diff --git a/charts/flyte-demo/Chart.lock b/charts/flyte-demo/Chart.lock
index 144b182599..8d88a31662 100644
--- a/charts/flyte-demo/Chart.lock
+++ b/charts/flyte-demo/Chart.lock
@@ -8,8 +8,5 @@ dependencies:
 - name: minio
   repository: https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami
   version: 12.6.7
-- name: postgresql
-  repository: https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami
-  version: 12.8.1
-digest: sha256:0e1b539359cb8edbc8be650462d31a896712183935781cc46be3b5a3596f2fae
-generated: "2026-04-01T15:01:31.417773-07:00"
+digest: sha256:efdaa4b57bfdb91479c94b7a6281879df8cab34b523e8b3bf35f1ed8bb1ec5c8
+generated: "2026-04-09T13:34:30.791333-07:00"
diff --git a/docker/demo-bundled/Makefile b/docker/demo-bundled/Makefile
index 56eac5e051..67bc2a7e18 100644
--- a/docker/demo-bundled/Makefile
+++ b/docker/demo-bundled/Makefile
@@ -96,7 +96,11 @@ start:
 			--publish "30001:5432" \
 			--publish "30002:30002" \
 			--publish "30080:30080" \
-			$(FLYTE_DEMO_IMAGE); \
+			$(FLYTE_DEMO_IMAGE) \
+			server --disable=servicelb \
+			--flannel-backend=host-gw \
+			--kubelet-arg=node-status-update-frequency=2s \
+			--kube-controller-manager-arg=node-monitor-period=2s; \
 	fi
 	@echo "Waiting for kubeconfig..."
 	@until [ -s $(PWD)/.kube/kubeconfig ]; do sleep 1; done
diff --git a/docker/demo-bundled/kustomize/complete/kustomization.yaml b/docker/demo-bundled/kustomize/complete/kustomization.yaml
index d431e17d2f..a7d84085eb 100644
--- a/docker/demo-bundled/kustomize/complete/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/docker/demo-bundled/kustomize/complete/kustomization.yaml
@@ -5,10 +5,6 @@ helmCharts:
   releaseName: flyte-demo
   namespace: flyte
   valuesInline:
-    # Disabled: PostgreSQL runs as an embedded process on the host via
-    # the fergusstrange/embedded-postgres library instead of a pod.
-    postgresql:
-      enabled: false
     flyte-binary:
       deployment:
         waitForDB:
diff --git a/docker/demo-bundled/kustomize/dev/kustomization.yaml b/docker/demo-bundled/kustomize/dev/kustomization.yaml
index f539e6ccea..935b162987 100644
--- a/docker/demo-bundled/kustomize/dev/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/docker/demo-bundled/kustomize/dev/kustomization.yaml
@@ -7,10 +7,6 @@ helmCharts:
   valuesInline:
     flyte-binary:
       enabled: false
-    # Disabled: PostgreSQL runs as an embedded process on the host via
-    # the fergusstrange/embedded-postgres library instead of a pod.
-    postgresql:
-      enabled: false
     sandbox:
       dev: true
 namespace: flyte