diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-package.yml b/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
index b7337eb0..c025e115 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ jobs:
 
   linux-wheels:
     needs: [ruff, mypy]
-    runs-on: "ubuntu-latest"
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.arch == 'aarch64' && 'ubuntu-24.04-arm' || 'ubuntu-latest'}}
     strategy:
       matrix:
         arch: ["x86_64", "aarch64"]
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Python dependencies
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install cibuildwheel==2.19.2
+          pip install cibuildwheel==2.23.3
       - name: Build wheels
         run: |
           python -m cibuildwheel --output-dir wheelhouse
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ jobs:
         # Downloads SDL2 for the later step.
         run: python build_sdl.py
       - name: Build wheels
-        uses: pypa/cibuildwheel@v2.19.2
+        uses: pypa/cibuildwheel@v2.23.3
         env:
           CIBW_BUILD: ${{ matrix.python }}
           CIBW_ARCHS_MACOS: x86_64 arm64 universal2
diff --git a/LICENSE.txt b/LICENSE.txt
index d91bf759..ed980457 100755
--- a/LICENSE.txt
+++ b/LICENSE.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 BSD 2-Clause License
 
-Copyright (c) 2009-2023, Kyle Benesch and the python-tcod contributors.
+Copyright (c) 2009-2025, Kyle Benesch and the python-tcod contributors.
 All rights reserved.
 
 Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 81c2d205..0fda406a 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 
 # General information about the project.
 project = "python-tcod"
-copyright = "2009-2023, Kyle Benesch"
+copyright = "2009-2025, Kyle Benesch"
 author = "Kyle Benesch"
 
 # The version info for the project you're documenting, acts as replacement for
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 37ca4d41..eac81af3 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 requires = [
     # setuptools >=64.0.0 might break editable installs
     # https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/issues/3548
-    "setuptools >=61.0.0",
+    "setuptools >=77.0.3",
     "setuptools_scm[toml]>=6.2",
+    "packaging>=24.2",
     "wheel>=0.37.1",
     "cffi>=1.15",
     "pycparser>=2.14",
@@ -19,7 +20,12 @@ description = "The official Python port of libtcod."
 authors = [{ name = "Kyle Benesch", email = "4b796c65+tcod@gmail.com" }]
 readme = "README.rst"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
-license = { text = "Simplified BSD License" }
+license = "BSD-2-Clause"
+license-files = [
+    "LICENSE.txt",
+    "libtcod/LICENSE.txt",
+    "libtcod/LIBTCOD-CREDITS.txt",
+]
 dependencies = [
     "cffi>=1.15",
     'numpy>=1.21.4; implementation_name != "pypy"',
@@ -39,7 +45,6 @@ classifiers = [
     "Environment :: MacOS X",
     "Environment :: X11 Applications",
     "Intended Audience :: Developers",
-    "License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License",
     "Natural Language :: English",
     "Operating System :: POSIX",
     "Operating System :: MacOS :: MacOS X",
diff --git a/tcod/path.py b/tcod/path.py
index 1668487a..92980b85 100644
--- a/tcod/path.py
+++ b/tcod/path.py
@@ -183,11 +183,11 @@ def __init__(self, cost: tcod.map.Map | ArrayLike | _EdgeCostFunc, diagonal: flo
             self._callback,
             self._userdata,
             self.shape,
-        ) = self.cost.get_tcod_path_ffi()  # type: ignore[union-attr]
+        ) = self.cost.get_tcod_path_ffi()
         self._path_c = ffi.gc(
             self._path_new_using_function(
-                self.cost.shape[0],  # type: ignore[union-attr]
-                self.cost.shape[1],  # type: ignore[union-attr]
+                self.cost.shape[0],
+                self.cost.shape[1],
                 self._callback,
                 self._userdata,
                 diagonal,