diff --git a/.github/workflows/backport.yml b/.github/workflows/backport.yml
index 454ab12c9..d91fd5e6f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/backport.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/backport.yml
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ on:
         -   labeled
 
 permissions:
-
-    pull-requests: write# to create the PR
+    pull-requests: write  # to create the PR
     contents: write  # to create the comment if the process fails
 
 jobs:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/bot-changelog.yml b/.github/workflows/bot-changelog.yml
index 92d857636..98b461c42 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bot-changelog.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bot-changelog.yml
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 # - create a `changie` entry for automated PRs using this template:
 #
 #     kind: <per action matrix> (e.g. Dependencies)
-#     body: <PR title>
-#     time: <current timestamp>
-#     custom:
-#       Author: <PR User Login (generally the bot)>
-#       PR: <PR number>
+# body: <PR title>
+# time: <current timestamp>
+# custom:
+#     Author: <PR User Login (generally the bot)>
+#     PR: <PR number>
 #
 # **why?**
 # - automate and standardize `changie` entry generation for automated PRs
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-artifacts.yml b/.github/workflows/build-artifacts.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 2907f7f1e..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/build-artifacts.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-# **what?**
-# Verifies python build on all code commited to the repository. This workflow
-# should not require any secrets since it runs for PRs from forked repos. By
-# default, secrets are not passed to workflows running from a forked repos.
-
-# **why?**
-# Ensure code for dbt meets a certain quality standard.
-
-# **when?**
-# This will run for all PRs, when code is pushed to main, and when manually triggered.
-name: "Build release"
-
-on:
-    workflow_call:
-        inputs:
-            branch:
-                description: "The branch/tag to run integration tests on"
-                type: string
-                default: "main"
-            archive-name:
-                description: "The name to use for the upload archive, leave blank for no upload"
-                type: string
-                default: ""
-    workflow_dispatch:
-        inputs:
-            branch:
-                description: "The branch/tag to run integration tests on"
-                type: string
-                default: "main"
-            archive-name:
-                description: "The name to use for the upload archive, leave blank for no upload"
-                type: string
-                default: ""
-
-permissions: read-all
-
-concurrency:
-    group: "${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event_name }}-${{ inputs.archive-name }}"
-    cancel-in-progress: true
-
-jobs:
-    build:
-        name: "Build a release"
-        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-        permissions:
-            id-token: write  # IMPORTANT: this permission is mandatory for trusted publishing
-        steps:
-        -   name: "Check out ${{ github.repository }}@${{ inputs.branch }}"
-            uses: actions/checkout@v4
-            with:
-                ref: ${{ inputs.branch }}
-
-        -   name: "Setup environment"
-            uses: dbt-labs/dbt-adapters/.github/actions/setup-environment@update-workflows
-            with:
-                python-version: ${{ vars.DBT_TEST_PYTHON_VERSION }}
-
-        -   name: "Build ${{ github.event.repository.name }}"
-            uses: dbt-labs/dbt-adapters/.github/actions/build-artifacts@update-workflows
-            with:
-                archive-name: ${{ inputs.archive-name }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/clean-repo.yml b/.github/workflows/clean-repo.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 2ce2837b3..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/clean-repo.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-# **what?**
-# Cleanup branches left over from automation and testing.
-# Also cleanup draft releases from release testing.
-#
-# **why?**
-# The automations are leaving behind branches and releases that clutter the repository.
