diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_sdk.yml b/.github/workflows/build_sdk.yml
index 6783fc0311..002d035972 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_sdk.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_sdk.yml
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           allowed-changes: |
             sdk/**/pulumi-plugin.json
-            sdk/dotnet/Pulumi.*.csproj
+            sdk/dotnet/*.csproj
             sdk/go/**/pulumiUtilities.go
             sdk/nodejs/package.json
             sdk/python/pyproject.toml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/command-dispatch.yml b/.github/workflows/command-dispatch.yml
index 16db95c5f2..52879d249d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/command-dispatch.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/command-dispatch.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - name: Checkout Repo
       uses: actions/checkout@v4
-    - uses: peter-evans/slash-command-dispatch@v2
+    - uses: peter-evans/slash-command-dispatch@v4
       with:
         commands: |
           run-acceptance-tests
diff --git a/.github/workflows/master.yml b/.github/workflows/master.yml
index 08ad04ccd7..25e0422321 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/master.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/master.yml
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - name: check if this commit needs release
+      if: ${{ env.RELEASE_BOT_ENDPOINT != '' }}
       uses: pulumi/action-release-by-pr-label@main
       with:
         command: "release-if-needed"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 87065fb740..5fd7ebf1c6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ jobs:
         {
           echo 'summary<<EOF'
           if [[ "$LAST_VERSION" != "No stable release" ]]; then
-            schema-tools compare --provider="azure" --old-commit="$LAST_VERSION" --new-commit="--local-path=provider/cmd/pulumi-resource-azure/schema.json"
+            schema-tools compare --provider="azure" --old-commit="$LAST_VERSION" --repository="github://api.github.com/pulumi" --new-commit="--local-path=provider/cmd/pulumi-resource-azure/schema.json"
           fi
           echo 'EOF'
         } >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 03e6eb6b83..4744864bbf 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -33,6 +33,3 @@ linters-settings:
       - prefix(github.com/pulumi/) # Custom section: groups all imports with the github.com/pulumi/ prefix.
       - prefix(github.com/pulumi/pulumi-azure) # Custom section: local imports
     custom-order: true
-  misspell:
-    ignore-words:
-      - hdinsight
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e18f75141e..a864cc6949 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -248,3 +248,6 @@ provider_dist-darwin-arm64: bin/$(PROVIDER)-v$(VERSION_GENERIC)-darwin-arm64.tar
 provider_dist-windows-amd64: bin/$(PROVIDER)-v$(VERSION_GENERIC)-windows-amd64.tar.gz
 provider_dist: provider_dist-linux-amd64 provider_dist-linux-arm64 provider_dist-darwin-amd64 provider_dist-darwin-arm64 provider_dist-windows-amd64
 .PHONY: provider_dist-linux-amd64 provider_dist-linux-arm64 provider_dist-darwin-amd64 provider_dist-darwin-arm64 provider_dist-windows-amd64 provider_dist
+
+# Permit providers to extend the Makefile with provider-specific Make includes.
+include $(wildcard .mk/*.mk)