diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yaml b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
index 48949e15..8aa723d2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ concurrency:
 jobs:
   python-build:
     secrets: inherit
-    uses: rapidsai/shared-workflows/.github/workflows/conda-python-build.yaml@branch-24.10
+    uses: rapidsai/shared-workflows/.github/workflows/conda-python-build.yaml@branch-24.12
     with:
       build_type: ${{ inputs.build_type || 'branch' }}
       branch: ${{ inputs.branch }}
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
   upload-conda:
     needs: [python-build]
     secrets: inherit
-    uses: rapidsai/shared-workflows/.github/workflows/conda-upload-packages.yaml@branch-24.10
+    uses: rapidsai/shared-workflows/.github/workflows/conda-upload-packages.yaml@branch-24.12
     with:
       build_type: ${{ inputs.build_type || 'branch' }}
       branch: ${{ inputs.branch }}
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
     if: github.ref_type == 'branch'
     needs: python-build
     secrets: inherit
-    uses: rapidsai/shared-workflows/.github/workflows/custom-job.yaml@branch-24.10
+    uses: rapidsai/shared-workflows/.github/workflows/custom-job.yaml@branch-24.12
     with:
       arch: "amd64"
       branch: ${{ inputs.branch }}
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ jobs:
       sha: ${{ inputs.sha }}
   wheel-build:
     secrets: inherit
-    uses: rapidsai/shared-workflows/.github/workflows/wheels-build.yaml@branch-24.10
+    uses: rapidsai/shared-workflows/.github/workflows/wheels-build.yaml@branch-24.12
     with:
       build_type: ${{ inputs.build_type || 'branch' }}
       branch: ${{ inputs.branch }}
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ jobs:
   wheel-publish:
     needs: wheel-build
     secrets: inherit
-    uses: rapidsai/shared-workflows/.github/workflows/wheels-publish.yaml@branch-24.10
+    uses: rapidsai/shared-workflows/.github/workflows/wheels-publish.yaml@branch-24.12
     with:
       build_type: ${{ inputs.build_type || 'branch' }}
       branch: ${{ inputs.branch }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr.yaml b/.github/workflows/pr.yaml
index 05ee9412..04d8bf9d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr.yaml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ concurrency:
 jobs:
   pr-builder:
     needs:
+      - changed-files
       - checks
       - conda-python-build
       - conda-python-tests
@@ -20,27 +21,51 @@ jobs:
       - wheel-build
       - wheel-tests
     secrets: inherit
-    uses: rapidsai/shared-workflows/.github/workflows/pr-builder.yaml@branch-24.10
+    uses: rapidsai/shared-workflows/.github/workflows/pr-builder.yaml@branch-24.12
+    if: always()
+    with:
+      needs: ${{ toJSON(needs) }}
+  changed-files:
+    secrets: inherit
+    uses: rapidsai/shared-workflows/.github/workflows/changed-files.yaml@branch-24.12
+    with:
+      files_yaml: |
+        test_notebooks:
+          - '**'
+          - '!.pre-commit-config.yaml'
+          - '!CONTRIBUTING.md'
+          - '!EXTERNAL_TESTS.md'
+          - '!README.md'
+        test_python:
+          - '**'
+          - '!.pre-commit-config.yaml'
+          - '!CONTRIBUTING.md'
+          - '!EXTERNAL_TESTS.md'
+          - '!README.md'
+          - '!docs/**'
+          - '!notebooks/**'
   checks:
     secrets: inherit
-    uses: rapidsai/shared-workflows/.github/workflows/checks.yaml@branch-24.10
+    uses: rapidsai/shared-workflows/.github/workflows/checks.yaml@branch-24.12
   conda-python-build:
     needs: checks
     secrets: inherit
-    uses: rapidsai/shared-workflows/.github/workflows/conda-python-build.yaml@branch-24.10
+    uses: rapidsai/shared-workflows/.github/workflows/conda-python-build.yaml@branch-24.12
     with:
       build_type: pull-request
   conda-python-tests:
-    needs: conda-python-build
+    needs: [conda-python-build, changed-files]
     secrets: inherit
-    uses: rapidsai/shared-workflows/.github/workflows/conda-python-tests.yaml@branch-24.10
+    uses: rapidsai/shared-workflows/.github/workflows/conda-python-tests.yaml@branch-24.12
+    if: fromJSON(needs.changed-files.outputs.changed_file_groups).test_python
     with:
       build_type: pull-request
       run_codecov: false
   conda-notebook-tests:
-    needs: conda-python-build
+    needs: [conda-python-build, changed-files]
     secrets: inherit
-    uses: rapidsai/shared-workflows/.github/workflows/custom-job.yaml@branch-24.10
+    uses: rapidsai/shared-workflows/.github/workflows/custom-job.yaml@branch-24.12
+    if: fromJSON(needs.changed-files.outputs.changed_file_groups).test_notebooks
     with:
       build_type: pull-request
       node_type: "gpu-v100-latest-1"
@@ -50,7 +75,7 @@ jobs:
   docs-build:
     needs: conda-python-build
     secrets: inherit
-    uses: rapidsai/shared-workflows/.github/workflows/custom-job.yaml@branch-24.10
+    uses: rapidsai/shared-workflows/.github/workflows/custom-job.yaml@branch-24.12
     with:
       build_type: pull-request
       node_type: "gpu-v100-latest-1"
@@ -60,16 +85,17 @@ jobs:
   wheel-build:
     needs: checks
     secrets: inherit
-    uses: rapidsai/shared-workflows/.github/workflows/wheels-build.yaml@branch-24.10
+    uses: rapidsai/shared-workflows/.github/workflows/wheels-build.yaml@branch-24.12
     with:
       build_type: pull-request
       script: ci/build_wheel.sh
       # This selects "ARCH=amd64 + the latest supported Python + CUDA".
       matrix_filter: map(select(.ARCH == "amd64")) | group_by(.CUDA_VER|split(".")|map(tonumber)|.[0]) | map(max_by([(.PY_VER|split(".")|map(tonumber)), (.CUDA_VER|split(".")|map(tonumber))]))
   wheel-tests:
-    needs: wheel-build
+    needs: [wheel-build, changed-files]
     secrets: inherit
-    uses: rapidsai/shared-workflows/.github/workflows/wheels-test.yaml@branch-24.10
+    uses: rapidsai/shared-workflows/.github/workflows/wheels-test.yaml@branch-24.12
+    if: fromJSON(needs.changed-files.outputs.changed_file_groups).test_python
     with:
       build_type: pull-request
       script: ci/test_wheel.sh
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-external.yaml b/.github/workflows/test-external.yaml
index 614d65b5..67567296 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-external.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-external.yaml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   test-external:
     secrets: inherit
-    uses: rapidsai/shared-workflows/.github/workflows/custom-job.yaml@branch-24.10
+    uses: rapidsai/shared-workflows/.github/workflows/custom-job.yaml@branch-24.12
     with:
       build_type: branch
       node_type: "gpu-v100-latest-1"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
index 8c94dabc..cd423859 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   conda-python-tests:
     secrets: inherit
-    uses: rapidsai/shared-workflows/.github/workflows/conda-python-tests.yaml@branch-24.10
+    uses: rapidsai/shared-workflows/.github/workflows/conda-python-tests.yaml@branch-24.12
     with:
       build_type: nightly
       branch: ${{ inputs.branch }}
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
       sha: ${{ inputs.sha }}
   wheel-tests:
     secrets: inherit
-    uses: rapidsai/shared-workflows/.github/workflows/wheels-test.yaml@branch-24.10
+    uses: rapidsai/shared-workflows/.github/workflows/wheels-test.yaml@branch-24.12
     with:
       build_type: nightly
       branch: ${{ inputs.branch }}
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 1d8a944f..356b5b9f 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ repos:
         hooks:
             - id: verify-alpha-spec
       - repo: https://github.com/rapidsai/dependency-file-generator
-        rev: v1.13.11
+        rev: v1.16.0
         hooks:
             - id: rapids-dependency-file-generator
               args: ["--clean"]
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c8a208ff..0856ae57 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+# cuxfilter 24.12.00 (11 Dec 2024)
+
+## 🛠️ Improvements
+
+- enforce wheel size limits, README formatting in CI ([#643](https://github.com/rapidsai/cuxfilter/pull/643)) [@jameslamb](https://github.com/jameslamb)
+- remove unnecessary sccache configuration, reduce verbosity of wheel-building scripts ([#641](https://github.com/rapidsai/cuxfilter/pull/641)) [@jameslamb](https://github.com/jameslamb)
+- make conda installs in CI stricter ([#639](https://github.com/rapidsai/cuxfilter/pull/639)) [@jameslamb](https://github.com/jameslamb)
+- Prune workflows based on changed files ([#635](https://github.com/rapidsai/cuxfilter/pull/635)) [@KyleFromNVIDIA](https://github.com/KyleFromNVIDIA)
+
 # cuxfilter 24.10.00 (9 Oct 2024)
 
 ## 🐛 Bug Fixes
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1e03d58b..9220fc20 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -156,11 +156,11 @@ For the nightly version of `cuxfilter`:
 ```bash
 # for CUDA 12.5
 conda install -c rapidsai-nightly -c conda-forge -c nvidia \
-    cuxfilter=24.10 python=3.12 cuda-version=12.5
+    cuxfilter=24.12 python=3.12 cuda-version=12.5
 
 # for CUDA 11.8
 conda install -c rapidsai-nightly -c conda-forge -c nvidia \
-    cuxfilter=24.10 python=3.12 cuda-version=11.8
+    cuxfilter=24.12 python=3.12 cuda-version=11.8
 ```
 
 For the stable version of `cuxfilter`:
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 7c7ba044..af28c42b 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-24.10.00
+24.12.00
diff --git a/ci/build_docs.sh b/ci/build_docs.sh
index 6d39b97c..80702ed8 100755
--- a/ci/build_docs.sh
+++ b/ci/build_docs.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ set -euo pipefail
 rapids-logger "Create test conda environment"
 . /opt/conda/etc/profile.d/conda.sh
 
+RAPIDS_VERSION="$(rapids-version)"
+
 rapids-dependency-file-generator \
     --output conda \
     --file-key docs \
@@ -21,11 +23,8 @@ PYTHON_CHANNEL=$(rapids-download-conda-from-s3 python)
 
 rapids-mamba-retry install \
     --channel "${PYTHON_CHANNEL}" \
-    cuxfilter
+    "cuxfilter=${RAPIDS_VERSION}"
 
-export RAPIDS_VERSION="$(rapids-version)"
-export RAPIDS_VERSION_MAJOR_MINOR="$(rapids-version-major-minor)"
-export RAPIDS_VERSION_NUMBER="$RAPIDS_VERSION_MAJOR_MINOR"
 export RAPIDS_DOCS_DIR="$(mktemp -d)"
 
 rapids-logger "Build Python docs"
@@ -35,4 +34,4 @@ mkdir -p "${RAPIDS_DOCS_DIR}/cuxfilter/"html
 mv _html/* "${RAPIDS_DOCS_DIR}/cuxfilter/html"
 popd
 
-rapids-upload-docs
+RAPIDS_VERSION_NUMBER="$(rapids-version-major-minor)" rapids-upload-docs
diff --git a/ci/build_python.sh b/ci/build_python.sh
index 9c0bbc83..be4cd892 100755
--- a/ci/build_python.sh
+++ b/ci/build_python.sh
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ set -euo pipefail
 
 rapids-configure-conda-channels
 
-source rapids-configure-sccache
-
 source rapids-date-string
 
 rapids-print-env
diff --git a/ci/build_wheel.sh b/ci/build_wheel.sh
index 78e2bed2..4fb8091c 100755
--- a/ci/build_wheel.sh
+++ b/ci/build_wheel.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ set -euo pipefail
 package_name="cuxfilter"
 package_dir="python"
 
-source rapids-configure-sccache
 source rapids-date-string
 
 rapids-generate-version > ./VERSION
@@ -15,6 +14,8 @@ RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX="$(rapids-wheel-ctk-name-gen ${RAPIDS_CUDA_VERSION})"
 
 cd "${package_dir}"
 
-python -m pip wheel . -w dist -vvv --no-deps --disable-pip-version-check
+python -m pip wheel . -w dist -v --no-deps --disable-pip-version-check
+
+../ci/validate_wheel.sh dist
 
 RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="${package_name}_${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}" RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_PURE="1" rapids-upload-wheels-to-s3 dist
diff --git a/ci/test_notebooks.sh b/ci/test_notebooks.sh
index 730129f0..949525bd 100755
--- a/ci/test_notebooks.sh
+++ b/ci/test_notebooks.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ set -euo pipefail
 
 . /opt/conda/etc/profile.d/conda.sh
 
+RAPIDS_VERSION="$(rapids-version)"
+
 rapids-logger "Generate notebook testing dependencies"
 rapids-dependency-file-generator \
   --output conda \
@@ -25,7 +27,7 @@ PYTHON_CHANNEL=$(rapids-download-conda-from-s3 python)
 
 rapids-mamba-retry install \
   --channel "${PYTHON_CHANNEL}" \
-  cuxfilter
+  "cuxfilter=${RAPIDS_VERSION}"
 
