diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 26c85cf6c..3578b538d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: [3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9]
+        python-version: ["3.6", "3.7", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10"]
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 32a69050d..5c9365c86 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -4,30 +4,12 @@ FROM apache/spark-py:v3.2.1
 # Change to root user for installation steps
 USER 0
 
-# Uninstall existing python and replace it with miniconda.
-# This is to get the right version of Python in Debian, since Prophet doesn't play nice with Python 3.9+.
-# FIXME: maybe optimize the size? this image is currently 3.2GB.
-RUN apt-get update && \
-    apt-get remove -y python3 python3-pip && \
-    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends curl && \
-    apt-get autoremove -yqq --purge && \
-    apt-get clean && \
-    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-RUN curl -fsSL -v -o ~/miniconda.sh -O https://repo.anaconda.com/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh && \
-    chmod +x ~/miniconda.sh && \
-    ~/miniconda.sh -b -p /opt/conda && \
-    rm ~/miniconda.sh && \
-    # Install prophet while we're at it, since this is easier to conda install than pip install
-    /opt/conda/bin/conda install -y prophet && \
-    /opt/conda/bin/conda clean -ya
-ENV PATH="/opt/conda/bin:${SPARK_HOME}/bin:${PATH}"
-
-# Install (for spark-sql) and Merlion; get pyspark & py4j from the PYTHONPATH
+# Install pyarrow (for spark-sql) and Merlion; get pyspark & py4j from the PYTHONPATH
 ENV PYTHONPATH="${SPARK_HOME}/python/lib/pyspark.zip:${SPARK_HOME}/python/lib/py4j-0.10.9.3-src.zip:${PYTHONPATH}"
 COPY *.md ./
 COPY setup.py ./
 COPY merlion merlion
-RUN pip install pyarrow "./[prophet]" && pip uninstall -y py4j
+RUN pip install pyarrow "./" && pip uninstall -y py4j
 
 # Copy Merlion pyspark apps
 COPY spark /opt/spark/apps
diff --git a/merlion/models/automl/autosarima.py b/merlion/models/automl/autosarima.py
index 98a624b0e..73ef51484 100644
--- a/merlion/models/automl/autosarima.py
+++ b/merlion/models/automl/autosarima.py
@@ -7,10 +7,9 @@
 """
 Automatic hyperparameter selection for SARIMA.
 """
-from collections import Iterator
 from copy import copy, deepcopy
 import logging
-from typing import Any, Optional, Tuple, Union
+from typing import Any, Iterator, Optional, Tuple, Union
 
 import numpy as np
 
diff --git a/merlion/models/forecast/prophet.py b/merlion/models/forecast/prophet.py
index 826e9b766..bad4d20c0 100644
--- a/merlion/models/forecast/prophet.py
+++ b/merlion/models/forecast/prophet.py
@@ -7,21 +7,15 @@
 """
 Wrapper around Facebook's popular Prophet model for time series forecasting.
 """
+import copy
 import logging
 import os
 from typing import Iterable, List, Tuple, Union
 
-try:
-    import prophet
-except ImportError as e:
-    err_msg = (
-        "Try installing Merlion with optional dependencies using `pip install salesforce-merlion[prophet]` or "
-        "`pip install `salesforce-merlion[all]`"
-    )
-    raise ImportError(str(e) + ". " + err_msg)
-
 import numpy as np
 import pandas as pd
+import prophet
+import prophet.serialize
 
 from merlion.models.automl.seasonality import SeasonalityModel
 from merlion.models.forecast.base import ForecasterBase, ForecasterConfig
@@ -144,14 +138,19 @@ def require_even_sampling(self) -> bool:
         return False
 
     def __getstate__(self):
-        stan_backend = self.model.stan_backend
-        if hasattr(stan_backend, "logger"):
-            model_logger = self.model.stan_backend.logger
-            self.model.stan_backend.logger = None
-        state_dict = super().__getstate__()
-        if hasattr(stan_backend, "logger"):
-            self.model.stan_backend.logger = model_logger
-        return state_dict
+        try:
+            model = prophet.serialize.model_to_json(self.model)
+        except ValueError:  # prophet.serialize only works for fitted models, so deepcopy as a backup
+            model = copy.deepcopy(self.model)
+        return {k: model if k == "model" else copy.deepcopy(v) for k, v in self.__dict__.items()}
+
+    def __setstate__(self, state):
+        if "model" in state:
+            model = state["model"]
+            if isinstance(model, str):
+                state = copy.copy(state)
+                state["model"] = prophet.serialize.model_from_json(model)
+        super().__setstate__(state)
 
     @property
     def yearly_seasonality(self):
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index dcd66e19f..e2e44a43a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -13,12 +13,7 @@
 ]
 
 # optional dependencies
-extra_require = {
-    "plot": ["plotly>=4.13"],
-    "prophet": ["prophet", "pystan<3.0"],  # pystan >= 3.0 doesn't work with prophet
-    "deep-learning": ["torch>=1.1.0"],
-    "spark": ["pyspark[sql]>=3"],
-}
+extra_require = {"plot": ["plotly>=4.13"], "deep-learning": ["torch>=1.1.0"], "spark": ["pyspark[sql]>=3"]}
 extra_require["all"] = sum(extra_require.values(), [])
 
 
@@ -29,7 +24,7 @@ def read_file(fname):
 
 setup(
     name="salesforce-merlion",
-    version="1.2.2",
+    version="1.2.3",
     author=", ".join(read_file("AUTHORS.md").split("\n")),
     author_email="abhatnagar@salesforce.com",
     description="Merlion: A Machine Learning Framework for Time Series Intelligence",
@@ -52,6 +47,8 @@ def read_file(fname):
         "numpy>=1.19; python_version < '3.7'",  # however, numpy 1.20+ requires python 3.7+
         "packaging",
         "pandas>=1.1.0",  # >=1.1.0 for origin kwarg to df.resample()
+        "prophet>=1.1; python_version >= '3.7'",  # 1.1 removes dependency on pystan
+        "prophet==1.0.1; python_version < '3.7'",  # however, prophet 1.1 requires python 3.7+
         "scikit-learn>=0.22",  # >=0.22 for changes to isolation forest algorithm
         "scipy>=1.6.0; python_version >= '3.7'",  # 1.6.0 adds multivariate_t density to scipy.stats
         "scipy>=1.5.0; python_version < '3.7'",  # however, scipy 1.6.0 requires python 3.7+