diff --git a/requirements-swh.txt b/requirements-swh.txt
index 6bf26fe..9435602 100644
--- a/requirements-swh.txt
+++ b/requirements-swh.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 swh.core[db,github] >= 2.22.0
-swh.scheduler >= 0.8
+swh.scheduler >= 1.12.0
diff --git a/swh/lister/cli.py b/swh/lister/cli.py
index 028e251..db24789 100644
--- a/swh/lister/cli.py
+++ b/swh/lister/cli.py
@@ -69,6 +69,14 @@ def run(ctx, lister, options):
     if options:
         config.update(parse_options(options)[1])
 
+    if "scheduler" not in config:
+        logger.warning(
+            "No scheduler configuration detected, using a temporary instance "
+            "with postgresql backend instead."
+        )
+
+        config["scheduler"] = {"cls": "temporary"}
+
     get_lister(lister, **config).run()