diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_release_candidate.yml b/.github/workflows/build_release_candidate.yml
index fdbae21336e56..f868946c09f94 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_release_candidate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_release_candidate.yml
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Java 11
         uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
-          distribution: 'temurin'
+          distribution: 'zulu'
           java-version: '11'
       - name: Remove default github maven configuration
         # This step is a workaround to avoid a decryption issue of Beam's
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_wheels.yml b/.github/workflows/build_wheels.yml
index d1e99f2bd5798..10b4295abf712 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_wheels.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_wheels.yml
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Get tag
         id: get_tag
         run: |
-          echo "TAG=${GITHUB_REF#refs/*/}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "TAG=v2.60.0-RC0" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
       - name: Check whether an -RC tag was applied to the commit.
         id: is_rc
         run: |
@@ -229,8 +229,8 @@ jobs:
           {"os": "windows-latest", "runner": "windows-latest", "python": "${{ needs.check_env_variables.outputs.py-versions-test }}", arch: "auto" },
           {"os": "ubuntu-20.04", "runner": [self-hosted, ubuntu-20.04, main], "python": "${{ needs.check_env_variables.outputs.py-versions-test }}", arch: "aarch64" }
         ]
-        # Keep in sync with PY_VERSIONS_FULL env var abvove - if changed, change that as well.
-        py_version: ["cp38-*", "cp39-*", "cp310-*", "cp311-*", "cp312-*"]
+        # Keep in sync with PY_VERSIONS_FULL env var above - if changed, change that as well.
+        py_version: ["cp38-", "cp39-", "cp310-", "cp311-", "cp312-"]
     steps:
     - name: Download python source distribution from artifacts
       # Pinned to v3 because of https://github.com/actions/download-artifact/issues/249
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ jobs:
       if: ${{ contains(matrix.os_python.python, matrix.py_version) }}
       working-directory: apache-beam-source
       env:
-        CIBW_BUILD: ${{ matrix.py_version }}
+        CIBW_BUILD: ${{ matrix.py_version }}*
         # TODO: https://github.com/apache/beam/issues/23048
         CIBW_SKIP: "*-musllinux_*"
         CIBW_BEFORE_BUILD: pip install cython==0.29.36 numpy --config-settings=setup-args="-Dallow-noblas=true" && pip install --upgrade setuptools
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ jobs:
       if: ${{ needs.build_source.outputs.is_rc == 1 && contains(matrix.os_python.python, matrix.py_version) }}
       working-directory: apache-beam-source-rc
       env:
-        CIBW_BUILD: ${{ matrix.py_version }}
+        CIBW_BUILD: ${{ matrix.py_version }}*
         # TODO: https://github.com/apache/beam/issues/23048
         CIBW_SKIP: "*-musllinux_*"
         CIBW_BEFORE_BUILD: pip install cython==0.29.36 numpy --config-settings=setup-args="-Dallow-noblas=true" && pip install --upgrade setuptools
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ jobs:
       # Pinned to v3 because of https://github.com/actions/download-artifact/issues/249
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
       with:
-        name: wheelhouse-rc${{ needs.build_source.outputs.rc_num }}-${{ matrix.os_python.os }}${{ (matrix.arch == 'aarch64' && '-aarch64') || '' }}
+        name: wheelhouse-rc${{ needs.build_source.outputs.rc_num }}-${{ steps.parse_matrix.outputs.py-version }}${{ matrix.os_python.os }}${{ (matrix.arch == 'aarch64' && '-aarch64') || '' }}
         path: apache-beam-source-rc/wheelhouse/
 
   upload_wheels_to_gcs: