diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 13efb162da..0000000000
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-version: 2
-updates:
-- package-ecosystem: gomod
-  directory: "/"
-  schedule:
-    interval: daily
-  allow:
-    # For now, only enable the deps we know we want to keep fresh
-    - dependency-name: "github.com/coreos/butane"
-    - dependency-name: "github.com/coreos/ignition/v2"
-    - dependency-name: "github.com/coreos/stream-metadata-go"
diff --git a/src/cmd-build b/src/cmd-build
index 3ee8d9a5c5..1bddd9dc33 100755
--- a/src/cmd-build
+++ b/src/cmd-build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -euo pipefail
+set -euxo pipefail
 
 dn=$(dirname "$0")
 # shellcheck source=src/cmdlib.sh
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ Usage: coreos-assembler build --help
   --autolock=VERSION    If no base lockfile used, create one from any arch build of `VERSION`.
                         Note this is automatically enabled when adding to an existing multi-arch
                         non-strict build.
+  --sign-composefs      Sign the composeFS metadata and attach the signature to the OSTree commit.
+                        This will also insert the public key into the rootfs for signature verification.
 
   Additional environment variables supported:
 
@@ -62,8 +64,9 @@ TAG=
 STRICT=
 CONFIG_ARCHIVE=1
 AUTOLOCK_VERSION=
+SIGN_COMPOSEFS=
 rc=0
-options=$(getopt --options hfFt: --longoptions tag:,help,fetch,force,version:,parent:,parent-build:,delay-meta-merge,force-nocache,force-image,skip-prune,prepare-only,strict,skip-config-archive,autolock:,versionary -- "$@") || rc=$?
+options=$(getopt --options hfFt: --longoptions tag:,help,fetch,force,version:,parent:,parent-build:,delay-meta-merge,force-nocache,force-image,skip-prune,prepare-only,strict,skip-config-archive,autolock:,versionary,sign-composefs -- "$@") || rc=$?
 [ $rc -eq 0 ] || {
     print_help
     exit 1
@@ -123,6 +126,9 @@ while true; do
             shift
             TAG=$1
             ;;
+        --sign-composefs)
+            SIGN_COMPOSEFS=true
+            ;;
         --)
             shift
             break
@@ -257,6 +263,13 @@ if [ -n "${PARENT_BUILD}" ]; then
     fi
 fi
 
