diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 17a4d4e9..62af6dcd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -39,15 +39,13 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 1
           repository: "pulp/pulp-openapi-generator"
           path: "pulp-openapi-generator"
-      - name: "Install python dependencies"
-        run: |
-          uv pip install build packaging twine wheel mkdocs jq
       - name: "Build package"
         run: |
-          python3 -m build
-          twine check dist/*
+          uv build
+          uvx twine check dist/*
       - name: "Install built packages"
         run: |
+          # This seems to be the only way to inject the constraints file.
           uv pip install dist/pulp_catdog-*-py3-none-any.whl -c .ci/assets/ci_constraints.txt
       - name: "Generate api specs"
         run: |
@@ -89,15 +87,6 @@ jobs:
           if-no-files-found: "error"
           retention-days: 5
           overwrite: true
-      - name: "Upload python client docs"
-        uses: "actions/upload-artifact@v7"
-        with:
-          name: "python-client-docs.tar"
-          path: |
-            pulp_catdog/catdog-python-client-docs.tar
-          if-no-files-found: "error"
-          retention-days: 5
-          overwrite: true
       - name: "Build Ruby bindings packages"
         run: |
           .github/workflows/scripts/build_ruby_client.sh
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 3b9646d4..5231c4d5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
           path: "plugin_template"
       - uses: "actions/setup-python@v6"
         with:
-          python-version: "3.11"
+          python-version: "3.12"
       - name: "Install uv"
         uses: "astral-sh/setup-uv@v7"
         with:
@@ -34,9 +34,7 @@ jobs:
           .ci/bootstrap_catdog.sh
 
       # Below this line we include the steps of the ci workflow of the generated plugin
-      - name: "Install python dependencies"
-        run: |
-          uv pip install requests pygithub pyyaml
+
       - name: "Check commit message"
         # This will fail for our fake plugin
         if: false
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index 4d49ab66..40cafdb7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -37,9 +37,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: "Lint plugin_template"
         working-directory: "plugin_template"
         run: |
-          uv pip install ruff
-          ruff format --check --diff plugin-template utils.py
-          ruff check plugin-template utils.py
+          uvx ruff format --check --diff plugin-template utils.py
+          uvx ruff check plugin-template utils.py
       - name: "Bootstrap catdog plugin"
         working-directory: "plugin_template"
         run: |
@@ -55,7 +54,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           yamllint -s -d '{extends: relaxed, rules: {line-length: disable}}' .github/workflows
 
-      - name: "Check formatting"
+      - name: "Check formating"
         run: |
           ruff format --check --diff
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sanity.yml b/.github/workflows/sanity.yml
index 08ac2a54..c84a8ffe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sanity.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sanity.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: "actions/setup-python@v6"
         with:
-          python-version: "3.11"
+          python-version: "3.12"
 
