diff --git a/ci/build_cpp.sh b/ci/build_cpp.sh
index 5127b0f56..d4f619a54 100755
--- a/ci/build_cpp.sh
+++ b/ci/build_cpp.sh
@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@ sccache --zero-stats
 
 RAPIDS_PACKAGE_VERSION=$(rapids-generate-version)
 export RAPIDS_PACKAGE_VERSION
-export DEPENDENT_PACKAGE_VERSION="25.10"
+
+DEPENDENT_PACKAGE_VERSION=$(cat ./RAPIDS_VERSION)
+export DEPENDENT_PACKAGE_VERSION
 
 # populates `RATTLER_CHANNELS` array and `RATTLER_ARGS` array
 source rapids-rattler-channel-string
diff --git a/ci/build_python.sh b/ci/build_python.sh
index 4ca25cf33..2e1eef1fd 100755
--- a/ci/build_python.sh
+++ b/ci/build_python.sh
@@ -29,8 +29,10 @@ CPP_CHANNEL=$(rapids-download-conda-from-github cpp)
 
 version=$(rapids-generate-version)
 export RAPIDS_PACKAGE_VERSION=${version}
-export DEPENDENT_PACKAGE_VERSION="25.10"
-echo "${version}" > VERSION
+DEPENDENT_PACKAGE_VERSION=$(cat ./RAPIDS_VERSION)
+export DEPENDENT_PACKAGE_VERSION
+
+echo "${version}" > ./VERSION
 
 git_commit=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
 package_dir="python"
diff --git a/ci/release/update-version-cuopt.sh b/ci/release/update-version-cuopt.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 3e2216fa4..000000000
--- a/ci/release/update-version-cuopt.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,128 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2022-2025 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-NEXT_FULL_TAG=$1
-
-# Get current version
-CURRENT_TAG=$(git tag --merged HEAD | grep -xE '^v.*' | sort --version-sort | tail -n 1 | tr -d 'v')
-
-#Get <major>.<minor> for next version
-NEXT_MAJOR=$(echo "$NEXT_FULL_TAG" | awk '{split($0, a, "."); print a[1]}')
-NEXT_MINOR=$(echo "$NEXT_FULL_TAG" | awk '{split($0, a, "."); print a[2]}')
-NEXT_SHORT_TAG=${NEXT_MAJOR}.${NEXT_MINOR}
-PY_NEXT_SHORT_TAG="${NEXT_MAJOR}.$(echo "$NEXT_MINOR" | sed 's/^0*//')"
-DOCKER_TAG=$(echo "$NEXT_FULL_TAG" | sed -E 's/^([0-9]{2})\.0*([0-9]+)\.0*([0-9]+).*/\1.\2.\3/')
-
-
-echo "Preparing release $CURRENT_TAG => $NEXT_FULL_TAG"
-
-# Inplace sed replace; workaround for Linux and Mac
-function sed_runner() {
-    sed -i.bak ''"$1"'' "$2" && rm -f "${2}".bak
-}
-
-# Centralized version file update
-echo "${NEXT_FULL_TAG}" > VERSION
-
-dependencies='libcuopt libcuopt-cu12 cuopt cuopt-cu12 cuopt-mps-parser'
-for FILE in conda/environments/*.yaml dependencies.yaml; do
-    for dependency in ${dependencies}; do
-        sed_runner "s/\(${dependency}==\)[0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+/\1${PY_NEXT_SHORT_TAG}/" "${FILE}"
-    done
-done
-
-# CMakeLists update
-
-sed_runner 's/'"VERSION [0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9]"'/'"VERSION ${NEXT_FULL_TAG}"'/g' cpp/CMakeLists.txt
-sed_runner 's/'"VERSION [0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9]"'/'"VERSION ${NEXT_FULL_TAG}"'/g' cpp/libmps_parser/CMakeLists.txt
-
-# Server version update
-sed_runner 's/'"\"version\": \"[0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9]\""'/'"\"version\": \"${NEXT_SHORT_TAG}\""'/g' python/cuopt_server/cuopt_server/utils/data_definition.py
-sed_runner 's/'"\"client_version\": \"[0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9]\""'/'"\"client_version\": \"${NEXT_SHORT_TAG}\""'/g' python/cuopt_server/cuopt_server/utils/routing/data_definition.py
