diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_docs.yml b/.github/workflows/build_docs.yml
index 89f7a924..530724ac 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_docs.yml
@@ -28,16 +28,19 @@
      steps:
        - name: Checkout repo
          uses: actions/checkout@v3
-       
+
        - name: Setup micromamba
-         uses: mamba-org/provision-with-micromamba@main
+         uses: mamba-org/setup-micromamba@v1
          with:
            environment-file: ${{ matrix.environment-file }}
            micromamba-version: 'latest'
-       
+
+       - name: Install esda
+         run: pip install .
+
        - name: Make Docs
          run: cd docs; make html
-       
+
        - name: Commit Docs
          run: |
            git clone https://github.com/ammaraskar/sphinx-action-test.git --branch gh-pages --single-branch gh-pages
@@ -49,7 +52,7 @@
            git commit -m "Update documentation" -a || true
            # The above command will fail if no changes were present,
            # so we ignore the return code.
-       
+
        - name: push to gh-pages
          uses: ad-m/github-push-action@master
          with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/testing.yml b/.github/workflows/testing.yml
index a768f0cb..ff599e4f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/testing.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/testing.yml
@@ -55,11 +55,10 @@
        - name: checkout repo
          uses: actions/checkout@v3
        - name: setup micromamba
-         uses: mamba-org/provision-with-micromamba@main
+         uses: mamba-org/setup-micromamba@v1
          with:
             micromamba-version: 'latest'
             environment-file: ${{ matrix.environment-file }}
-            channel-priority: 'flexible'
 
        - name: install bleeding edge libpysal (Ubuntu / Python 3.10)
          shell: bash -l {0}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/upload_package.yml b/.github/workflows/upload_package.yml
index e0fcc47f..82331053 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/upload_package.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/upload_package.yml
@@ -21,13 +21,13 @@ jobs:
       uses: actions/setup-python@v4
       with:
         python-version: '3.x'
-    
-    - name: Install dependencies
+
+    - name: Build source and wheel distributions
       run: |
-        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        pip install setuptools wheel twine jupyter urllib3 pandas pyyaml
-        python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
-    
+        python -m pip install --upgrade build twine
+        python -m build
+        twine check --strict dist/*
+
     - name: Create Release Notes
       uses: actions/github-script@v6
       with:
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
               tag_name: "${{ github.ref }}",
               generate_release_notes: true
           });
-   
+
     - name: Publish distribution 📦 to PyPI
       uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
       with: