diff --git a/blueprints/ecdsa-threshold-mpc/Cargo.toml b/blueprints/ecdsa-threshold-mpc/Cargo.toml
index a348f2d9..9ac0944b 100644
--- a/blueprints/ecdsa-threshold-mpc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/blueprints/ecdsa-threshold-mpc/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ repository = "https://github.com/webb-tools/ecdsa-threshold-mpc"
 readme = "README.md"
 categories = ["cryptography", "cryptography::cryptocurrencies"]
 keywords = ["tangle", "blueprint", "avs"]
-rust-version = "1.79"
+rust-version = "1.81"
+publish = false
 
 [dependencies]
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/blueprints/incredible-squaring/contracts/lib/forge-std b/blueprints/incredible-squaring/contracts/lib/forge-std
index e04104ab..beb836e3 160000
--- a/blueprints/incredible-squaring/contracts/lib/forge-std
+++ b/blueprints/incredible-squaring/contracts/lib/forge-std
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit e04104ab93e771441eab03fb76eda1402cb5927b
+Subproject commit beb836e33f9a207f4927abb7cd09ad0afe4b3f9f
diff --git a/blueprints/tangle-avs-blueprint/Cargo.toml b/blueprints/tangle-avs-blueprint/Cargo.toml
index 59d857ac..011f2e15 100644
--- a/blueprints/tangle-avs-blueprint/Cargo.toml
+++ b/blueprints/tangle-avs-blueprint/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ repository = "https://github.com/webb-tools/tangle-avs-blueprint"
 readme = "README.md"
 categories = ["cryptography", "cryptography::cryptocurrencies", "tangle-blueprint"]
 keywords = ["tangle", "blueprint", "avs"]
-rust-version = "1.79"
+rust-version = "1.81"
+publish = false
 
 [dependencies]
 tracing.workspace = true
diff --git a/blueprints/tangle-avs-blueprint/contracts/lib/forge-std b/blueprints/tangle-avs-blueprint/contracts/lib/forge-std
index e04104ab..beb836e3 160000
--- a/blueprints/tangle-avs-blueprint/contracts/lib/forge-std
+++ b/blueprints/tangle-avs-blueprint/contracts/lib/forge-std
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit e04104ab93e771441eab03fb76eda1402cb5927b
+Subproject commit beb836e33f9a207f4927abb7cd09ad0afe4b3f9f
diff --git a/macros/blueprint-proc-macro-playground/Cargo.toml b/macros/blueprint-proc-macro-playground/Cargo.toml
index 88483c8e..3f1079db 100644
--- a/macros/blueprint-proc-macro-playground/Cargo.toml
+++ b/macros/blueprint-proc-macro-playground/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ edition.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
 homepage.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true
+publish = false
 
 [[package.metadata.gadget.Native.sources]]
 owner = "webb-tools"
diff --git a/release-plz.toml b/release-plz.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3f3862da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-plz.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[workspace]
+allow_dirty = true         # allow updating repositories with uncommitted changes
+publish_allow_dirty = true # add `--allow-dirty` to `cargo publish`
+publish_timeout = "10m"    # set a timeout for `cargo publish`