diff --git a/.github/workflows/plugin.yaml b/.github/workflows/plugin.yaml
index 9ff06481..e130761a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/plugin.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/plugin.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,25 @@ on:
   - push
   - pull_request
 jobs:
+  test-wheel_resolver:
+    name: Test wheel_resolver (Python ${{ matrix.python }})
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/plugin_test.yaml
+    with:
+      id: wheel_resolver
+      runner: ubuntu-latest
+      python: ${{ matrix.python }}
+      please_pex_from_repo: false
+      test_targets: //tools/wheel_resolver/...
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        python:
+          - '3.9'
+          - '3.10'
+          - '3.11'
+          - '3.12'
+          - '3.13'
+          - '3.14'
   test-please_pex:
     name: Test (Python ${{ matrix.python }}, in-repo please_pex)
     uses: ./.github/workflows/plugin_test.yaml
@@ -37,8 +56,8 @@ jobs:
           - '3.12'
           - '3.13'
           - '3.14'
-  release-tools:
-    name: Release tools
+  release-please_pex:
+    name: Release please_pex
     if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/master'
     needs:
       - test-please_pex
@@ -46,17 +65,37 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Check out code
         uses: actions/checkout@v5
-      - name: Build tools
-        run: ./pleasew build //package:release_files
-      - name: Release tools
+      - name: Build release files
+        run: ./pleasew build //package:please_pex_release_files
+      - name: Create release
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        uses: thought-machine/release-action@master
+        with:
+          release-files: plz-out/package/please_pex
+          version-file: tools/please_pex/VERSION
+          change-log-file: tools/please_pex/ChangeLog
+          release-prefix: please_pex
+  release-wheel_resolver:
+    name: Release wheel_resolver
+    if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/master'
+    needs:
+      - test-wheel_resolver
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - name: Build release files
+        run: ./pleasew build //package:wheel_resolver_release_files
+      - name: Create release
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         uses: thought-machine/release-action@master
         with:
-          release-files: plz-out/package
-          version-file: tools/VERSION
-          change-log-file: tools/ChangeLog
-          release-prefix: tools
+          release-files: plz-out/package/wheel_resolver
+          version-file: tools/wheel_resolver/VERSION
+          change-log-file: tools/wheel_resolver/ChangeLog
+          release-prefix: wheel_resolver
   release-plugin:
     name: Release plugin
     if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/master'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/plugin_test.yaml b/.github/workflows/plugin_test.yaml
index a82ae992..07c4d694 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/plugin_test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/plugin_test.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 on:
   workflow_call:
     inputs:
+      id:
+        description: "A identifier for this test run. Will be included in the Please log archive file name."
+        type: string
+        default: test
       runner:
         description: "The GitHub runner type on which this workflow should run."
         required: true
@@ -14,6 +18,10 @@ on:
         required: false
         type: boolean
         default: false
+      test_targets:
+        description: "A space-delimited list of targets to pass to `plz test`."
+        type: string
+        default: //...
 jobs:
   test:
     name: Run tests
@@ -38,9 +46,9 @@ jobs:
           cp $(./pleasew query outputs //tools/please_pex) $HOME/please_pex
           echo "PLZ_ARGS="$(grep ^PLZ_ARGS= $GITHUB_ENV | cut -d= -f2-)" -o plugin.python.pextool:$HOME/please_pex" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - name: Run tests
-        run: ./pleasew test --keep_going --log_file plz-out/log/test.log
+        run: ./pleasew test --keep_going --log_file plz-out/log/test.log ${{ inputs.test_targets }}
       - name: Archive logs
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
-          name: logs-python_${{ inputs.python }}-please_pex_${{ inputs.please_pex_from_repo && 'repo' || 'stable' }}
+          name: logs-${{ inputs.id }}-python_${{ inputs.python }}-please_pex_${{ inputs.please_pex_from_repo && 'repo' || 'stable' }}
           path: plz-out/log
diff --git a/build_defs/version.build_defs b/build_defs/version.build_defs
index a3040539..6174190f 100644
--- a/build_defs/version.build_defs
+++ b/build_defs/version.build_defs
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-def version(name:str, version_file:str="VERSION", visibility:list=["PUBLIC"]):
+def version(name:str, version_const:str="VERSION", version_file:str="VERSION", visibility:list=["PUBLIC"]):
+    assert version_const == version_const.upper(), "version_const must be a constant identifier"
     return genrule(
-    name = name,
-    srcs = [version_file],
-    outs = [f"{name}.build_defs"],
-    cmd = "echo VERSION = \\\"$(cat $SRCS)\\\" > $OUT",
-    visibility = visibility,
-)
-
+        name = name,
+        srcs = [version_file],
+        outs = [f"{name}.build_defs"],
+        cmd = f'''echo "{version_const} = '$(cat $SRCS)'" > $OUTS''',
+        visibility = visibility,
+    )
diff --git a/package/BUILD b/package/BUILD
index a5c79eee..b2d018c2 100644
--- a/package/BUILD
+++ b/package/BUILD
@@ -1,25 +1,25 @@
-subinclude("//tools:version", "//build_defs:archs", "///go//build_defs:go")
+subinclude("//build_defs:archs")
 
