January 2025 — Key features and fixes delivered across iqm-client and iqm-benchmarks, focusing on reliability, packaging correctness, security, and documentation. iqm-client improvements include fixing incorrect --no-build-isolation usage in CI with changelog-driven publish triggers, adding a proper dependencies manifest via requirements.txt, and applying a Black upgrade with lockfile updates to address vulnerabilities. iqm-benchmarks modernization encompasses CI/CD and dependency management upgrades (tox replacement with uv-based workflow, update-requirements script, lockfile, and license checks) plus Version 2.9 release notes with improved documentation formatting and changelog-driven CI integration. Overall, these changes yield more deterministic builds, faster and more reliable releases, reduced security risk, and clearer documentation for developers and stakeholders.