python3_INCLUDE_DIRS} )
+    list( APPEND PUBLIC_EXT_LIBS pybind11::module pybind11::embed )
+endif( Dripline_BUILD_PYTHON )
+
 # Threads are required by: test_scheduler
 if( Dripline_ENABLE_TESTING )
     find_package( Threads REQUIRED )
@@ -189,6 +198,7 @@ endif()
 # Package Config #
 ##################
 
-configure_file( ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/DriplineConfig.cmake.in ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/DriplineConfig.cmake @ONLY )
-
-pbuilder_do_package_config()
+pbuilder_do_package_config(
+    INPUT_FILE ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/DriplineConfig.cmake.in
+    OUTPUT_FILE DriplineConfig.cmake
+)
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index ee5419a5..11a923e2 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 ARG img_repo=python
-ARG img_tag=3.8-buster
+ARG img_tag=3.12.1-slim-bookworm
 
-FROM ${img_repo}:${img_tag}
+# This FROM line includes a label so that the dependencies can be built by themselves by using the `--target` argument of `docker build`
+FROM ${img_repo}:${img_tag} as base
 
 ARG build_type=Release
 ARG build_examples=FALSE
@@ -15,20 +16,20 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
     apt-get --fix-missing  -y install \
         build-essential \
         cmake \
-        gdb \
+#        gdb \
         git \
         libboost-chrono-dev \
         libboost-filesystem-dev \
         libboost-system-dev \
         librabbitmq-dev \
         libyaml-cpp-dev \
-        rapidjson-dev \
+        rapidjson-dev && \
 #        pybind11-dev \
-        wget && \
+#        wget && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 # use pybind11_checkout to specify a tag or branch name to checkout
-ARG pybind11_checkout=v2.6.2
+ARG pybind11_checkout=v2.11.1
 RUN cd /usr/local && \
     git clone https://github.com/pybind/pybind11.git && \
     cd pybind11 && \
@@ -36,8 +37,11 @@ RUN cd /usr/local && \
     mkdir build && \
     cd build && \
     cmake -DPYBIND11_TEST=FALSE .. && \
-    make -j3 install
+    make -j3 install && \
+    cd / && \
+    rm -rf /usr/local/pybind11
 
+FROM base
 
 # note that the build dir is *not* in source, this is so that the source can me mounted onto the container without covering the build target
 
diff --git a/DriplineConfig.cmake.in b/DriplineConfig.cmake.in
index e4a39500..4defc0f3 100644
--- a/DriplineConfig.cmake.in
+++ b/DriplineConfig.cmake.in
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # DriplineConfig.cmake
 
+@PACKAGE_INIT@
+
 get_filename_component( Dripline_CMAKE_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_FILE}" PATH )
 
 include( CMakeFindDependencyMacro )
@@ -13,3 +15,5 @@ if( NOT TARGET Dripline::@Dripline_FULL_TARGET_NAME@ )
         include("${Dripline_CMAKE_DIR}/Dripline_Library_Targets.cmake")
     endif()
 endif()
+
+check_required_components( Dripline )
diff --git a/executables/CMakeLists.txt b/executables/CMakeLists.txt
index f9b402a2..1bbc8be0 100644
--- a/executables/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/executables/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -26,4 +26,5 @@ pbuilder_executables(
 pbuilder_component_install_and_export( 
     COMPONENT Executables
     EXETARGETS ${dripline_exe_PROGRAMS}
+    NAMESPACE Dripline::
 )
diff --git a/library/CMakeLists.txt b/library/CMakeLists.txt
index 7926f966..6cd4366b 100644
--- a/library/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/library/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ pbuilder_library(
 pbuilder_component_install_and_export( 
     COMPONENT Library
     LIBTARGETS Dripline
+    NAMESPACE Dripline::
 )
 
 pbuilder_install_headers( ${dripline_HEADERS} )
diff --git a/scarab b/scarab
index ed2e68f1..aa177cc0 160000
--- a/scarab
+++ b/scarab
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit ed2e68f1f9b36ea343801b674c0bb1139af4a99d
+Subproject commit aa177cc0506431891cc0550999901837adb36d4d