diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..35dbefd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+name: Lint and check
+on: [ push, pull_request ]
+jobs:
+  ruff:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: chartboost/ruff-action@v1
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 6961fdf..ba15095 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -17,18 +17,15 @@ jobs:
       - name: "Checkout code"
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: Set up Python 3.12
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      - name: Set up Python 3.9
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: "3.12"
-
-      - name: Setup pdm
-        uses: pdm-project/setup-pdm@v3
-        with:
-          python-version: "3.12"
+          python-version: "3.9"
 
       - name: Build package
-        run: pdm build
+        run: |
+          pip install build
+          python -m build
       
       - name: Publish package distributions to PyPI
         uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
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diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1fc2c5a..a4ca2d6 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ maintainers = [
 description = "Stacked PRs for GitHub."
 readme = "README.md"
 license = { file = "LICENSE" }
-requires-python = ">=3.8"
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
 keywords = ["stacked-prs", "github", "pull-requests", "stack-pr", "git", "version-control"]
 classifiers = [
     "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",