-sed_runner 's/'"\"client_version\": \"[0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9]\""'/'"\"client_version\": \"${NEXT_SHORT_TAG}\""'/g' python/cuopt_server/cuopt_server/utils/linear_programming/data_definition.py
-
-# Doc update
-
-sed_runner 's/'"version = \"[0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9]\""'/'"version = \"${NEXT_SHORT_TAG}\""'/g' docs/cuopt/source/conf.py
-sed_runner 's/'"PROJECT_NUMBER         = [0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9]"'/'"PROJECT_NUMBER         = ${NEXT_SHORT_TAG}"'/g' cpp/doxygen/Doxyfile
-# Update quick-start docs for conda
-sed_runner 's/cuopt=[0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9].[^ ]* python=[0-9].[0-9][0-9] cuda-version=[0-9][0-9].[0-9]/cuopt='${NEXT_SHORT_TAG}'.* python=3.12 cuda-version=12.8/g' docs/cuopt/source/cuopt-python/quick-start.rst
-sed_runner 's/libcuopt=[0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9].[^ ]* python=[0-9].[0-9][0-9] cuda-version=[0-9][0-9].[0-9]/libcuopt='${NEXT_SHORT_TAG}'.* python=3.12 cuda-version=12.8/g' docs/cuopt/source/cuopt-c/quick-start.rst
-sed_runner 's/cuopt-server=[0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9].[^ ]* cuopt-sh-client=[0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9].[^ ]* python=[0-9].[0-9][0-9]/cuopt-server='${NEXT_SHORT_TAG}'.* cuopt-sh-client='${NEXT_SHORT_TAG}'.* python=3.12/g' docs/cuopt/source/cuopt-server/quick-start.rst
-# Update quick-start docs for pip
-sed_runner "s/\(cuopt-cu12==\)[0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+\.\\*/\1${PY_NEXT_SHORT_TAG}.\*/g" docs/cuopt/source/cuopt-python/quick-start.rst
-sed_runner "s/\(libcuopt-cu12==\)[0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+\.\\*/\1${PY_NEXT_SHORT_TAG}.\*/g" docs/cuopt/source/cuopt-c/quick-start.rst
-sed_runner "s/\(cuopt-server-cu12==\)[0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+\.\\*/\1${PY_NEXT_SHORT_TAG}.\*/g" docs/cuopt/source/cuopt-server/quick-start.rst
-sed_runner "s/\(cuopt-sh-client==\)[0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+\.\\*/\1${PY_NEXT_SHORT_TAG}.\*/g" docs/cuopt/source/cuopt-server/quick-start.rst
-
-# Update docker image tags in docs
-sed_runner 's|cuopt:[0-9]\{2\}\.[0-9]\{1,2\}\.[0-9]\+\(-cuda12\.8-\)\(py[0-9]\+\)|cuopt:'"${DOCKER_TAG}"'\1\2|g' docs/cuopt/source/cuopt-python/quick-start.rst
-sed_runner 's|cuopt:[0-9]\{2\}\.[0-9]\{1,2\}\.[0-9]\+\(-cuda12\.8-\)\(py[0-9]\+\)|cuopt:'"${DOCKER_TAG}"'\1\2|g' docs/cuopt/source/cuopt-server/quick-start.rst
-
-# Update doc version
-# Update VERSIONS.json
-VERSIONS_FILE="docs/cuopt/source/versions1.json"
-
-# Update project.json
-PROJECT_FILE="docs/cuopt/source/project.json"
-sed_runner 's/\("version": "\)[0-9][0-9]\.[0-9][0-9]\.[0-9][0-9]"/\1'${NEXT_FULL_TAG}'"/g' "${PROJECT_FILE}"
-# Remove preferred and latest flags, but keep the version entry
-sed_runner '/"name": "latest",/d' "${VERSIONS_FILE}"
-sed_runner '/"preferred": true,\?/d' "${VERSIONS_FILE}"
-# Remove all version entries except the version number and remove trailing commas
-sed_runner 's/.*"url": ".*\/",\?$//g' "${VERSIONS_FILE}"
-sed_runner 's/,\s*}/}/g' "${VERSIONS_FILE}"  # Remove trailing commas before closing braces
