diff --git a/.github/template_gitref b/.github/template_gitref
index eefaa803c..ab3a1dea1 100644
--- a/.github/template_gitref
+++ b/.github/template_gitref
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2021.08.26-282-g53132bb
+2021.08.26-292-gc6f5178
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 88659df8a..9e6f3a85c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -29,11 +29,13 @@ jobs:
       - name: "Install python dependencies"
         run: |
           echo ::group::PYDEPS
-          pip install packaging wheel
+          pip install packaging twine wheel
           echo ::endgroup::
       - name: "Build package"
-        run: "python3 setup.py sdist bdist_wheel --python-tag py3"
-      - name: 'Upload Package whl'
+        run: |
+          python3 setup.py sdist bdist_wheel --python-tag py3
+          twine check dist/*
+      - name: "Upload Package whl"
         uses: "actions/upload-artifact@v3"
         with:
           name: "plugin_package"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 81c1560e5..3da41760e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ defaults:
     working-directory: "pulp_deb"
 
 jobs:
-  ready-to-ship:
+  check-commits:
     runs-on: "ubuntu-latest"
     steps:
       - uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
@@ -75,3 +75,19 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           cat deprecations-*.txt | sort -u
           ! cat deprecations-*.txt | grep '[^[:space:]]'
+
+  ready-to-ship:
+    # This is a dummy dependent task to have a single entry for the branch protection rules.
+    runs-on: "ubuntu-latest"
+    needs:
+      - "check-commits"
+      - "lint"
+      - "test"
+    if: "always()"
+    steps:
+      - name: "Collect needed jobs results"
+        working-directory: "."
+        run: |
+          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'
+          echo "CI says: Looks good!"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
index ab512fa00..2d0c84641 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: "Install python dependencies"
         run: |
           echo ::group::PYDEPS
-          pip install requests packaging~=21.3 mkdocs pymdown-extensions Jinja2<3.1
+          pip install requests 'packaging~=21.3' mkdocs pymdown-extensions 'Jinja2<3.1'
           echo ::endgroup::
 
       - name: "Set environment variables"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 05b868371..08bbc0511 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: "Install python dependencies"
         run: |
           echo ::group::PYDEPS
-          pip install packaging~=21.3 bump2version gitpython towncrier wheel requests
+          pip install 'packaging~=21.3' bump2version gitpython towncrier wheel requests
           echo ::endgroup::
 
       - name: "Configure Git with pulpbot name and email"
@@ -51,29 +51,38 @@ jobs:
         env:
           SECRETS_CONTEXT: "${{ toJson(secrets) }}"
 
-      - name: Create the release commit, tag it, create a post-release commit, and build plugin package
-        run: python .github/workflows/scripts/release.py ${{ github.event.inputs.release }}
+      - name: "Create the release commit, tag it, create a post-release commit, and build plugin package"
+        run: |
+          python .github/workflows/scripts/release.py ${{ github.event.inputs.release }}
+
+      - name: "Upload Package whl"
+        uses: "actions/upload-artifact@v3"
+        with:
+          name: "plugin_package"
+          path: "pulp_deb/dist/"
+          if-no-files-found: "error"
 
       - name: "Tar files"
         run: |
           tar -cvf pulp_deb.tar .
 
       - name: "Upload Artifact"
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        uses: "actions/upload-artifact@v3"
         with:
           name: "pulp_deb.tar"
           path: "pulp_deb/pulp_deb.tar"
 
 
   build-bindings-docs:
-    needs: build-artifacts
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs:
+      - "build-artifacts"
+    runs-on: "ubuntu-latest"
     # Install scripts expect TEST to be set, 'docs' is most appropriate even though we don't run tests
     env:
-      TEST: docs
+      TEST: "docs"
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+      - uses: "actions/download-artifact@v3"
         with:
           name: "pulp_deb.tar"
           path: "pulp_deb/"
@@ -98,7 +107,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: "Install python dependencies"
         run: |
           echo ::group::PYDEPS
-          pip install towncrier twine wheel httpie docker netaddr boto3 ansible
+          pip install towncrier twine wheel httpie docker netaddr boto3 ansible mkdocs
           echo "HTTPIE_CONFIG_DIR=$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/pulp_deb/.ci/assets/httpie/" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           echo ::endgroup::
 
@@ -114,16 +123,15 @@ jobs:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
           GITHUB_CONTEXT: "${{ github.event.pull_request.commits_url }}"
 
