diff --git a/.github/workflows/conda-package-cf.yml b/.github/workflows/conda-package-cf.yml
index a2f0fb5..c5a20af 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/conda-package-cf.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/conda-package-cf.yml
@@ -103,10 +103,13 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@fc2d68f6413eb2d87b895e92f8584b5b94a10167 # v3.3.0
         with:
-          conda-remove-defaults: true
-          channels: conda-forge
+          miniforge-variant: Miniforge3
+          miniforge-version: latest
           auto-activate: true
           activate-environment: base
+          channels: conda-forge
+          conda-remove-defaults: true
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
 
       - name: Cache conda packages
         uses: actions/cache@cdf6c1fa76f9f475f3d7449005a359c84ca0f306 # v5.0.3
@@ -123,8 +126,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install conda-build
         run: conda install -n base -y conda-build
 
-      - name: Setup MSVC
-        uses: ilammy/msvc-dev-cmd@0b201ec74fa43914dc39ae48a89fd1d8cb592756 # v1.13.0
+      - name: Store conda paths as envs
+        shell: bash -el {0}
+        run: |
+          echo "CONDA_BLD=${CONDA_PREFIX}\\conda-bld\\win-64\\" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+
       - name: Build conda package
         run: conda build --no-test --python ${{ matrix.python }} --numpy ${{ matrix.numpy }} -c conda-forge --override-channels conda-recipe-cf
 
@@ -132,7 +138,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@bbbca2ddaa5d8feaa63e36b76fdaad77386f024f # v7.0.0
         with:
           name: ${{ env.PACKAGE_NAME }} ${{ runner.os }} Python ${{ matrix.python }}
-          path: ${{ env.conda-bld }}${{ env.PACKAGE_NAME }}-*.conda
+          path: ${{ env.CONDA_BLD }}${{ env.PACKAGE_NAME }}-*.conda
 
   test_linux:
     needs: build_linux
@@ -245,20 +251,22 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@fc2d68f6413eb2d87b895e92f8584b5b94a10167 # v3.3.0
         with:
-          conda-remove-defaults: true
+          miniforge-version: latest
           channels: conda-forge
-          auto-activate: true
-          activate-environment: base
+          conda-remove-defaults: true
+          activate-environment: ${{ env.TEST_ENV_NAME }}
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
 
-      - name: Install conda-build
-        # Needed to be able to run conda index
-        run: conda install conda-build
+      - name: Install conda-index
+        run: |
+          conda install conda-index
 
       - name: Create conda channel
         run: |
           mkdir ${{ env.GITHUB_WORKSPACE }}\channel\win-64
           move ${{ env.PACKAGE_NAME }}-*.conda ${{ env.GITHUB_WORKSPACE }}\channel\win-64
-          conda index ${{ env.GITHUB_WORKSPACE }}/channel
+          python -m conda_index ${{ env.GITHUB_WORKSPACE }}/channel
+
           # Test channel
           conda search ${{ env.PACKAGE_NAME }} -c ${{ env.GITHUB_WORKSPACE }}/channel --override-channels --info --json > ${{ env.GITHUB_WORKSPACE }}\ver.json
           more ${{ env.GITHUB_WORKSPACE }}\ver.json
@@ -272,8 +280,7 @@ jobs:
           FOR /F "tokens=* USEBACKQ" %%F IN (`python -c "%SCRIPT%"`) DO (
              SET PACKAGE_VERSION=%%F
           )
-          conda create -n ${{ env.TEST_ENV_NAME }} ${{ env.PACKAGE_NAME }}=%PACKAGE_VERSION% python=${{ matrix.python }} numpy=${{ matrix.numpy }} -c ${{ env.GITHUB_WORKSPACE }}/channel ${{ env.CHANNELS }} --only-deps --dry-run > lockfile
-          more lockfile
+          conda install -n ${{ env.TEST_ENV_NAME }} ${{ env.PACKAGE_NAME }}=%PACKAGE_VERSION% python=${{ matrix.python }} numpy=${{ matrix.numpy }} -c ${{ env.GITHUB_WORKSPACE }}/channel ${{ env.CHANNELS }} --only-deps --dry-run > lockfile
 
