diff --git a/beeflow/client/core.py b/beeflow/client/core.py
index 7bc2152a8..c5df9c59b 100644
--- a/beeflow/client/core.py
+++ b/beeflow/client/core.py
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ def start_slurm_restd():
             slurmrestd_log = '/'.join([bee_workdir, 'logs', 'restd.log'])
             openapi_version = worker_utils.get_slurmrestd_version()
             print(f"Inferred slurmrestd version: {openapi_version}")
-            slurm_args = f'-s openapi/{openapi_version}'
+            slurm_args = f'-d {openapi_version} -s openapi/slurmctld'
             # The following adds the db plugin we opted not to use for now
             # slurm_args = f'-s openapi/{openapi_version},openapi/db{openapi_version}'
             slurm_socket = paths.slurm_socket()
diff --git a/beeflow/common/worker/slurm_worker.py b/beeflow/common/worker/slurm_worker.py
index 9fddd130b..064379c62 100644
--- a/beeflow/common/worker/slurm_worker.py
+++ b/beeflow/common/worker/slurm_worker.py
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ def query_task(self,job_id):
                 check_slurm_error(data, f'Failed to query job {job_id}, slurm error.')
                 # For some versions of slurm, the job_state isn't included on failure
                 try:
-                    job_state = data['jobs'][0]['job_state']
+                    job_state = data['jobs'][0]['job_state'][0]
                     job_info = deepcopy(data['jobs'][0])
 
                 except (KeyError, IndexError) as exc:
diff --git a/beeflow/common/worker/utils.py b/beeflow/common/worker/utils.py
index 44d8814ed..df2c9fbdf 100644
--- a/beeflow/common/worker/utils.py
+++ b/beeflow/common/worker/utils.py
@@ -40,15 +40,15 @@ def parse_key_val(pair):
 
 def get_slurmrestd_version():
     """Get the newest slurmrestd version."""
-    resp = subprocess.run(["slurmrestd", "-s", "list"], check=True, stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
-                          text=True).stderr
+    resp = subprocess.run(["slurmrestd", "-d", "list"], check=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+                          stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, text=True).stdout
     resp = resp.split("\n")
     # Confirm slurmrestd format is the same
     # If the slurmrestd list outputs has changed potentially something else has broken
-    if "Possible OpenAPI plugins" not in resp[0]:
+    if "Possible data_parser plugins" not in resp[0]:
         print("Slurmrestd OpenAPI format has changed and things may break")
-    api_versions = [line.split('/')[1] for line in resp[1:] if re.search(r"openapi/v\d+\.\d+\.\d+",
-                                                                         line)]
+    api_versions = [line.split('/')[1] for line in resp[1:] if
+            re.search(r"data_parser/v\d+\.\d+\.\d+", line)]
     # Sort the versions and grab the newest one
     newest_api = sorted(api_versions, key=Version, reverse=True)[0]
     return newest_api
diff --git a/beeflow/tests/test_slurm_worker.py b/beeflow/tests/test_slurm_worker.py
index 13dc332e0..34e6ed85b 100644
--- a/beeflow/tests/test_slurm_worker.py
+++ b/beeflow/tests/test_slurm_worker.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ def slurm_worker(request):
     bee_workdir = os.path.expanduser(f'/tmp/{uuid.uuid4().hex}.tmp')
     os.mkdir(bee_workdir)
     openapi_version = worker_utils.get_slurmrestd_version()
-    proc = subprocess.Popen(f'slurmrestd -s openapi/{openapi_version} unix:{slurm_socket}',
+    proc = subprocess.Popen(f'slurmrestd -d {openapi_version} -s openapi/slurmctld unix:{slurm_socket}',
                             shell=True)
     time.sleep(1)
     worker_iface = WorkerInterface(worker=SlurmWorker, container_runtime='Charliecloud',
diff --git a/ci/deps_install.sh b/ci/deps_install.sh
index a4f9d5d9b..c4e02119b 100755
--- a/ci/deps_install.sh
+++ b/ci/deps_install.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 set -e
 
 sudo apt-get update
-sudo apt-get install -y slurmctld slurmd slurmrestd munge python3 python3-venv \
+sudo apt-get install -y libhttp-parser-dev libjson-c-dev libjwt-dev munge python3 python3-venv \
     curl build-essential zlib1g-dev libncurses5-dev libgdbm-dev libnss3-dev \
     libssl-dev libsqlite3-dev libreadline-dev libffi-dev libbz2-dev \
     libmunge-dev \
@@ -16,7 +16,15 @@ curl -O -L https://github.com/hpc/charliecloud/releases/download/v${CHARLIECLOUD
 tar -xvf charliecloud-${CHARLIECLOUD_VERSION}.tar.gz
 (cd charliecloud-${CHARLIECLOUD_VERSION}
  ./configure --prefix=/usr
- make
+ make -j4
+ sudo make install)
+
+# Install Slurm
+curl -O -L https://download.schedmd.com/slurm/slurm-${SLURM_VERSION}.tar.bz2
+tar -xvf slurm-${SLURM_VERSION}.tar.bz2
+(cd slurm-${SLURM_VERSION}
+ ./configure --prefix=/usr
+ make -j4
  sudo make install)
 
 # Install Python3
diff --git a/ci/env.sh b/ci/env.sh
index 8a725fab4..fbcf2e91a 100644
--- a/ci/env.sh
+++ b/ci/env.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ mkdir -p $SLURMD_SPOOL_DIR $SLURM_STATE_SAVE_LOCATION $LOG_DIR
 export SLURMCTLD_LOG=$LOG_DIR/slurmctld.log
 export SLURMD_LOG=$LOG_DIR/slurmd.log
 export SLURM_USER=`whoami`
+export SLURMRESTD_SECURITY=disable_user_check
+export SLURM_VERSION=24.11.7
 export MUNGE_SOCKET=/tmp/munge.sock
 export MUNGE_LOG=/tmp/munge.log
 export MUNGE_PID=/tmp/munge.pid
diff --git a/ci/slurm_start.sh b/ci/slurm_start.sh
index 6221277d5..c2c81cba0 100755
--- a/ci/slurm_start.sh
+++ b/ci/slurm_start.sh
@@ -3,10 +3,6 @@
 
 . ./ci/env.sh
 
-printf "#### SLURM VERSION ####\n"
-srun -V
-printf "#######################\n"
-
 # Determine config of CI host
 export NODE_CONFIG=`slurmd -C | head -n 1`
 
@@ -55,6 +51,10 @@ $NODE_CONFIG
 PartitionName=debug Nodes=ALL Default=YES MaxTime=INFINITE State=UP
 EOF
 
+printf "#### SLURM VERSION ####\n"
+srun -V
+printf "#######################\n"
+
 printf "\n\n"
 printf "#### slurm.conf ####\n"
 cat $SLURM_CONF
@@ -82,5 +82,5 @@ srun --mpi=list
 printf "#######################\n"
 printf "\n"
 printf "#### OPENAPI VERSIONS ####\n"
-slurmrestd -s list
+slurmrestd -d list
 printf "##########################\n"