diff --git a/.github/workflows/pip.yml b/.github/workflows/pip.yml
index f1ed4d8b..7f5733a6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pip.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pip.yml
@@ -25,19 +25,23 @@ concurrency:
   cancel-in-progress: true
 jobs:
   build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     permissions:
       contents: read
+    outputs:
+      package-version: ${{ steps.build.outputs.PACKAGE_VERSION }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout sources
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
-          # Get Git tags so that versioneer can function correctly
+          # Get Git tags
           # See issue https://github.com/actions/checkout/issues/701
           fetch-depth: 0
       - name: Build Pip package
+        id: build
         run: |
-          # This is needed so that the Git tag is parsed and the version is retrieved
+          # This is needed so that the Git tag is parsed and the version is
+          # retrieved
           git config --global --add safe.directory $(realpath .)
 
           # Upgrade Pip
@@ -48,6 +52,10 @@ jobs:
 
           # Build the source package (sdist) only          
           python -m build --sdist
+
+          # Get built package version and make it accessible to subsequent jobs
+          PACKAGE_VERSION=$(python -m build --metadata | jq ".version" | tr -d '"')
+          echo "PACKAGE_VERSION=$PACKAGE_VERSION" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
       - name: Upload the package as artifact
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
@@ -83,6 +91,7 @@ jobs:
             apt-get install -y python3 python3-pip python3-venv
           elif command -v dnf; then
             dnf install -y python3 python3-pip
+
             # Install findutils on Rocky Linux when xargs cannot be found
             if ! command -v xargs; then
               dnf install -y findutils
@@ -99,12 +108,14 @@ jobs:
             VENV_ACTIVATE_SCRIPT="khiops-venv/bin/activate"
           fi
           echo "VENV_ACTIVATE_SCRIPT=$VENV_ACTIVATE_SCRIPT" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+
           # Setup Python (be portable wrt. python vs python3 in runners and
           # containers; either python3 or python is present as per the Python
           # installation step in the Docker container contexts)
           PYTHON=$(basename $(command -v python3 || command -v python))
           echo "PYTHON=$PYTHON" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-      - name: Checkout sources  # Checkout the sources to be able to extract the dependencies list
+        # Checkout the sources to be able to extract the dependencies list
+      - name: Checkout sources
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           # Get Git tags
@@ -130,30 +141,36 @@ jobs:
             chown -R $(whoami) /github/home/.cache/pip
           fi
 