-      - name: Install
+      - name: "Install"
         run: |
-          export PLUGIN_VERSION=${{ github.event.inputs.release }}
           .github/workflows/scripts/install.sh
+        shell: "bash"
         env:
           PY_COLORS: "1"
           ANSIBLE_FORCE_COLOR: "1"
           GITHUB_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
           GITHUB_CONTEXT: "${{ github.event.pull_request.commits_url }}"
-        shell: bash
 
       - name: "Install Python client"
         run: |
@@ -134,20 +142,20 @@ jobs:
           .github/workflows/scripts/install_ruby_client.sh
         shell: "bash"
       - name: "Upload python client packages"
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        uses: "actions/upload-artifact@v3"
         with:
           name: "python-client.tar"
           path: "pulp_deb/deb-python-client.tar"
           if-no-files-found: "error"
 
       - name: "Upload python client docs"
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        uses: "actions/upload-artifact@v3"
         with:
           name: "python-client-docs.tar"
           path: "pulp_deb/deb-python-client-docs.tar"
           if-no-files-found: "error"
       - name: "Upload ruby client packages"
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        uses: "actions/upload-artifact@v3"
         with:
           name: "ruby-client.tar"
           path: "pulp_deb/deb-ruby-client.tar"
@@ -178,71 +186,93 @@ jobs:
           docker exec pulp bash -c "pip3 list && pip3 install pipdeptree && pipdeptree"
 
 
-  publish:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: build-bindings-docs
+  publish-tag:
+    runs-on: "ubuntu-latest"
+    needs:
+      - "build-bindings-docs"
 
     env:
-      TEST: publish
-      GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      GITHUB_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+      - uses: "actions/download-artifact@v3"
         with:
           name: "pulp_deb.tar"
           path: "pulp_deb/"
 
-      - uses: "actions/setup-python@v4"
-        with:
-          python-version: "3.8"
-
-      - uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
-        with:
-          ruby-version: "2.6"
+      - name: "Untar repository"
+        run: |
+          tar -xf pulp_deb.tar
 
       - name: "Configure Git with pulpbot name and email"
         run: |
           git config --global user.name 'pulpbot'
           git config --global user.email 'pulp-infra@redhat.com'
 
-      - name: Untar repository
-        run: |
-          tar -xf pulp_deb.tar
-
       - name: "Setting secrets"
         run: |
           python3 .github/workflows/scripts/secrets.py "$SECRETS_CONTEXT"
         env:
           SECRETS_CONTEXT: "${{ toJson(secrets) }}"
 
+      - name: "Push branch and tag to GitHub"
+        run: |
+          bash .github/workflows/scripts/push_branch_and_tag_to_github.sh ${{ github.event.inputs.release }}
+  publish-package:
+    runs-on: "ubuntu-latest"
+    needs:
+      - "build-bindings-docs"
+      - "publish-tag"
+
+    env:
+      GITHUB_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 1
+          path: "pulp_deb"
+
+      - uses: "actions/download-artifact@v3"
+        with:
+          name: "plugin_package"
+          path: "pulp_deb/dist/"
+
+      - uses: "actions/setup-python@v4"
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.8"
+
       - name: "Install python dependencies"
         run: |
           echo ::group::PYDEPS
-          pip install twine gitpython requests packaging~=21.3 mkdocs pymdown-extensions Jinja2<3.1
+          pip install twine
           echo ::endgroup::
 
-      - name: Push branch and tag to GitHub
-        run: bash .github/workflows/scripts/push_branch_and_tag_to_github.sh ${{ github.event.inputs.release }}
-      - name: "Download built docs"
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
-        with:
-          name: "docs.tar"
-          path: "pulp_deb/"
+      - name: "Setting secrets"
+        run: |
+          python3 .github/workflows/scripts/secrets.py "$SECRETS_CONTEXT"
+        env:
+          SECRETS_CONTEXT: "${{ toJson(secrets) }}"
 
-      - name: "Download Python client docs"
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+      - name: "Deploy plugin to pypi"
+        run: |
+          .github/workflows/scripts/publish_plugin_pypi.sh ${{ github.event.inputs.release }}
+  publish-python-bindings:
+    runs-on: "ubuntu-latest"
+    needs:
+      - "build-bindings-docs"
+      - "publish-tag"
+    env:
+      GITHUB_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
         with:
-          name: "python-client-docs.tar"
-          path: "pulp_deb/"
+          fetch-depth: 1
+          path: "pulp_deb"
 
