diff --git a/getting-started/spark/docker-compose.yml b/getting-started/spark/docker-compose.yml
index a6d51f3a99..0c0476fb8c 100644
--- a/getting-started/spark/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/getting-started/spark/docker-compose.yml
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ services:
       POLARIS_BOOTSTRAP_CREDENTIALS: default-realm,root,s3cr3t
       polaris.realm-context.realms: default-realm
       quarkus.otel.sdk.disabled: "true"
+      polaris.features."ALLOW_INSECURE_STORAGE_TYPES": "true"
+      polaris.features."SUPPORTED_CATALOG_STORAGE_TYPES": "[\"FILE\",\"S3\",\"GCS\",\"AZURE\"]"
+      polaris.readiness.ignore-severe-issues: "true"
     healthcheck:
       test: ["CMD", "curl", "http://localhost:8182/healthcheck"]
       interval: 10s
diff --git a/getting-started/spark/notebooks/Dockerfile b/getting-started/spark/notebooks/Dockerfile
index fbec148b09..def61a4893 100644
--- a/getting-started/spark/notebooks/Dockerfile
+++ b/getting-started/spark/notebooks/Dockerfile
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ ENV LANGUAGE='en_US:en'
 COPY --chown=jovyan client /home/jovyan/client
 COPY --chown=jovyan regtests/requirements.txt /tmp
 RUN pip install -r /tmp/requirements.txt && \
-    cd client/python && \
+    cd client/python && poetry lock && \
     python3 -m poetry install && \
     pip install -e .
 
diff --git a/plugins/spark/v3.5/getting-started/docker-compose.yml b/plugins/spark/v3.5/getting-started/docker-compose.yml
index 6dbcc65c6c..d531e7605e 100644
--- a/plugins/spark/v3.5/getting-started/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/plugins/spark/v3.5/getting-started/docker-compose.yml
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ services:
       POLARIS_BOOTSTRAP_CREDENTIALS: default-realm,root,s3cr3t
       polaris.realm-context.realms: default-realm
       quarkus.otel.sdk.disabled: "true"
+      polaris.features."ALLOW_INSECURE_STORAGE_TYPES": "true"
+      polaris.features."SUPPORTED_CATALOG_STORAGE_TYPES": "[\"FILE\",\"S3\",\"GCS\",\"AZURE\"]"
+      polaris.readiness.ignore-severe-issues: "true"
     healthcheck:
       test: ["CMD", "curl", "http://localhost:8182/healthcheck"]
       interval: 10s