diff --git a/.github/workflows/actions_build/action.yml b/.github/workflows/actions_build/action.yml
index 86f6d55c2..db3d4cea1 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/actions_build/action.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/actions_build/action.yml
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ inputs:
 runs:
   using: "composite"
   steps:
-    - name: Set up Python ${{ inputs.python-version }}
+    - name: Set up Python 3.14
       uses: actions/setup-python@v6
       with:
-        python-version: ${{ inputs.python-version }}
+        python-version: '3.14'
     - name: Get OS version
       id: get-os-version
       shell: bash -l {0}
@@ -45,22 +45,31 @@ runs:
         fi
     - name: Cache modules
       id: cache_opengate_core_dependencies
-      uses: actions/cache@v4
+      uses: actions/cache@v5
       with:
         path: ~/software
         key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ steps.get-os-version.outputs.release }}_geant4_${{ env.GEANT4_VERSION }}_itk_${{ env.ITK_VERSION }}_build
         restore-keys: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ steps.get-os-version.outputs.release }}_geant4_${{ env.GEANT4_VERSION }}_itk_${{ env.ITK_VERSION }}_build
-    - uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v3
-      if: (inputs.os == 'macos-15') || (inputs.os == 'macos-15-intel') || (inputs.os == 'windows-2025') || (inputs.os == 'windows-11-arm')
+    - name: Miniconda setup Macos and windows
+      if: (inputs.os == 'macos-15') || (inputs.os == 'windows-2025')
+      uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v4
       with:
           miniconda-version: "latest"
           auto-update-conda: true
           activate-environment: opengate_core
-          python-version: ${{ inputs.python-version }}
+          python-version: '3.14'
+    - name: Miniconda setup Macos intel and windows arm
+      if: (inputs.os == 'macos-15-intel')
+      uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v4
+      with:
+          miniconda-version: "latest"
+          auto-update-conda: true
+          activate-environment: opengate_core
+          python-version: '3.13'
     - name: Set up Homebrew
       if: (inputs.os == 'macos-15') || (inputs.os == 'macos-15-intel')
       id: set-up-homebrew
-      uses: Homebrew/actions/setup-homebrew@master
+      uses: Homebrew/actions/setup-homebrew@main
     - name: Create opengate_core Wheel Linux
       if: (inputs.os == 'ubuntu-24.04') || (inputs.os == 'ubuntu-24.04-arm')
       env:
@@ -85,6 +94,7 @@ runs:
       env:
         MATRIX_CACHE: ${{ steps.cache_opengate_core_dependencies.outputs.cache-hit }}
         MATRIX_PYTHON_VERSION: ${{ inputs.python-version }}
+        MATRIX_OS: ${{ inputs.os }}
       shell: bash -l {0}
       run: |
           export > $GITHUB_WORKSPACE\\env_dump.txt
diff --git a/.github/workflows/actions_build/ci_build_wheel_macos.sh b/.github/workflows/actions_build/ci_build_wheel_macos.sh
index f911c9705..b30b3c3a9 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/actions_build/ci_build_wheel_macos.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/actions_build/ci_build_wheel_macos.sh
@@ -2,34 +2,35 @@
 set -e
 
 source $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/env_dump.txt
-brew install python@${MATRIX_PYTHON_VERSION} || true
-brew link --overwrite python@${MATRIX_PYTHON_VERSION}
-#brew update
-#rm -rf /usr/local/bin/python3.1*-config /usr/local/bin/2to3-3.1* /usr/local/bin/idle3.1* /usr/local/bin/pydoc3.1* /usr/local/bin/python3.1*
-#rm -rf /usr/local/bin/python3-config /usr/local/bin/2to3 /usr/local/bin/idle3 /usr/local/bin/pydoc3 /usr/local/bin/python3
+
 brew install --force --verbose --overwrite \
-             ccache \
-             fftw \
-             libomp \
-             xquartz \
-             xerces-c \
-             wget  || true
+            ccache \
+            fftw \
+            libomp \
+            xerces-c || true
+
 brew uninstall --ignore-dependencies libxext
 brew uninstall --ignore-dependencies libx11
+
 export LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/opt/llvm/lib"
 export CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/local/opt/llvm/include -fopenmp"
 conda info
 conda list
-which python
-python --version
-export PATH="/usr/local/miniconda/envs/opengate_core/bin/:$PATH"
-pip install wget colored setuptools
-pip install wheel delocate
+export PATH="/Users/runner/miniconda3/envs/opengate_core/bin/:$PATH"
+
 if [[ ${MATRIX_OS} == "macos-15-intel" ]]; then
     conda install conda-forge::qt6-main conda-forge::qt6-3d
+    export QT_PLUGIN_DIR="/Users/runner/miniconda3/envs/opengate_core/lib/qt6/plugins"
 else
     brew install qt
+    export QT_PLUGIN_DIR=$(qtpaths6 --plugin-dir)
 fi
+
+echo "QT_PLUGIN_DIR is $QT_PLUGIN_DIR"
+pip install wget colored setuptools
+# install cibuildwheel
+pip install cibuildwheel[uv]==3.4.0
+
 mkdir -p $HOME/software
 if [ "${MATRIX_CACHE}" != 'true' ]; then
     cd $HOME/software
@@ -66,29 +67,40 @@ fi
 cd $GITHUB_WORKSPACE
 source $HOME/software/geant4/bin/geant4make.sh
 export CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=$HOME/software/geant4/bin:$HOME/software/itk/bin/:${CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH}
+cp VERSION core/VERSION
 cd core
+
 mkdir opengate_core/plugins
-if [[ ${MATRIX_OS} == "macos-15-intel" ]]; then
-    cp -r /Users/runner/miniconda3/envs/opengate_core/lib/qt6/plugins/platforms/* opengate_core/plugins/
-    cp -r /Users/runner/miniconda3/envs/opengate_core/lib/qt6/plugins/imageformats opengate_core/plugins/
-else
-    cp -r /opt/homebrew/share/qt/plugins/platforms/* opengate_core/plugins/
-    cp -r /opt/homebrew/share/qt/plugins/imageformats/* opengate_core/plugins/
-fi
-python3 setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
-ls dist
+cp -r $QT_PLUGIN_DIR/platforms/* opengate_core/plugins/
+cp -r $QT_PLUGIN_DIR/imageformats/* opengate_core/plugins/
+
+export CIBW_BUILD_FRONTEND="build[uv]"
+export CIBW_PLATFORM="macos"
+export CIBW_SKIP="*t*"
+export MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=15.0
+export CIBW_BEFORE_BUILD="uv pip install colored"
+
 if [[ ${MATRIX_OS} == "macos-15-intel" ]]; then
     export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=$HOME/software/geant4/bin/BuildProducts/lib:/Users/runner/miniconda3/envs/opengate_core/lib/qt6/plugins/platforms:/opt/X11/lib/:$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH:/Users/runner/miniconda3/envs/opengate_core/lib
+    export CIBW_ARCHS_MACOS="x86_64"
 else
     export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=$HOME/software/geant4/bin/BuildProducts/lib:/opt/homebrew/share/qt/plugins/platforms/:/opt/X11/lib/:$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH:/opt/homebrew/lib