-      - name: Publish docs to pulpproject.org
-        run: |
-          tar -xvf docs.tar
-          .github/workflows/scripts/publish_docs.sh tag ${{ github.event.inputs.release }}
-      - name: Deploy plugin to pypi
-        run: bash .github/workflows/scripts/publish_plugin_pypi.sh ${{ github.event.inputs.release }}
       - name: "Download Python client"
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+        uses: "actions/download-artifact@v3"
         with:
           name: "python-client.tar"
           path: "pulp_deb/"
@@ -251,11 +281,42 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           tar -xvf deb-python-client.tar
 
+      - uses: "actions/setup-python@v4"
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.8"
+
+      - name: "Install python dependencies"
+        run: |
+          echo ::group::PYDEPS
+          pip install twine
+          echo ::endgroup::
+
+      - name: "Setting secrets"
+        run: |
+          python3 .github/workflows/scripts/secrets.py "$SECRETS_CONTEXT"
+        env:
+          SECRETS_CONTEXT: "${{ toJson(secrets) }}"
+
       - name: "Publish client to pypi"
         run: |
-          bash .github/workflows/scripts/publish_client_pypi.sh
+          bash .github/workflows/scripts/publish_client_pypi.sh ${{ github.event.inputs.release }}
+  publish-ruby-bindings:
+    runs-on: "ubuntu-latest"
+    needs:
+      - "build-bindings-docs"
+      - "publish-tag"
+
+    env:
+      GITHUB_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 1
+          path: "pulp_deb"
+
       - name: "Download Ruby client"
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+        uses: "actions/download-artifact@v3"
         with:
           name: "ruby-client.tar"
           path: "pulp_deb/"
@@ -264,14 +325,82 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           tar -xvf deb-ruby-client.tar
 
+      - uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
+        with:
+          ruby-version: "2.6"
+
+      - name: "Setting secrets"
+        run: |
+          python3 .github/workflows/scripts/secrets.py "$SECRETS_CONTEXT"
+        env:
+          SECRETS_CONTEXT: "${{ toJson(secrets) }}"
+
       - name: "Publish client to rubygems"
         run: |
-          bash .github/workflows/scripts/publish_client_gem.sh
+          bash .github/workflows/scripts/publish_client_gem.sh ${{ github.event.inputs.release }}
+  publish-docs:
+    runs-on: "ubuntu-latest"
+    needs:
+      - "build-bindings-docs"
+      - "publish-tag"
+
+    env:
+      GITHUB_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 1
+          path: "pulp_deb"
+
+      - uses: "actions/setup-python@v4"
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.8"
+
+      - name: "Install python dependencies"
+        run: |
+          echo ::group::PYDEPS
+          pip install 'packaging~=21.3' requests
+          echo ::endgroup::
+
+      - name: "Setting secrets"
+        run: |
+          python3 .github/workflows/scripts/secrets.py "$SECRETS_CONTEXT"
+        env:
+          SECRETS_CONTEXT: "${{ toJson(secrets) }}"
 
-      - name: Create release on GitHub
-        uses: actions/github-script@v7
+      - name: "Download built docs"
+        uses: "actions/download-artifact@v3"
+        with:
+          name: "docs.tar"
+          path: "pulp_deb/"
+
+      - name: "Download Python client docs"
+        uses: "actions/download-artifact@v3"
+        with:
+          name: "python-client-docs.tar"
+          path: "pulp_deb/"
+
+      - name: "Publish docs to pulpproject.org"
+        run: |
+          tar -xvf docs.tar
+          .github/workflows/scripts/publish_docs.sh tag ${{ github.event.inputs.release }}
+
+  create-gh-release:
+    runs-on: "ubuntu-latest"
+    needs:
+      - "build-bindings-docs"
+      - "publish-tag"
+      - "publish-package"
+      - "publish-python-bindings"
+      - "publish-ruby-bindings"
+      - "publish-docs"
+
+    steps:
+      - name: "Create release on GitHub"
+        uses: "actions/github-script@v7"
         env:
-          TAG_NAME: ${{ inputs.release }}
+          TAG_NAME: "${{ inputs.release }}"
         with:
           script: |
             const { TAG_NAME } = process.env;
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/install_python_client.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/install_python_client.sh
index c04ba9ea6..219d260d4 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/install_python_client.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/install_python_client.sh
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ rm -rf pulp_deb-client
 pushd pulp_deb-client
 python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel --python-tag py3
 