       - name: "Install uv"
         uses: "astral-sh/setup-uv@v7"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index e9245259..b65771a4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -38,8 +38,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: "actions/setup-python@v6"
         with:
-          python-version: "3.11"
-
+          python-version: "3.12"
       - name: "Install uv"
         uses: "astral-sh/setup-uv@v7"
         with:
@@ -86,7 +85,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: "Install python dependencies"
         run: |
-          uv pip install build towncrier twine wheel httpie docker netaddr boto3 'ansible~=10.3.0' mkdocs jq jsonpatch bump-my-version
+          uv pip install httpie docker netaddr boto3 'ansible~=10.3.0' mkdocs jsonpatch
           echo "HTTPIE_CONFIG_DIR=$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/pulp_catdog/.ci/assets/httpie/" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: "Set environment variables"
@@ -150,7 +149,7 @@ jobs:
         if: always()
         run: |
           echo "Need to debug? Please check: https://github.com/marketplace/actions/debugging-with-tmate"
-          http --timeout 30 --check-status --pretty format --print hb "https://pulp${PULP_API_ROOT}api/v3/status/" || true
+          pulp status || true
           docker images || true
           docker ps -a || true
           docker logs pulp || true
diff --git a/templates/github/.ci/assets/ci_constraints.txt b/templates/github/.ci/assets/ci_constraints.txt
index 3380502b..2b7015ff 100644
--- a/templates/github/.ci/assets/ci_constraints.txt
+++ b/templates/github/.ci/assets/ci_constraints.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Pulpcore versions without the openapi command do no longer work in the CI
 # Pulpcore versions without the django 5 storage compatibility will fail, >3.63,<3.70
-pulpcore>=3.21.30,!=3.23.*,!=3.24.*,!=3.25.*,!=3.26.*,!=3.27.*,!=3.29.*,!=3.30.*,!=3.31.*,!=3.32.*,!=3.33.*,!=3.34.*,!=3.35.*,!=3.36.*,!=3.37.*,!=3.38.*,!=3.40.*,!=3.41.*,!=3.42.*,!=3.43.*,!=3.44.*,!=3.45.*,!=3.46.*,!=3.47.*,!=3.48.*,!=3.50.*,!=3.51.*,!=3.52.*,!=3.53.*,!=3.54.*,!=3.64.*,!=3.65.*,!=3.66.*,!=3.67.*,!=3.68.*,!=3.69.*
+pulpcore>=3.49.0,!=3.50.*,!=3.51.*,!=3.52.*,!=3.53.*,!=3.54.*,!=3.64.*,!=3.65.*,!=3.66.*,!=3.67.*,!=3.68.*,!=3.69.*
 
 
 tablib!=3.6.0
diff --git a/templates/github/.ci/scripts/skip_tests.py b/templates/github/.ci/scripts/skip_tests.py
index a68d000d..3106f4af 100755
--- a/templates/github/.ci/scripts/skip_tests.py
+++ b/templates/github/.ci/scripts/skip_tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
+# /// script
+# requires-python = ">=3.12"
+# dependencies = [
+#     "gitpython>=3.1.62",
+# ]
+# ///
 """
 skip_tests.py - Check if only documentation files were changed in a git branch
 
@@ -18,10 +24,11 @@
 import sys
 import os
 import re
-import git
 import textwrap
 import argparse
 
+import git
+
 DOC_PATTERNS = [
     r"^docs/",
     r"\.md$",
diff --git a/templates/github/.ci/scripts/validate_commit_message.py b/templates/github/.ci/scripts/validate_commit_message.py
index a4dc9004..f5207a3a 100644
--- a/templates/github/.ci/scripts/validate_commit_message.py
+++ b/templates/github/.ci/scripts/validate_commit_message.py
@@ -1,14 +1,22 @@
 # This file is managed by the plugin template.
 # Do not edit.
 
+# /// script
+# requires-python = ">=3.12"
+# dependencies = [
+#     "pygithub",
+#     "pyyaml",
+# ]
+# ///
+
 import os
 import re
 import subprocess
 import sys
 import tomllib
-import yaml
 from pathlib import Path
 
+import yaml
 from github import Github
 
 
diff --git a/templates/github/.github/workflows/build.yml.j2 b/templates/github/.github/workflows/build.yml.j2
index 68d732c1..ac0c3921 100644
--- a/templates/github/.github/workflows/build.yml.j2
+++ b/templates/github/.github/workflows/build.yml.j2
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ jobs:
       {{ checkout(path=plugin_name) | indent(6) }}
       {{ checkout(repository="pulp/pulp-openapi-generator", path="pulp-openapi-generator") | indent(6) }}
       {{ setup_python() | indent(6) }}
-      {{ install_python_deps(["build", "packaging", "twine", "wheel", "mkdocs", "jq"]) | indent(6) }}
       {%- if os_required_packages %}
       - name: "Install OS packages"
         run: |
@@ -34,10 +33,11 @@ jobs:
       {%- endif %}
       - name: "Build package"
         run: |
-          python3 -m build
-          twine check dist/*
+          uv build
+          uvx twine check dist/*
       - name: "Install built packages"
         run: |
+          # This seems to be the only way to inject the constraints file.
           uv pip install dist/{{ plugin_name | snake }}-*-py3-none-any.whl -c .ci/assets/ci_constraints.txt
       - name: "Generate api specs"
         run: |
@@ -78,17 +78,6 @@ jobs:
           if-no-files-found: "error"
           retention-days: 5
           overwrite: true
-      - name: "Upload python client docs"
-        uses: "actions/upload-artifact@v7"
-        with:
-          name: "python-client-docs.tar"
-          path: |
-            {%- for plugin in plugins %}
-            {{ plugin_name }}/{{ plugin.app_label }}-python-client-docs.tar
-            {%- endfor %}
-          if-no-files-found: "error"
-          retention-days: 5
-          overwrite: true
       {%- if deploy_client_to_rubygems %}
       {{ run_script(name="Build Ruby bindings packages", file="build_ruby_client.sh") | indent(6) }}
       - name: "Upload Ruby client"
diff --git a/templates/github/.github/workflows/ci.yml.j2 b/templates/github/.github/workflows/ci.yml.j2
index c3edeb3b..23e40b51 100644
--- a/templates/github/.github/workflows/ci.yml.j2
+++ b/templates/github/.github/workflows/ci.yml.j2
@@ -22,21 +22,17 @@ defaults:
     working-directory: "{{ plugin_name }}"
 
