diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 4702ec30..afd97214 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ jobs:
             arch: "armv7l"
             build: "musllinux_"
             use_qemu: false
-          - os: windows-2019
+          - os: windows-2022
             arch: "AMD64"
             build: ""
             use_qemu: false
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ jobs:
             arch: "ARM64"
             build: ""
             use_qemu: false
-          - os: windows-2019
+          - os: windows-2022
             arch: "x86"
             build: ""
             use_qemu: false
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ jobs:
         if: matrix.use_qemu && fromJSON(env.USE_QEMU)
 
       - name: Build wheels
-        uses: pypa/cibuildwheel@v2.23
+        uses: pypa/cibuildwheel@v3.0
         if: (!matrix.use_qemu) || fromJSON(env.USE_QEMU)
         env:
           CIBW_ARCHS: "${{ matrix.arch }}"
@@ -137,36 +137,6 @@ jobs:
           name: cibw-${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.build }}${{ matrix.arch }}
           path: ./wheelhouse/*.whl
 
-  build_manylinux2010_wheels:
-    name: Build ${{ matrix.arch }} manylinux2010 wheels
-    needs: [lint]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        include:
-          - arch: "x86_64"
-          - arch: "i686"
-
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0  # required for versioneer to find tags
-
-      - name: Build wheels
-        uses: pypa/cibuildwheel@v2.23
-        env:
-          CIBW_ARCHS: "${{ matrix.arch }}"
-          CIBW_BUILD: "cp39-manylinux_*"
-          CIBW_MANYLINUX_X86_64_IMAGE: "manylinux2010"
-          CIBW_MANYLINUX_I686_IMAGE: "manylinux2010"
-          CIBW_BUILD_FRONTEND: "build"
-
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          name: cibw-manylinux2010-${{ matrix.arch }}
-          path: ./wheelhouse/*.whl
-
   build_sdist:
     name: Build source distribution
     needs: [lint]
@@ -282,7 +252,7 @@ jobs:
 
   check_dist:
     name: Check dist
-    needs: [build_wheels, build_manylinux2010_wheels, build_sdist, test_sdist, bootstrap_build]
+    needs: [build_wheels, build_sdist, test_sdist, bootstrap_build]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
@@ -312,7 +282,7 @@ jobs:
           path: dist
 
       - name: Generate artifact attestation for sdist and wheel
-        uses: actions/attest-build-provenance@db473fddc028af60658334401dc6fa3ffd8669fd # v2.3.0
+        uses: actions/attest-build-provenance@e8998f949152b193b063cb0ec769d69d929409be # v2.4.0
         with:
           subject-path: "dist/cmake-*"
 
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 76c84821..ae53a7a6 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -52,21 +52,21 @@ The following platforms are supported with binary wheels:
   | Windows       | | 64-bit                  |
   |               | | 32-bit                  |
   +---------------+---------------------------+
-  | Linux Intel   | | manylinux2010+  x86_64  |
-  |               | | musllinux_1_1+  x86_64  |
-  |               | | manylinux2010+  i686    |
-  |               | | musllinux_1_1+  i686    |
+  | Linux Intel   | | manylinux2014+  x86_64  |
+  |               | | musllinux_1_2+  x86_64  |
+  |               | | manylinux2014+  i686    |
+  |               | | musllinux_1_2+  i686    |
   +---------------+---------------------------+
   | Linux ARM     | | manylinux2014+  AArch64 |
-  |               | | musllinux_1_1+  AArch64 |
+  |               | | musllinux_1_2+  AArch64 |
   |               | | manylinux_2_31+ armv7l  |
   |               | | musllinux_1_2+  armv7l  |
   +---------------+---------------------------+
   | Linux PowerPC | | manylinux2014+  ppc64le |
-  |               | | musllinux_1_1+  ppc64le |
+  |               | | musllinux_1_2+  ppc64le |
   +---------------+---------------------------+
   | Linux IBM Z   | | manylinux2014+  s390x   |
-  |               | | musllinux_1_1+  s390x   |
+  |               | | musllinux_1_2+  s390x   |
   +---------------+---------------------------+
   | macOS 10.10+  | Intel                     |
   +---------------+---------------------------+
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ The following platforms are supported with binary wheels:
   +---------------+---------------------------+
 
 The last version to provide ``manylinux1`` wheels was ``3.22.x``.
+The last version to provide Python 3.7 support and ``manylinux2010`` wheels was ``4.0.3``.
 The last version to provide Python 2 to Python 3.6 support was ``3.28.x``.
 
