diff --git a/.github/actions/build-hatch/action.yml b/.github/actions/build-hatch/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9c6359514
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/build-hatch/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+name: Build - `hatch`
+description: Build artifacts using the `hatch` build backend
+
+inputs:
+  build-command:
+    description: The command to build distributable artifacts
+    default: "hatch build"
+  check-command:
+    description: The command to check built artifacts
+    default: "hatch run build:check-all"
+  working-dir:
+    description: Where to run commands from, supports namespace packaging
+    default: "./"
+  artifacts-dir:
+    description: Where to upload the artifacts
+    default: "dist"
+
+runs:
+  using: composite
+  steps:
+
+    - name: Build artifacts
+      run: ${{ inputs.build-command }}
+      shell: bash
+      working-directory: ${{ inputs.working-dir }}
+
+    - name: Check artifacts
+      run: ${{ inputs.check-command }}
+      shell: bash
+      working-directory: ${{ inputs.working-dir }}
+
+    - name: Upload artifacts
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+      with:
+        name: ${{ inputs.artifacts-dir}}
+        path: ${{ inputs.working-dir }}dist/
diff --git a/.github/actions/publish-pypi/action.yml b/.github/actions/publish-pypi/action.yml
index 01cbc1cb3..f28775a47 100644
--- a/.github/actions/publish-pypi/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/publish-pypi/action.yml
@@ -1,25 +1,25 @@
-name: Publish PyPI
+name: Publish - PyPI
+description: Publish artifacts saved during build step to PyPI
 
 inputs:
-  python-version:
-    description: Create an environment with the appropriate version of python and hatch installed
-    default: "3.11"
+  artifacts-dir:
+    description: Where to download the artifacts
+    default: "dist"
+  repository-url:
+    description: The PyPI index to publish to, test or prod
+    required: true
 
 runs:
   using: composite
   steps:
-    - name: Setup environment
-      uses: ./.github/actions/setup-environment
-      with:
-        python-version: ${{ inputs.python-version }}
-
-    - name: Build artifacts
-      run: hatch build
-      shell: bash
 
-    - name: Check artifacts
-      run: hatch run build:check-all
-      shell: bash
+    - name: Download artifacts
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+      with:
+        name: ${{ inputs.artifacts-dir }}
+        path: dist/
 
     - name: Publish artifacts to PyPI
       uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
+      with:
+        repository-url: ${{ inputs.repository-url }}
diff --git a/.github/actions/publish-results/action.yml b/.github/actions/publish-results/action.yml
index 5bd6e3416..d863d6598 100644
--- a/.github/actions/publish-results/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/publish-results/action.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ inputs:
     description: File type for file name stub (e.g. "unit-tests")
     required: true
   python-version:
-    description: Create an environment with the appropriate version of python and hatch installed
+    description: Python version for the file name stub (e.g. "3.8")
     required: true
   source-file:
     description: File to be uploaded
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ runs:
   steps:
     - name: Get timestamp
       id: timestamp
-      run: echo "ts=$(date +'%Y-%m-%dT%H_%M_%S')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT #no colons allowed for artifacts
+      run: echo "ts=$(date +'%Y-%m-%dT%H-%M-%S')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT #no colons allowed for artifacts
       shell: bash
 
     - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
       with:
-        name: ${{ inputs.file-name }}_${{ inputs.python-version }}-${{ steps.timestamp.outputs.ts }}.csv
+        name: ${{ inputs.file-name }}_python-${{ inputs.python-version }}_${{ steps.timestamp.outputs.ts }}.csv
         path: ${{ inputs.source-file }}
diff --git a/.github/actions/setup-environment/action.yml b/.github/actions/setup-environment/action.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 6227c6985..000000000
--- a/.github/actions/setup-environment/action.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-name: Setup `hatch`
-
-inputs:
-  python-version:
-    description: Create an environment with the appropriate version of python and hatch installed
-    required: true
-
-runs:
-  using: composite
-  steps:
-    - name: Set up Python ${{ inputs.python-version }}
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
-      with:
-        python-version: ${{ inputs.python-version }}
-
-    - name: Install hatch
-      run: python -m pip install hatch
-      shell: bash
diff --git a/.github/actions/setup-hatch/action.yml b/.github/actions/setup-hatch/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7b7780ef7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/setup-hatch/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+name: Setup - `hatch`
+description: Setup a python environment with `hatch` installed
+
+inputs:
+  setup-command:
+    description: The command to setup development dependencies
+    default: "python -m pip install hatch"
+  python-version:
+    description: The version of python to install
+    default: "3.11"
+
+runs:
+  using: composite
+  steps:
+    - name: Set up Python ${{ inputs.python-version }}
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      with:
+        python-version: ${{ inputs.python-version }}
+
+    - name: Install dev dependencies
+      run: ${{ inputs.setup-command }}
+      shell: bash
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/code-quality.yml
similarity index 80%
rename from .github/workflows/lint.yml
rename to .github/workflows/code-quality.yml
index 2b336a430..98f1aa124 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/code-quality.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Lint
+name: Code Quality
 
