diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index daf032087..ca92fbd34 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
-# Copyright 2022-2024, axodotdev
+# This file was autogenerated by dist: https://github.com/astral-sh/cargo-dist
+#
+# Copyright 2025 Astral Software Inc.
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT or Apache-2.0
 #
 # CI that:
 #
 # * checks for a Git Tag that looks like a release
-# * builds artifacts with cargo-dist (archives, installers, hashes)
+# * builds artifacts with dist (archives, installers, hashes)
 # * uploads those artifacts to temporary workflow zip
 # * on success, uploads the artifacts to a GitHub Release
 #
@@ -24,10 +26,10 @@ permissions:
 # must be a Cargo-style SemVer Version (must have at least major.minor.patch).
 #
 # If PACKAGE_NAME is specified, then the announcement will be for that
-# package (erroring out if it doesn't have the given version or isn't cargo-dist-able).
+# package (erroring out if it doesn't have the given version or isn't dist-able).
 #
 # If PACKAGE_NAME isn't specified, then the announcement will be for all
-# (cargo-dist-able) packages in the workspace with that version (this mode is
+# (dist-able) packages in the workspace with that version (this mode is
 # intended for workspaces with only one dist-able package, or with all dist-able
 # packages versioned/released in lockstep).
 #
@@ -45,9 +47,9 @@ on:
       - '**[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+*'
 
 jobs:
-  # Run 'cargo dist plan' (or host) to determine what tasks we need to do
+  # Run 'dist plan' (or host) to determine what tasks we need to do
   plan:
-    runs-on: "ubuntu-20.04"
+    runs-on: "ubuntu-22.04"
     outputs:
       val: ${{ steps.plan.outputs.manifest }}
       tag: ${{ !github.event.pull_request && github.ref_name || '' }}
@@ -59,16 +61,16 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           submodules: recursive
-      - name: Install cargo-dist
+      - name: Install dist
         # we specify bash to get pipefail; it guards against the `curl` command
         # failing. otherwise `sh` won't catch that `curl` returned non-0
         shell: bash
-        run: "curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/axodotdev/cargo-dist/releases/download/v0.21.0/cargo-dist-installer.sh | sh"
-      - name: Cache cargo-dist
+        run: "curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/astral-sh/cargo-dist/releases/download/v0.28.3/cargo-dist-installer.sh | sh"
+      - name: Cache dist
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: cargo-dist-cache
-          path: ~/.cargo/bin/cargo-dist
+          path: ~/.cargo/bin/dist
       # sure would be cool if github gave us proper conditionals...
       # so here's a doubly-nested ternary-via-truthiness to try to provide the best possible
       # functionality based on whether this is a pull_request, and whether it's from a fork.
@@ -76,8 +78,8 @@ jobs:
       # but also really annoying to build CI around when it needs secrets to work right.)
       - id: plan
         run: |
-          cargo dist ${{ (!github.event.pull_request && format('host --steps=create --tag={0}', github.ref_name)) || 'plan' }} --output-format=json > plan-dist-manifest.json
-          echo "cargo dist ran successfully"
+          dist ${{ (!github.event.pull_request && format('host --steps=create --tag={0}', github.ref_name)) || 'plan' }} --output-format=json > plan-dist-manifest.json
+          echo "dist ran successfully"
           cat plan-dist-manifest.json
           echo "manifest=$(jq -c "." plan-dist-manifest.json)" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
       - name: "Upload dist-manifest.json"
@@ -95,18 +97,19 @@ jobs:
     if: ${{ fromJson(needs.plan.outputs.val).ci.github.artifacts_matrix.include != null && (needs.plan.outputs.publishing == 'true' || fromJson(needs.plan.outputs.val).ci.github.pr_run_mode == 'upload') }}
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
-      # Target platforms/runners are computed by cargo-dist in create-release.
+      # Target platforms/runners are computed by dist in create-release.