+    export CIBW_ARCHS_MACOS="arm64"
     python -c "import os,delocate; print(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(delocate.__file__), 'tools.py'));quit()" | xargs -I{} sed -i."" "s/first, /input.pop('i386',None); first, /g" {}
 fi
-delocate-listdeps --all dist/*.whl
-delocate-wheel -w fixed_wheels -v dist/*.whl
-rm -rf dist
-ls fixed_wheels
-delocate-listdeps --all fixed_wheels/*.whl
-mv fixed_wheels dist
+if [[ ${MATRIX_PYTHON_VERSION} == "3.10" ]]; then
+  export CIBW_BUILD="cp310-*"
+elif [[ ${MATRIX_PYTHON_VERSION} == "3.11" ]]; then
+  export CIBW_BUILD="cp311-*"
+elif [[ ${MATRIX_PYTHON_VERSION} == "3.12" ]]; then
+  export CIBW_BUILD="cp312-*"
+elif [[ ${MATRIX_PYTHON_VERSION} == "3.13" ]]; then
+  export CIBW_BUILD="cp313-*"
+elif [[ ${MATRIX_PYTHON_VERSION} == "3.14" ]]; then
+  export CIBW_BUILD="cp314-*"
+fi
+
+python -m cibuildwheel --output-dir dist
 cd dist
 if [[ ${MATRIX_OS} == "macos-15-intel" ]]; then
     find . -name '*whl' -exec bash -c ' mv $0 ${0/macosx_15_0/macosx_10_9}' {} \;
diff --git a/.github/workflows/actions_build/ci_build_wheel_ubuntu.sh b/.github/workflows/actions_build/ci_build_wheel_ubuntu.sh
index 51bc33fbb..9bdd773ed 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/actions_build/ci_build_wheel_ubuntu.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/actions_build/ci_build_wheel_ubuntu.sh
@@ -2,23 +2,54 @@
 set -e
 
 source $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/env_dump.txt
-if [ ${MATRIX_PYTHON_VERSION} == "3.10" ]; then
-  export PYTHONFOLDER="cp310-cp310"
-elif [ ${MATRIX_PYTHON_VERSION} == "3.11" ]; then
-  export PYTHONFOLDER="cp311-cp311"
-elif [ ${MATRIX_PYTHON_VERSION} == "3.12" ]; then
-  export PYTHONFOLDER="cp312-cp312"
-elif [ ${MATRIX_PYTHON_VERSION} == "3.13" ]; then
-  export PYTHONFOLDER="cp313-cp313"
-elif [ ${MATRIX_PYTHON_VERSION} == "3.14" ]; then
-  export PYTHONFOLDER="cp314-cp314"
-fi
-mkdir -p $HOME/software
+
+pip install wget colored setuptools
+pip install cibuildwheel[uv]==3.4.0
+
+# Setup the environment for the build
 if [ ${MATRIX_OS} == "ubuntu-24.04-arm" ]; then
   export ARMDOCKER="_arm64"
+  export CIBW_ARCHS="aarch64"
+  export CIBW_MANYLINUX_AARCH64_IMAGE=tbaudier/opengate_core:${GEANT4_VERSION}$ARMDOCKER
+else
+  export CIBW_ARCHS="x86_64"
+  export CIBW_MANYLINUX_X86_64_IMAGE=tbaudier/opengate_core:${GEANT4_VERSION}
 fi
-docker run --rm -e "PYTHONFOLDER=${PYTHONFOLDER}" -v $GITHUB_WORKSPACE:/home tbaudier/opengate_core:${GEANT4_VERSION}$ARMDOCKER /home/.github/workflows/createWheelLinux.sh
-ls wheelhouse
-rm -rf dist
-mv wheelhouse dist
-sudo chown -R runner:docker dist
\ No newline at end of file
+if [[ ${MATRIX_PYTHON_VERSION} == "3.10" ]]; then
+  export CIBW_BUILD="cp310-*"
+elif [[ ${MATRIX_PYTHON_VERSION} == "3.11" ]]; then
+  export CIBW_BUILD="cp311-*"
+elif [[ ${MATRIX_PYTHON_VERSION} == "3.12" ]]; then
+  export CIBW_BUILD="cp312-*"
+elif [[ ${MATRIX_PYTHON_VERSION} == "3.13" ]]; then
+  export CIBW_BUILD="cp313-*"
+elif [[ ${MATRIX_PYTHON_VERSION} == "3.14" ]]; then
+  export CIBW_BUILD="cp314-*"
+fi
+export CIBW_PLATFORM="linux"
+export CIBW_BUILD_FRONTEND="build[uv]"
+export CIBW_SKIP="*-musllinux_* *t*"
+export CIBW_BEFORE_BUILD='
+pip install colored &&
+mkdir -p opengate_core/plugins &&
+export QT_PLUGIN_DIR=$(qtpaths6 --plugin-dir) &&