-# Sometimes we need them to debug processes so we don't want them immediately deleted.
-# Running on Saturday to avoid running at the same time as an actual release
-# to prevent breaking a release mid-release.
-#
-# **when?**
-# - every Saturday at noon UTC
-# - manually
-name: "Clean repo"
-
-on:
-    schedule:
-    -   cron: '0 12 * * SAT'  # noon UTC on Saturday - details in `why` above
-    workflow_dispatch:
-
-permissions:
-    contents: write
-
-jobs:
-    cleanup-repo:
-        uses: dbt-labs/actions/.github/workflows/repository-cleanup.yml@main
-        secrets: inherit
diff --git a/.github/workflows/code-quality.yml b/.github/workflows/code-quality.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 800de1a6f..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/code-quality.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,86 +0,0 @@
-# **what?**
-# Run code quality checks, e.g. `black`, `flake8`, `mypy`, via `pre-commit`
-#
-# **why?**
-# Ensure code quality meets dbt Labs standards
-#
-# **when?**
-# - runs on all PRs into protected branches
-# - runs indirectly during releases and release tests
-# - can be manually run
-name: "Code quality"
-
-on:
-    pull_request:
-    push:
-        branches:
-        -   "main"
-        -   "*.latest"
-    workflow_call:
-        inputs:
-            branch:
-                description: "The branch/tag to run code quality on"
-                type: string
-                default: "main"
-            dbt-adapters-branch:
-                description: "The branch/tag of `dbt-adapters` to use"
-                type: string
-                default: "main"
-            dbt-common-branch:
-                description: "The branch/tag of `dbt-common` to use"
-                type: string
-                default: "main"
-    workflow_dispatch:
-        inputs:
-            branch:
-                description: "The branch/tag to run code quality on"
-                type: string
-                default: "main"
-            dbt-adapters-branch:
-                description: "The branch/tag of `dbt-adapters` to use"
-                type: string
-                default: "main"
-            dbt-common-branch:
-                description: "The branch/tag of `dbt-common` to use"
-                type: string
-                default: "main"
-
-permissions: read-all
-
-concurrency:
-    group: "${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event_name }}-${{ contains(github.event_name, 'pull_request') && github.event.pull_request.head.ref || github.sha }}"
-    cancel-in-progress: true
-
-jobs:
-    code-quality:
-        name: "Code quality"
-        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-        steps:
-        -   name: "Check out ${{ github.repository }}@${{ inputs.branch }} (non-PR)"
-            if: github.event_name != 'pull_request_target'
-            uses: actions/checkout@v4
-            with:
-                ref: ${{ inputs.branch }}
-                persist-credentials: false
-
-        -   name: "Check out ${{ github.repository }}@${{ inputs.branch }} (PR)"
-            if: github.event_name == 'pull_request_target'
-            uses: actions/checkout@v4
-            with:
-                ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
-
-        -   name: "Setup environment"
-            uses: dbt-labs/dbt-adapters/.github/actions/setup-environment@update-workflows
-            with:
-                python-version: ${{ vars.DBT_TEST_PYTHON_VERSION }}
-
-        -   name: "Update development branches"
-            if: ${{ contains(github.event_name, 'workflow_') }}
-            uses: ./.github/actions/update-dev-branches
-            with:
-                dbt-adapters-branch: ${{ inputs.dbt-adapters-branch }}
-                dbt-common-branch: ${{ inputs.dbt-common-branch }}
-
-        -   name: "Run code quality"
-            shell: bash
-            run: hatch run code-quality
diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/dev-branch-integration-tests.yml
similarity index 75%
rename from .github/workflows/integration-tests.yml
rename to .github/workflows/dev-branch-integration-tests.yml
index 2873de21b..5e413b23c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dev-branch-integration-tests.yml
@@ -1,29 +1,6 @@
-name: "Integration tests"
+name: "Dev branch integration tests"
 
