diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
index 195cf625d6..e10609b7ff 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install ghp-import
         run: pip install ghp-import
       - name: Build documentation
-        run: "./pants docs ::"
+        run: "pants docs ::"
       - name: Publish Documentation
         run: ghp-import --push --force --no-history --no-jekyll dist/sphinx/
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 8983c9ffe5..abd4587afc 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -24,8 +24,9 @@ ENV  \
   POETRY_VIRTUALENVS_CREATE=false \
   POETRY_CACHE_DIR='/tmp/cache/poetry' \
   POETRY_HOME='/home/mitodl/.local' \
-  VIRTUAL_ENV="/opt/venv"
-ENV PATH="$VIRTUAL_ENV/bin:$POETRY_HOME/bin:$PATH"
+  VIRTUAL_ENV="/opt/venv"\
+  PANTS_HOME="/root/.local/bin"
+ENV PATH="$PANTS_HOME:$VIRTUAL_ENV/bin:$POETRY_HOME/bin:$PATH"
 
 # Install project packages
 COPY pyproject.toml /app
diff --git a/pants.toml b/pants.toml
index d68722ca4f..88cc5474f1 100644
--- a/pants.toml
+++ b/pants.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ backend_packages = [
   # local plugins
   "mitol.docs"
 ]
-pants_version = "2.17.1"
+pants_version = "2.24.2"
 pythonpath = ["%(buildroot)s/pants-plugins"]
 
 [anonymous-telemetry]
diff --git a/scripts/get-pants.sh b/scripts/get-pants.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4e1121097e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/get-pants.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,212 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Copyright 2023 Pants project contributors (see CONTRIBUTORS.md).
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (see LICENSE).
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+COLOR_RED="\x1b[31m"
+COLOR_GREEN="\x1b[32m"
+COLOR_YELLOW="\x1b[33m"
+COLOR_RESET="\x1b[0m"
+
+function log() {
+	echo -e "$@" 1>&2
+}
+
+function die() {
+	(($# > 0)) && log "${COLOR_RED}$*${COLOR_RESET}"
+	exit 1
+}
+
+function green() {
+	(($# > 0)) && log "${COLOR_GREEN}$*${COLOR_RESET}"
+}
+
+function warn() {
+	(($# > 0)) && log "${COLOR_YELLOW}$*${COLOR_RESET}"
+}
+
+function check_cmd() {
+	local cmd="$1"
+	command -v "$cmd" >/dev/null || die "This script requires the ${cmd} binary to be on the PATH."
+}
+
+help_url="https://www.pantsbuild.org/docs/getting-help"
+
+_GC=()
+
+function gc() {
+	if (($# > 0)); then
+		check_cmd rm
+		_GC+=("$@")
+	else
+		rm -rf "${_GC[@]}"
+	fi
+}
+
+trap gc EXIT
+
+check_cmd uname
+
+function calculate_os() {
+	local os
+
+	os="$(uname -s)"
+	if [[ ${os} =~ [Ll]inux ]]; then
+		echo linux
+	elif [[ ${os} =~ [Dd]arwin ]]; then
+		echo macos
+	elif [[ ${os} =~ [Ww]in|[Mm][Ii][Nn][Gg] ]]; then
+		# Powershell reports something like: Windows_NT
+		# Git bash reports something like: MINGW64_NT-10.0-22621
+		echo windows
+	else
+		die "Pants is not supported on this operating system (${os}). Please reach out to us at ${help_url} for help."