+# TODO
+SIGN_COMPOSEFS=true
+# If composeFS signing is enabled, generate the signature key
+if test -n "${SIGN_COMPOSEFS}"; then
+    gen_ed25519_signing_key
+fi
+
 # Calculate image input checksum now and gather previous image build variables if any
 ks_path="${configdir}"/image.ks
 if [ -f "${ks_path}" ]; then
@@ -354,12 +367,14 @@ fi
 if [ ! -f "${workdir}"/builds/builds.json ] && [ ! -f "${fetch_stamp}" ] ; then
     fatal "Must fetch before building"
 fi
+
 composefs="$(jq -r .composefs < "${image_json}")"
 case "${composefs}" in
     false)
     ;;
-    true)
+    true | signed)
         ostree config --repo="${tmprepo}" set ex-integrity.composefs "true"
+        ostree config --repo="${tmprepo}" set ex-fsverity.required 'true'
     ;;
     *) fatal "Unhandled composefs setting: ${composefs}" ;;
 esac
@@ -375,6 +390,84 @@ RUNVM_NONET=1 runcompose_tree --cache-only ${FORCE} \
            "${extra_compose_args[@]}"
 strip_out_lockfile_digests "$lockfile_out".tmp
 /usr/lib/coreos-assembler/finalize-artifact "${lockfile_out}"{.tmp,}
+
+commit=$(jq -r '.["ostree-commit"]' < "${composejson}")
+
+ostree sign \
+    --repo "${tmprepo}" \
+    --sign-type ed25519 \
+    --keys-file "${workdir}/tmp/ostree_signing_key.ed25519" \
+    "$commit"
+
+ostree show --repo "${tmprepo}" "${commit}"
+cfs_sig=$(ostree show --repo "${tmprepo}" "$commit" --print-metadata-key=ostree.composefs.digest.v0)
+cfs_sig=$(echo "$cfs_sig"| sed 's/\[byte //g; s/\]//g; s/,//g; s/0x//g' | tr -d ' ')
+echo "composeFS digest: $cfs_sig"
+
+kernpath="$(ostree ls --repo "${tmprepo}" "${commit}" /usr/lib/modules | sort -h | tail -1 | awk '{print $5}')"
+kernver="$(basename "${kernpath}")"
+ostree cat --repo "${tmprepo}" "${commit}" "/usr/lib/modules/${kernver}/vmlinuz"       > vmlinuz
+ostree cat --repo "${tmprepo}" "${commit}" "/usr/lib/modules/${kernver}/initramfs.img" > initramfs
+ostree cat --repo "${tmprepo}" "${commit}" "/usr/lib/os-release"                       > os-release
+mkdir -p "/usr/lib/systemd/boot/efi/"
+ostree cat --repo "${tmprepo}" "${commit}" "/usr/lib/systemd/boot/efi/addonx64.efi.stub"   > /usr/lib/systemd/boot/efi/addonx64.efi.stub
+ostree cat --repo "${tmprepo}" "${commit}" "/usr/lib/systemd/boot/efi/linuxx64.efi.stub"   > linuxx64.efi.stub
+ostree cat --repo "${tmprepo}" "${commit}" "/usr/lib/systemd/boot/efi/systemd-bootx64.efi" > /usr/lib/systemd/boot/efi/systemd-bootx64.efi
+ukify build \
+    --linux "vmlinuz" \
+    --initrd "initramfs" \
+    --cmdline "rw mitigations=auto,nosmt ignition.platform.id=qemu console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200n8 ostree=/ostree/boot.0/fedora-coreos/$(cat vmlinuz initramfs | sha256sum | awk '{print $1}')/0" \
+    --os-release "@os-release" \
+    --uname "$kernver" \
+    --signtool sbsign \
+    --secureboot-private-key "${workdir}/db.key" \
+    --secureboot-certificate "${workdir}/db.pem" \
+    --output "${workdir}/tmp/uki" \
+    --measure
+ukify build \
+    --linux "vmlinuz" \
+    --initrd "initramfs" \
+    --cmdline "rw mitigations=auto,nosmt ignition.platform.id=qemu console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200n8 ostree=/ostree/boot.1/fedora-coreos/$(cat vmlinuz initramfs | sha256sum | awk '{print $1}')/0" \
+    --os-release "@os-release" \
+    --uname "$kernver" \
+    --signtool sbsign \
+    --secureboot-private-key "${workdir}/db.key" \
+    --secureboot-certificate "${workdir}/db.pem" \
+    --output "${workdir}/tmp/uki.1" \
+    --measure
+
+# Sign systemd-boot binary
+ostree cat --repo "${tmprepo}" "${commit}" "/usr/lib/systemd/boot/efi/systemd-bootx64.efi" > systemd-bootx64.efi
+sbsign \
+    --key "${workdir}/db.key" \
+    --cert "${workdir}/db.pem" \
+    --output "${workdir}/tmp/systemd-bootx64-signed.efi" \
+    "/usr/lib/systemd/boot/efi/systemd-bootx64.efi"
+
+# mkdir -p "ukirootfs/usr/lib/modules/$kernver/"
+# mv uki "ukirootfs/usr/lib/modules/$kernver/uki"
+# chown 0:0 "ukirootfs/usr/lib/modules/$kernver/uki"
+# chmod 644 "ukirootfs/usr/lib/modules/$kernver/uki"
+
+# ostree_keys=()
+# for key in $(ostree show --repo "${tmprepo}" "$commit" --list-metadata-keys); do
+#     ostree_keys+=("--keep-metadata=$key")
+# done
+
+# commit="$(ostree commit \
+#     --repo "${tmprepo}" \
+#     --base "$commit" \
+#     --parent "$commit" \
+#     --branch "fedora/x86_64/coreos/$(basename "$(ls "${tmprepo}/refs/heads/fedora/x86_64/coreos/"*)")" \
+#     --subject "$commit + UKI" \
+#     --sign-type ed25519 \
+#     --sign-from-file="${workdir}/tmp/ostree_signing_key.ed25519" \
+#     --generate-composefs-metadata \
+#     --bootable \
+#     "${ostree_keys[@]}" \
+#     ukirootfs)"
+# rm -rf ukirootfs
+
 # Very special handling for --write-composejson-to as rpm-ostree doesn't
 # write it if the commit didn't change.
 if [ -f "${changed_stamp}" ] && [ -f "${composejson}" ]; then
@@ -448,6 +541,17 @@ echo "New build ID: ${buildid}"
 # Also write out a ref with the build ID
 ostree --repo="${tmprepo}" refs --create "${buildid}" "${commit}"
 
