diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 3583f2588d058d96eb66cf6f8747f356518ca451..cd95e57c74ef44db4e85efb8ebe964266db745fa 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -7,17 +7,15 @@ stages:
 variables:
   BUILD_ENV_DOCKER_IMAGE: docker-registry.ebrains.eu/esd/tmp:latest
 
-default:
-  before_script:
-    - chmod +x dedal/utils/bootstrap.sh
-    - ./dedal/utils/bootstrap.sh
-    - pip install -e .[test]
-
 unit_tests:
   stage: test
   tags:
     - docker-runner
   image: ubuntu:22.04
+  before_script:
+    - chmod +x dedal/utils/bootstrap.sh
+    - ./dedal/utils/bootstrap.sh
+    - pip install -e .[test]
   script:
     - coverage run -m pytest -s --tb=short --junitxml=test-results.xml ./dedal/tests/unit_tests
     - mv .coverage .coverage.unit  # Rename to avoid overwriting
@@ -37,10 +35,14 @@ integration_tests:
   tags:
     - docker-runner
   image: ubuntu:22.04
+  before_script:
+    - chmod +x dedal/utils/bootstrap.sh
+    - ./dedal/utils/bootstrap.sh
+    - pip install -e .[test]
   script:
     - coverage run -m pytest -s --tb=short --junitxml=test-results.xml ./dedal/tests/integration_tests
     - mv .coverage .coverage.integration  # Rename to avoid overwriting
-  needs: [ "unit_tests" ]
+  needs: ["unit_tests"]
   artifacts:
     when: always
     reports:
@@ -57,6 +59,10 @@ merge_coverage:
   tags:
     - docker-runner
   image: ubuntu:22.04
+  before_script:
+    - chmod +x dedal/utils/bootstrap.sh
+    - ./dedal/utils/bootstrap.sh
+    - pip install -e .[test]
   script:
     - coverage combine .coverage.unit .coverage.integration
     - coverage report
@@ -111,6 +117,21 @@ pypi-release:
     paths:
       - dist/*.whl
       - dist/*.tar.gz
+
+release-gitlab:
+  stage: publish
+  image: registry.gitlab.com/gitlab-org/release-cli:latest
+  needs: ["pypi-release"]
+  tags:
+    - docker-runner
+  rules:
+    - if: $CI_COMMIT_TAG
+  script:
+    - echo "running release_job"
   release:
     tag_name: '$CI_COMMIT_TAG'
-    description: '$CI_COMMIT_TAG'
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+    description: '$CI_COMMIT_TAG'
+  artifacts:
+    paths:
+      - dist/*.whl
+      - dist/*.tar.gz
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diff --git a/MANIFEST.ini b/MANIFEST.ini
index e62be46716825eab56feaa6d891b2f5d0bcf314d..142e97207139069ed864dd08abc8acca39d34260 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.ini
+++ b/MANIFEST.ini
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-
+include LICENSE
 include README.md
-recursive-include yashchiki/dedal *.*
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+recursive-include dedal/dedal *.*
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index eeb6eb50216cb628fa0ff2b8273d50448413fc39..ec44f1a420415c922fb2c5f781014320428b5279 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -143,9 +143,9 @@ Installs spack packages present in the spack environment defined in configuratio
 
 # Dedal's UML diagram
 
-![screenshot](dedal/docs/resources/dedal_UML.png)
+![screenshot](https://gitlab.ebrains.eu/ri/tech-hub/platform/esd/dedal/-/raw/master/dedal/docs/resources/dedal_UML.png)
 
-Acknowledgments
+# Acknowledgments
 
 This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe Programme under the Specific Grant Agreement No. 101147319 (EBRAINS 2.0 Project).
 
diff --git a/dedal/docs/resources/dedal_UML.png b/dedal/docs/resources/dedal_UML.png
index 4f9df5608e58c865fe13b3f3a9b74e6436023ef9..9fb72646e938a4c68a9991a4af079972f2047774 100644
Binary files a/dedal/docs/resources/dedal_UML.png and b/dedal/docs/resources/dedal_UML.png differ
diff --git a/dedal/spack_factory/SpackOperationCreator.py b/dedal/spack_factory/SpackOperationCreator.py
index 18ae7c099e001b6746e389183cf798f4a31ea66b..52c5d256393c16a69b8cf5c53c46cccb6ee74e16 100644
--- a/dedal/spack_factory/SpackOperationCreator.py
+++ b/dedal/spack_factory/SpackOperationCreator.py
@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@ class SpackOperationCreator:
             return SpackOperation(spack_config)
         elif spack_config.concretization_dir is None and spack_config.buildcache_dir is None:
             return SpackOperation(spack_config)
-        elif (spack_config.concretization_dir and spack_config.buildcache_dir) and not use_cache:
+        elif (spack_config.concretization_dir or spack_config.buildcache_dir) and not use_cache:
             return SpackOperationCreateCache(spack_config)
-        elif (spack_config.concretization_dir and spack_config.buildcache_dir) and use_cache:
+        elif (spack_config.concretization_dir or spack_config.buildcache_dir) and use_cache:
             return SpackOperationUseCache(spack_config)
         else:
             return SpackOperation(SpackConfig())
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4e908edd5a3df336b5d0540513220e1147adc7ac..f6a30a26a1ac14442148e22d1b6d6692dd44a6c4 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,19 +1,51 @@
+# Dedal library - Wrapper over Spack for building multiple target
+# environments: ESD, Virtual Boxes, HPC compatible kernels, etc.
+
+#  (c) Copyright 2025 Dedal developers
+
+#  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+#  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+#  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+#  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#  limitations under the License.
+
 [build-system]
 requires = ["setuptools>=64", "wheel"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "dedal"
-version = "0.1.0"
-authors = [
-    { name = "Eric Müller", email = "mueller@kip.uni-heidelberg.de" },
-    { name = "Adrian Ciu", email = "adrian.ciu@codemart.ro" },
-    { name = "Jithu Murugan", email = "j.murugan@fz-juelich.de" }
-]
+version = "0.9.0"
 description = "This package includes all the essential tools required to set up an EBRAINS Software Distribution environment."
 license = { file = "LICENSE" }
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
+authors = [
+    { name = "Adrian Ciu"},
+    { name = "Eleni Mathioulaki"},
+    { name = "Eric Müller"},
+    { name = "Jithu Murugan"},
+    { name = "Lia Domide"},
+    { name = "Wouter Klijn"},
+]
+maintainers = [
+    { name = "Brainiacs", email = "science@codemart.ro" }
+]
+keywords = [
+    "spack",
+    "package",
+    "packaging",
+    "environment",
+    "cache",
+    "caching",
+    "esd",
+]
 dependencies = [
     "oras",
     "spack",
@@ -23,11 +55,16 @@ dependencies = [
     "pyyaml",
 ]
 
+[project.urls]
+Source = "https://gitlab.ebrains.eu/ri/tech-hub/platform/esd/dedal"
+
 [project.scripts]
 dedal = "dedal.cli.spack_manager_api:cli"
 
 [tool.setuptools.data-files]
-"dedal" = ["dedal/logger/logging.conf"]
+"dedal" = [
+    "dedal/logger/logging.conf",
+]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 test = ["pytest", "pytest-mock", "pytest-ordering", "coverage"]
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