       # Each member of the matrix has the following arguments:
       #
       # - runner: the github runner
-      # - dist-args: cli flags to pass to cargo dist
-      # - install-dist: expression to run to install cargo-dist on the runner
+      # - dist-args: cli flags to pass to dist
+      # - install-dist: expression to run to install dist on the runner
       #
       # Typically there will be:
       # - 1 "global" task that builds universal installers
       # - N "local" tasks that build each platform's binaries and platform-specific installers
       matrix: ${{ fromJson(needs.plan.outputs.val).ci.github.artifacts_matrix }}
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.runner }}
+    container: ${{ matrix.container && matrix.container.image || null }}
     env:
       GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       BUILD_MANIFEST_NAME: target/distrib/${{ join(matrix.targets, '-') }}-dist-manifest.json
@@ -117,8 +120,15 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           submodules: recursive
-      - name: Install cargo-dist
-        run: ${{ matrix.install_dist }}
+      - name: Install Rust non-interactively if not already installed
+        if: ${{ matrix.container }}
+        run: |
+          if ! command -v cargo > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+            curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh -s -- -y
+            echo "$HOME/.cargo/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
+          fi
+      - name: Install dist
+        run: ${{ matrix.install_dist.run }}
       # Get the dist-manifest
       - name: Fetch local artifacts
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
@@ -132,10 +142,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build artifacts
         run: |
           # Actually do builds and make zips and whatnot
-          cargo dist build ${{ needs.plan.outputs.tag-flag }} --print=linkage --output-format=json ${{ matrix.dist_args }} > dist-manifest.json
-          echo "cargo dist ran successfully"
+          dist build ${{ needs.plan.outputs.tag-flag }} --print=linkage --output-format=json ${{ matrix.dist_args }} > dist-manifest.json
+          echo "dist ran successfully"
       - name: Attest
-        uses: actions/attest-build-provenance@v1
+        uses: actions/attest-build-provenance@v2
         with:
           subject-path: "target/distrib/*${{ join(matrix.targets, ', ') }}*"
       - id: cargo-dist
@@ -147,7 +157,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           # Parse out what we just built and upload it to scratch storage
           echo "paths<<EOF" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          jq --raw-output ".upload_files[]" dist-manifest.json >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          dist print-upload-files-from-manifest --manifest dist-manifest.json >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           echo "EOF" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
           cp dist-manifest.json "$BUILD_MANIFEST_NAME"
@@ -164,7 +174,7 @@ jobs:
     needs:
       - plan
       - build-local-artifacts
-    runs-on: "ubuntu-20.04"
+    runs-on: "ubuntu-22.04"
     env:
       GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       BUILD_MANIFEST_NAME: target/distrib/global-dist-manifest.json
@@ -172,12 +182,12 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           submodules: recursive
-      - name: Install cached cargo-dist
+      - name: Install cached dist
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: cargo-dist-cache
           path: ~/.cargo/bin/
-      - run: chmod +x ~/.cargo/bin/cargo-dist
+      - run: chmod +x ~/.cargo/bin/dist
       # Get all the local artifacts for the global tasks to use (for e.g. checksums)
       - name: Fetch local artifacts
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
@@ -188,8 +198,8 @@ jobs:
       - id: cargo-dist
         shell: bash
         run: |
-          cargo dist build ${{ needs.plan.outputs.tag-flag }} --output-format=json "--artifacts=global" > dist-manifest.json
-          echo "cargo dist ran successfully"
+          dist build ${{ needs.plan.outputs.tag-flag }} --output-format=json "--artifacts=global" > dist-manifest.json
+          echo "dist ran successfully"
 
           # Parse out what we just built and upload it to scratch storage