+cp -r -n $QT_PLUGIN_DIR/platforms/* opengate_core/plugins/ &&
+cp -r -n $QT_PLUGIN_DIR/imageformats opengate_core/plugins/ &&
+source /software/geant4/bin/geant4make.sh &&
+. /opt/rh/gcc-toolset-14/enable
+'
+
+# expose external libraries to build environment
+export CIBW_ENVIRONMENT='
+CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=/software/geant4/bin:/software/itk/bin/
+Geant4_DIR=/software/geant4/lib/cmake/Geant4
+ITK_DIR=/software/itk/lib/cmake/ITK
+LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/software/geant4/lib:/software/itk/lib
+'
+
+# Run the build in custom docker
+cp VERSION core/VERSION
+cd core
+python -m cibuildwheel --output-dir dist
+mkdir -p $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/dist
+mv dist/*.whl $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/dist/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/actions_build/ci_build_wheel_windows.sh b/.github/workflows/actions_build/ci_build_wheel_windows.sh
index e22949d20..c61d0e16c 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/actions_build/ci_build_wheel_windows.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/actions_build/ci_build_wheel_windows.sh
@@ -6,14 +6,13 @@ source $CONDA/Scripts/activate opengate_core
 conda info
 conda install cmake==3.31.2
 cmake --version
-conda install openssl==3.0.19
 conda list
 which python
 python --version
 export PATH="/usr/local/miniconda/envs/opengate_core/bin/:$PATH"
-pip install wheel wget colored
+pip install wget colored delvewheel
 
-pip install cibuildwheel==3.4.0
+pip install cibuildwheel[uv]==3.4.0
 
 # For windows 2025, Need to add the certifi CA bundle to avoid SSL errors when downloading dependencies during the build. This is a workaround for cibuildwheel which does not handle this properly on Windows.
 python - << 'EOF'
@@ -53,26 +52,40 @@ fi
 cd $GITHUB_WORKSPACE
 source $HOME/software/geant4/bin/geant4make.sh
 export CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=$HOME/software/geant4/bin:$HOME/software/itk/bin/:${CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH}
+cp VERSION core/VERSION 
 cd core
 if [[ ${MATRIX_PYTHON_VERSION} == "3.10" ]]; then
-  export CIBW_BUILD="cp310-win_amd64"
+  export CIBW_BUILD="cp310-*"
 elif [[ ${MATRIX_PYTHON_VERSION} == "3.11" ]]; then
-  export CIBW_BUILD="cp311-win_amd64"
+  export CIBW_BUILD="cp311-*"
 elif [[ ${MATRIX_PYTHON_VERSION} == "3.12" ]]; then
-  export CIBW_BUILD="cp312-win_amd64"
+  export CIBW_BUILD="cp312-*"
 elif [[ ${MATRIX_PYTHON_VERSION} == "3.13" ]]; then
-  export CIBW_BUILD="cp313-win_amd64"
+  export CIBW_BUILD="cp313-*"
 elif [[ ${MATRIX_PYTHON_VERSION} == "3.14" ]]; then
-  export CIBW_BUILD="cp314-win_amd64"
+  export CIBW_BUILD="cp314-*"
 fi
+echo ${MATRIX_OS}
+if [[ ${MATRIX_OS} == "windows-11-arm" ]]; then
+    export CIBW_ARCHS="ARM64"
+else
+    export CIBW_ARCHS="AMD64"
+fi
+export CIBW_BUILD_FRONTEND="build[uv]"
+export CIBW_SKIP="*t*"
+export CIBW_PLATFORM="windows"
 find $HOME/software/geant4/bin/ -iname "*.dll"
 ls $HOME/software/geant4/bin/BuildProducts/Release/bin
 ls $HOME/software/geant4/bin/BuildProducts/Release/lib/
-export CIBW_BEFORE_BUILD="python -m pip install colored"
+
+# use delvewheel on windows
+export CIBW_BEFORE_BUILD_WINDOWS="uv pip install colored"
+export CIBW_REPAIR_WHEEL_COMMAND_WINDOWS=''
 python -m cibuildwheel --output-dir dist
+
 cd ..
 mkdir core/dist2
-pip install pefile machomachomangler
-ls core/dist
-python $GITHUB_WORKSPACE\\.github\\workflows\\delocateWindows.py core\\dist -w core\\dist2 -d C:\\Users\\runneradmin\\software\\geant4\\bin\\BuildProducts\\Release\\bin
+delvewheel repair -w core/dist2 core/dist/*.whl --add-path $HOME/software/geant4/bin/BuildProducts/Release/bin -vv
+
+ls core/dist2
 mv core/dist2 dist
diff --git a/.github/workflows/createWheelLinux.sh b/.github/workflows/createWheelLinux.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 0363fb9be..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/createWheelLinux.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -e -x
-echo ${PYTHONFOLDER}
-cd /home/core/
-export PATH=/software/cmake/cmake/bin/:${PATH}
-source /software/geant4/bin/geant4make.sh
-export CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=/software/geant4/bin:/software/itk/bin/:${CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH}
-. /opt/rh/gcc-toolset-14/enable
-mkdir opengate_core/plugins
-cp -r /lib64/qt6/plugins/platforms/* opengate_core/plugins/
-cp -r /lib64/qt6/plugins/imageformats opengate_core/plugins/
-/opt/python/${PYTHONFOLDER}/bin/pip install wget colored setuptools
-export PYBIND11_FINDPYTHON=OLD
-/opt/python/${PYTHONFOLDER}/bin/python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
-archi=`uname -m`
-if [ "$(uname -m)" = "aarch64" ]; then
-  auditwheel repair /home/core/dist/*.whl -w /software/wheelhouse/ --plat "manylinux_2_34_aarch64"
-else
-  auditwheel repair /home/core/dist/*.whl -w /software/wheelhouse/ --plat "manylinux_2_34_x86_64"
-fi
-cp -r /software/wheelhouse /home/
-#/opt/python/${PYTHONFOLDER}/bin/pip install twine
-#/opt/python/${PYTHONFOLDER}/bin/twine upload --repository-url https://test.pypi.org/legacy/ wheelhouse/*manylinux2014*.whl
diff --git a/.github/workflows/delocateWindows.py b/.github/workflows/delocateWindows.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 3991c1089..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/delocateWindows.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,171 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
-print("------------ Delocate for Windows ----------")
-
-import os
-import glob
-import shutil
-import pathlib
-import hashlib
-import zipfile
-import argparse
-import tempfile
-from datetime import datetime
-
-now = datetime.now()
-print(now.strftime("%H:%M:%S"))
-
-import pefile
-from machomachomangler.pe import redll
-
-# From https://github.com/duburcqa/jiminy/blob/dev/build_tools/wheel_repair_win.py
-
-WHITE_LIST_DEPS = ("boost_python",)  # "boost_numpy", "eigenpy", "hpp-fcl", "pinocchio")
-
-global_dll_deps = {}
-
-
-def hash_filename(filepath, blocksize=65536):
-    # Split original filename from extension
-    root, ext = os.path.splitext(filepath)
-    filename = os.path.basename(root)
-
-    # Do NOT hash filename to make it unique in the particular case of boost
-    # python modules. It is necessary for cross-module interoperability.
-    if any(pattern in filepath for pattern in WHITE_LIST_DEPS):
-        return f"{filename}{ext}"
-
-    # Compute unique hash based on file's content
-    hasher = hashlib.sha256()
-    with open(filepath, "rb") as afile:
-        buf = afile.read(blocksize)
-        while len(buf) > 0:
-            hasher.update(buf)
-            buf = afile.read(blocksize)
-
-    return f"{filename}-{hasher.hexdigest()[:8]}{ext}"
-
-
-def find_dll_dependencies(dll_filepath, lib_dir):
-    print(dll_filepath)
-    if dll_filepath in global_dll_deps:
-        return global_dll_deps[dll_filepath]
-    else:
-        dll_deps = {}
-        entries = pefile.PE(dll_filepath).DIRECTORY_ENTRY_IMPORT
-        for entry in entries:
-            entry_name = entry.dll.decode("utf-8")
-            print(entry_name)
-            if entry_name in os.listdir(lib_dir):
-                dll_deps.setdefault(os.path.basename(dll_filepath), set()).add(
-                    entry_name
-                )
-                nested_dll_deps = find_dll_dependencies(
-                    os.path.join(lib_dir, entry_name), lib_dir
-                )
-                dll_deps.update(nested_dll_deps)
-        global_dll_deps[dll_filepath] = dll_deps
-        return global_dll_deps[dll_filepath]
-
-
-def mangle_filename(old_filename, new_filename, mapping):
-    with open(old_filename, "rb") as f:
-        buf = f.read()
-    new_buf = redll(buf, mapping)
-    with open(new_filename, "wb") as f:
-        f.write(new_buf)
-
-
-parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
-    description="Vendor in external shared library dependencies of a wheel."