-twine check "dist/pulp_deb_client-$VERSION-py3-none-any.whl" || exit 1
-twine check "dist/pulp_deb-client-$VERSION.tar.gz" || exit 1
+twine check "dist/pulp_deb_client-$VERSION-py3-none-any.whl"
+twine check "dist/pulp_deb-client-$VERSION.tar.gz"
 
 cmd_prefix pip3 install "/root/pulp-openapi-generator/pulp_deb-client/dist/pulp_deb_client-${VERSION}-py3-none-any.whl"
 tar cvf ../../pulp_deb/deb-python-client.tar ./dist
@@ -37,6 +37,22 @@ find ./docs/* -exec sed -i 's/README//g' {} \;
 cp README.md docs/index.md
 sed -i 's/docs\///g' docs/index.md
 find ./docs/* -exec sed -i 's/\.md//g' {} \;
-tar cvf ../../pulp_deb/deb-python-client-docs.tar ./docs
+
+cat >> mkdocs.yml << DOCSYAML
+---
+site_name: PulpDeb Client
+site_description: Deb bindings
+site_author: Pulp Team
+site_url: https://docs.pulpproject.org/pulp_deb_client/
+repo_name: pulp/pulp_deb
+repo_url: https://github.com/pulp/pulp_deb
+theme: readthedocs
+DOCSYAML
+
+# Building the bindings docs
+mkdocs build
+
+# Pack the built site.
+tar cvf ../../pulp_deb/deb-python-client-docs.tar ./site
 popd
 popd
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/publish_client_gem.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/publish_client_gem.sh
index 898565556..9fc779a35 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/publish_client_gem.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/publish_client_gem.sh
@@ -12,27 +12,24 @@ set -euv
 # make sure this script runs at the repo root
 cd "$(dirname "$(realpath -e "$0")")"/../../..
 
-
-mkdir ~/.gem || true
-touch ~/.gem/credentials
-echo "---
-:rubygems_api_key: $RUBYGEMS_API_KEY" > ~/.gem/credentials
-sudo chmod 600 ~/.gem/credentials
-
-export VERSION=$(ls pulp_deb_client* | sed -rn 's/pulp_deb_client-(.*)\.gem/\1/p')
+VERSION="$1"
 
 if [[ -z "$VERSION" ]]; then
-  echo "No client package found."
-  exit
+  echo "No version specified."
+  exit 1
 fi
 
-export response=$(curl --write-out %{http_code} --silent --output /dev/null https://rubygems.org/gems/pulp_deb_client/versions/$VERSION)
+RESPONSE="$(curl --write-out '%{http_code}' --silent --output /dev/null "https://rubygems.org/gems/pulp_deb_client/versions/$VERSION")"
 
-if [ "$response" == "200" ];
+if [ "$RESPONSE" == "200" ];
 then
   echo "pulp_deb client $VERSION has already been released. Skipping."
   exit
 fi
 
-GEM_FILE="$(ls pulp_deb_client-*)"
-gem push ${GEM_FILE}
+mkdir -p ~/.gem
+touch ~/.gem/credentials
+echo "---
+:rubygems_api_key: $RUBYGEMS_API_KEY" > ~/.gem/credentials
+sudo chmod 600 ~/.gem/credentials
+gem push "pulp_deb_client-${VERSION}.gem"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/publish_client_pypi.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/publish_client_pypi.sh
index 0a3f7ccd5..b6e6d57fe 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/publish_client_pypi.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/publish_client_pypi.sh
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ set -euv
 # make sure this script runs at the repo root
 cd "$(dirname "$(realpath -e "$0")")/../../.."
 
-VERSION="$(ls dist | sed -rn 's/pulp_deb-client-(.*)\.tar.gz/\1/p')"
+VERSION="$1"
 
 if [[ -z "$VERSION" ]]; then
-  echo "No client package found."
-  exit
+  echo "No version specified."
+  exit 1
 fi
 
 RESPONSE="$(curl --write-out '%{http_code}' --silent --output /dev/null "https://pypi.org/project/pulp-deb-client/$VERSION/")"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/publish_docs.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/publish_docs.sh
index 36be1e9f2..67c2d0304 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/publish_docs.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/publish_docs.sh
@@ -39,19 +39,6 @@ fi
 mkdir -p ../deb-bindings
 tar -xvf deb-python-client-docs.tar --directory ../deb-bindings
 pushd ../deb-bindings
-cat >> mkdocs.yml << DOCSYAML
----
-site_name: PulpDeb Client
-site_description: Deb bindings
-site_author: Pulp Team
-site_url: https://docs.pulpproject.org/pulp_deb_client/
-repo_name: pulp/pulp_deb
-repo_url: https://github.com/pulp/pulp_deb
-theme: readthedocs
-DOCSYAML
-
-# Building the bindings docs
-mkdocs build
 
 # publish to docs.pulpproject.org/pulp_deb_client
 rsync -avzh site/ doc_builder_pulp_deb@docs.pulpproject.org:/var/www/docs.pulpproject.org/pulp_deb_client/
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/publish_plugin_pypi.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/publish_plugin_pypi.sh
index d0b76a259..00035c00f 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/publish_plugin_pypi.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/publish_plugin_pypi.sh
@@ -7,21 +7,27 @@
 #
 # For more info visit https://github.com/pulp/plugin_template
 
+set -euv
+
 # make sure this script runs at the repo root
 cd "$(dirname "$(realpath -e "$0")")"/../../..
 
