diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/build.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/build.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ce00351
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/build.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+name: build
+on:
+  push:
+jobs:
+  maven:
+    uses: self:KofTwentyTwo/ci-workflows/.gitea/workflows/maven.yaml@v1
+    secrets: inherit
diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/qrun-release.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/qrun-release.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index cb745b2..0000000
--- a/.gitea/workflows/qrun-release.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-# Standard QRun release caller (v2, thin contract): every push and manual dispatch delegates to the protected qrun-release-v1 channel. Do not edit per repository.
-name: qrun-release
-on:
-  push: {}
-  workflow_dispatch: {}
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-  actions: read
-jobs:
-  release:
-    uses: self:KofTwentyTwo/platform-ci/.gitea/workflows/java-maven.yaml@qrun-release-v1
-    with:
-      runner: linux-small
-      browsers: true
-      browser-runner: browser-build
-  postpublish:
-    if: ${{ needs.release.outputs.capture == 'true' }}
-    needs: release
-    permissions:
-      contents: write
-      actions: write
-    uses: self:KofTwentyTwo/platform-ci/.gitea/workflows/qrun-source-version.yaml@qrun-release-v1
-    with:
-      runner: linux-small
diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/release-rc.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/release-rc.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 12ec9fc..0000000
--- a/.gitea/workflows/release-rc.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,72 +0,0 @@
-name: Release candidate
-'on':
-  workflow_dispatch:
-    inputs:
-      dry_run:
-        description: Plan a cut without changing release state
-        type: boolean
-        default: false
-      finalize:
-        description: Retry finalization of an existing cut; do not cut another RC
-        type: boolean
-        default: false
-      recover:
-        description: Recover the same published RC after a deployment timeout; never
-          reupload
-        type: boolean
-        default: false
-      circle_build:
-        description: Original release run id (recovery only)
-        type: string
-        default: ''
-      merge_sha:
-        description: Existing cut merge_sha (finalize retry only)
-        type: string
-        default: ''
-      bump_sha:
-        description: Existing cut bump_sha (finalize retry only)
-        type: string
-        default: ''
-      branch:
-        description: Existing cut branch (finalize retry only)
-        type: string
-        default: ''
-      version:
-        description: Existing cut version (finalize retry only)
-        type: string
-        default: ''
-  pull_request:
-    types:
-    - closed
-    branches:
-    - develop
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-jobs:
-  release-rc:
-    # The old qbit-rc-published repository_dispatch is replaced by the already-proven workflow_dispatch
-    # completion: the publisher's own ActionsWRITE job dispatches this workflow with finalize=true plus
-    # merge_sha/bump_sha/branch/version (same inputs as the manual finalize retry).
-    permissions:
-      contents: write
-      actions: read
-      pull-requests: write
-    if: github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch'
-      || (github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.pull_request.merged
-      == true && github.event.pull_request.base.ref == 'develop' && contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name,
-      'release:rc'))
-    uses: self:KofTwentyTwo/platform-ci/.gitea/workflows/qbit-release-rc.yaml@qrun-release-v1
-    with:
-      dry_run: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.dry_run || false
-        }}
-      finalize: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.finalize }}
-      recover: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.recover || false
-        }}
-      circle_build: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.circle_build
-        || '' }}
-      merge_sha: ${{ inputs.merge_sha || '' }}
-      bump_sha: ${{ inputs.bump_sha || '' }}
-      branch: ${{ inputs.branch || '' }}
-      version: ${{ inputs.version || '' }}
-    secrets:
-      QRUN_TAG_SIGNING_KEY: ${{ secrets.QRUN_TAG_SIGNING_KEY }}
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 03f1133..9e606fa 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 
    <properties>
+      <qqq.version>4.1.0-RC.26</qqq.version> <!-- feeds qbit-build-parent's qqq-bom-pom import -->
       <revision>0.1.0-RC.1</revision>
       <maven.compiler.source>21</maven.compiler.source>
       <maven.compiler.target>21</maven.compiler.target>
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@
    <parent>
       <groupId>com.kingsrook</groupId>
       <artifactId>qbit-build-parent</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0.0</version>
+      <version>2.2.1</version>
    </parent>
 
    <groupId>com.kingsrook.qbits</groupId>
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>com.kingsrook.qqq</groupId>
          <artifactId>qqq-frontend-next</artifactId>
-         <version>1.0.0-RC.14</version>
+         <version>1.0.0-RC.38</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
@@ -224,7 +225,7 @@
          </activation>
          <properties>
             <!-- The published QQQ 4.1 core (Central JAR/POM), the one BOM version shared by the four app-QBit patches. -->
-            <qqq.snapshot.version>4.1.0-RC.21</qqq.snapshot.version>
+            <qqq.snapshot.version>4.1.0-RC.26</qqq.snapshot.version>
          </properties>
          <dependencyManagement>
             <dependencies>