diff --git a/.ci/scripts/skip_tests.py b/.ci/scripts/skip_tests.py
index 2a21a723..a68d000d 100755
--- a/.ci/scripts/skip_tests.py
+++ b/.ci/scripts/skip_tests.py
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 DOC_PATTERNS = [
     r"^docs/",
     r"\.md$",
-    r"\.txt$",
     r"LICENSE.*",
     r"CHANGELOG.*",
     r"CHANGES.*",
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index a7817dfa..0e9afb1f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
       run_tests: ${{ steps.check.outputs.run_tests }}
+      run_docs: ${{ steps.check.outputs.run_docs }}
     steps:
       - uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
         with:
@@ -67,6 +68,13 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash
         id: check
         run: |
+          # We only test docs on the default branch (usually main)
+          if [[ "${{ github.base_ref }}" == *"main" ]]; then
+            echo "run_docs=1" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          else
+            echo "run_docs=0" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          fi
+
           set +e
           BASE_REF=${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha }}
           echo "Checking against:"
@@ -80,7 +88,10 @@ jobs:
           echo "run_tests=$exit_code" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
   docs:
+    needs: "check-changes"
     uses: "./.github/workflows/docs.yml"
+    with:
+      run_docs: ${{ needs.check-changes.outputs.run_docs }}
 
   lint:
     needs:
@@ -133,13 +144,30 @@ jobs:
       - name: "Collect needed jobs results"
         working-directory: "."
         run: |
-          if [ ${{ needs.check-changes.outputs.run_tests }} == "1" ]; then
-            # Full test run - check all jobs
-            echo '${{toJson(needs)}}' | jq -r 'to_entries[]|select(.value.result!="success")|.key + ": " + .value.result'
-            echo '${{toJson(needs)}}' | jq -e 'to_entries|map(select(.value.result!="success"))|length == 0'
-          else
-            # Docs-only run - check only required jobs (exclude lint and test)
-            echo '${{toJson(needs)}}' | jq -r 'to_entries[]|select(.key != "lint" and .key != "test")|select(.value.result!="success")|.key + ": " + .value.result'
-            echo '${{toJson(needs)}}' | jq -e 'to_entries|map(select(.key != "lint" and .key != "test"))|map(select(.value.result!="success"))|length == 0'
+          RUN_TESTS=${{ needs.check-changes.outputs.run_tests }}
+          RUN_DOCS=${{ needs.check-changes.outputs.run_docs }}
+
+          check_jobs() {
+            local filter="$1"
+            local needs_json='${{toJson(needs)}}'
+            # output failed jobs after filter
+            echo "$needs_json" | jq -r "to_entries[]|select($filter)|select(.value.result!=\"success\")|.key + \": \" + .value.result"
+            # fails if not all selected jobs passed
+            echo "$needs_json" | jq -e "to_entries|map(select($filter))|map(select(.value.result!=\"success\"))|length == 0"
+          }
+
+          if [ "$RUN_TESTS" == "1" ] && [ "$RUN_DOCS" == "1" ]; then
+            FILTERS="true"  # check all jobs
+          elif [ "$RUN_TESTS" == "1" ] && [ "$RUN_DOCS" == "0" ]; then
+            echo "Skipping docs: running on non-default branch"
+            FILTERS='.key != "docs"'
+          elif [ "$RUN_TESTS" == "0" ] && [ "$RUN_DOCS" == "1" ]; then
+            echo "Skipping tests: only doc changes"
+            FILTERS='.key != "lint" and .key != "test"'
+          else  # RUN_TESTS=0, RUN_DOCS=0
+            echo "What is this PR doing??"
+            FILTERS='.key != "lint" and .key != "test" and .key != "docs"'
           fi
+
+          check_jobs "$FILTERS"
           echo "CI says: Looks good!"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
index 1f9fe5f0..9e16317d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
@@ -9,10 +9,14 @@
 name: "Docs CI"
 on:
   workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      run_docs:
+        description: "Whether to run docs jobs"
+        required: true
+        type: string
 
 jobs:
   changelog:
-    if: "endsWith(github.base_ref, 'main')"
     runs-on: "ubuntu-latest"
     defaults:
       run:
@@ -34,14 +38,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           towncrier build --yes --version 4.0.0.ci
   docs:
-    if: "endsWith(github.base_ref, 'main')"
+    if: ${{ inputs.run_docs == '1' }}
     uses: 'pulp/pulp-docs/.github/workflows/docs-ci.yml@main'
     with:
       pulpdocs_ref: 'main'
-
-  no-test:
-    if: "!endsWith(github.base_ref, 'main')"
-    runs-on: "ubuntu-latest"
-    steps:
-      - run: |
-          echo "Skip docs testing on non-default branches."
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index dbcd07a8..018013ad 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -167,8 +167,11 @@ jobs:
           pip install towncrier
 
       - name: "Get release notes"
-        id: get_release_notes
+        id: "get_release_notes"
+        shell: "bash"
         run: |
+          # The last commit before the release commit contains the release CHANGES fragments
+          git checkout "${TAG_NAME}~"
           NOTES=$(towncrier build --draft --version $TAG_NAME)
           echo "body<<EOF" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           echo "$NOTES" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/build_python_client.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/build_python_client.sh
index e86ffc29..9eb0def9 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/build_python_client.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/build_python_client.sh
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ rm -rf "pulp_python-client"
 ./gen-client.sh "../pulp_python/python-api.json" "python" python "pulp_python"
 
 pushd pulp_python-client
-python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel --python-tag py3
+python -m build
 
 twine check "dist/pulp_python_client-"*"-py3-none-any.whl"
-twine check "dist/pulp_python-client-"*".tar.gz"
+twine check "dist/pulp_python_client-"*".tar.gz"
 
 tar cvf "../../pulp_python/python-python-client.tar" ./dist
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/publish_client_pypi.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/publish_client_pypi.sh
index 144f2597..c5a4295c 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/publish_client_pypi.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/publish_client_pypi.sh
@@ -22,5 +22,5 @@ fi
 
 twine upload -u __token__ -p "${PYPI_API_TOKEN}" \
 "dist/pulp_python_client-${VERSION}-py3-none-any.whl" \
-"dist/pulp_python-client-${VERSION}.tar.gz" \
+"dist/pulp_python_client-${VERSION}.tar.gz" \
 ;
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/script.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/script.sh
index 00932968..0770527d 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/script.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/script.sh
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ pushd ../pulp-openapi-generator
       rm -rf "./${PACKAGE}-client"
       ./gen-client.sh "${COMPONENT}-api.json" "${COMPONENT}" python "${PACKAGE}"
       pushd "${PACKAGE}-client"
-        python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel --python-tag py3
+        python -m build
       popd
     else
       if [ ! -f "${PACKAGE}-client/dist/${PACKAGE}_client-${VERSION}-py3-none-any.whl" ]
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 02e0c673..7a244d25 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: "Install python dependencies"
         run: |
           echo ::group::PYDEPS
-          pip install towncrier twine wheel httpie docker netaddr boto3 'ansible~=10.3.0' mkdocs jq jsonpatch bump-my-version 'click<8.3'
+          pip install build towncrier twine wheel httpie docker netaddr boto3 'ansible~=10.3.0' mkdocs jq jsonpatch bump-my-version 'click<8.3'
           echo "HTTPIE_CONFIG_DIR=$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/pulp_python/.ci/assets/httpie/" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           echo ::endgroup::