 jobs:
-  {%- if check_commit_message or lint_requirements %}
+  {%- if check_commit_message %}
   check-commits:
     runs-on: "ubuntu-latest"
     steps:
       {{ checkout(depth=0, path=plugin_name) | indent(6) }}
-      {{ setup_python() | indent(6) }}
-      {%- if check_commit_message %}
-      {{ install_python_deps(["requests", "pygithub", "pyyaml"]) | indent(6) }}
+      {{ setup_python(pyversion="3.12") | indent(6) }}
       - name: "Check commit message"
-        if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
         env:
           {{ set_env_vars() | indent(10) }}
         run: |
           .github/workflows/scripts/check_commit.sh
-      {%- endif %}
   {%- endif %}
 
   check-changes:
@@ -49,9 +45,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       {{ checkout(depth=0, path=plugin_name) | indent(6) }}
 
-      {{ setup_python() | indent(6) }}
-
-      {{ install_python_deps(["gitpython"]) | indent(6) }}
+      {{ setup_python(pyversion="3.12") | indent(6) }}
 
       - name: "Analyze changed files"
         id: "check"
@@ -68,7 +62,7 @@ jobs:
           BASE_REF={{ "${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha }}" }}
           echo "Checking against:"
           git name-rev $BASE_REF
-          python3 .ci/scripts/skip_tests.py . $BASE_REF
+          uv run --script .ci/scripts/skip_tests.py . $BASE_REF
           exit_code=$?
           if [ $exit_code -ne 0 ] && [ $exit_code -ne 1 ]; then
             echo "Error: skip_tests.py returned unexpected exit code $exit_code"
diff --git a/templates/github/.github/workflows/pr_checks.yml.j2 b/templates/github/.github/workflows/pr_checks.yml.j2
index 6e9a71cc..09042b37 100644
--- a/templates/github/.github/workflows/pr_checks.yml.j2
+++ b/templates/github/.github/workflows/pr_checks.yml.j2
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: "Determine PR labels"
         run: |
           {%- raw %}
-          uv pip install GitPython==3.1.42
           git fetch origin ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
           uv run --script .ci/scripts/pr_labels.py "origin/${{ github.base_ref }}" "${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
           {%- endraw %}
diff --git a/templates/github/.github/workflows/sanity.yml.j2 b/templates/github/.github/workflows/sanity.yml.j2
index 9957e9fe..cf199eeb 100644
--- a/templates/github/.github/workflows/sanity.yml.j2
+++ b/templates/github/.github/workflows/sanity.yml.j2
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       {{ checkout(path=plugin_name) | indent(6) }}
 
-      {{ setup_python() | indent(6) }}
+      {{ setup_python(pyversion="3.12") | indent(6) }}
 