+	fi
+}
+
+OS="$(calculate_os)"
+
+check_cmd basename
+if [[ ${OS} == "windows" ]]; then
+	check_cmd pwsh
+else
+	check_cmd curl
+fi
+
+function fetch() {
+	local url="$1"
+	local dest_dir="$2"
+
+	local dest
+	dest="${dest_dir}/$(basename "${url}")"
+
+	if [[ ${OS} == "windows" ]]; then
+		pwsh -c "Invoke-WebRequest -OutFile $dest -Uri $url"
+	else
+		curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSfL -o "${dest}" "${url}"
+	fi
+}
+
+if [[ ${OS} == "macos" ]]; then
+	check_cmd shasum
+else
+	check_cmd sha256sum
+fi
+
+function sha256() {
+	if [[ ${OS} == "macos" ]]; then
+		shasum --algorithm 256 "$@"
+	else
+		sha256sum "$@"
+	fi
+}
+
+check_cmd mktemp
+
+function install_from_url() {
+	local url="$1"
+	local dest="$2"
+
+	local workdir
+	workdir="$(mktemp -d)"
+	gc "${workdir}"
+
+	fetch "${url}.sha256" "${workdir}"
+	fetch "${url}" "${workdir}"
+	(
+		cd "${workdir}"
+		sha256 -c --status ./*.sha256 ||
+			die "Download from ${url} did not match the fingerprint at ${url}.sha256"
+	)
+	rm "${workdir}/"*.sha256
+	if [[ ${OS} == "macos" ]]; then
+		mkdir -p "$(dirname "${dest}")"
+		install -m 755 "${workdir}/"* "${dest}"
+	else
+		install -D -m 755 "${workdir}/"* "${dest}"
+	fi
+}
+
+function calculate_arch() {
+	local arch
+
+	arch="$(uname -m)"
+	if [[ ${arch} =~ x86[_-]64 ]]; then
+		echo x86_64
+	elif [[ ${arch} =~ arm64|aarch64 ]]; then
+		echo aarch64
+	else
+		die "Pants is not supported for this chip architecture (${arch}). Please reach out to us at ${help_url} for help."
+	fi
+}
+
+check_cmd cat
+
+function usage() {
+	cat <<EOF
+Usage: $0
+Installs the pants launcher binary.
+You only need to run this once on a machine when you do not have "pants"
+available to run yet.
+The pants binary takes care of managing and running the underlying
+Pants version configured in "pants.toml" in the surrounding Pants-using
+project.
+Once installed, if you want to update your "pants" launcher binary, use
+"SCIE_BOOT=update pants" to get the latest release or
+"SCIE_BOOT=update pants --help" to learn more options.
+-h | --help: Print this help message.
+-d | --bin-dir:
+  The directory to install the scie-pants binary in, "~/.local/bin" by default.
+-b | --base-name:
+  The name to use for the scie-pants binary, "pants" by default.
+-V | --version:
+  The version of the scie-pants binary to install, the latest version by default.
+  The available versions can be seen at:
+    https://github.com/pantsbuild/scie-pants/releases
+EOF
+}
+
+bin_dir="${HOME}/.local/bin"
+base_name="pants"
+version="latest/download"
+while (($# > 0)); do
+	case "$1" in
+	--help | -h)
+		usage
+		exit 0
+		;;
+	--bin-dir | -d)
+		bin_dir="$2"
+		shift
+		;;
+	--base-name | -b)
+		base_name="$2"
+		shift
+		;;
+	--version | -V)
+		version="download/v$2"
+		shift
+		;;
+	*)
+		usage
+		die "Unexpected argument $1\n"
+		;;
+	esac
+	shift
+done
+
+ARCH="$(calculate_arch)"
+URL="https://github.com/pantsbuild/scie-pants/releases/${version}/scie-pants-${OS}-${ARCH}"
+dest="${bin_dir}/${base_name}"
+
+log "Downloading and installing the pants launcher ..."
+install_from_url "${URL}" "${dest}"
+green "Installed the pants launcher from ${URL} to ${dest}"
+if ! command -v "${base_name}" >/dev/null; then
+	warn "${dest} is not on the PATH."
+	log "You'll either need to invoke ${dest} explicitly or else add ${bin_dir} to your shell's PATH."
+fi
+
+green "\nRunning \`pants\` in a Pants-enabled repo will use the version of Pants configured for that repo."
+green "In a repo not yet Pants-enabled, it will prompt you to set up Pants for that repo."