diff --git a/.github/workflows/_scheduled-test-daily.yml b/.github/workflows/_scheduled-test-daily.yml
index 6c7b7bd..fa2e3db 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/_scheduled-test-daily.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/_scheduled-test-daily.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
         if: ${{ !startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v') }}
         shell: bash
         run: |
-          TOML_VERSION=$(uv run python -c "import tomli; print(tomli.load(open('pyproject.toml', 'rb'))['project']['version'])")
+          TOML_VERSION=$(grep -m 1 '^version = ' pyproject.toml | sed 's/version = "\(.*\)"/\1/')
           echo "Development build - Current version in pyproject.toml: $TOML_VERSION"
 
       - name: Validate and set environment suffix
diff --git a/.github/workflows/_test.yml b/.github/workflows/_test.yml
index 410f47e..8c84d14 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/_test.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
         if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
         run: |
           TAG_VERSION=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/v}
-          TOML_VERSION=$(uv run python -c "import tomli; print(tomli.load(open('pyproject.toml', 'rb'))['project']['version'])")
+          TOML_VERSION=$(grep -m 1 '^version = ' pyproject.toml | sed 's/version = "\(.*\)"/\1/')
           if [ "$TAG_VERSION" != "$TOML_VERSION" ]; then
             echo "Release version mismatch: Tag $TAG_VERSION != pyproject.toml $TOML_VERSION"
             exit 1
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Print development version info
         if: ${{ !startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v') }}
         run: |
-          TOML_VERSION=$(uv run python -c "import tomli; print(tomli.load(open('pyproject.toml', 'rb'))['project']['version'])")
+          TOML_VERSION=$(grep -m 1 '^version = ' pyproject.toml | sed 's/version = "\(.*\)"/\1/')
           echo "Development build - Current version in pyproject.toml: $TOML_VERSION"
 
       - name: Create .env file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/bump.yml b/.github/workflows/bump.yml
index 5302996..4582deb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bump.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bump.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: jdx/mise-action@1648a7812b9aeae629881980618f079932869151 # v4.0.1
 
       - name: Install Python, venv and dependencies
-        run: uv sync --all-extras --frozen --link-mode=copy
+        run: uv sync --all-extras --frozen --no-build --link-mode=copy
 
       - name: Configure git identity
         run: |
diff --git a/ATTRIBUTIONS.md b/ATTRIBUTIONS.md
index f93cf51..ab9cbb6 100644
--- a/ATTRIBUTIONS.md
+++ b/ATTRIBUTIONS.md
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ SOFTWARE.
 
 ```
 
-## aignostics-foundry-core (0.13.0) - MIT License
+## aignostics-foundry-core (0.14.0) - MIT License
 
 🏭 Foundational infrastructure for Foundry components.