diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-numpy.yml b/.github/workflows/build-numpy.yml
index a43b632..5499c5c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-numpy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-numpy.yml
@@ -5,31 +5,30 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       version:
-        description: 'numpy version to build (git tag without leading v, e.g. 2.5.0)'
+        description: 'numpy version to build (git tag without leading v, e.g. 2.5.1)'
         required: true
-        default: '2.5.0'
+        default: '2.5.1'
   pull_request:
     paths:
       - '.github/workflows/build-numpy.yml'
       - 'actions/publish-to-gitlab/**'
 
 concurrency:
-  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ inputs.version || '2.5.0' }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.run_id }}
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ inputs.version || '2.5.1' }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.run_id }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 permissions:
   contents: read  # to fetch code (actions/checkout)
 
 env:
-  # `inputs.version` is empty on pull_request events; default to 2.5.0 there.
-  NUMPY_VERSION: ${{ inputs.version || '2.5.0' }}
+  NUMPY_VERSION: ${{ inputs.version || '2.5.1' }}
   UV_EXTRA_INDEX_URL: https://pypi.riseproject.dev/simple/
   UV_INDEX_STRATEGY: unsafe-best-match
   UV_ONLY_BINARY: ':all:'
 
 jobs:
   build_wheels:
-    name: Build numpy ${{ inputs.version || '2.5.0' }} ${{ matrix.python }}-manylinux_riscv64
+    name: Build numpy ${{ inputs.version || '2.5.1' }} ${{ matrix.python }}-manylinux_riscv64
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04-riscv
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
@@ -48,12 +47,6 @@ jobs:
       # `{project}/tools/wheels/cibw_before_build.sh`, which only works when
       # CWD == numpy root at cibuildwheel invocation time. python-wheels is
       # placed under `python-wheels-repo/` to free the workspace root for numpy.
-      - name: Checkout python-wheels
-        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0  # v7.0.0
-        with:
-          path: python-wheels-repo
-          persist-credentials: false
-
       - name: Checkout numpy v${{ env.NUMPY_VERSION }}
         uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0  # v7.0.0
         with:
@@ -102,7 +95,7 @@ jobs:
           if-no-files-found: error
 
   publish:
-    name: Publish numpy ${{ inputs.version || '2.5.0' }} to GitLab
+    name: Publish numpy ${{ inputs.version || '2.5.1' }} to GitLab
     needs: build_wheels
     # Only publish when the workflow was triggered from main with a specific
     # version. Manual trigger is the only entry point, so checking the ref is
@@ -127,7 +120,7 @@ jobs:
           merge-multiple: true
 
       - name: Publish to GitLab PyPI registry
-        uses: ./python-wheels-repo/actions/publish-to-gitlab
+        uses: riseproject-dev/python-wheels/actions/publish-to-gitlab@main
         with:
           gitlab-username: ${{ vars.GITLAB_DEPLOY_USER }}
           gitlab-token: ${{ secrets.GITLAB_DEPLOY_TOKEN }}