 on:
   push:
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ on:
 
 permissions: read-all
 
+defaults:
+  run:
+    shell: bash
+
 # will cancel previous workflows triggered by the same event and for the same ref for PRs or same SHA otherwise
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event_name }}-${{ contains(github.event_name, 'pull_request') && github.event.pull_request.head.ref || github.sha }}
@@ -26,15 +30,11 @@ jobs:
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
-      - name: Setup environment
-        uses: ./.github/actions/setup-environment
-        with:
-          python-version: "3.8"
+      - name: Setup `hatch`
+        uses: ./.github/actions/setup-hatch
 
       - name: Run linters
         run: hatch run lint:all
-        shell: bash
 
       - name: Run typechecks
         run: hatch run typecheck:all
-        shell: bash
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 9b92ee915..6d8c1f7b1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -3,9 +3,16 @@ name: Release
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
+      package:
+        type: choice
+        description: Choose what to publish
+        options:
+        - dbt-adapters
+        - dbt-tests-adapter
+        default: dbt-adapters
       deploy-to:
         type: choice
-        description: Choose where to publish (test/prod)
+        description: Choose where to publish
         options:
         - prod
         - test
@@ -19,7 +26,7 @@ defaults:
 
 # will cancel previous workflows triggered by the same event and for the same ref for PRs or same SHA otherwise
 concurrency:
-  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event_name }}-${{ contains(github.event_name, 'pull_request') && github.event.pull_request.head.ref || github.sha }}
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event_name }}-${{ contains(github.event_name, 'pull_request') && github.event.pull_request.head.ref || github.sha }}-${{ inputs.package }}-${{ inputs.deploy-to }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 jobs:
@@ -29,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     environment:
       name: ${{ inputs.deploy-to }}
-      url: ${{ vars.PYPI_URL }}
+      url: ${{ vars.PYPI_PROJECT_URL }}
     permissions:
       id-token: write  # IMPORTANT: this permission is mandatory for trusted publishing
 
@@ -39,7 +46,20 @@ jobs:
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
+      - name: Setup `hatch`
+        uses: ./.github/actions/setup-hatch
+
+      - name: Build `dbt-adapters`
+        if: ${{ inputs.package == 'dbt-adapters' }}
+        uses: ./.github/actions/build-hatch
+
+      - name: Build `dbt-tests-adapter`
+        if: ${{ inputs.package == 'dbt-tests-adapter' }}
+        uses: ./.github/actions/build-hatch
+        with:
+          working-dir: "./dbt-tests-adapter/"
+
       - name: Publish to PyPI
         uses: ./.github/actions/publish-pypi
         with:
-          python-version: "3.11"
+          repository-url: ${{ vars.PYPI_REPOSITORY_URL }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
index f8a39ea8d..31c0304a6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ jobs:
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
-      - name: Setup environment
-        uses: ./.github/actions/setup-environment
+      - name: Setup `hatch`
+        uses: ./.github/actions/setup-hatch
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
diff --git a/dbt-tests-adapter/pyproject.toml b/dbt-tests-adapter/pyproject.toml
index a7966705c..f69b0e12e 100644
--- a/dbt-tests-adapter/pyproject.toml
+++ b/dbt-tests-adapter/pyproject.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ classifiers = [
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    "dbt-core @ git+https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core.git#egg=dbt-core&subdirectory=core",
+    "dbt-core",
     # `dbt-tests-adapter` will ultimately depend on the packages below
     # `dbt-tests-adapter` temporarily uses `dbt-core` for a dbt runner
     # `dbt-core` takes the packages below as dependencies, so they are unpinned to avoid conflicts
@@ -50,14 +50,13 @@ Changelog = "https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-adapters/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md"
 requires = ["hatchling"]
 build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
-[tool.hatch.metadata]
-allow-direct-references = true
-
 [tool.hatch.build.targets.sdist.force-include]
 "../dbt/tests" = "dbt/tests"
+"../dbt/__init__.py" = "dbt/__init__.py"
 
 [tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel.force-include]
 "../dbt/tests" = "dbt/tests"
+"../dbt/__init__.py" = "dbt/__init__.py"
 
 [tool.hatch.version]
 path = "../dbt/tests/__about__.py"