diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 37454a5..092bc62 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+---
 name: Run tests
 
 on:
@@ -6,31 +7,7 @@ on:
   pull_request:
 
 jobs:
-  setup:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    outputs:
-      strategy: ${{steps.load.outputs.strategy}}
-
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-        with:
-          repository: colcon/ci
-      - id: load
-        run: echo "::set-output name=strategy::$(echo $(cat strategy.json))"
-
   pytest:
-    needs: [setup]
-    strategy: ${{fromJson(needs.setup.outputs.strategy)}}
-    runs-on: ${{matrix.os}}
-
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
-        with:
-          python-version: ${{matrix.python}}
-      - uses: colcon/ci@v1
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
-        with:
-          name: coverage
-          path: ./**/coverage.xml
-      - uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
+    uses: colcon/ci/.github/workflows/pytest.yaml@main
+    with:
+      codecov: true
diff --git a/publish-python.yaml b/publish-python.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0f65d5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/publish-python.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+artifacts:
+  - type: wheel
+    uploads:
+      - type: pypi
+  - type: stdeb
+    uploads:
+      - type: packagecloud
+        config:
+          repository: dirk-thomas/colcon
+          distributions:
+            - ubuntu:jammy
+            - ubuntu:noble
+            - debian:bookworm
+            - debian:trixie
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 75863d0..596c261 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -22,19 +22,23 @@ classifiers =
 license = Apache License, Version 2.0
 description = Extension for colcon to cache the processing of packages.
 long_description = file: README.md
+long_description_content_type = text/markdown
 keywords = colcon
 
 [options]
+python_requires = >=3.6
 install_requires =
   colcon-core>=0.5.2
   dirhash
   GitPython
+  scantree<0.0.2a0
   scandir;platform_system=='Windows'
 packages = find:
 zip_safe = true
 
 [options.extras_require]
 test =
+  colcon-defaults
   colcon-package-information>=0.3.3
   colcon-package-selection>=0.2.10
   colcon-recursive-crawl
@@ -60,11 +64,15 @@ exclude = test
 [tool:pytest]
 filterwarnings =
     error
+    ignore::DeprecationWarning:colcon_defaults:
     ignore::DeprecationWarning:flake8:
     ignore::DeprecationWarning:scantree.*:
     ignore:lib2to3 package is deprecated::scspell
     ignore::pytest.PytestUnraisableExceptionWarning
 junit_suite_name = colcon-cache
+markers =
+    flake8
+    linter
 
 [options.entry_points]
 colcon_core.event_handler =
diff --git a/stdeb.cfg b/stdeb.cfg
index b175016..7184942 100644
--- a/stdeb.cfg
+++ b/stdeb.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [colcon-cache]
 No-Python2:
 Depends3: python3-colcon-core (>= 0.5.2), python3-dirhash, python3-scantree
-Suite: jammy
+Suite: jammy noble bookworm trixie
 X-Python3-Version: >= 3.6
diff --git a/test/spell_check.words b/test/spell_check.words
index 38d7f1e..e7ebb19 100644
--- a/test/spell_check.words
+++ b/test/spell_check.words
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ hexdigest
 hexsha
 https
 iterdir
+linter
 lockfile
 lockfiles
 mkdtemp
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ nargs
 noqa
 pathlib
 plugin
+pydocstyle
 pytest
 rmtree
 rtype
diff --git a/test/test_copyright_license.py b/test/test_copyright_license.py
index e701370..dffe460 100644
--- a/test/test_copyright_license.py
+++ b/test/test_copyright_license.py
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 import sys
 
+import pytest
 
+
+@pytest.mark.linter
 def test_copyright_license():
     missing = check_files([Path(__file__).parents[1]])
     assert not len(missing), \
@@ -25,8 +28,8 @@ def check_files(paths):
             if not content:
                 continue
             lines = content.splitlines()
-            has_copyright = \
-                any(line for line in lines if line.startswith('# Copyright'))
+            has_copyright = any(filter(
+                lambda line: line.startswith('# Copyright'), lines))
             has_license = \
                 '# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0' in lines
             if not has_copyright or not has_license:
diff --git a/test/test_flake8.py b/test/test_flake8.py
index f820191..ab5980f 100644
--- a/test/test_flake8.py
+++ b/test/test_flake8.py
@@ -5,15 +5,21 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 import sys
 
-from flake8 import LOG
-from flake8.api.legacy import get_style_guide
+import pytest
 
 
-# avoid debug and info messages from flake8 internals
-LOG.setLevel(logging.WARN)
+@pytest.mark.flake8
+@pytest.mark.linter
+def test_flake8():
+    from flake8.api.legacy import get_style_guide
 
+    # avoid debug / info / warning messages from flake8 internals
+    logging.getLogger('flake8').setLevel(logging.ERROR)
+
+    # for some reason the pydocstyle logger changes to an effective level of 1
+    # set higher level to prevent the output to be flooded with debug messages
+    logging.getLogger('pydocstyle').setLevel(logging.WARNING)
 
-def test_flake8():
     style_guide = get_style_guide(
         extend_ignore=['D100', 'D104'],
         show_source=True,
@@ -43,9 +49,6 @@ def test_flake8():
         if report_tests.total_errors:
             report_tests._application.formatter.show_statistics(
                 report_tests._stats)
-        print(
-            'flake8 reported {total_errors} errors'
-            .format_map(locals()), file=sys.stderr)
+        print(f'flake8 reported {total_errors} errors', file=sys.stderr)
 
-    assert not total_errors, \
-        'flake8 reported {total_errors} errors'.format_map(locals())
+    assert not total_errors, f'flake8 reported {total_errors} errors'
diff --git a/test/test_spell_check.py b/test/test_spell_check.py
index f1a8e64..48624b3 100644
--- a/test/test_spell_check.py
+++ b/test/test_spell_check.py
@@ -4,10 +4,6 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 
 import pytest
-from scspell import Report
-from scspell import SCSPELL_BUILTIN_DICT
-from scspell import spell_check
-
 
 spell_check_words_path = Path(__file__).parent / 'spell_check.words'
 
@@ -18,7 +14,12 @@ def known_words():
     return spell_check_words_path.read_text().splitlines()
 
 
+@pytest.mark.linter
 def test_spell_check(known_words):
+    from scspell import Report
+    from scspell import SCSPELL_BUILTIN_DICT
+    from scspell import spell_check
+
     source_filenames = [Path(__file__).parents[1] / 'setup.py'] + \
         list(
             (Path(__file__).parents[1] / 'colcon_cache')
@@ -36,21 +37,23 @@ def test_spell_check(known_words):
 
     unknown_word_count = len(report.unknown_words)
     assert unknown_word_count == 0, \
-        'Found {unknown_word_count} unknown words: '.format_map(locals()) + \
+        f'Found {unknown_word_count} unknown words: ' + \
         ', '.join(sorted(report.unknown_words))
 
     unused_known_words = set(known_words) - report.found_known_words
     unused_known_word_count = len(unused_known_words)
     assert unused_known_word_count == 0, \
-        '{unused_known_word_count} words in the word list are not used: ' \
-        .format_map(locals()) + ', '.join(sorted(unused_known_words))
+        f'{unused_known_word_count} words in the word list are not used: ' + \
+        ', '.join(sorted(unused_known_words))
 
 
+@pytest.mark.linter
 def test_spell_check_word_list_order(known_words):
     assert known_words == sorted(known_words), \
         'The word list should be ordered alphabetically'
 
 
+@pytest.mark.linter
 def test_spell_check_word_list_duplicates(known_words):
     assert len(known_words) == len(set(known_words)), \
         'The word list should not contain duplicates'