       {{ install_python_deps(["-r", "lint_requirements.txt"]) | indent(6) }}
 
diff --git a/templates/github/.github/workflows/scripts/before_install.sh.j2 b/templates/github/.github/workflows/scripts/before_install.sh.j2
index 9db7e055..6c3f6449 100755
--- a/templates/github/.github/workflows/scripts/before_install.sh.j2
+++ b/templates/github/.github/workflows/scripts/before_install.sh.j2
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ if [ -f .github/workflows/scripts/pre_before_install.sh ]; then
   source .github/workflows/scripts/pre_before_install.sh
 fi
 
-COMPONENT_VERSION="$(bump-my-version show current_version | tail -n -1 | python -c 'from packaging.version import Version; print(Version(input()))')"
+{# This is common for both setup.py and pyproject.toml based branches.
+project.version may be the more canonical place once this transition is complete. -#}
+COMPONENT_VERSION="$(python -c 'import tomllib; from packaging.version import Version; print(Version(tomllib.load(open("pyproject.toml", "rb"))["tool"]["bumpversion"]["current_version"]))')"
 COMPONENT_SOURCE="./{{ plugin_name }}/dist/{{ plugin_name | snake }}-${COMPONENT_VERSION}-py3-none-any.whl"
 
 {%- set PULPCORE_PREFIX = "" if plugin_name == "pulpcore" else " pulpcore" %}
diff --git a/templates/github/.github/workflows/scripts/build_python_client.sh.j2 b/templates/github/.github/workflows/scripts/build_python_client.sh.j2
index b2b6a0d2..a0ad2650 100755
--- a/templates/github/.github/workflows/scripts/build_python_client.sh.j2
+++ b/templates/github/.github/workflows/scripts/build_python_client.sh.j2
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 # This script expects all <app_label>-api.json files to exist in the plugins root directory.
-# It produces a <app_label>-python-client.tar and <app_label>-python-client-docs.tar file in the plugins root directory.
+# It produces a <app_label>-python-client.tar file in the plugins root directory.
 
 {% include 'header.j2' %}
 
@@ -17,35 +17,12 @@ rm -rf "{{ plugin.name | snake }}-client"
 ./gen-client.sh "../{{ plugin_name }}/{{ plugin.app_label }}-api.json" "{{ plugin.app_label }}" python "{{ plugin.name | snake }}"
 
 pushd {{ plugin.name | snake }}-client
-python -m build
-
-twine check "dist/{{ plugin.name | snake }}_client-"*"-py3-none-any.whl"
-twine check "dist/{{ plugin.name | snake }}_client-"*".tar.gz"
 
+uv build
+uvx twine check "dist/{{ plugin.name | snake }}_client-"*"-py3-none-any.whl"
+uvx twine check "dist/{{ plugin.name | snake }}_client-"*".tar.gz"
 tar cvf "../../{{ plugin_name }}/{{ plugin.app_label }}-python-client.tar" ./dist
 
-find ./docs/* -exec sed -i 's/Back to README/Back to HOME/g' {} \;
-find ./docs/* -exec sed -i 's/README//g' {} \;
-cp README.md docs/index.md
-sed -i 's/docs\///g' docs/index.md
-find ./docs/* -exec sed -i 's/\.md//g' {} \;
-
-cat >> mkdocs.yml << DOCSYAML
----
-site_name: {{ plugin.name | camel }} Client
-site_description: {{ plugin.app_label | camel }} bindings
-site_author: Pulp Team
-site_url: https://docs.pulpproject.org/{{ plugin.name | snake }}_client/
-repo_name: {{ github_org }}/{{ plugin.name | snake }}
-repo_url: https://github.com/{{ github_org }}/{{ plugin.name | snake }}
-theme: readthedocs
-DOCSYAML
-
-# Building the bindings docs
-mkdocs build
-
-# Pack the built site.
-tar cvf ../../{{ plugin_name }}/{{ plugin.app_label }}-python-client-docs.tar ./site
 popd
 {%- endfor %}
 popd
diff --git a/templates/github/.github/workflows/scripts/check_commit.sh.j2 b/templates/github/.github/workflows/scripts/check_commit.sh.j2
index 816f786b..709594b9 100755
--- a/templates/github/.github/workflows/scripts/check_commit.sh.j2
+++ b/templates/github/.github/workflows/scripts/check_commit.sh.j2
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ set -euv
 
 for SHA in $(curl -H "Authorization: token $GITHUB_TOKEN" "$GITHUB_CONTEXT" | jq -r '.[].sha')
 do
-  python3 .ci/scripts/validate_commit_message.py "$SHA"
+  uv run --script .ci/scripts/validate_commit_message.py "$SHA"
 done
diff --git a/templates/github/.github/workflows/scripts/script.sh.j2 b/templates/github/.github/workflows/scripts/script.sh.j2
index 4775576d..2092dac4 100755
--- a/templates/github/.github/workflows/scripts/script.sh.j2
+++ b/templates/github/.github/workflows/scripts/script.sh.j2
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ pushd ../pulp-openapi-generator
       rm -rf "./${PACKAGE}-client"
       ./gen-client.sh "${COMPONENT}-api.json" "${COMPONENT}" python "${PACKAGE}"
       pushd "${PACKAGE}-client"
-        python -m build
+        uv build
       popd
     else
       if [ ! -f "${PACKAGE}-client/dist/${PACKAGE}_client-${VERSION}-py3-none-any.whl" ]
diff --git a/templates/github/.github/workflows/scripts/update_backport_labels.py.j2 b/templates/github/.github/workflows/scripts/update_backport_labels.py.j2
index 9b36875c..6bb3e528 100644
--- a/templates/github/.github/workflows/scripts/update_backport_labels.py.j2
+++ b/templates/github/.github/workflows/scripts/update_backport_labels.py.j2
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 {% include 'header.j2' %}
 
+# /// script
+# requires-python = ">=3.12"
+# dependencies = [
+#     "pyyaml",
+#     "requests",
+# ]
+# ///
+
+# This script is running with elevated privileges from the main branch against pull requests.
+
 import requests
 import yaml
 import random
diff --git a/templates/github/.github/workflows/test.yml.j2 b/templates/github/.github/workflows/test.yml.j2
index 5f171fa9..34cd65e9 100644
--- a/templates/github/.github/workflows/test.yml.j2
+++ b/templates/github/.github/workflows/test.yml.j2
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
 
       {{ checkout(repository="pulp/pulp-openapi-generator", path="pulp-openapi-generator") | indent(6) }}
 
-      {{ setup_python() | indent(6) }}
+      {{ setup_python(pyversion="3.12") | indent(6) }}
 
       - name: "Download plugin package"
         uses: "actions/download-artifact@v8"
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ jobs:
           {%- endfor %}
       {%- endif %}
 
-      {{ install_python_deps(["build", "towncrier", "twine", "wheel", "httpie", "docker", "netaddr", "boto3", "ansible~=10.3.0", "mkdocs", "jq", "jsonpatch", "bump-my-version"]) | indent(6) }}
+      {{ install_python_deps(["httpie", "docker", "netaddr", "boto3", "ansible~=10.3.0", "mkdocs", "jsonpatch"]) | indent(6) }}
 
       {{ setup_env() | indent(6) }}
 
diff --git a/templates/github/.github/workflows/update-labels.yml.j2 b/templates/github/.github/workflows/update-labels.yml.j2
index a8510e95..91274467 100644
--- a/templates/github/.github/workflows/update-labels.yml.j2
+++ b/templates/github/.github/workflows/update-labels.yml.j2
@@ -21,13 +21,12 @@ jobs:
   update_backport_labels:
     runs-on: "ubuntu-latest"
     steps:
-      {{ setup_python() | indent(6) }}
+      {{ setup_python(pyversion="3.12") | indent(6) }}
       {{ configure_git() | indent(6) }}
-      {{ install_python_deps(["requests", "pyyaml"]) | indent(6) }}
       - uses: "actions/checkout@v6"
       - name: "Update labels"
         run: |
-          python3 .github/workflows/scripts/update_backport_labels.py
+          uv run --script .github/workflows/scripts/update_backport_labels.py
         env:
           {%- raw %}
           GITHUB_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.RELEASE_TOKEN }}"