diff --git a/.ci-config.json b/.ci-config.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e28add
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ci-config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  "python_version_current": "3.12",
+  "python_versions_active": ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 079730d..32d3181 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -2,14 +2,29 @@ name: OctoDNS
 on: [pull_request]
 
 jobs:
+  config:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      json: ${{ steps.load.outputs.json }}
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - id: load
+      # based on https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/workflow-commands-for-github-actions#multiline-strings
+      run: |
+        {
+          echo 'json<<EOF'
+          cat ./.ci-config.json
+          echo EOF
+        } >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
   ci:
+    needs: config
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        # Defined in an org level variable, based on dates in
-        # https://devguide.python.org/versions/#versions
-        python-version: ${{fromJson(vars.PYTHON_VERSIONS_ACTIVE)}}
+        # Defined in a file that resides in the top level of octodns/octodns,
+        # based on dates in https://devguide.python.org/versions/#versions
+        python-version: ${{ fromJson(needs.config.outputs.json).python_versions_active }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Setup python
@@ -36,13 +51,15 @@ jobs:
             coverage.xml
             htmlcov
   setup-py:
+    needs: config
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Setup python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
-          python-version: ${{ vars.PYTHON_VERSION_CURRENT }}
+          # Most recent release from https://devguide.python.org/versions/#versions
+          python-version: ${{ fromJson(needs.config.outputs.json).python_version_current }}
           architecture: x64
       - name: CI setup.py
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/modules.yml b/.github/workflows/modules.yml
index 940abc1..15e1c3e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/modules.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/modules.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,22 @@ on:
     types: [submitted]
 
 jobs:
+  config:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      json: ${{ steps.load.outputs.json }}
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - id: load
+      # based on https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/workflow-commands-for-github-actions#multiline-strings
+      run: |
+        {
+          echo 'json<<EOF'
+          cat ./.ci-config.json
+          echo EOF
+        } >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
   ci:
+    needs: config
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
@@ -46,8 +61,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
-          python-version: ${{ vars.PYTHON_VERSION_CURRENT }}
+          python-version: ${{ fromJson(needs.config.outputs.json).python_version_current }}
           architecture: x64
       - name: Test Module
         run: |
-          ./script/test-module ${{ matrix.module }}
+          ./script/cibuild-module ${{ matrix.module }}
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index c0c68ce..e4bfab5 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ requests-toolbelt==1.0.0
 requests==2.31.0
 rfc3986==2.0.0
 rich==13.6.0
+setuptools==68.2.2
 twine==4.0.2
 urllib3==2.0.6
+wheel==0.41.2
 zipp==3.17.0
diff --git a/script/test-module b/script/cibuild-module
similarity index 98%
rename from script/test-module
rename to script/cibuild-module
index 8148d73..b48ba7c 100755
--- a/script/test-module
+++ b/script/cibuild-module
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ VENV_PYTHON=$(command -v python3)
 VENV_NAME="${TMP_DIR}/env"
 "$VENV_PYTHON" -m venv "$VENV_NAME"
 . "${VENV_NAME}/bin/activate"
+pip install setuptools
 echo "## environment & versions ######################################################"
 python --version
 pip --version
diff --git a/script/cibuild-setup-py b/script/cibuild-setup-py
index 49f8409..31d1d32 100755
--- a/script/cibuild-setup-py
+++ b/script/cibuild-setup-py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ echo "## create test venv ######################################################
 TMP_DIR=$(mktemp -d -t ci-XXXXXXXXXX)
 python3 -m venv $TMP_DIR
 . "$TMP_DIR/bin/activate"
+pip install setuptools
 echo "## environment & versions ######################################################"
 python --version
 pip --version