diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 23c1a84..f890c28 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 version: 2.1
 setup: true
 orbs:
-  qqq-orb: kingsrook/qqq-orb@0.7.15
+  qqq-orb: kingsrook/qqq-orb@0.8
 workflows:
   setup:
     jobs:
     - qqq-orb/generate_pipeline:
-        orb_version: 0.7.15
+        orb_version: '0.8'
         filters:
           branches:
             ignore: automation/qbit-rc-pending
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/.qqq-ci.yml b/.qqq-ci.yml
index 58923b8..6777ede 100644
--- a/.qqq-ci.yml
+++ b/.qqq-ci.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 profile: qbit
-orb_version: 0.7.15
+orb_version: '0.8'
 default_branch: develop
 java_version: '21'
 browsers: true
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ publish:
   release_candidate: true
   release: true
   asciidoc: false
+release_completion: true
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index aced91f..1ebac42 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.7</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>
@@ -212,7 +213,7 @@
             <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
          </activation>
          <properties>
-            <qqq.snapshot.version>4.1.0-RC.7</qqq.snapshot.version>
+            <qqq.snapshot.version>4.1.0-RC.26</qqq.snapshot.version>
          </properties>
          <dependencyManagement>
             <dependencies>