 
 NBTEST="$(realpath "$(dirname "$0")/utils/nbtest.sh")"
diff --git a/ci/test_python.sh b/ci/test_python.sh
index 0d6c834b..60cc36ab 100755
--- a/ci/test_python.sh
+++ b/ci/test_python.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ set -euo pipefail
 
 . /opt/conda/etc/profile.d/conda.sh
 
+RAPIDS_VERSION="$(rapids-version)"
+
 rapids-logger "Generate Python testing dependencies"
 rapids-dependency-file-generator \
   --output conda \
@@ -29,7 +31,7 @@ rapids-print-env
 
 rapids-mamba-retry install \
   --channel "${PYTHON_CHANNEL}" \
-  cuxfilter
+  "cuxfilter=${RAPIDS_VERSION}"
 
 rapids-logger "Check GPU usage"
 nvidia-smi
diff --git a/ci/validate_wheel.sh b/ci/validate_wheel.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..60a80fce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/validate_wheel.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Copyright (c) 2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+wheel_dir_relative_path=$1
+
+rapids-logger "validate packages with 'pydistcheck'"
+
+pydistcheck \
+    --inspect \
+    "$(echo ${wheel_dir_relative_path}/*.whl)"
+
+rapids-logger "validate packages with 'twine'"
+
+twine check \
+    --strict \
+    "$(echo ${wheel_dir_relative_path}/*.whl)"
diff --git a/conda/environments/all_cuda-118_arch-x86_64.yaml b/conda/environments/all_cuda-118_arch-x86_64.yaml
index 97b51aef..050d8e2e 100644
--- a/conda/environments/all_cuda-118_arch-x86_64.yaml
+++ b/conda/environments/all_cuda-118_arch-x86_64.yaml
@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@ dependencies:
 - bokeh_sampledata
 - cuda-version=11.8
 - cudatoolkit
-- cudf==24.10.*,>=0.0.0a0
-- cugraph==24.10.*,>=0.0.0a0
+- cudf==24.12.*,>=0.0.0a0
+- cugraph==24.12.*,>=0.0.0a0
 - cupy>=12.0.0
-- cuspatial==24.10.*,>=0.0.0a0
-- dask-cuda==24.10.*,>=0.0.0a0
-- dask-cudf==24.10.*,>=0.0.0a0
+- cuspatial==24.12.*,>=0.0.0a0
+- dask-cuda==24.12.*,>=0.0.0a0
+- dask-cudf==24.12.*,>=0.0.0a0
 - datashader>=0.15
 - geopandas>=0.11.0
 - holoviews>=1.16.0
diff --git a/conda/environments/all_cuda-125_arch-x86_64.yaml b/conda/environments/all_cuda-125_arch-x86_64.yaml
index fed4204a..6f5ca234 100644
--- a/conda/environments/all_cuda-125_arch-x86_64.yaml
+++ b/conda/environments/all_cuda-125_arch-x86_64.yaml
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@ dependencies:
 - bokeh>=3.1
 - bokeh_sampledata
 - cuda-version=12.5
-- cudf==24.10.*,>=0.0.0a0
-- cugraph==24.10.*,>=0.0.0a0
+- cudf==24.12.*,>=0.0.0a0
+- cugraph==24.12.*,>=0.0.0a0
 - cupy>=12.0.0
-- cuspatial==24.10.*,>=0.0.0a0
-- dask-cuda==24.10.*,>=0.0.0a0
-- dask-cudf==24.10.*,>=0.0.0a0
+- cuspatial==24.12.*,>=0.0.0a0
+- dask-cuda==24.12.*,>=0.0.0a0
+- dask-cudf==24.12.*,>=0.0.0a0
 - datashader>=0.15
 - geopandas>=0.11.0
 - holoviews>=1.16.0
diff --git a/dependencies.yaml b/dependencies.yaml
index c48e2e5d..5feed7bd 100644
--- a/dependencies.yaml
+++ b/dependencies.yaml
@@ -159,8 +159,8 @@ dependencies:
           - notebook>=0.5.0
       - output_types: [conda]
         packages:
-          - cugraph==24.10.*,>=0.0.0a0
-          - dask-cuda==24.10.*,>=0.0.0a0
+          - cugraph==24.12.*,>=0.0.0a0
+          - dask-cuda==24.12.*,>=0.0.0a0
   py_version:
     specific:
       - output_types: conda
@@ -201,10 +201,10 @@ dependencies:
           - panel>=1.0
       - output_types: conda
         packages:
-          - &cudf_unsuffixed cudf==24.10.*,>=0.0.0a0
+          - &cudf_unsuffixed cudf==24.12.*,>=0.0.0a0
           - cupy>=12.0.0
-          - &cuspatial_unsuffixed cuspatial==24.10.*,>=0.0.0a0
-          - &dask_cudf_unsuffixed dask-cudf==24.10.*,>=0.0.0a0
+          - &cuspatial_unsuffixed cuspatial==24.12.*,>=0.0.0a0
+          - &dask_cudf_unsuffixed dask-cudf==24.12.*,>=0.0.0a0
           - nodejs>=18
           - libwebp-base
     specific:
@@ -214,10 +214,10 @@ dependencies:
               cuda: "12.*"
               cuda_suffixed: "true"
             packages:
-              - cudf-cu12==24.10.*,>=0.0.0a0
+              - cudf-cu12==24.12.*,>=0.0.0a0
               - &cupy_cu12 cupy-cuda12x>=12.0.0
-              - cuspatial-cu12==24.10.*,>=0.0.0a0
-              - dask-cudf-cu12==24.10.*,>=0.0.0a0
+              - cuspatial-cu12==24.12.*,>=0.0.0a0
+              - dask-cudf-cu12==24.12.*,>=0.0.0a0
           - matrix:
               cuda: "12.*"
               cuda_suffixed: "false"
@@ -232,10 +232,10 @@ dependencies:
               cuda: "11.*"
               cuda_suffixed: "true"
             packages:
-              - cudf-cu11==24.10.*,>=0.0.0a0
+              - cudf-cu11==24.12.*,>=0.0.0a0
               - &cupy_cu11 cupy-cuda11x>=12.0.0
-              - cuspatial-cu11==24.10.*,>=0.0.0a0
-              - dask-cudf-cu11==24.10.*,>=0.0.0a0
+              - cuspatial-cu11==24.12.*,>=0.0.0a0
+              - dask-cudf-cu11==24.12.*,>=0.0.0a0
           - matrix:
               cuda: "11.*"
               cuda_suffixed: "false"
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ dependencies:
           - cupy>=12.0.0
           - *cuspatial_unsuffixed
           - *dask_cudf_unsuffixed
-          - cuxfilter==24.10.*,>=0.0.0a0
+          - cuxfilter==24.12.*,>=0.0.0a0
           - python>=3.10,<3.13
           - pytest-benchmark
           - pytest-xdist
diff --git a/docs/source/user_guide/installation.rst b/docs/source/user_guide/installation.rst
index edd62dc6..6af07c8b 100644
--- a/docs/source/user_guide/installation.rst
+++ b/docs/source/user_guide/installation.rst
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ For the most customized way of installing RAPIDS and cuxfilter, visit the select
 