       - name: Cache conda packages
         uses: actions/cache@cdf6c1fa76f9f475f3d7449005a359c84ca0f306 # v5.0.3
@@ -302,5 +309,5 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run tests
         run: |
-          conda activate -n ${{ env.TEST_ENV_NAME }}
+          conda activate ${{ env.TEST_ENV_NAME }}
           pytest -v --pyargs ${{ env.MODULE_NAME }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/conda-package.yml b/.github/workflows/conda-package.yml
index cd15370..f747ebe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/conda-package.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/conda-package.yml
@@ -247,19 +247,20 @@ jobs:
       - uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@fc2d68f6413eb2d87b895e92f8584b5b94a10167 # v3.3.0
         with:
           miniforge-version: latest
-          use-mamba: 'true'
-          conda-remove-defaults: 'true'
-          activate-environment: 'test'
-          python-version: '3.13' # no python 3.14 support by conda-index
+          channels: conda-forge
+          conda-remove-defaults: true
+          activate-environment: ${{ env.TEST_ENV_NAME }}
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
 
       - name: Install conda-index
-        run: conda install conda-index
+        run: |
+          conda install conda-index
 
       - name: Create conda channel
         run: |
           mkdir ${{ env.GITHUB_WORKSPACE }}\channel\win-64
           move ${{ env.PACKAGE_NAME }}-*.conda ${{ env.GITHUB_WORKSPACE }}\channel\win-64
-          python -m conda_index "${{ env.GITHUB_WORKSPACE }}/channel"
+          python -m conda_index ${{ env.GITHUB_WORKSPACE }}/channel
 
           # Test channel
           conda search ${{ env.PACKAGE_NAME }} -c ${{ env.GITHUB_WORKSPACE }}/channel --override-channels --info --json > ${{ env.GITHUB_WORKSPACE }}\ver.json
@@ -274,8 +275,7 @@ jobs:
           FOR /F "tokens=* USEBACKQ" %%F IN (`python -c "%SCRIPT%"`) DO (
              SET PACKAGE_VERSION=%%F
           )
-          conda create -n ${{ env.TEST_ENV_NAME }} ${{ env.PACKAGE_NAME }}=%PACKAGE_VERSION% python=${{ matrix.python }} numpy=${{ matrix.numpy }} -c ${{ env.GITHUB_WORKSPACE }}/channel ${{ env.CHANNELS }} --only-deps --dry-run > lockfile
-          more lockfile
+          conda install -n ${{ env.TEST_ENV_NAME }} ${{ env.PACKAGE_NAME }}=%PACKAGE_VERSION% python=${{ matrix.python }} numpy=${{ matrix.numpy }} -c ${{ env.GITHUB_WORKSPACE }}/channel ${{ env.CHANNELS }} --only-deps --dry-run > lockfile
 
       - name: Cache conda packages
         uses: actions/cache@cdf6c1fa76f9f475f3d7449005a359c84ca0f306 # v5.0.3
@@ -302,12 +302,12 @@ jobs:
           )
           SET "WORKAROUND_DEPENDENCIES=intel-openmp"
           conda create -n ${{ env.TEST_ENV_NAME }} ${{ env.PACKAGE_NAME }}=%PACKAGE_VERSION% %WORKAROUND_DEPENDENCIES% pytest python=${{ matrix.python }} numpy=${{ matrix.numpy }} -c ${{ env.GITHUB_WORKSPACE }}/channel ${{ env.CHANNELS }}
-          conda activate -n ${{ env.TEST_ENV_NAME }}
+          conda activate ${{ env.TEST_ENV_NAME }}
 
           # Test installed packages
           conda list
 
       - name: Run tests
         run: |
-          conda activate -n "${{ env.TEST_ENV_NAME }}"
+          conda activate "${{ env.TEST_ENV_NAME }}"
           pytest -v --pyargs ${{ env.MODULE_NAME }}
diff --git a/conda-recipe-cf/bld.bat b/conda-recipe-cf/bld.bat
index 5d64fa2..29a732b 100644
--- a/conda-recipe-cf/bld.bat
+++ b/conda-recipe-cf/bld.bat
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 @rem Remember to source the compiler
 
 set MKLROOT=%CONDA_PREFIX%
-%PYTHON% -m pip install --no-build-isolation --no-deps .
-if errorlevel 1 exit 1
+
+rem Build wheel package
+if NOT "%WHEELS_OUTPUT_FOLDER%"=="" (
+    %PYTHON% -m pip wheel --no-build-isolation --no-deps .
+    if errorlevel 1 exit 1
+    copy mkl_random*.whl %WHEELS_OUTPUT_FOLDER%
+    if errorlevel 1 exit 1
+) ELSE (
+    rem Build conda package
+    %PYTHON% -m pip install --no-build-isolation --no-deps .
+    if errorlevel 1 exit 1
+)
diff --git a/conda-recipe-cf/build.sh b/conda-recipe-cf/build.sh
index 55964cb..f513746 100644
--- a/conda-recipe-cf/build.sh
+++ b/conda-recipe-cf/build.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 #!/bin/bash -x
 