 on:
-    pull_request_target:
-    push:
-        branches:
-        -   "main"
-        -   "*.latest"
-    workflow_call:
-        inputs:
-            branch:
-                description: "The branch/tag to run integration tests on"
-                type: string
-                default: "main"
-            dbt-adapters-branch:
-                description: "The branch/tag of `dbt-adapters` to use"
-                type: string
-                default: "main"
-            dbt-common-branch:
-                description: "The branch/tag of `dbt-common` to use"
-                type: string
-                default: "main"
-            dbt-core-branch:
-                description: "The branch/tag of `dbt-core` to use"
-                type: string
-                default: "main"
     workflow_dispatch:
         inputs:
             branch:
@@ -46,7 +23,7 @@ on:
 permissions: read-all
 
 concurrency:
-    group: "${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event_name }}-${{ contains(github.event_name, 'pull_request') && github.event.pull_request.head.ref || github.sha }}"
+    group: "${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event_name }}-${{ github.sha }}"
     cancel-in-progress: true
 
 jobs:
@@ -67,7 +44,7 @@ jobs:
             with:
                 msg: |
                     "Thanks for your contribution! "\
-                    "Since this is a fork, integration tests need to be approved prior to running. "\
+                    "This PR was created from a fork, integration tests need to be approved prior to running. "\
                     "@dbt-labs/core will review this PR and approve running integration tests."
                 check_for_duplicate_msg: true
 
@@ -115,7 +92,7 @@ jobs:
                 ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
 
         -   name: "Setup environment"
-            uses: dbt-labs/dbt-adapters/.github/actions/setup-environment@update-workflows
+            uses: dbt-labs/actions/setup-environment@add-hatch-actions
             with:
                 python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
@@ -132,14 +109,28 @@ jobs:
             run: hatch run integration-tests:all
 
     aggregate-results:
-        name: "Successful integration tests"
+        name: "Collect integration tests results"
         needs: integration-tests
-        if: ${{ !failure() && !cancelled() }}
+        if: always() && !cancelled()
         runs-on: ubuntu-latest
         steps:
-        -   name: "Integration tests completed successfully"
+        -   name: "[INFO] Integration tests - FAILED"
+            if: failure()
             shell: bash
             run: |
-                title="Integration tests"
-                message="Integration tests completed successfully!"
-                echo "::notice title=${{ env.NOTIFICATION_PREFIX }}: $title::$message"
+                echo "::notice title=[$WORKFLOW]: $TITLE::$MESSAGE"
+                exit 1
+            env:
+                WORKFLOW: ${{ env.NOTIFICATION_PREFIX }}
+                TITLE: "Integration tests - FAILED"
+                MESSAGE: "Integration tests failed!"
+
+        -   name: "[INFO] Integration tests - PASSED"
+            if: ${{ !failure() }}  # includes skipped
+            shell: bash
+            run: |
+                echo "::notice title=[$WORKFLOW]: $TITLE::$MESSAGE"
+            env:
+                WORKFLOW: ${{ env.NOTIFICATION_PREFIX }}
+                TITLE: "Integration tests - PASSED"
+                MESSAGE: "Integration tests completed successfully!"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/changelog-check.yml b/.github/workflows/pull-request-changelog-check.yml
similarity index 91%
rename from .github/workflows/changelog-check.yml
rename to .github/workflows/pull-request-changelog-check.yml
index dd4b11d76..15c712c84 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/changelog-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull-request-changelog-check.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 # - labels are updated on the PR
 # - new code is pushed to the branch
 # The action will get skipped if the 'Skip Changelog' label is present.
-name: Check Changelog Entry
+name: "Changelog check"
 
 on:
     pull_request:
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ on:
         -   labeled
         -   unlabeled
         -   synchronize
-    workflow_dispatch:
 
