diff --git a/.buildkite/pipeline.yaml b/.buildkite/pipeline.yaml
index cb88550..948e407 100644
--- a/.buildkite/pipeline.yaml
+++ b/.buildkite/pipeline.yaml
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ steps:
         key: "generate"
         plugins:
           - docker#v5.11.0:
-              image: "ghcr.io/theopenlane/build-image:v0.1.2"
+              image: "ghcr.io/theopenlane/build-image:latest"
+              always-pull: true
               command: ["task", "ci"]
               environment:
                 - "GOTOOLCHAIN=auto"
@@ -20,7 +21,8 @@ steps:
         key: "generate_config"
         plugins:
           - docker#v5.11.0:
-              image: "ghcr.io/theopenlane/build-image:v0.1.2"
+              image: "ghcr.io/theopenlane/build-image:latest"
+              always-pull: true
               command: ["task", "config:ci"]
               environment:
                 - "GOTOOLCHAIN=auto"
@@ -32,8 +34,9 @@ steps:
         key: "lint"
         plugins:
           - docker#v5.11.0:
-              image: "golangci-lint:latest-alpine"
-              command: ["golangci-lint", "run", "-v"]
+              image: "ghcr.io/theopenlane/build-image:latest"
+              always-pull: true
+              command: ["task", "go:lint"]
               always-pull: true
               environment:
                 - "GOTOOLCHAIN=auto"
@@ -43,8 +46,9 @@ steps:
           TEST_DB_URL: "libsql://file::memory:?cache=shared"
         plugins:
           - docker#v5.11.0:
-              image: golang:1.23.0
-              command: ["go", "test", "-coverprofile=coverage.out", "./..."]
+              image: "ghcr.io/theopenlane/build-image:latest"
+              always-pull: true
+              command: ["task", "go:test:cover"]
               environment:
                 - "TEST_DB_URL"
         artifact_paths: ["coverage.out"]
@@ -58,8 +62,9 @@ steps:
           - "sqlite://file:ent?mode=memory&cache=shared"
         plugins:
           - docker#v5.11.0:
-              image: golang:1.23.0
-              command: ["go", "test", "-coverprofile=coverage.out", "./..."]
+              image: "ghcr.io/theopenlane/build-image:latest"
+              always-pull: true
+              command: ["task", "go:test:cover"]
               environment:
                 - "TEST_DB_URL"
                 - "TEST_DB_CONTAINER_EXPIRY=8" # container expiry in minutes
@@ -120,21 +125,23 @@ steps:
         artifact_paths: "bin/${APP_NAME}"
         plugins:
           - docker#v5.11.0:
-              image: "golang:1.23.0"
+              image: "ghcr.io/theopenlane/build-image:latest"
+              always-pull: true
+              command: ["task", "go:build"]
               environment:
                 - CGO_ENABLED=0
                 - GOOS=linux
-              command: ["go", "build", "-buildvcs=false", "-mod=mod", "-a", "-o", "bin/$APP_NAME"]
       - label: ":terminal: build cli"
         key: "gobuild-cli"
         artifact_paths: "bin/${APP_NAME}-cli"
         plugins:
           - docker#v5.11.0:
-              image: "golang:1.23.0"
+              image: "ghcr.io/theopenlane/build-image:latest"
+              always-pull: true
+              command: ["task", "go:build-cli"]
               environment:
                 - GOOS=darwin
                 - GOARCH=arm64
-              command: ["go", "build", "-buildvcs=false", "-mod=mod", "-a", "-o", "bin/${APP_NAME}-cli", "./cmd/cli"]
   - group: ":docker: Image Build"
     depends_on: "go-builds"
     key: "image-build"
diff --git a/Taskfile.yaml b/Taskfile.yaml
index 1def5ae..a531a3c 100644
--- a/Taskfile.yaml
+++ b/Taskfile.yaml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ env:
   TEST_FGA_URL: "localhost:8080"
   ENV: config
   GODEBUG: gotypesalias=0 # remove once the backport fixes the types.Alias bug
+  GOFLAGS: -buildvcs=false
 
 tasks:
   install:
@@ -60,6 +61,12 @@ tasks:
     aliases: [cover]
     cmds:
       - go test -v ./... -coverprofile=coverage.out
+
+  go:test:cover:out:
+    desc: runs and outputs results of created go tests with coverage
+    aliases: [cover]
+    cmds:
+      - task: go:test:cover
       - go tool cover -html=coverage.out
 
   go:fmt:
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 8dc7f0c..c3a4c89 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/theopenlane/dbx
 
-go 1.23.0
+go 1.23.1
 
 require (
 	ariga.io/entcache v0.1.0
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/viper v1.19.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
 	github.com/theopenlane/beacon v0.1.0
-	github.com/theopenlane/core v0.1.8
+	github.com/theopenlane/core v0.1.9
 	github.com/theopenlane/echo-prometheus v0.1.0
 	github.com/theopenlane/echox v0.1.0
 	github.com/theopenlane/echozap v0.1.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index c938bd4..1eac41c 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -424,8 +424,8 @@ github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.6.0 h1:9NlTDc1FTs4qu0DDq7AEtTPNw6SVm7uBMsUCUjABIf8
 github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.6.0/go.mod h1:Dk4QP5c2W3ibzajGcXpNraDfq2IrhjMIvMSWPKKo0FU=
 github.com/theopenlane/beacon v0.1.0 h1:cyGx18rbaJTZT8pRcqMMvg+kN6uh86X4OoDahQp6VnE=
 github.com/theopenlane/beacon v0.1.0/go.mod h1:gOJAanQzfmDF3FIyv7Lwx16bKI7YPkJx1iRT4SdcBW4=
-github.com/theopenlane/core v0.1.8 h1:Y0ak+RV9y6hKhXPUoamwtgiobWbB20I+r0t34JA2X5s=
-github.com/theopenlane/core v0.1.8/go.mod h1:MaKjCxa3jgrGdv1xWu99npJRWUcvFvBiyWCq8wsLER0=
+github.com/theopenlane/core v0.1.9 h1:1D34xKoqKMqrRoiPjNru/CHpsOvKB9fiLLJFfpmOVos=
+github.com/theopenlane/core v0.1.9/go.mod h1:z5sNm0rEmP3dASfbLxFnEZWviur0vdtVLqs1TNSK+bs=
 github.com/theopenlane/echo-prometheus v0.1.0 h1:1zMejBVHe5w4zLHS+k5FV9S/46QBiwO6ggTSKi6r/7E=
 github.com/theopenlane/echo-prometheus v0.1.0/go.mod h1:Eiiv1ZLXKMsteQ3T+H1tFfSSZuXSvQfZp95qr5hmGkA=
 github.com/theopenlane/echox v0.1.0 h1:y4Z2shaODCLwXHsHBrY/EkH/2sIuo49xdIfxx7h+Zvg=