-)
-
-parser.add_argument("WHEEL_FILE", type=str, help="Path to wheel file")
-parser.add_argument(
-    "-d", "--dll-dir", dest="DLL_DIR", type=str, help="Directory to find the DLLs"
-)
-parser.add_argument(
-    "-w",
-    "--wheel-dir",
-    dest="WHEEL_DIR",
-    type=str,
-    help=('Directory to store delocated wheels (default: "wheelhouse/")'),
-    default="wheelhouse/",
-)
-
-args = parser.parse_args()
-
-wheel_name = args.WHEEL_FILE
-print(wheel_name)
-print(os.path.join(wheel_name, "opengate_core-*-win_amd64.whl"))
-wheel_name = glob.glob(os.path.join(wheel_name, "opengate_core-*-win_amd64.whl"))[0]
-print(wheel_name)
-repaired_wheel = os.path.join(
-    os.path.abspath(args.WHEEL_DIR), os.path.basename(wheel_name)
-)
-
-old_wheel_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
-new_wheel_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
-package_name = os.path.basename(wheel_name).split("-")[0]
-bundle_name = package_name + ".libs"
-bundle_path = os.path.join(new_wheel_dir, bundle_name)
-os.makedirs(bundle_path)
-
-with zipfile.ZipFile(wheel_name, "r") as wheel:
-    wheel.extractall(old_wheel_dir)
-    wheel.extractall(new_wheel_dir)
-    pyd_rel_paths = [
-        os.path.normpath(path) for path in wheel.namelist() if path.endswith(".pyd")
-    ]
-
-dll_dependencies = {}
-for rel_path in pyd_rel_paths:
-    abs_path = os.path.join(old_wheel_dir, rel_path)
-    print(rel_path)
-    dll_dependencies.update(find_dll_dependencies(abs_path, args.DLL_DIR))
-
-for dll, dependencies in dll_dependencies.items():
-    mapping = {}
-
-    print(dll)
-    print(dependencies)
-
-    if dll.endswith(".pyd"):
-        rel_path = next(path for path in pyd_rel_paths if path.endswith(dll))
-
-    for dep in dependencies:
-        src_path = os.path.join(args.DLL_DIR, dep)
-        hashed_name = hash_filename(src_path)  # already basename
-        new_path = os.path.join(bundle_path, hashed_name)
-        if dll.endswith(".pyd"):
-            bundle_rel_path = os.path.join(
-                "..\\" * rel_path.count(os.path.sep), bundle_name
-            )
-            mapping[dep.encode("ascii")] = os.path.join(
-                bundle_rel_path, hashed_name
-            ).encode("ascii")
-        else:
-            mapping[dep.encode("ascii")] = hashed_name.encode("ascii")
-        if not os.path.exists(new_path):
-            shutil.copy2(src_path, new_path)
-
-    if dll.endswith(".pyd"):
-        old_name = os.path.join(old_wheel_dir, rel_path)
-        new_name = os.path.join(new_wheel_dir, rel_path)
-    else:
-        old_name = os.path.join(args.DLL_DIR, dll)
-        hashed_name = hash_filename(old_name)  # already basename
-        new_name = os.path.join(bundle_path, hashed_name)
-
-    mangle_filename(old_name, new_name, mapping)
-
-pathlib.Path(os.path.dirname(repaired_wheel)).mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-with zipfile.ZipFile(repaired_wheel, "w", zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED) as new_wheel:
-    for root, dirs, files in os.walk(new_wheel_dir):
-        new_root = os.path.relpath(root, new_wheel_dir)
-        for file in files:
-            new_wheel.write(os.path.join(root, file), os.path.join(new_root, file))
-
-now = datetime.now()
-print(now.strftime("%H:%M:%S"))
-print("------------ End Delocate for Windows ----------")
diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 9404ca9dc..278d57d22 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-24.04]
-        python-version: ['3.10']
+        python-version: ['3.14']
     steps:
     - name: Checkout github repo
       uses: actions/checkout@v6
@@ -63,11 +63,6 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-24.04, macos-15, windows-2025]