 defaults:
     run:
@@ -42,5 +41,4 @@ jobs:
         with:
             changelog_comment: "Thank you for your pull request! We could not find a changelog entry for this change. For details on how to document a change, see the [dbt-redshift contributing guide](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-redshift/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md)."
             skip_label: "Skip Changelog"
-        # this is only acceptable because we own the action we're calling
         secrets: inherit
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull-request-checks.yml b/.github/workflows/pull-request-checks.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a5b3358f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull-request-checks.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+name: "Pull request checks"
+
+on:
+    pull_request_target:
+        types:
+        -   opened
+        -   synchronize
+
+permissions: read-all
+
+concurrency:
+    group: "${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event_name }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}"
+    cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+    code-quality:
+        name: "Run code quality"
+        uses: dbt-labs/actions/.github/workflows/code-quality.yml
+        with:
+            ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}
+            check-command: "hatch run code-quality"
+            python-version: ${{ vars.DBT_TEST_PYTHON_VERSION }}
+
+    unit-tests:
+        name: "Run unit tests"
+        uses: dbt-labs/actions/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
+        with:
+            ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}
+            test-command: "hatch run unit-tests:all"
+            python-versions: ${{ vars.DBT_TEST_PYTHON_ALL_VERSIONS }}
+
+    integration-tests:
+        name: "Run unit tests"
+        uses: dbt-labs/actions/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yml
+        with:
+            ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}
+            test-command: "hatch run integration-tests:all"
+            python-versions-ubuntu: ${{ vars.DBT_TEST_PYTHON_ALL_VERSIONS }}
+            python-versions-macos: ${{ vars.DBT_TEST_PYTHON_VERSION }}
+            python-versions-windows: ${{ vars.DBT_TEST_PYTHON_VERSION }}
+
+    verify-build-artifacts:
+        name: "Verify build artifacts"
+        uses: dbt-labs/actions/.github/workflows/build-artifacts.yml@add-hatch-actions
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 6766c4c7a..1b5dce7ad 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -100,34 +100,36 @@ jobs:
     release-branch:
         name: "Create a release branch"
         needs: release-inputs
-        uses: dbt-labs/dbt-adapters/.github/workflows/release-branch-create.yml@update-workflows
-        with:
-            branch: ${{ inputs.branch }}
-            version: ${{ inputs.version }}
-        secrets: inherit
-
-    version-bump:
-        name: "Bump the version"
         runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-        needs: release-branch
+        outputs:
+            branch: ${{ steps.branch.outputs.branch-name }}
         steps:
-        -   name: "Check out ${{ github.event.repository.name }}@${{ inputs.branch }}"
+        -   name: "Checkout `${{ inputs.branch }}`"
             uses: actions/checkout@v4
             with:
-                ref: ${{ needs.release-branch.outputs.branch }}
+                ref: ${{ inputs.branch }}
 
-        -   name: "Bump version to `${{ inputs.version }}`"
-            shell: bash
-            run: hatch version ${{ inputs.version }}
+        -   name: "Create release branch"
+            id: branch
+            uses: dbt-labs/actions/create-temp-branch@add-hatch-actions
+            with:
+                branch-stub: "release/${{ inputs.version }}/"
 
-        -   name: "Commit and push changes"
-            shell: bash
-            run: commit
+    bump-version:
+        name: "Bump version"
+        needs: release-branch
+        uses: dbt-labs/actions/.github/workflows/build-bump-version.yml@add-hatch-actions
+        with:
+            branch: ${{ needs.release-branch.outputs.branch }}
+            version: ${{ inputs.version }}
+        secrets: inherit
 
     changelog:
         name: "Generate a new changelog"
-        needs: release-branch
-        uses: dbt-labs/dbt-adapters/.github/workflows/build-changelog.yml@update-workflows
+        needs:
+        -   release-branch
+        -   bump-version
+        uses: dbt-labs/actions/.github/workflows/build-changelog.yml@add-hatch-actions
         with:
             branch: ${{ needs.release-branch.outputs.branch }}
             version: ${{ inputs.version }}
@@ -139,9 +141,10 @@ jobs:
         -   release-branch
         -   version-bump
         -   changelog
-        uses: ./.github/workflows/code-quality.yml
+        uses: dbt-labs/actions/.github/workflows/code-quality.yml@add-hatch-actions
         with:
             branch: ${{ needs.release-branch.outputs.branch }}
+            check-command: "hatch run code-quality"
 
