diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-reserved-keywords.yml b/.github/workflows/check-reserved-keywords.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7c535ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-reserved-keywords.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+name: Check Reserved Keywords
+
+on:
+  - pull_request
+
+jobs:
+  check-reserved-keywords:
+    name: Check Reserved Keywords
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout code
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+    - name: setup python
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      with:
+        python-version: 3.8
+
+    - name: Install pip
+      run: pip install -r requirements/pip.txt
+
+    - name: Install Dependencies
+      run: pip install -r requirements/dev.txt
+
+    - name: Check Keywords
+      run: make check_keywords
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index bc0303f..0399f46 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ jobs:
         python-version: ['3.8', '3.11', '3.12']
         toxenv: [quality, docs, django42-drf315, django42-drflatest]
   
-
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
     - name: setup python
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 524e0a5..a958c83 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ endef
 export BROWSER_PYSCRIPT
 BROWSER := python -c "$$BROWSER_PYSCRIPT"
 
-.PHONY: clean, coverage, diff_cover, docs, help, dev_requirements, test, test_quality, test_requirements, upgrade
+.PHONY: clean, coverage, diff_cover, docs, help, dev_requirements, test, test_quality, test_requirements, upgrade,\
+		check_keywords
 
 help: ## Display this help message
 	@echo "Please use \`make <target>' where <target> is one of"
@@ -83,6 +84,9 @@ test_quality: ## Run Quality checks
 	isort --check-only submissions manage.py setup.py settings.py --skip migrations
 	pycodestyle . --config=pycodestyle
 
