diff --git a/.github/workflows/prep-release.yml b/.github/workflows/prep-release.yml
index 396330bb9..c84d5eba1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/prep-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/prep-release.yml
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ jobs:
       contents: write
     steps:
       - uses: jupyterlab/maintainer-tools/.github/actions/base-setup@v1
+        with:
+          node_version: "none"
+          python_package_manager: "uv pip"
 
       - name: Prep Release
         id: prep-release
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-changelog.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-changelog.yml
index 7d3d4b909..213d018ef 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-changelog.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-changelog.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ jobs:
     environment: release
     steps:
       - uses: jupyterlab/maintainer-tools/.github/actions/base-setup@v1
+        with:
+          node_version: "none"
+          python_package_manager: "uv pip"
 
       - uses: actions/create-github-app-token@v3
         id: app-token
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-release.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-release.yml
index 6df5d8319..81937c408 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-release.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ jobs:
       id-token: write
     steps:
       - uses: jupyterlab/maintainer-tools/.github/actions/base-setup@v1
+        with:
+          node_version: "none"
+          python_package_manager: "uv pip"
 
       - uses: actions/create-github-app-token@v3
         id: app-token
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 6867250c8..bdcf3f07e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -24,18 +24,26 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macos-latest]
-        python-version: ["3.10", "3.13", "3.14", "3.14t"]
+        python-version: ["3.10", "3.13", "3.14"]
         include:
           - os: ubuntu-latest
             python-version: "3.11"
           - os: ubuntu-latest
             python-version: "3.12"
+          # Free-threaded builds aren't in the runner tool cache and are
+          # expensive to provision on Windows/macOS (~73s vs ~23s on Linux),
+          # so exercise 3.14t on Linux only.
+          - os: ubuntu-latest
+            python-version: "3.14t"
           - os: ubuntu-latest
             python-version: "pypy-3.11"
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v7
       - uses: jupyterlab/maintainer-tools/.github/actions/base-setup@v1
+        with:
+          node_version: "none"
+          python_package_manager: "uv pip"
       - name: Run Tests
         run: hatch run cov:test
       - uses: jupyterlab/maintainer-tools/.github/actions/upload-coverage@v1
@@ -58,6 +66,8 @@ jobs:
         uses: jupyterlab/maintainer-tools/.github/actions/base-setup@v1
         with:
           dependency_type: minimum
+          node_version: "none"
+          python_package_manager: "uv pip"
       - name: Run the unit tests
         run: |
           hatch run test:nowarn || hatch -v run test:nowarn --lf
@@ -68,6 +78,9 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v7
       - uses: jupyterlab/maintainer-tools/.github/actions/base-setup@v1
+        with:
+          node_version: "none"
+          python_package_manager: "uv pip"
       - name: Run Linters
         run: |
           hatch run typing:test
@@ -81,6 +94,9 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v7
       - uses: jupyterlab/maintainer-tools/.github/actions/base-setup@v1
+        with:
+          node_version: "none"
+          python_package_manager: "uv pip"
       - name: Build the docs
         run: hatch run docs:build
 
@@ -95,6 +111,8 @@ jobs:
         uses: jupyterlab/maintainer-tools/.github/actions/base-setup@v1
         with:
           dependency_type: pre
+          node_version: "none"
+          python_package_manager: "uv pip"
       - name: Run the tests
         run: |
           hatch run test:nowarn || hatch run test:nowarn --lf
@@ -106,6 +124,9 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v7
       - uses: jupyterlab/maintainer-tools/.github/actions/base-setup@v1
+        with:
+          node_version: "none"
+          python_package_manager: "uv pip"
       - uses: jupyterlab/maintainer-tools/.github/actions/make-sdist@v1
 
   test_sdist:
@@ -115,6 +136,9 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 20
     steps:
       - uses: jupyterlab/maintainer-tools/.github/actions/base-setup@v1
+        with:
+          node_version: "none"
+          python_package_manager: "uv pip"
       - uses: jupyterlab/maintainer-tools/.github/actions/test-sdist@v1
 
   check_links:
@@ -122,6 +146,9 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 10
     steps:
       - uses: jupyterlab/maintainer-tools/.github/actions/base-setup@v1
+        with:
+          node_version: "none"
+          python_package_manager: "uv pip"
       - uses: jupyterlab/maintainer-tools/.github/actions/check-links@v1
 
   check_release:
@@ -131,6 +158,9 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v7
       - name: Base Setup
         uses: jupyterlab/maintainer-tools/.github/actions/base-setup@v1
+        with:
+          node_version: "none"
+          python_package_manager: "uv pip"
       - name: Install Dependencies
         run: |
           pip install -e .