-release_files = {
+_tools = {
     "please_pex": "//tools/please_pex",
     "wheel_resolver": "//tools/wheel_resolver",
 }
 
-def release_file(name:str, file_target:str, arch:str):
+def release_file(name:str, version:str, file_target:str, arch:str):
     return genrule(
         name = f"{name}_{arch}",
         srcs = [f"///{arch}" + canonicalise(file_target)],
-        outs = [f"{name}-{VERSION}-{arch}"],
+        outs = [f"{name}-{version}-{arch}"],
         cmd = "mv $SRC $OUT",
     )
 
-filegroup(
-    name = "release_files",
-    srcs = [
-        release_file(name, target, arch)
-        for name, target in release_files.items()
-        for arch in SUPPORTED_ARCHS
-    ],
-    labels = ["hlink:plz-out/package"],
-)
-
+for tool, package in _tools.items():
+    subinclude(f"{package}:version")
+    filegroup(
+        name = f"{tool}_release_files",
+        srcs = [
+            release_file(tool, VERSION, package, arch)
+            for arch in SUPPORTED_ARCHS
+        ],
+        labels = [f"hlink:plz-out/package/{tool}"],
+    )
diff --git a/tools/BUILD b/tools/BUILD
index c851c15e..a441290e 100644
--- a/tools/BUILD
+++ b/tools/BUILD
@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
-subinclude("//build_defs:version")
-
-version(name = "version")
-
-TOOLS_VERSION = "1.7.0"
+_PLEASE_PEX_VERSION = "1.7.0"
 
 remote_file(
     name = "please_pex",
-    url = f"https://github.com/please-build/python-rules/releases/download/tools-v{TOOLS_VERSION}/please_pex-{TOOLS_VERSION}-{CONFIG.OS}_{CONFIG.ARCH}",
+    url = f"https://github.com/please-build/python-rules/releases/download/tools-v{_PLEASE_PEX_VERSION}/please_pex-{_PLEASE_PEX_VERSION}-{CONFIG.OS}_{CONFIG.ARCH}",
     hashes = [
         "d8f518764c06e690ea1a4fb90fd532b00c15247cd7d8fb58562748df5b1a0db7",  # darwin_amd64
         "3a4ff1599c757d2dff4ed9a11e2efa429bb7e644fe8f6ee7191ae1dec903e57b",  # darwin_arm64
diff --git a/tools/VERSION b/tools/VERSION
deleted file mode 100644
index bd8bf882..00000000
--- a/tools/VERSION
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-1.7.0
diff --git a/tools/please_pex/BUILD b/tools/please_pex/BUILD
index ba5d7839..e54b1dcc 100644
--- a/tools/please_pex/BUILD
+++ b/tools/please_pex/BUILD
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
-subinclude("//build_defs:python", "///go//build_defs:go")
+subinclude(
+    "///go//build_defs:go",
+    "//build_defs:python",
+    "//build_defs:version",
+)
+
+version(name = "version")
 