+# Not sure if we need to add --generate-composefs-metadata as I couldn't find
+# any references in ostree man pages.
+# is is default since https://github.com/coreos/rpm-ostree/pull/4495/commits/dbe78217c0205dad372c84b2cf0a299003787952 ?
+
+# TODO
+# If composefs signing is enabled, sign the last commit
+# if test -n "${SIGN_COMPOSEFS}"; then
+#     ostree sign --keys-file ${TMPDIR}/cosa_key.ed25519 ${commit} --repo=${tmprepo}
+# fi
+# TODO
+
 "${dn}"/write-commit-object "${tmprepo}" "${commit}" "$(pwd)"
 
 build_timestamp=$(date -u +$RFC3339)
@@ -514,6 +618,8 @@ else
         --label="coreos-assembler.image-input-checksum=${image_input_checksum}" \
         --label="org.opencontainers.image.source=${gitsrc}" \
         --label="org.opencontainers.image.revision=${config_gitrev}" \
+        --label="ostree.commit=${commit}" \
+        --label="ostree.commit.composefs.digest=${cfs_sig}" \
         --copymeta-opt=fedora-coreos.stream \
         "${last_build_manifest[@]}" \
         "${labels[@]}" \
diff --git a/src/cmd-buildextend-metal b/src/cmd-buildextend-metal
index c7ec9d8795..2bc9f32c07 100755
--- a/src/cmd-buildextend-metal
+++ b/src/cmd-buildextend-metal
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ rootfs_size_mb="$(jq '."estimate-mb".final' "$PWD/tmp/ostree-size.json")"
 # the size set in the configs since some of them have minimum sizes that
 # the platforms require and we want a "default" disk size that has some
 # free space.
-nonroot_partition_sizes=513
+nonroot_partition_sizes=2048
 # On s390x there is one more build - Secure Execution case, which has
 # different image layout. We add the sizes of the se and verity
 # partitions so that they don't "eat into" the 35% buffer (though note
diff --git a/src/cmd-fetch b/src/cmd-fetch
index 165829b7c4..9a19aeed70 100755
--- a/src/cmd-fetch
+++ b/src/cmd-fetch
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ dn=$(dirname "$0")
 FILE=cache/pkgcache-repo
 if [ -d "${FILE}" ]
 then
-        pkgcachesize=$(sudo du --bytes --max-depth 0 "${FILE}" \
+        pkgcachesize=$( du --bytes --max-depth 0 "${FILE}" \
                        | awk '{print $1; exit}')
         pkglimit=$((1024 * 1024 * 1024 * 5))
         if [[ "${pkgcachesize}" -gt "${pkglimit}" ]]
         then
-                sudo cosa prune --pkgcache
+                 cosa prune --pkgcache
         fi
 fi
 
diff --git a/src/cmd-init b/src/cmd-init
index 38a6804920..8703fdeb8e 100755
--- a/src/cmd-init
+++ b/src/cmd-init
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ source=$1; shift
 preflight
 
 if has_privileges; then
-    sudo chown "$USER:" .
+     chown "$USER:" .
 elif [ ! -w . ]; then
     fatal "init: running unprivileged, and current directory not writable"
 fi
diff --git a/src/cmd-prune b/src/cmd-prune
index 660eae5790..59092569c5 100755
--- a/src/cmd-prune
+++ b/src/cmd-prune
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ if args.pkgcache:
         n = len("cache/pkgcache-repo/refs/heads/")
         if pkg[n:] not in build_pkg:
             print(f"Deleted {pkg[n:]}")
-            subprocess.call(f"sudo ostree refs --repo=cache/pkgcache-repo --delete {pkg[n:]}", shell=True)
+            subprocess.call(f" ostree refs --repo=cache/pkgcache-repo --delete {pkg[n:]}", shell=True)
 
     sys.exit(0)
 