     unit-tests:
         name: "Run unit tests"
@@ -149,9 +152,9 @@ jobs:
         -   release-branch
         -   version-bump
         -   changelog
-        uses: ./.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
+        uses: dbt-labs/actions/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml@add-hatch-actions
         with:
-            branch: ${{ needs.release-branch.outputs.branch }}
+            ref: ${{ needs.release-branch.outputs.branch }}
 
     integration-tests:
         name: "Run unit tests"
@@ -162,6 +165,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: ./.github/workflows/integration-tests.yml
         with:
             branch: ${{ needs.release-branch.outputs.branch }}
+            test-command: "hatch run unit-tests:all"
 
     build-artifacts:
         name: "Build artifacts"
@@ -172,7 +176,7 @@ jobs:
         -   code-quality
         -   unit-tests
         -   integration-tests
-        uses: ./.github/workflows/build-artifacts.yml
+        uses: dbt-labs/actions/.github/workflows/build-artifacts.yml@add-hatch-actions
         with:
             branch: ${{ needs.release-branch.outputs.branch }}
             archive-name: ${{ needs.release-inputs.outputs.archive-name }}
@@ -182,15 +186,31 @@ jobs:
         needs:
         -   build-artifacts
         -   release-branch
-        if: >-
-            !failure() && !cancelled() &&
-            inputs.deploy-environment == 'prod' &&
-            needs.release-branch.outputs.name
-        uses: dbt-labs/dbt-adapters/.github/workflows/release-branch-merge.yml@update-workflows
-        with:
-            branch: ${{ inputs.branch }}
-            release-branch: ${{ needs.release-branch.outputs.branch }}
-        secrets: inherit
+        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+        outputs:
+            sha: ${{ steps.merge.outputs.sha }} || ${{ steps.merge-test.outputs.sha }} )
+        steps:
+        -   name: "Checkout `${{ needs.release-branch.outputs.branch }}`"
+            uses: actions/checkout@v4
+            with:
+                ref: ${{ needs.release-branch.outputs.branch }}
+
+        -   name: "Merge `${{ needs.release-branch.outputs.branch }}` into `${{ inputs.branch }}`"
+            if: ${{ inputs.deploy-environment == 'prod' }}
+            id: merge
+            uses: dbt-labs/actions/github-merge@add-hatch-actions
+            with:
+                source-branch: ${{ needs.release-branch.outputs.branch }}
+                target-branch: ${{ inputs.branch }}
+                message: "merge {source_ref} into {target_branch} for a release"
+
+        -   name: "Get HEAD SHA for test release"
+            id: merge-test
+            if: ${{ !(inputs.deploy-environment == 'prod') }}
+            shell: bash
+            run: |
+                git pull
+                echo "sha=$(git rev-parse HEAD)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
     publish-github:
         name: "Publish to GitHub"
@@ -199,7 +219,7 @@ jobs:
         -   release-inputs
         -   changelog
         -   merge-changes
-        uses: dbt-labs/dbt-adapters/.github/workflows/publish-github.yml@update-workflows
+        uses: dbt-labs/actions/.github/workflows/publish-github.yml@add-hatch-actions
         with:
             archive-name: ${{ needs.release-inputs.outputs.archive-name }}
             version: ${{ inputs.version }}
@@ -209,15 +229,20 @@ jobs:
 
     publish-pypi:
         name: "Publish to PyPI"
-        if: ${{ !failure() && !cancelled() }}
         needs:
         -   release-inputs
         -   merge-changes
-        uses: dbt-labs/dbt-adapters/.github/workflows/publish-pypi.yml@update-workflows
-        with:
-            archive-name: ${{ needs.release-inputs.outputs.archive-name }}
-            version: ${{ inputs.version }}
-            deploy-environment: ${{ inputs.deploy-environment }}
+        if: ${{ !failure() && !cancelled() }}
+        environment:
+            name: ${{ inputs.deploy-environment }}
+            url: ${{ vars.PYPI_PROJECT_URL }}
+        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+        steps:
+        -   name: "Publish to PyPI"
+            uses: .github/actions/publish-pypi
+            with:
+              repository-url: ${{ vars.PYPI_REPOSITORY_URL }}
+              archive-name: ${{ inputs.archive-name }}
 