           echo "paths<<EOF" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
@@ -214,19 +224,19 @@ jobs:
     if: ${{ always() && needs.plan.outputs.publishing == 'true' && (needs.build-global-artifacts.result == 'skipped' || needs.build-global-artifacts.result == 'success') && (needs.build-local-artifacts.result == 'skipped' || needs.build-local-artifacts.result == 'success') }}
     env:
       GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-    runs-on: "ubuntu-20.04"
+    runs-on: "ubuntu-22.04"
     outputs:
       val: ${{ steps.host.outputs.manifest }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           submodules: recursive
-      - name: Install cached cargo-dist
+      - name: Install cached dist
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: cargo-dist-cache
           path: ~/.cargo/bin/
-      - run: chmod +x ~/.cargo/bin/cargo-dist
+      - run: chmod +x ~/.cargo/bin/dist
       # Fetch artifacts from scratch-storage
       - name: Fetch artifacts
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
@@ -237,7 +247,7 @@ jobs:
       - id: host
         shell: bash
         run: |
-          cargo dist host ${{ needs.plan.outputs.tag-flag }} --steps=upload --steps=release --output-format=json > dist-manifest.json
+          dist host ${{ needs.plan.outputs.tag-flag }} --steps=upload --steps=release --output-format=json > dist-manifest.json
           echo "artifacts uploaded and released successfully"
           cat dist-manifest.json
           echo "manifest=$(jq -c "." dist-manifest.json)" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
@@ -278,7 +288,7 @@ jobs:
     # still allowing individual publish jobs to skip themselves (for prereleases).
     # "host" however must run to completion, no skipping allowed!
     if: ${{ always() && needs.host.result == 'success' }}
-    runs-on: "ubuntu-20.04"
+    runs-on: "ubuntu-22.04"
     env:
       GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
     steps:
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index edbae0cec..ac7490880 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -50,32 +50,6 @@ limbo_sqlite3_parser = { path = "vendored/sqlite3-parser", version = "0.0.19-pre
 limbo_time = { path = "extensions/time", version = "0.0.19-pre.4" }
 limbo_uuid = { path = "extensions/uuid", version = "0.0.19-pre.4" }
 
-# Config for 'cargo dist'
-[workspace.metadata.dist]
-# The preferred cargo-dist version to use in CI (Cargo.toml SemVer syntax)
-cargo-dist-version = "0.21.0"
-# CI backends to support
-ci = "github"
-# The installers to generate for each app
-installers = ["shell", "powershell"]
-# Target platforms to build apps for (Rust target-triple syntax)
-targets = [
-    "aarch64-apple-darwin",
-    "x86_64-apple-darwin",
-    "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu",
-    "x86_64-pc-windows-msvc",
-]
-# Which actions to run on pull requests
-pr-run-mode = "plan"
-# Path that installers should place binaries in
-install-path = "~/.limbo"
-# Whether to install an updater program
-install-updater = true
-# Whether to consider the binaries in a package for distribution (defaults true)
-dist = false
-# Whether to enable GitHub Attestations
-github-attestations = true
-
 [profile.release]
 debug = "line-tables-only"
 codegen-units = 1
diff --git a/dist-workspace.toml b/dist-workspace.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bdeb71f97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist-workspace.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+[workspace]
+members = ["cargo:."]
+
+# Config for 'dist'
+[dist]
+# The preferred dist version to use in CI (Cargo.toml SemVer syntax)
+cargo-dist-version = "0.28.3"
+# CI backends to support
+ci = "github"
+# The installers to generate for each app
+installers = ["shell", "powershell"]
+# Target platforms to build apps for (Rust target-triple syntax)
+targets = [
+    "aarch64-apple-darwin",
+    "x86_64-apple-darwin",
+    "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu",
+    "x86_64-pc-windows-msvc",
+]
+# Which actions to run on pull requests
+pr-run-mode = "plan"
+# Path that installers should place binaries in
+install-path = "~/.limbo"
+# Whether to install an updater program
+install-updater = true
+# Whether to consider the binaries in a package for distribution (defaults true)
+dist = false
+# Whether to enable GitHub Attestations
+github-attestations = true