diff --git a/.coveragerc b/.coveragerc
index 146151a521..53d8d93c3c 100644
--- a/.coveragerc
+++ b/.coveragerc
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 [run]
 source = avocado/, optional_plugins/
+concurrency = multiprocessing
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr_announcement.yml b/.github/workflows/pr_announcement.yml
index bfaa0be34c..00e79d3e9e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr_announcement.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr_announcement.yml
@@ -36,13 +36,7 @@ jobs:
           gh api graphql -f query='mutation {
                   addComment(input: {
                           subjectId: ${{ env.PR_ID }},
-                          body: """Dear contributor,
-                                  Avocado is currently at the end of sprint #105, therefore we are in feature freeze state.
-                                  Please avoid merging changes that do not fall into these categories:
-                                  * Bug fixes
-                                  * Documentation updates
-
-                                  The feature freeze will be active until the release planned on 05/06/2024."""}) {
+                          body: """${{ vars.PR_ANNOUNCEMENT }}"""}) {
 
                                   clientMutationId
                   }
diff --git a/.github/workflows/prerelease.yml b/.github/workflows/prerelease.yml
index 98fec37dd6..130883b157 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/prerelease.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/prerelease.yml
@@ -90,3 +90,39 @@ jobs:
           name: job-results-deployment
           path: /github/home/avocado/job-results/
           retention-days: 1
+
+  package-build:
+    name: Build Package (wheel/tarball)
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - name: Build tarballs and wheels
+      run: make -f Makefile.gh build-wheel check-wheel
+    - name: Save tarballs and wheels as artifacts
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      with:
+        name: tarballs_and_wheels
+        path: ${{github.workspace}}/PYPI_UPLOAD/
+        retention-days: 1
+    - run: echo "🥑 This job's status is ${{ job.status }}."
+
+  publish-to-test-pypi:
+    name: Publish Avocado to TestPyPI
+    needs:
+    - package-build
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    environment:
+      name: testpypi
+      url: https://test.pypi.org/p/avocado-framework
+    permissions:
+      id-token: write  # IMPORTANT: mandatory for trusted publishing
+    steps:
+    - name: Download all the wheels
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+      with:
+        name: tarballs_and_wheels
+        path: dist/
+    - name: Publish avocado to test PyPI
+      uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
+      with:
+        repository-url: https://test.pypi.org/legacy/
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 17107da17e..f6a5d87777 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -40,6 +40,13 @@ jobs:
       URL: "https://readthedocs.org/api/v3/projects/${{ github.event.inputs.rtd_project }}"
 
     steps:
+      - name: Generate token
+        id: generate_token
+        uses: tibdex/github-app-token@021a2405c7f990db57f5eae5397423dcc554159c
+        with:
+          app_id: ${{ secrets.MR_AVOCADO_ID }}
+          installation_id: ${{ secrets.MR_AVOCADO_INSTALLATION_ID }}
+          private_key: ${{ secrets.MR_AVOCADO_PRIVATE_KEY }}
       - name: install required packages
         run:  dnf -y install rpmdevtools git python3-pip make
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -59,7 +66,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Push changes to github
         uses: ad-m/github-push-action@master
         with:
-          github_token: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_TOKEN }}
+          github_token: ${{ steps.generate_token.outputs.token }}
           branch: ${{ github.ref }}
       - name: Build wheel
         run: make -f Makefile.gh build-wheel check-wheel
@@ -73,12 +80,25 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           make -f Makefile.gh build-update-readthedocs
       - run: echo "In a few minutes the release documentation will be available in https://${{ github.event.inputs.rtd_project }}.readthedocs.io/en/${{ github.event.inputs.version }}/"
-      - name: Upload to pypi
-        continue-on-error: true
-        env:
-          TWINE_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.PYPI_USER }}
-          TWINE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.PYPI_PASSWD }}
-        run: make -f Makefile.gh update-pypi
+
+  publish-to-pypi:
+    name: Publish Avocado to PyPI
+    needs:
+    - release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    environment:
+      name: pypi
+      url: https://pypi.org/p/avocado-framework
+    permissions:
+      id-token: write  # IMPORTANT: mandatory for trusted publishing
+    steps:
+    - name: Download all the wheels
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+      with:
+        name: wheel
+        path: dist/
+    - name: Publish avocado to PyPI
+      uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
 
   build-and-publish-eggs:
     name: Build eggs and publish them
@@ -108,7 +128,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Upload binaries to release
         uses: svenstaro/upload-release-action@v2
         with:
-          repo_token: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_TOKEN }}
+          repo_token: ${{ steps.generate_token.outputs.token }}
           file: ${{ github.workspace }}/EGG_UPLOAD/avocado_framework*egg
           tag: ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
           overwrite: true
diff --git a/selftests/run_coverage b/selftests/run_coverage
index 22583020b7..7efad79263 100755
--- a/selftests/run_coverage
+++ b/selftests/run_coverage
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash -e
+#!/bin/bash
 # Execute all unittests with coverage and report code coverage.
 #
 # Copyright: Red Hat Inc.
@@ -25,4 +25,6 @@ echo
 $COVERAGE report -m --include "avocado/plugins/*"
 echo
 $COVERAGE report -m --include "optional_plugins/*"
+echo
+$COVERAGE report
 $COVERAGE xml