 go_binary(
     name = "pex_main",
diff --git a/tools/ChangeLog b/tools/please_pex/ChangeLog
similarity index 92%
rename from tools/ChangeLog
rename to tools/please_pex/ChangeLog
index d19833df..4af5ecc4 100644
--- a/tools/ChangeLog
+++ b/tools/please_pex/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Version 2.0.0
+-------------
+    * Release please_pex and wheel_resolver tools independently of each other
+
 Version 1.7.0
 -------------
     * Upgrade coverage package in please_pex's bootstrap .pex to v7.10.7 (#243)
@@ -46,7 +50,6 @@ Version 1.4.2
     * Upgrade `coverage` package to 7.6.4 in please_pex's bootstrap pex (#197)
       This drops native-speed tracing support for Python 3.8 and adds it for Python 3.13.
     * Remove unnecessary six dependency in the unittest test runner dependency bundle (#199)
-    * Remove redundant requests dependency from wheel resolver (#200)
     * Prevent Python >= 3.12 from emitting a `DeprecationWarning` when using `importlib.metadata`
       on modules in pex files (#203)
 
@@ -68,11 +71,11 @@ Version 1.3.5
 
 Version 1.3.4
 -------------
-    * Refactor wheel_resolver to allow for non-PyPI downloads (#167)
+    * No changes were made to please_pex in this release
 
 Version 1.3.3
 -------------
-    * Include wheel_resolver in tools release (#164)
+    * No changes were made to please_pex in this release
 
 Version 1.3.2
 -------------
@@ -84,8 +87,7 @@ Version 1.3.1
 
 Version 1.3.0
 -------------
-    * Added wheel_resolver tool; see [README](./wheel_resolver/README.md)
-    (#149)
+    * No changes were made to please_pex in this release
 
 Version 1.2.2
 -------------
diff --git a/tools/please_pex/VERSION b/tools/please_pex/VERSION
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..227cea21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/please_pex/VERSION
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+2.0.0
diff --git a/tools/wheel_resolver/BUILD b/tools/wheel_resolver/BUILD
index 70d491a0..3bfa371f 100644
--- a/tools/wheel_resolver/BUILD
+++ b/tools/wheel_resolver/BUILD
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-subinclude("//build_defs:python")
+subinclude(
+    "//build_defs:python",
+    "//build_defs:version",
+)
+
+version(name = "version")
 
 python_binary(
     name="wheel_resolver",
diff --git a/tools/wheel_resolver/ChangeLog b/tools/wheel_resolver/ChangeLog
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ab57eb61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/wheel_resolver/ChangeLog
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+Version 2.0.0
+-------------
+    * Release please_pex and wheel_resolver tools independently of each other
+
+Version 1.7.0
+-------------
+    * No changes were made to wheel_resolver in this release
+
+Version 1.6.2
+-------------
+    * No changes were made to wheel_resolver in this release
+
+Version 1.6.1
+-------------
+    * No changes were made to wheel_resolver in this release
+
+Version 1.6.0
+-------------
+    * No changes were made to wheel_resolver in this release
+
+Version 1.5.5
+-------------
+    * No changes were made to wheel_resolver in this release
+
+Version 1.5.4
+-------------
+    * No changes were made to wheel_resolver in this release
+
+Version 1.5.3
+-------------
+    * No changes were made to wheel_resolver in this release
+
+Version 1.5.2
+-------------
+    * No changes were made to wheel_resolver in this release
+
+Version 1.5.1
+-------------
+    * No changes were made to wheel_resolver in this release
+
+Version 1.5.0
+-------------
+    * No changes were made to wheel_resolver in this release
+
+Version 1.4.2
+-------------
+    * Remove redundant requests dependency from wheel resolver (#200)
+
+Version 1.4.1
+-------------
+    * No changes were made to wheel_resolver in this release
+
+Version 1.4.0
+-------------
+    * No changes were made to wheel_resolver in this release
+
+Version 1.3.5
+-------------
+    * No changes were made to wheel_resolver in this release
+
+Version 1.3.4
+-------------
+    * Refactor wheel_resolver to allow for non-PyPI downloads (#167)
+
+Version 1.3.3
+-------------
+    * Include wheel_resolver in tools release (#164)
diff --git a/tools/wheel_resolver/VERSION b/tools/wheel_resolver/VERSION
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..227cea21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/wheel_resolver/VERSION
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+2.0.0