     publish-pypi-internal:
         name: "Publish to internal PyPI"
@@ -235,7 +260,12 @@ jobs:
 
     slack-notification:
         name: "Slack notification"
-        if: ${{ failure() && (inputs.deploy-environment == 'prod' || inputs.publish-slack-override) }}
+        if: >-
+            failure() &&
+            (
+                inputs.deploy-environment == 'prod' ||
+                inputs.publish-slack-override
+            )
         needs:
         -   github-release
         -   pypi-release
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scheduled-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/scheduled-checks.yml
similarity index 86%
rename from .github/workflows/scheduled-tests.yml
rename to .github/workflows/scheduled-checks.yml
index cd5099492..e2af8d7e5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/scheduled-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/scheduled-checks.yml
@@ -23,25 +23,25 @@ permissions: read-all
 jobs:
     code-quality:
         name: "Code quality"
-        uses: dbt-labs/dbt-redshift/.github/workflows/code-quality.yml
+        uses: ./.github/workflows/code-quality.yml
         strategy:
             matrix:
                 branch: ${{ fromJSON(vars.DBT_SCHEDULED_TESTS_BRANCHES) }}
         with:
             branch: ${{ matrix.branch }}
 
-    integration-tests:
-        name: "Integration tests"
-        uses: dbt-labs/dbt-redshift/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yml
+    unit-tests:
+        name: "Unit tests"
+        uses: ./.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
         strategy:
             matrix:
                 branch: ${{ fromJSON(vars.DBT_SCHEDULED_TESTS_BRANCHES) }}
         with:
             branch: ${{ matrix.branch }}
 
-    unit-tests:
-        name: "Unit tests"
-        uses: dbt-labs/dbt-redshift/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
+    integration-tests:
+        name: "Integration tests"
+        uses: ./.github/workflows/integration-tests.yml
         strategy:
             matrix:
                 branch: ${{ fromJSON(vars.DBT_SCHEDULED_TESTS_BRANCHES) }}
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ jobs:
             branch: ${{ matrix.branch }}
 
     verify-build-artifacts:
-        name: "Unit tests"
-        uses: dbt-labs/dbt-redshift/.github/workflows/build-artifacts.yml
+        name: "Verify build artifacts"
+        uses: dbt-labs/actions/.github/workflows/build-artifacts.yml@add-hatch-actions
         strategy:
             matrix:
                 branch: ${{ fromJSON(vars.DBT_SCHEDULED_TESTS_BRANCHES) }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/stale-issues.yml b/.github/workflows/scheduled-stale-issues.yml
similarity index 90%
rename from .github/workflows/stale-issues.yml
rename to .github/workflows/scheduled-stale-issues.yml
index e2ecd89dd..51d0a1f49 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/stale-issues.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/scheduled-stale-issues.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ name: "Close stale issues and PRs"
 on:
     schedule:
     -   cron: "30 1 * * *"
+    workflow_dispatch:
 
 permissions:
     issues: write
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scheduled-test-releases.yml b/.github/workflows/scheduled-test-releases.yml
index 1537d7b42..296e2b193 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/scheduled-test-releases.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/scheduled-test-releases.yml
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@
 name: "Scheduled test releases"
 
 on:
-    workflow_dispatch:  # for manual triggering
     schedule:
     -   cron: ${{ vars.DBT_SCHEDULED_TEST_RELEASES_SCHEDULE }}
+    workflow_dispatch:
 