         python-version: ['3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13', '3.14']
-        exclude:
-          - os: macos-15
-            python-version: '3.10'
-          - os: windows-2025
-            python-version: '3.10'
     steps:
     - name: Checkout github repo
       uses: actions/checkout@v6
@@ -91,7 +86,6 @@ jobs:
         path: dist/
 
   build_opengate_core_wheel_ci_or_tag:
-    if: (github.event_name == 'push' && startsWith(github.event.ref, 'refs/tags/')) || (github.event_name == 'schedule')
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
@@ -99,10 +93,6 @@ jobs:
         os: [ubuntu-24.04-arm, macos-15-intel]
         python-version: ['3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13', '3.14']
         exclude:
-          - os: macos-15
-            python-version: '3.10'
-          - os: windows-2025
-            python-version: '3.10'
           - os: macos-15-intel
             python-version: '3.14'
     steps:
@@ -128,7 +118,6 @@ jobs:
         path: dist/
 
   build_opengate_core_novis_wheel:
-    if: github.event_name == 'push' && startsWith(github.event.ref, 'refs/tags/')
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
@@ -159,7 +148,7 @@ jobs:
         echo "release=${varOS}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
     - name: Cache modules
       id: cache_opengate_core_dependencies
-      uses: actions/cache@v4
+      uses: actions/cache@v5
       with:
         path: ~/software
         key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ steps.get-os-version.outputs.release }}_geant4_${{ env.GEANT4_VERSION }}_itk_${{ env.ITK_VERSION }}_build
@@ -259,7 +248,7 @@ jobs:
 #        echo "release=${varOS:1}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 #    - name: Cache modules
 #      id: cache_opengate_core_dependencies
-#      uses: actions/cache@v4
+#      uses: actions/cache@v5
 #      with:
 #        path: ~/software
 #        key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ steps.get-os-version.outputs.release }}_geant4_${{ env.GEANT4_VERSION }}_itk_${{ env.ITK_VERSION }}_build
@@ -287,11 +276,6 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-24.04, macos-15, windows-2025]
         python-version: ['3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13', '3.14']
-        exclude:
-          - os: macos-15
-            python-version: '3.10'
-          - os: windows-2025
-            python-version: '3.10'
     steps:
     - name: Checkout github repo
       uses: actions/checkout@v6
@@ -314,7 +298,7 @@ jobs:
           miniconda-version: "latest"
           auto-update-conda: true
           activate-environment: vega-altair
-          python-version: '3.10'
+          python-version: '3.14'
     - name: Merge the results
       shell: bash -el {0}
       run: |
diff --git a/core/CMakeLists.txt b/core/CMakeLists.txt
index 923994e2a..b48d8dfb6 100644
--- a/core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #   See LICENSE.md for further details
 # --------------------------------------------------
 
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5.0)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10.0)
 
 # remove warning about project version
 cmake_policy(SET CMP0048 NEW)
diff --git a/core/setup.py b/core/setup.py
index 81565cced..3d1628cf7 100755
--- a/core/setup.py
+++ b/core/setup.py
@@ -27,8 +27,14 @@ def get_base_dir() -> Path:
     return Path(__file__).parent.parent.resolve()
 
 
-with open("../VERSION", "r") as fh:
-    version = fh.read()[:-1]
+try:
+    # For CI builds
+    with open("VERSION", "r") as fh:
+        version = fh.read()[:-1]
+except IOError:
+    # For local builds
+    with open("../VERSION", "r") as fh:
+        version = fh.read()[:-1]
 
 from distutils.version import LooseVersion