-sed_runner 's/,\s*$//g' "${VERSIONS_FILE}"   # Remove trailing commas at end of lines
-sed_runner '/^$/d' "${VERSIONS_FILE}"
-# Add new version entry with both preferred and latest flags
-NEW_VERSION_ENTRY='    {\n      "version": "'${NEXT_SHORT_TAG}'",\n      "url": "../'${NEXT_SHORT_TAG}'/",\n      "name": "latest",\n      "preferred": true\n    },'
-sed_runner "/\[/a\\${NEW_VERSION_ENTRY}" "${VERSIONS_FILE}"
-
-# RTD update
-sed_runner "/^set(cuopt_version/ s/[0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9]/${NEXT_FULL_TAG}/g" python/cuopt/CMakeLists.txt
-sed_runner "/^set(cuopt_version/ s/[0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9]/${NEXT_FULL_TAG}/g" python/cuopt/cuopt/linear_programming/CMakeLists.txt
-sed_runner "/^set(cuopt_version/ s/[0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9]/${NEXT_FULL_TAG}/g" python/libcuopt/CMakeLists.txt
-
-# Update nightly
-sed_runner 's/'"cuopt_version: \"[0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9]\""'/'"cuopt_version: \"${NEXT_SHORT_TAG}\""'/g' .github/workflows/nightly.yaml
-
-# Update Service build
-sed_runner 's/'"nvcr.io\/j9mrpofbmtxd\/test\/cuopt:[0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9]\(\.arm\)\?"'/'"nvcr.io\/j9mrpofbmtxd\/test\/cuopt:${NEXT_SHORT_TAG}\1"'/g' .github/workflows/service_nightly.yaml
-sed_runner 's/'"nvcr.io\/0616513341838337\/cuopt:[0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9]\(\.arm\)\?"'/'"nvcr.io\/0616513341838337\/cuopt:${NEXT_SHORT_TAG}\1"'/g' .github/workflows/service_nightly.yaml
-
-# Update README.md
-sed_runner "s/\(cuopt-server-cu12==\)[0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+\.\\*/\1${PY_NEXT_SHORT_TAG}.\*/g" README.md
-sed_runner "s/\(cuopt-sh-client==\)[0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+\.\\*/\1${PY_NEXT_SHORT_TAG}.\*/g" README.md
-sed_runner 's/cuopt-server=[0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9] cuopt-sh-client=[0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9] python=[0-9].[0-9][0-9] cuda-version=[0-9][0-9].[0-9]/cuopt-server='${NEXT_SHORT_TAG}' cuopt-sh-client='${NEXT_SHORT_TAG}' python=3.12 cuda-version=12.8/g' README.md
-sed_runner 's|cuopt:[0-9]\{2\}\.[0-9]\{1,2\}\.[0-9]\+\(-cuda12\.8-\)\(py[0-9]\+\)|cuopt:'"${DOCKER_TAG}"'\1\2|g' README.md
-
-# Update Helm chart files
-sed_runner 's/\(tag: "\)[0-9][0-9]\.[0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+\(-cuda12\.8-py3\.12"\)/\1'${DOCKER_TAG}'\2/g' helmchart/cuopt-server/values.yaml
-sed_runner 's/\(appVersion: \)[0-9][0-9]\.[0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+/\1'${DOCKER_TAG}'/g' helmchart/cuopt-server/Chart.yaml
-sed_runner 's/\(version: \)[0-9][0-9]\.[0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+/\1'${DOCKER_TAG}'/g' helmchart/cuopt-server/Chart.yaml
-
-DEPENDENCIES=(
-  libcuopt
-  cuopt
-  cuopt-mps-parser
-)
-
-for DEP in "${DEPENDENCIES[@]}"; do
-  for FILE in python/*/pyproject.toml; do
-    sed_runner "s/\(${DEP}==\)[0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+/\1${PY_NEXT_SHORT_TAG}/" "${FILE}"
-  done
-done
diff --git a/ci/release/update-version-rapids.sh b/ci/release/update-version-rapids.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 72f3e7cbe..000000000