 permissions:
     contents: write  # this is the permission that allows creating a new release
@@ -32,9 +32,8 @@ jobs:
         outputs:
             sha: ${{ steps.commit.outputs.sha }}
             version: ${{ steps.release-version.outputs.version }}
-
         steps:
-        -   name: "Checkout ${{ github.repository }}"
+        -   name: "Checkout `${{ github.repository }}`"
             uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
         -   name: "Set: commit"
@@ -67,6 +66,5 @@ jobs:
         with:
             sha: ${{ needs.release-inputs.outputs.sha }}
             version: ${{ needs.release-inputs.outputs.version }}
-            branch: "main"
             deploy-environment: "test"
             publish-slack-override: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 6da8914b6..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,102 +0,0 @@
-name: "Unit tests"
-
-on:
-    pull_request_target:
-    push:
-        branches:
-        -   "main"
-        -   "*.latest"
-    workflow_call:
-        inputs:
-            branch:
-                description: "The branch/tag to run integration tests on"
-                type: string
-                default: "main"
-            dbt-adapters-branch:
-                description: "The branch/tag of `dbt-adapters` to use"
-                type: string
-                default: "main"
-            dbt-common-branch:
-                description: "The branch/tag of `dbt-common` to use"
-                type: string
-                default: "main"
-            dbt-core-branch:
-                description: "The branch/tag of `dbt-core` to use"
-                type: string
-                default: "main"
-    workflow_dispatch:
-        inputs:
-            branch:
-                description: "The branch/tag to run integration tests on"
-                type: string
-                default: "main"
-            dbt-adapters-branch:
-                description: "The branch/tag of `dbt-adapters` to use"
-                type: string
-                default: "main"
-            dbt-common-branch:
-                description: "The branch/tag of `dbt-common` to use"
-                type: string
-                default: "main"
-            dbt-core-branch:
-                description: "The branch/tag of `dbt-core` to use"
-                type: string
-                default: "main"
-
-permissions: read-all
-
-concurrency:
-    group: "${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event_name }}-${{ contains(github.event_name, 'pull_request') && github.event.pull_request.head.ref || github.sha }}"
-    cancel-in-progress: true
-
-jobs:
-    unit-tests:
-        name: "Unit tests"
-        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-        strategy:
-            fail-fast: false
-            matrix:
-                python-version: ${{ fromJSON(vars.DBT_TEST_PYTHON_ALL_VERSIONS) }}
-        steps:
-        -   name: "Check out ${{ github.repository }}@${{ inputs.branch }} (non-PR)"
-            if: github.event_name != 'pull_request_target'
-            uses: actions/checkout@v4
-            with:
-                ref: ${{ inputs.branch }}
-                persist-credentials: false
-
-        -   name: "Check out ${{ github.repository }}@${{ inputs.branch }} (PR)"
-            if: github.event_name == 'pull_request_target'
-            uses: actions/checkout@v4
-            with:
-                ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
-
-        -   name: "Setup environment"
-            uses: dbt-labs/dbt-adapters/.github/actions/setup-environment@update-workflows
-            with:
-                python-version: ${{ vars.DBT_TEST_PYTHON_VERSION }}
-
-        -   name: "Update development branches"
-            if: ${{ contains(github.event_name, 'workflow_') }}
-            uses: ./.github/actions/update-dev-branches
-            with:
-                dbt-adapters-branch: ${{ inputs.dbt-adapters-branch }}
-                dbt-common-branch: ${{ inputs.dbt-common-branch }}
-                dbt-core-branch: ${{ inputs.dbt-core-branch }}
-
-        -   name: "Run unit tests"
-            shell: bash
-            run: hatch run unit-tests:all
-
-    aggregate-results:
-        name: "Successful unit tests"
-        needs: unit-tests
-        if: ${{ !failure() && !cancelled() }}
-        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-        steps:
-        -   name: "Unit tests completed successfully"
-            shell: bash
-            run: |
-                title="Unit tests"
-                message="Unit tests completed successfully!"
-                echo "::notice title=${{ env.NOTIFICATION_PREFIX }}: $title::$message"