-set -euv
+VERSION="$1"
 
-export response=$(curl --write-out %{http_code} --silent --output /dev/null https://pypi.org/project/pulp-deb/$1/)
-if [ "$response" == "200" ];
+if [[ -z "$VERSION" ]]; then
+  echo "No version specified."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+RESPONSE="$(curl --write-out '%{http_code}' --silent --output /dev/null "https://pypi.org/project/pulp-deb/$VERSION/")"
+
+if [ "$RESPONSE" == "200" ];
 then
-  echo "pulp_deb $1 has already been released. Skipping."
+  echo "pulp_deb $VERSION has already been released. Skipping."
   exit
 fi
 
-twine check dist/pulp_deb-$1-py3-none-any.whl || exit 1
-twine check dist/pulp-deb-$1.tar.gz || exit 1
-twine upload dist/pulp_deb-$1-py3-none-any.whl -u pulp -p $PYPI_PASSWORD
-twine upload dist/pulp-deb-$1.tar.gz -u pulp -p $PYPI_PASSWORD
-
-exit $?
+twine upload -u pulp -p "$PYPI_PASSWORD" \
+"dist/pulp_deb-$VERSION-py3-none-any.whl" \
+"dist/pulp-deb-$VERSION.tar.gz" \
+;
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/release.py b/.github/workflows/scripts/release.py
index 1e4e6e11f..4e14a3b51 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/release.py
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/release.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def create_release_commits(repo, release_version, plugin_path):
 
     issues = ",".join(issues_to_close)
     # First commit: changelog
-    os.system(f"towncrier --yes --version {release_version}")
+    os.system(f"towncrier build --yes --version {release_version}")
     git = repo.git
     git.add("CHANGES.rst")
     git.add("CHANGES/*")
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/script.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/script.sh
index 7b255faf4..74b24f12c 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/script.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/script.sh
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export PULP_URL="https://pulp"
 
 if [[ "$TEST" = "docs" ]]; then
   if [[ "$GITHUB_WORKFLOW" == "Deb CI" ]]; then
-    towncrier --yes --version 4.0.0.ci
+    towncrier build --yes --version 4.0.0.ci
   fi
   cd docs
   make PULP_URL="$PULP_URL" diagrams html
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 88f2ab0e2..9eb0ff80c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: "Install python dependencies"
         run: |
           echo ::group::PYDEPS
-          pip install towncrier twine wheel httpie docker netaddr boto3 ansible
+          pip install towncrier twine wheel httpie docker netaddr boto3 ansible mkdocs
           echo "HTTPIE_CONFIG_DIR=$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/pulp_deb/.ci/assets/httpie/" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           echo ::endgroup::
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update_ci.yml b/.github/workflows/update_ci.yml
index 8af03d033..75985bf0a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update_ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update_ci.yml
@@ -25,9 +25,10 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
         with:
-          fetch-depth: 1
+          fetch-depth: 0
           repository: "pulp/plugin_template"
           path: "plugin_template"
+
       - uses: "actions/setup-python@v4"
         with:
           python-version: "3.8"
diff --git a/CHANGES/.TEMPLATE.rst b/CHANGES/.TEMPLATE.rst
index a5b57d696..49c2305d7 100644
--- a/CHANGES/.TEMPLATE.rst
+++ b/CHANGES/.TEMPLATE.rst
@@ -1,4 +1,12 @@
-{# TOWNCRIER TEMPLATE #}
+{% if render_title %}
+{% if versiondata.name %}
+{{ versiondata.name }} {{ versiondata.version }} ({{ versiondata.date }})
+{{ top_underline * ((versiondata.name + versiondata.version + versiondata.date)|length + 4)}}
+{% else %}
+{{ versiondata.version }} ({{ versiondata.date }})
+{{ top_underline * ((versiondata.version + versiondata.date)|length + 3)}}
+{% endif %}
+{% endif %}
 {% for section, _ in sections.items() %}
 {% set underline = underlines[0] %}{% if section %}{{section}}
 {{ underline * section|length }}{% set underline = underlines[1] %}
@@ -35,3 +43,5 @@ No significant changes.
 {% endfor %}
 ----
 
+
+