--- a/ci/release/update-version-rapids.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,87 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2022-2025 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-NEXT_FULL_TAG=$1
-
-#Get <major>.<minor> for next version
-NEXT_MAJOR=$(echo "$NEXT_FULL_TAG" | awk '{split($0, a, "."); print a[1]}')
-NEXT_MINOR=$(echo "$NEXT_FULL_TAG" | awk '{split($0, a, "."); print a[2]}')
-NEXT_SHORT_TAG=${NEXT_MAJOR}.${NEXT_MINOR}
-
-
-# Need to distutils-normalize the versions for some use cases
-NEXT_SHORT_TAG_PEP440=$(python -c "from packaging.version import Version; print(Version('${NEXT_SHORT_TAG}'))")
-
-echo "Next is ${NEXT_SHORT_TAG_PEP440}"
-
-echo "Preparing release $NEXT_FULL_TAG"
-
-# Inplace sed replace; workaround for Linux and Mac
-function sed_runner() {
-    sed -i.bak ''"$1"'' "$2" && rm -f "${2}".bak
-}
-
-# Centralized version file update
-echo "${NEXT_FULL_TAG}" > RAPIDS_VERSION
-
-# CMakeLists update
-sed_runner 's/'"DEPENDENT_LIB_MAJOR_VERSION \"[0-9][0-9]\""'/'"DEPENDENT_LIB_MAJOR_VERSION \"${NEXT_MAJOR}\""'/g' cpp/CMakeLists.txt
-sed_runner 's/'"DEPENDENT_LIB_MINOR_VERSION \"[0-9][0-9]\""'/'"DEPENDENT_LIB_MINOR_VERSION \"${NEXT_MINOR}\""'/g' cpp/CMakeLists.txt
-
-# RTD update
-dependencies='cudf cudf-cu12 cuvs cuvs-cu12 libcudf librmm librmm-cu12 rmm rmm-cu12 librmm libraft-headers pylibraft pylibraft-cu12 raft-dask raft-dask-cu12 rapids-dask-dependency'
-for FILE in conda/environments/*.yaml dependencies.yaml; do
-    for dependency in ${dependencies}; do
-        sed_runner "s/\(${dependency}==\)[0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+/\1${NEXT_SHORT_TAG_PEP440}/" "${FILE}"
-    done
-done
-
-# WORKFLOWS
-for FILE in .github/workflows/*.yaml; do
-  sed_runner "/shared-workflows/ s/@.*/@branch-${NEXT_SHORT_TAG}/g" "${FILE}"
-  # CI image tags of the form {rapids_version}-{something}
-  sed_runner "s/:[0-9]*\\.[0-9]*-/:${NEXT_SHORT_TAG}-/g" "${FILE}"
-done
-
-# CI
-sed_runner 's/'"DEPENDENT_PACKAGE_VERSION=\"[0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9]\""'/'"DEPENDENT_PACKAGE_VERSION=\"${NEXT_SHORT_TAG}\""'/g' ci/build_cpp.sh
-sed_runner 's/'"DEPENDENT_PACKAGE_VERSION=\"[0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9]\""'/'"DEPENDENT_PACKAGE_VERSION=\"${NEXT_SHORT_TAG}\""'/g' ci/build_python.sh
-
-
-# PYTHON
-sed_runner "/DOWNLOAD.*rapids-cmake/ s/branch-[0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9]/branch-${NEXT_SHORT_TAG}/g" python/cuopt/CMakeLists.txt
-
-# Fixing dependencies and pyproject.toml
-
-DEPENDENCIES=(
-  cudf
-  cuvs
-  librmm
-  rmm
-  pylibraft
-  raft-dask
-  rapids-dask-dependency
-)
-
-for DEP in "${DEPENDENCIES[@]}"; do
-  for FILE in dependencies.yaml conda/environments/*.yaml; do
-    sed_runner "s/\(${DEP}==\)[0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+/\1${NEXT_SHORT_TAG_PEP440}/" "${FILE}"
-  done
-  for FILE in python/*/pyproject.toml; do
-    sed_runner "s/\(${DEP}==\)[0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+/\1${NEXT_SHORT_TAG_PEP440}/" "${FILE}"
-  done
-done
diff --git a/ci/release/update-version.sh b/ci/release/update-version.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..3d5b1f241