     # for CUDA 12.5
     conda install -c rapidsai -c conda-forge -c nvidia \
-        cuxfilter=24.10 python=3.10 cuda-version=12.5
+        cuxfilter=24.12 python=3.10 cuda-version=12.5
 
     # for CUDA 11.8
     conda install -c rapidsai -c conda-forge -c nvidia \
-        cuxfilter=24.10 python=3.10 cuda-version=11.8
+        cuxfilter=24.12 python=3.10 cuda-version=11.8
 
 PyPI
 ----
diff --git a/python/pyproject.toml b/python/pyproject.toml
index bb780ba5..e2c1d374 100644
--- a/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ license = { text = "Apache 2.0" }
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 dependencies = [
     "bokeh>=3.1",
-    "cudf==24.10.*,>=0.0.0a0",
+    "cudf==24.12.*,>=0.0.0a0",
     "cupy-cuda11x>=12.0.0",
-    "cuspatial==24.10.*,>=0.0.0a0",
-    "dask-cudf==24.10.*,>=0.0.0a0",
+    "cuspatial==24.12.*,>=0.0.0a0",
+    "dask-cudf==24.12.*,>=0.0.0a0",
     "datashader>=0.15",
     "geopandas>=0.11.0",
     "holoviews>=1.16.0",
@@ -69,6 +69,14 @@ license-files = ["LICENSE"]
 [tool.setuptools.dynamic]
 version = {file = "cuxfilter/VERSION"}
 
+[tool.pydistcheck]
+select = [
+    "distro-too-large-compressed",
+]
+
+# PyPI limit is 100 MiB, fail CI before we get too close to that
+max_allowed_size_compressed = '75M'
+
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
 filterwarnings = [
     "error::FutureWarning",