 Maintainers
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b63a74c7..526e38cb 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -26,10 +26,7 @@ classifiers = [
     "Topic :: Software Development :: Build Tools",
     "Typing :: Typed"
 ]
-dependencies = [
-  "importlib_metadata>=1.4; python_version<'3.8'",
-]
-requires-python = ">=3.7"
+requires-python = ">=3.8"
 
 [project.urls]
 Homepage = "https://cmake.org"
@@ -101,11 +98,17 @@ build-verbosity = 1
 build-frontend = "build[uv]"
 config-settings."cmake.define.RUN_CMAKE_TEST" = "ON"
 environment = { CMAKE_PYTHON_DIST_FORCE_NINJA_DEP = "1" }
-musllinux-x86_64-image = "musllinux_1_1"
-musllinux-i686-image = "musllinux_1_1"
-musllinux-aarch64-image = "musllinux_1_1"
-musllinux-ppc64le-image = "musllinux_1_1"
-musllinux-s390x-image = "musllinux_1_1"
+manylinux-x86_64-image = "manylinux2014"
+manylinux-i686-image = "manylinux2014"
+manylinux-aarch64-image = "manylinux2014"
+manylinux-ppc64le-image = "manylinux2014"
+manylinux-s390x-image = "manylinux2014"
+manylinux-armv7l-image = "manylinux_2_31"
+musllinux-x86_64-image = "musllinux_1_2"
+musllinux-i686-image = "musllinux_1_2"
+musllinux-aarch64-image = "musllinux_1_2"
+musllinux-ppc64le-image = "musllinux_1_2"
+musllinux-s390x-image = "musllinux_1_2"
 musllinux-armv7l-image = "musllinux_1_2"
 
 [[tool.cibuildwheel.overrides]]
@@ -131,7 +134,7 @@ inherit.config-settings = "append"
 # disable some tests
 # - BootstrapTest fails with custom OpenSSL and probably does not make much sense for this project
 # - ExportImport|RunCMake.install|RunCMake.file-GET_RUNTIME_DEPENDENCIES: c.f. https://discourse.cmake.org/t/cmake-test-suite-failing-on-alpine-linux/5064
-config-settings."cmake.define.RUN_CMAKE_TEST_EXCLUDE" = "BootstrapTest|ExportImport|RunCMake.install|RunCMake.RuntimePath|RunCMake.file-GET_RUNTIME_DEPENDENCIES"
+config-settings."cmake.define.RUN_CMAKE_TEST_EXCLUDE" = "BootstrapTest|CTestTestFdSetSize|ExportImport|RunCMake.install|RunCMake.RuntimePath|RunCMake.file-GET_RUNTIME_DEPENDENCIES"
 
 [[tool.cibuildwheel.overrides]]
 select = ["*-musllinux_armv7l"]
@@ -149,7 +152,7 @@ inherit.config-settings = "append"
 config-settings."cmake.define.RUN_CMAKE_TEST" = "OFF"
 
 [[tool.cibuildwheel.overrides]]
-select = ["*-musllinux_s390x"]
+select = ["*-musllinux_{ppc64le,s390x}"]
 build-frontend = "pip"
 
 
diff --git a/src/cmake/__init__.py b/src/cmake/__init__.py
index 0a9f7d94..ef8257d6 100644
--- a/src/cmake/__init__.py
+++ b/src/cmake/__init__.py
@@ -3,13 +3,9 @@
 import os
 import subprocess
 import sys
+from importlib.metadata import distribution
 from pathlib import Path
 
-if sys.version_info < (3, 8):
-    from importlib_metadata import distribution
-else:
-    from importlib.metadata import distribution
-
 from ._version import version as __version__
 
 TYPE_CHECKING = False
diff --git a/tests/test_cmake.py b/tests/test_cmake.py
index 2277315c..5410c854 100644
--- a/tests/test_cmake.py
+++ b/tests/test_cmake.py
@@ -3,14 +3,10 @@
 import sys
 import sysconfig
 import textwrap
+from importlib.metadata import distribution
 
 import pytest
 
-if sys.version_info < (3, 8):
-    from importlib_metadata import distribution
-else:
-    from importlib.metadata import distribution
-
 import cmake
 
 from . import push_argv