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/release/update-version.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2022-2025 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+NEXT_FULL_TAG=$1
+
+# Get current version
+CURRENT_TAG=$(git tag --merged HEAD | grep -xE '^v.*' | sort --version-sort | tail -n 1 | tr -d 'v')
+
+#Get <major>.<minor> for next version
+NEXT_MAJOR=$(echo "$NEXT_FULL_TAG" | awk '{split($0, a, "."); print a[1]}')
+NEXT_MINOR=$(echo "$NEXT_FULL_TAG" | awk '{split($0, a, "."); print a[2]}')
+NEXT_SHORT_TAG=${NEXT_MAJOR}.${NEXT_MINOR}
+DOCKER_TAG=$(echo "$NEXT_FULL_TAG" | sed -E 's/^([0-9]{2})\.0*([0-9]+)\.0*([0-9]+).*/\1.\2.\3/')
+
+# Need to distutils-normalize the versions for some use cases (RAPIDS)
+NEXT_SHORT_TAG_PEP440=$(python -c "from packaging.version import Version; print(Version('${NEXT_SHORT_TAG}'))")
+
+echo "Preparing release $CURRENT_TAG => $NEXT_FULL_TAG"
+
+# Inplace sed replace; workaround for Linux and Mac
+function sed_runner() {
+    sed -i.bak ''"$1"'' "$2" && rm -f "${2}".bak
+}
+
+# Centralized version file update
+echo "${NEXT_FULL_TAG}" > ./VERSION
+echo "${NEXT_FULL_TAG}" > ./RAPIDS_VERSION
+
+DEPENDENCIES=(
+  cudf
+  cuvs
+  cuopt
+  cuopt-mps-parser
+  cuopt-server
+  cuopt-sh-client
+  libcuopt
+  libraft-headers
+  librmm
+  pylibraft
+  raft-dask
+  rapids-dask-dependency
+  rmm
+)
+
+for DEP in "${DEPENDENCIES[@]}"; do
+  for FILE in dependencies.yaml conda/environments/*.yaml python/*/pyproject.toml; do
+    sed_runner "s/\(${DEP}==\)[0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+/\1${NEXT_SHORT_TAG_PEP440}/" "${FILE}"
+  done
+  for FILE in python/*/pyproject.toml; do
+    sed_runner "/-.* ${DEP}\(-cu[[:digit:]]\{2\}\)\{0,1\}\(\[.*\]\)\{0,1\}==/ s/==.*/==${NEXT_SHORT_TAG_PEP440}.*,>=0.0.0a0/g" "${FILE}"
+  done
+  for FILE in docs/cuopt/source/*/quick-start.rst README.md; do
+    sed_runner "s/\(${DEP}==\)[0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+\.\\*/\1${NEXT_SHORT_TAG_PEP440}.\*/g" "${FILE}"
+    sed_runner "s/\(${DEP}=\)[0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+\(\.[0-9]\+\)\?[^ ]*/\1${NEXT_SHORT_TAG}.*/g" "${FILE}"
+    sed_runner "s/\(${DEP}:\)[0-9]\{2\}\.[0-9]\{1,2\}\.[0-9]\+\(-cuda[0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+-\)\(py[0-9]\+\)/\1${DOCKER_TAG}\2\3/g" "${FILE}"
+  done
+done
+
+# CMakeLists update
+sed_runner 's/'"VERSION [0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9]"'/'"VERSION ${NEXT_FULL_TAG}"'/g' cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+sed_runner 's/'"VERSION [0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9]"'/'"VERSION ${NEXT_FULL_TAG}"'/g' cpp/libmps_parser/CMakeLists.txt
+sed_runner 's/'"DEPENDENT_LIB_MAJOR_VERSION \"[0-9][0-9]\""'/'"DEPENDENT_LIB_MAJOR_VERSION \"${NEXT_MAJOR}\""'/g' cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+sed_runner 's/'"DEPENDENT_LIB_MINOR_VERSION \"[0-9][0-9]\""'/'"DEPENDENT_LIB_MINOR_VERSION \"${NEXT_MINOR}\""'/g' cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+
+# Server version update
+sed_runner 's/'"\"version\": \"[0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9]\""'/'"\"version\": \"${NEXT_SHORT_TAG}\""'/g' python/cuopt_server/cuopt_server/utils/data_definition.py
+sed_runner 's/'"\"client_version\": \"[0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9]\""'/'"\"client_version\": \"${NEXT_SHORT_TAG}\""'/g' python/cuopt_server/cuopt_server/utils/routing/data_definition.py