diff --git a/src/cmdlib.sh b/src/cmdlib.sh
index bc5a07836b..de27ec1a65 100755
--- a/src/cmdlib.sh
+++ b/src/cmdlib.sh
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ has_privileges() {
         elif ! capsh --print | grep -q 'Bounding.*cap_sys_admin'; then
             info "Missing CAP_SYS_ADMIN; using virt"
             COSA_PRIVILEGED=0
-        elif [ "$(id -u)" != "0" ] && ! sudo true; then
-            info "Missing sudo privs; using virt"
+        elif [ "$(id -u)" != "0" ] && !  true; then
+            info "Missing  privs; using virt"
             COSA_PRIVILEGED=0
         else
             COSA_PRIVILEGED=1
@@ -113,9 +113,9 @@ preflight_kvm() {
             if ! has_privileges; then
                 fatal "running unprivileged, and /dev/kvm not writable"
             else
-                sudo rm -f /dev/kvm
-                sudo mknod /dev/kvm c 10 232
-                sudo setfacl -m u:"$USER":rw /dev/kvm
+                 rm -f /dev/kvm
+                 mknod /dev/kvm c 10 232
+                 setfacl -m u:"$USER":rw /dev/kvm
             fi
         fi
     fi
@@ -563,8 +563,8 @@ runcompose_tree() {
         set - "$@" --repo "${repo}" --write-composejson-to "${composejson}"
         # we hardcode a umask of 0022 here to make sure that composes are run
         # with a consistent value, regardless of the environment
-        (umask 0022 && sudo -E "$@")
-        sudo chown -R -h "${USER}":"${USER}" "${tmprepo}"
+        (umask 0022 &&  "$@")
+         chown -R -h "${USER}":"${USER}" "${tmprepo}"
     else
         runvm_with_cache -- "$@" --repo "${repo}" --write-composejson-to "${composejson}"
     fi
@@ -587,8 +587,8 @@ runcompose_extensions() {
     if has_privileges; then
         # we hardcode a umask of 0022 here to make sure that composes are run
         # with a consistent value, regardless of the environment
-        (umask 0022 && sudo -E "$@")
-        sudo chown -R -h "${USER}":"${USER}" "${outputdir}"
+        (umask 0022 &&  "$@")
+         chown -R -h "${USER}":"${USER}" "${outputdir}"
     else
         # Use a snapshot version of the cache qcow2 to allow multiple users
         # of the cache at the same time. This is needed because the extensions
@@ -1108,3 +1108,25 @@ extract_osrelease_name() {
     # shellcheck disable=SC1091,SC2153
     (. "$out/os-release" && echo "${NAME}")
 }
+
+
+gen_ed25519_signing_key() {
+    local key_file="ostree_signing_key"
+
+    # Generate the key
+    openssl genpkey -algorithm ed25519 -outform PEM -out "${TMPDIR}/${key_file}"
+
+    # Extract the pubkey
+    local -r pubkey="$(openssl pkey -outform DER -pubout -in "${TMPDIR}/${key_file}" | tail -c 32 | base64)"
+
+    # Write the pubkey in overrides
+    mkdir -p "${workdir}/overrides/rootfs/etc/ostree/"
+    echo "$pubkey" > "${workdir}/overrides/rootfs/etc/ostree/initramfs-root-binding.key"
+
+    # Convert the private key to base64 for ostree signing
+    ## Extract the seed
+    local -r seed="$(openssl pkey -outform DER -in "${TMPDIR}/${key_file}" | tail -c 32 | base64)"
+
+    ## Secret key is the concatenation of seed and public
+    echo "${seed}${pubkey}" | base64 -d | base64 -w 0 > "${TMPDIR}/${key_file}.ed25519"
+}
diff --git a/src/osbuild-manifests/coreos.osbuild.x86_64.mpp.yaml b/src/osbuild-manifests/coreos.osbuild.x86_64.mpp.yaml
index bb4f633a19..8a7aba83d4 100644
--- a/src/osbuild-manifests/coreos.osbuild.x86_64.mpp.yaml
+++ b/src/osbuild-manifests/coreos.osbuild.x86_64.mpp.yaml
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ mpp-vars:
   bios_boot_size_mb: 1
   ppc_prep_size_mb: 4
   reserved_part_size_mb: 1
-  efi_system_size_mb: 127
-  boot_size_mb: 384
+  efi_system_size_mb: 512
+  boot_size_mb: 512
   sector_size: 512
   four_k_sector_size: 4096
   # Filesystem UUID and label definitions. These UUIDs