+check_keywords: ## Scan the Django models in all installed apps in this project for restricted field names
+	python manage.py check_reserved_keywords --override_file db_keyword_overrides.yml
+
 ##################
 #Devstack commands
 ##################
diff --git a/db_keyword_overrides.yml b/db_keyword_overrides.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dcc39cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db_keyword_overrides.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# This file is used by the 'check_reserved_keywords' management command to allow specific field names to be overridden
+# when checking for conflicts with lists of restricted keywords used in various database/data warehouse tools.
+# For more information, see: https://github.com/edx/edx-django-release-util/release_util/management/commands/check_reserved_keywords.py
+#
+# overrides should be added in the following format:
+#   - ModelName.field_name
+---
+MYSQL:
+SNOWFLAKE:
+STITCH:
diff --git a/requirements/base.in b/requirements/base.in
index 18a523f..9d938c3 100644
--- a/requirements/base.in
+++ b/requirements/base.in
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ django-model-utils
 jsonfield
 pytz
 djangorestframework
+edx-django-release-util
diff --git a/requirements/base.txt b/requirements/base.txt
index d05b414..dfa7040 100644
--- a/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/base.txt
@@ -17,15 +17,22 @@ django==4.2.13
     #   -r requirements/base.in
     #   django-model-utils
     #   djangorestframework
+    #   edx-django-release-util
     #   jsonfield
 django-model-utils==4.5.1
     # via -r requirements/base.in
 djangorestframework==3.15.1
     # via -r requirements/base.in
+edx-django-release-util==1.4.0
+    # via -r requirements/base.in
 jsonfield==3.1.0
     # via -r requirements/base.in
 pytz==2024.1
     # via -r requirements/base.in
+pyyaml==6.0.1
+    # via edx-django-release-util
+six==1.16.0
+    # via edx-django-release-util
 sqlparse==0.5.0
     # via django
 typing-extensions==4.11.0
diff --git a/requirements/dev.txt b/requirements/dev.txt
index 53df241..af64bbe 100644
--- a/requirements/dev.txt
+++ b/requirements/dev.txt
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ django==4.2.13
     #   -r requirements/test.txt
     #   django-model-utils
     #   djangorestframework
+    #   edx-django-release-util
     #   jsonfield
 django-model-utils==4.5.1
     # via
@@ -103,6 +104,11 @@ docutils==0.19
     #   -r requirements/test.txt
     #   pydata-sphinx-theme
     #   sphinx
+edx-django-release-util==1.4.0
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/base.txt
+    #   -r requirements/docs.txt
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
 edx-lint==5.3.6
     # via -r requirements/test.txt
 exceptiongroup==1.2.1
@@ -247,8 +253,11 @@ pytz==2024.1
     #   babel
 pyyaml==6.0.1
     # via
+    #   -r requirements/base.txt
+    #   -r requirements/docs.txt
     #   -r requirements/test.txt
     #   code-annotations
+    #   edx-django-release-util
 requests==2.32.2
     # via
     #   -r requirements/docs.txt
@@ -256,8 +265,10 @@ requests==2.32.2
     #   sphinx
 six==1.16.0
     # via
+    #   -r requirements/base.txt
     #   -r requirements/docs.txt
     #   -r requirements/test.txt
+    #   edx-django-release-util
     #   edx-lint
     #   pockets
     #   python-dateutil
diff --git a/requirements/docs.txt b/requirements/docs.txt
index d943bf8..2257704 100644
--- a/requirements/docs.txt
+++ b/requirements/docs.txt
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ django==4.2.13
     #   -r requirements/base.txt
     #   django-model-utils
     #   djangorestframework
+    #   edx-django-release-util
     #   jsonfield
 django-model-utils==4.5.1
     # via -r requirements/base.txt
@@ -43,6 +44,8 @@ docutils==0.19
     # via
     #   pydata-sphinx-theme
     #   sphinx
+edx-django-release-util==1.4.0
+    # via -r requirements/base.txt
 idna==3.7
     # via requests
 imagesize==1.4.1
@@ -74,10 +77,16 @@ pytz==2024.1
     # via
     #   -r requirements/base.txt
     #   babel
+pyyaml==6.0.1
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/base.txt
+    #   edx-django-release-util
 requests==2.32.2
     # via sphinx
 six==1.16.0
     # via
+    #   -r requirements/base.txt
+    #   edx-django-release-util
     #   pockets
     #   sphinxcontrib-napoleon
 snowballstemmer==2.2.0
diff --git a/requirements/test.txt b/requirements/test.txt
index 2a69172..8ad0ce5 100644
--- a/requirements/test.txt
+++ b/requirements/test.txt
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ dill==0.3.8
     #   -r requirements/docs.txt
     #   django-model-utils
     #   djangorestframework
+    #   edx-django-release-util
     #   jsonfield
 django-model-utils==4.5.1
     # via
@@ -79,6 +80,10 @@ docutils==0.19
     #   -r requirements/docs.txt
     #   pydata-sphinx-theme
     #   sphinx
+edx-django-release-util==1.4.0
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/base.txt
+    #   -r requirements/docs.txt
 edx-lint==5.3.6
     # via -r requirements/test.in
 exceptiongroup==1.2.1
@@ -188,14 +193,20 @@ pytz==2024.1
     #   -r requirements/docs.txt
     #   babel
 pyyaml==6.0.1
-    # via code-annotations
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/base.txt
+    #   -r requirements/docs.txt
+    #   code-annotations
+    #   edx-django-release-util
 requests==2.32.2
     # via
     #   -r requirements/docs.txt
     #   sphinx
 six==1.16.0
     # via
+    #   -r requirements/base.txt
     #   -r requirements/docs.txt
+    #   edx-django-release-util
     #   edx-lint
     #   pockets
     #   python-dateutil
diff --git a/settings.py b/settings.py
index 26c5344..d718f05 100644
--- a/settings.py
+++ b/settings.py
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@
     },
 }
 
+# New DB primary keys default to an IntegerField.
+DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = 'django.db.models.AutoField'
+
 CACHES = {
     'default': {
         'BACKEND': 'django.core.cache.backends.locmem.LocMemCache',
@@ -54,6 +57,7 @@
     'django.contrib.staticfiles',
     'django.contrib.admin',
     'django.contrib.admindocs',
+    'release_util',
 
     # Submissions
     'submissions'
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index c4785c6..4696224 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -29,3 +29,10 @@ deps =
 commands = 
     python setup.py build_sphinx
 
+[testenv:check_keywords]
+whitelist_externals =
+    make
+deps =
+    -r{toxinidir}/requirements/dev.txt
+commands =
+    make check_keywords