 export CFLAGS="-I$PREFIX/include $CFLAGS"
+export LDFLAGS="-Wl,-rpath,\$ORIGIN/../.. -Wl,-rpath,\$ORIGIN/../../.. -L${PREFIX}/lib ${LDFLAGS}"
 export MKLROOT=$CONDA_PREFIX
-$PYTHON -m pip install --no-build-isolation --no-deps .
+
+read -r GLIBC_MAJOR GLIBC_MINOR <<<"$(conda list '^sysroot_linux-64$' \
+    | tail -n 1 | awk '{print $2}' | grep -oP '\d+' | head -n 2 | tr '\n' ' ')"
+
+# Build wheel package
+if [ -n "${WHEELS_OUTPUT_FOLDER}" ]; then
+   $PYTHON -m pip wheel --no-build-isolation --no-deps .
+   ${PYTHON} -m wheel tags --remove --platform-tag "manylinux_${GLIBC_MAJOR}_${GLIBC_MINOR}_x86_64" mkl_random*.whl
+   cp mkl_random*.whl "${WHEELS_OUTPUT_FOLDER}"
+else
+   # Build conda package
+   $PYTHON -m pip install --no-build-isolation --no-deps .
+fi
diff --git a/conda-recipe-cf/conda_build_config.yaml b/conda-recipe-cf/conda_build_config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..822fd77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conda-recipe-cf/conda_build_config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+c_compiler:                   # [linux]
+    - gcc                     # [linux]
+cxx_compiler:                 # [linux]
+    - gxx                     # [linux]
+cxx_compiler_version:         # [linux]
+    - '14'                    # [linux]
+c_stdlib:                     # [linux]
+    - sysroot                 # [linux]
+c_stdlib_version:             # [linux]
+    - '2.28'                  # [linux]
+c_stdlib:                     # [win]
+    - vs                      # [win]
+cxx_compiler:                 # [win]
+    - vs2022                  # [win]
+c_compiler:                   # [win]
+    - vs2022                  # [win]
diff --git a/conda-recipe-cf/meta.yaml b/conda-recipe-cf/meta.yaml
index 47c4634..ba58267 100644
--- a/conda-recipe-cf/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda-recipe-cf/meta.yaml
@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
-{% set version = "1.4.0dev1" %}
-{% set buildnumber = 0 %}
-
 package:
     name: mkl_random
-    version: {{ version }}
+    version: {{ GIT_DESCRIBE_TAG }}
 
 source:
     path: ..
 
 build:
-    number: {{buildnumber}}
+    number: {{ GIT_DESCRIBE_NUMBER }}
+    script_env:
+      - WHEELS_OUTPUT_FOLDER
     ignore_run_exports:
       - blas
 
@@ -17,16 +16,20 @@ requirements:
     build:
       - {{ compiler('c') }}
       - {{ compiler('cxx') }}
+      - {{ stdlib('c') }}
     host:
       - python
+      - python-gil     # [py>=314]
       - setuptools >=77
       - mkl-devel
       - cython
       - numpy
       - pip
+      - wheel  >=0.41.3
     run:
       - python
-      - numpy
+      - python-gil [py>=314]
+      - {{ pin_compatible('numpy', min_pin="x.x", max_pin="x") }}
       - {{ pin_compatible('mkl', min_pin="x.x", max_pin="x") }}
 
 test:
@@ -43,3 +46,12 @@ about:
     license: BSD-3-Clause
     license_file: LICENSE.txt
     summary: NumPy-based implementation of random number generation sampling using Intel (R) Math Kernel Library, mirroring numpy.random, but exposing all choices of sampling algorithms available in MKL.
+    description: |
+        <strong>LEGAL NOTICE: Use of this software package is subject to the
+        software license agreement (as set forth above, in the license section of
+        the installed Conda package and/or the README file) and all notices,
+        disclaimers or license terms for third party or open source software
+        included in or with the software.</strong>
+        <br/><br/>
+        EULA: <a href="https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause" target="_blank">BSD-3-Clause</a>
+        <br/><br/>