diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_cd.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_cd.yml
index dcde0c1c..737a575a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_cd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_cd.yml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ jobs:
   #        with:
   #          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
-  smoke-tests:
+  smoketest:
     name: Build and smoke tests
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     needs: [ style ]
@@ -54,16 +54,22 @@ jobs:
         os: [ ubuntu-latest, windows-latest ]
         python-version: [ '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13' ]
     steps:
-      - name: Build wheelhouse and perform smoke test
+      - name: Build wheelhouse
         uses: ansys/actions/build-wheelhouse@v8
         with:
           library-name: ${{ env.PACKAGE_NAME }}
           operating-system: ${{ matrix.os }}
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
+      - name: Install library
+        run: python --version && python -m pip install ${{ env.install_target }}
+
+      - name: Run smoketest
+        run: make smoketest
+
   test:
     name: Testing
-    needs: [ smoke-tests ]
+    needs: [ smoketest ]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
@@ -109,7 +115,7 @@ jobs:
   docs:
     name: Build docs
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    #    needs: [docs-style]
+#    needs: [docs-style]
     steps:
       - name: Run Ansys documentation building action
         uses: ansys/actions/doc-build@v8
@@ -120,7 +126,7 @@ jobs:
 
   package:
     name: Package library
-    needs: [ test, docs ]
+    needs: [ test ]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Build library source and wheel artifacts
@@ -152,7 +158,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Upload dev documentation
     if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [ package ]
+    needs: [ docs, package ]
     steps:
       - name: Deploy the latest documentation
         uses: ansys/actions/doc-deploy-dev@v8
@@ -167,7 +173,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Upload release documentation
     if: github.event_name == 'push' && contains(github.ref, 'refs/tags')
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [ release ]
+    needs: [ docs, release ]
     steps:
       - name: Deploy the stable documentation
         uses: ansys/actions/doc-deploy-stable@v8
@@ -181,7 +187,7 @@ jobs:
   build-failure:
     name: Teams notify on failure
     if: failure() && (github.event_name == 'pull_request' || github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' || github.ref_type == 'tag')
-    needs: [ style, test ]
+    needs: [ package ]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -189,7 +195,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: jdcargile/ms-teams-notification@v1.4
         with:
           github-token: ${{ github.token }} # this will use the runner's token.
-          ms-teams-webhook-uri: ${{ secrets.MS_TEAMS_WEBHOOK_URI }}
-          notification-summary: GitHub CI failure - ${{ github.event.pull_request.title }}
+          ms-teams-webhook-uri: ${{ secrets.MS_TEAMS_WEBHOOK_URI_CI }}
+          notification-summary: CI build failure
           notification-color: dc3545
           timezone: America/New_York
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
index c8583168..51d98706 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ env:
   PACKAGE_NAME: 'ansys-dynamicreporting-core'
   PACKAGE_NAMESPACE: 'ansys.dynamicreporting.core'
 
-
 jobs:
 
   nightly_test:
@@ -73,7 +72,7 @@ jobs:
   build-failure:
     name: Teams notify on failure
     if: failure()
-    needs: [ nightly_test, nightly_and_upload ]
+    needs: [ nightly_and_upload ]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -81,7 +80,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: jdcargile/ms-teams-notification@v1.4
         with:
           github-token: ${{ github.token }}
-          ms-teams-webhook-uri: ${{ secrets.MS_TEAMS_WEBHOOK_URI }}
-          notification-summary: Nightly failure
+          ms-teams-webhook-uri: ${{ secrets.MS_TEAMS_WEBHOOK_URI_NIGHTLY }}
+          notification-summary: Nightly build failure
           notification-color: dc3545
           timezone: America/New_York
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d5dc7fa0..eb197bcd 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@ test:
 	pytest -rvx --setup-show --cov=ansys.dynamicreporting.core --cov-report html:coverage-html --cov-report term --cov-report xml:coverage.xml
 
 smoketest:
-	python -c "from ansys.dynamicreporting.core import __version__; print(__version__)"
-	python -c "from ansys.dynamicreporting.core import Service"
+	python tests/smoketest.py
 
 clean:
 	rm -rf dist build
diff --git a/codegen/rename_whl.py b/codegen/rename_whl.py
index e007cc87..9cfdee56 100644
--- a/codegen/rename_whl.py
+++ b/codegen/rename_whl.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     if len(chunks) == 5:
         chunks.insert(2, date_tag)
         new_name = "-".join(chunks)
+        print(f"Renaming {name} to {new_name}...")
         os.rename(name, new_name)
 
 for name in glob.glob("dist/*.tar.gz"):
@@ -15,4 +16,5 @@
     if len(chunks) == 5:
         chunks[2] = f"{chunks[2]}-{date_tag}"
         new_name = ".".join(chunks)
+        print(f"Renaming {name} to {new_name}...")
         os.rename(name, new_name)
diff --git a/tests/smoketest.py b/tests/smoketest.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b7002de1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/smoketest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+# version
+# ADR service core
+from ansys.dynamicreporting.core import Item, Report, Service, __version__
+
+# ADR serverless core
+from ansys.dynamicreporting.core.serverless import (
+    ADR,
+    HTML,
+    Animation,
+    BasicLayout,
+    BoxLayout,
+    CarouselLayout,
+    DataFilterLayout,
+    Dataset,
+    File,
+    FooterLayout,
+    HeaderLayout,
+    Image,
+)
+from ansys.dynamicreporting.core.serverless import (
+    ItemsComparisonGenerator,
+    IteratorGenerator,
+    IteratorLayout,
+    PanelLayout,
+    PPTXLayout,
+    PPTXSlideLayout,
+    ReportLinkLayout,
+    Scene,
+    Session,
+    SliderLayout,
+    SQLQueryGenerator,
+    StatisticalGenerator,
+    String,
+    TabLayout,
+    Table,
+    TableMergeGenerator,
+    TableMergeRCFilterGenerator,
+    TableMergeValueFilterGenerator,
+    TableReduceGenerator,
+    TableSortFilterGenerator,
+    TagPropertyLayout,
+    Template,
+    TOCLayout,
+    Tree,
+    TreeMergeGenerator,
+    UserDefinedLayout,
+)
+from ansys.dynamicreporting.core.serverless import Item as ServerlessItem
+
+print(__version__)