diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/build-publish.yml
index b146f9c..ef6c494 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-publish.yml
@@ -10,22 +10,19 @@ on:
 jobs:
   build:
     name: Build package
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04  # Provides system Python 3.10
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       # We use Python 3.10 here because it's the minimum Python version supported by this library.
-      - name: Setup Python 3.10
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      - name: setup Python v3.10 with uv
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v6
         with:
           python-version: '3.10'
 
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: pip install --upgrade pip build
-
       - name: Build package
-        run: python -m build
+        run: uv build
 
       - name: Upload build artifacts
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
@@ -33,39 +30,10 @@ jobs:
           name: dist_packages
           path: dist/
 
-  test:
-    # This job tests the built package by installing it via pip and running unit tests (without tox).
-    name: Test package
-    needs: build
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: setup Python v3.10 with uv
-        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v6
-        with:
-          python-version: '3.10'
-
-      - name: install packages
-        run: uv pip install -r pyproject.toml --extra testing
-
-      - name: Download build artifacts
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          name: dist_packages
-          path: dist/
-
-      - name: Install built package
-        run: pip install dist/xml2python-*.whl
-
-      - name: Run unit tests
-        run: python -m pytest
-
   publish:
     name: Publish package
-    needs: test
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: build
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
 
     steps:
       - name: Download build artifacts
@@ -78,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: AButler/upload-release-assets@v3.0
         with:
           files: dist/*
-          repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          repo-token: ${{ secrets.PYPI_API_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Publish package to PyPI
         uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@v1.12.4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint-test.yml b/.github/workflows/lint-test.yml
index 4bb7040..e252e08 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint-test.yml
@@ -8,8 +8,25 @@ on:
   workflow_call:
 
 jobs:
+  prepare:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04  # Provides system Python 3.10
+    steps:
+      - name: checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: setup Python v3.10 with uv
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v6
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.10'
+          enable-cache: true
+
+      - name: install packages
+        run: uv venv && uv pip install -r pyproject.toml --extra testing
+
+
   lint:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04  # Provides system Python 3.10
+    needs: prepare
 
     steps:
     - name: checkout
@@ -19,18 +36,20 @@ jobs:
       uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v6
       with:
         python-version: '3.10'
+        enable-cache: true
 
     - name: install packages
-      run: uv pip install -r pyproject.toml --extra testing
+      run: uv venv && uv pip install -r pyproject.toml --extra testing
 
     - name: lint using ruff
-      run: ruff check --output-format github ./src ./tests
+      run: uv run ruff check --output-format github ./src ./tests
 
     - name: format check using ruff
-      run: ruff format --check ./src ./tests
+      run: uv run ruff format --check ./src ./tests
 
   test:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04  # Provides system Python 3.10
+    needs: prepare
 
     steps:
 
@@ -41,9 +60,10 @@ jobs:
       uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v6
       with:
         python-version: '3.10'
+        enable-cache: true
 
     - name: install packages
-      run: uv pip install -r pyproject.toml --extra testing
+      run: uv venv && uv pip install -r pyproject.toml --extra testing
 
     - name: run pytest
-      run: python -m pytest tests
+      run: uv run pytest tests
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8ad7fee..22d57d5 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ source = "uv-dynamic-versioning"
 [tool.hatch.build.hooks.version]
 path = "src/xml2python/_version.py"
 template = '''
-version = "{version}"
+version = '{version}'
 '''
 
 [tool.uv-dynamic-versioning]