-          # Install the Khiops Python library
-
           # Use a virtualenv if required
           if [[ "${{ matrix.env.use-virtualenv }}" == "true" ]]; then
             $PYTHON -m venv khiops-venv
             source "$VENV_ACTIVATE_SCRIPT"
           fi
           $PYTHON -m pip install --upgrade pip
+
           # Add homogeneous TOML support (Python >= 3.12 has standard tomllib)
           $PYTHON -c "import tomllib" 2>/dev/null || $PYTHON -m pip install tomli
-          # First, install all dependencies except khiops-core and khiops-drivers-*
+
+          # Install all dependencies except khiops-*
           $PYTHON scripts/extract_dependencies_from_pyproject_toml.py -f "pyproject.toml" --exclude-khiops-family > requires-no-khiops.txt
           [ ! -s requires-no-khiops.txt ] || xargs $PYTHON -m pip install < requires-no-khiops.txt
+
           # On Windows, the `impi-rt` MPI dependency must be installed
           # separately, from PyPI, because it is not present on TestPyPI
           if [[ $RUNNER_OS == 'Windows' ]]; then
             $PYTHON -m pip install impi-rt
           fi
-          # khiops-core and khiops-drivers-* must always be installed from TestPyPI in order to avoid distorting usage statistics
+
+          # khiops-core and khiops-drivers-* must always be installed from
+          # TestPyPI in order to avoid distorting usage statistics
           $PYTHON scripts/extract_dependencies_from_pyproject_toml.py -f "pyproject.toml" --khiops-family-only > requires-khiops.txt
           [ ! -s requires-khiops.txt ] || xargs $PYTHON -m pip install --index-url https://test.pypi.org/simple < requires-khiops.txt
           rm -f requires-khiops.txt requires-no-khiops.txt
-          # Lastly, install khiops-python
+
+          # Install the khiops package
           $PYTHON -m pip install khiops*.tar.gz
+
+          # Deactivate virtualenv if used
           if [[ "${{ matrix.env.use-virtualenv }}" == "true" ]]; then
             deactivate
           fi
@@ -198,41 +215,42 @@ jobs:
           # The MPI command is not always named mpiexec, but can be orterun etc
           # (as given by khiops_env)
           kh-status | grep "MPI command" | grep -vwq "<empty>"
+
+          # Deactivate virtualenv if used
           if [[ "${{ matrix.env.use-virtualenv }}" == "true" ]]; then
             deactivate
           fi
+  check-package-version:
+    if: github.ref_type == 'tag'
+    needs: build
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    steps:
       - name: Test package / Git tag version coherence
+        env:
+          PACKAGE_VERSION: ${{ needs.build.outputs.package-version }}
         shell: bash
-        if: github.ref_type == 'tag'
         run: |
           # Don't exit on first error: print relevant error message
           set +e
-          # Use a virtualenv if required
-          if [[ "${{ matrix.env.use-virtualenv }}" == "true" ]]; then
-            source "$VENV_ACTIVATE_SCRIPT"
-          fi
+
           # Convert pre-release version specification in the Git tag to the Pip
           # format and check that it matches the Pip package version
-          PACKAGE_VERSION=$($PYTHON -m pip show khiops | awk 'BEGIN {FS = ": "} $1 ~ /^Version$/ {print $2}')
-          if [[ "${{ matrix.env.use-virtualenv }}" == "true" ]]; then
-            deactivate
-          fi
-          # Remove any '.' or '-' from the versions to be able to compare them canonically
-          canonic_tag_name=$(echo "${{ github.ref_name }}" | perl -pe "s/[\.-]//g")
-          canonic_package_version=$(echo $PACKAGE_VERSION  | perl -pe "s/[\.-]//g")            
-          if [[ "$canonic_tag_name" != "$canonic_package_version" ]]
+          echo "${{ github.ref_name }}" | tr -d '-' | rev | sed -E 's/\.([^0-9].*)/\1/' | rev | \
+            grep -wq "$PACKAGE_VERSION"
+          if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]
           then
             echo "::error::Python package version $PACKAGE_VERSION does not match Git tag ${{ github.ref_name }}"
             false
           fi
+
   # The implementation of a unique release job with multiple conditional steps
   # for each publishing mode is not chosen
   # because of the required job environment verified for Trusted Publishing
   release-github:
     # only publish on tag pushes
     if: github.ref_type == 'tag' && github.repository_owner == 'KhiopsML'
-    needs: [build, test]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    needs: [test, check-package-version]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     permissions:
       contents: write
     steps:
@@ -253,8 +271,8 @@ jobs:
   release-testpypi:
     # only publish on testpypi if requested and on tag pushes
     if: inputs.pypi-target == 'testpypi' && github.ref_type == 'tag' && github.repository_owner == 'KhiopsML'
-    needs: [build, test]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    needs: [test, check-package-version]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     permissions:
       # IMPORTANT: OIDC token mandatory for trusted publishing on TestPyPI and PyPI
       id-token: write
@@ -275,8 +293,8 @@ jobs:
   release-pypi:
     # only publish on pypi if requested and on tag pushes
     if: inputs.pypi-target == 'pypi' && github.ref_type == 'tag' && github.repository_owner == 'KhiopsML'
-    needs: [build, test]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    needs: [test, check-package-version]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     permissions:
       # IMPORTANT: OIDC token mandatory for trusted publishing on TestPyPI and PyPI
       id-token: write