+sed_runner 's/'"\"client_version\": \"[0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9]\""'/'"\"client_version\": \"${NEXT_SHORT_TAG}\""'/g' python/cuopt_server/cuopt_server/utils/linear_programming/data_definition.py
+
+# Doc update
+sed_runner 's/'"version = \"[0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9]\""'/'"version = \"${NEXT_SHORT_TAG}\""'/g' docs/cuopt/source/conf.py
+sed_runner 's/'"PROJECT_NUMBER         = [0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9]"'/'"PROJECT_NUMBER         = ${NEXT_SHORT_TAG}"'/g' cpp/doxygen/Doxyfile
+
+# Update project.json
+PROJECT_FILE="docs/cuopt/source/project.json"
+sed_runner 's/\("version": "\)[0-9][0-9]\.[0-9][0-9]\.[0-9][0-9]"/\1'${NEXT_FULL_TAG}'"/g' "${PROJECT_FILE}"
+
+# Update VERSIONS.json
+VERSIONS_FILE="docs/cuopt/source/versions1.json"
+# Only update if NEXT_FULL_TAG is not already present
+if ! grep -q "\"version\": \"${NEXT_FULL_TAG}\"" "${VERSIONS_FILE}"; then
+  # Remove preferred and latest flags, but keep the version entry and URL
+  sed_runner '/"name": "latest",/d' "${VERSIONS_FILE}"
+  sed_runner '/"preferred": true,\?/d' "${VERSIONS_FILE}"
+  # Remove trailing comma after "url": ... in all version entries
+  sed_runner 's/\("url": "[^"]*"\),/\1/' "${VERSIONS_FILE}"
+  # Add new version entry with both preferred and latest flags
+  NEW_VERSION_ENTRY='    {\n      "version": "'${NEXT_FULL_TAG}'",\n      "url": "../'${NEXT_FULL_TAG}'/",\n      "name": "latest",\n      "preferred": true\n    },'
+  sed_runner "/\[/a\\${NEW_VERSION_ENTRY}" "${VERSIONS_FILE}"
+fi
+
+# RTD update
+sed_runner "/^set(cuopt_version/ s/[0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9]/${NEXT_FULL_TAG}/g" python/cuopt/CMakeLists.txt
+sed_runner "/^set(cuopt_version/ s/[0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9]/${NEXT_FULL_TAG}/g" python/cuopt/cuopt/linear_programming/CMakeLists.txt
+sed_runner "/^set(cuopt_version/ s/[0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9]/${NEXT_FULL_TAG}/g" python/libcuopt/CMakeLists.txt
+
+# Update nightly
+sed_runner 's/'"cuopt_version: \"[0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9]\""'/'"cuopt_version: \"${NEXT_SHORT_TAG}\""'/g' .github/workflows/nightly.yaml
+
+# Update Helm chart files
+sed_runner 's/\(tag: "\)[0-9][0-9]\.[0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+\(-cuda12\.8-py3\.12"\)/\1'${DOCKER_TAG}'\2/g' helmchart/cuopt-server/values.yaml
+sed_runner 's/\(appVersion: \)[0-9][0-9]\.[0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+/\1'${DOCKER_TAG}'/g' helmchart/cuopt-server/Chart.yaml
+sed_runner 's/\(version: \)[0-9][0-9]\.[0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+/\1'${DOCKER_TAG}'/g' helmchart/cuopt-server/Chart.yaml
+
+for FILE in .github/workflows/*.yaml; do
+  sed_runner "/shared-workflows/ s/@.*/@branch-${NEXT_SHORT_TAG}/g" "${FILE}"
+  # CI image tags of the form {rapids_version}-{something}
+  sed_runner "s/:[0-9]*\\.[0-9]*-/:${NEXT_SHORT_TAG}-/g" "${FILE}"
+done
+
+# PYTHON for RAPIDS
+sed_runner "/DOWNLOAD.*rapids-cmake/ s/branch-[0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9]/branch-${NEXT_SHORT_TAG}/g" python/cuopt/CMakeLists.txt