diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 769beeaba8e6e..8f6829676c80c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# This file was autogenerated by cargo-dist: https://opensource.axo.dev/cargo-dist/
+# This file was autogenerated by dist: https://opensource.axo.dev/cargo-dist/
 #
 # Copyright 2022-2024, axodotdev
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT or Apache-2.0
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # CI that:
 #
 # * checks for a Git Tag that looks like a release
-# * builds artifacts with cargo-dist (archives, installers, hashes)
+# * builds artifacts with dist (archives, installers, hashes)
 # * uploads those artifacts to temporary workflow zip
 # * on success, uploads the artifacts to a GitHub Release
 #
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ permissions:
 # must be a Cargo-style SemVer Version (must have at least major.minor.patch).
 #
 # If PACKAGE_NAME is specified, then the announcement will be for that
-# package (erroring out if it doesn't have the given version or isn't cargo-dist-able).
+# package (erroring out if it doesn't have the given version or isn't dist-able).
 #
 # If PACKAGE_NAME isn't specified, then the announcement will be for all
-# (cargo-dist-able) packages in the workspace with that version (this mode is
+# (dist-able) packages in the workspace with that version (this mode is
 # intended for workspaces with only one dist-able package, or with all dist-able
 # packages versioned/released in lockstep).
 #
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ on:
         type: string
 
 jobs:
-  # Run 'cargo dist plan' (or host) to determine what tasks we need to do
+  # Run 'dist plan' (or host) to determine what tasks we need to do
   plan:
     runs-on: "ubuntu-20.04"
     outputs:
@@ -62,16 +62,16 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           submodules: recursive
-      - name: Install cargo-dist
+      - name: Install dist
         # we specify bash to get pipefail; it guards against the `curl` command
         # failing. otherwise `sh` won't catch that `curl` returned non-0
         shell: bash
-        run: "curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/axodotdev/cargo-dist/releases/download/v0.22.1/cargo-dist-installer.sh | sh"
-      - name: Cache cargo-dist
+        run: "curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/axodotdev/cargo-dist/releases/download/v0.25.2-prerelease.3/cargo-dist-installer.sh | sh"
+      - name: Cache dist
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: cargo-dist-cache
-          path: ~/.cargo/bin/cargo-dist
+          path: ~/.cargo/bin/dist
       # sure would be cool if github gave us proper conditionals...
       # so here's a doubly-nested ternary-via-truthiness to try to provide the best possible
       # functionality based on whether this is a pull_request, and whether it's from a fork.
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@ jobs:
       # but also really annoying to build CI around when it needs secrets to work right.)
       - id: plan
         run: |
-          cargo dist ${{ (inputs.tag && inputs.tag != 'dry-run' && format('host --steps=create --tag={0}', inputs.tag)) || 'plan' }} --output-format=json > plan-dist-manifest.json
-          echo "cargo dist ran successfully"
+          dist ${{ (inputs.tag && inputs.tag != 'dry-run' && format('host --steps=create --tag={0}', inputs.tag)) || 'plan' }} --output-format=json > plan-dist-manifest.json
+          echo "dist ran successfully"
           cat plan-dist-manifest.json
           echo "manifest=$(jq -c "." plan-dist-manifest.json)" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
       - name: "Upload dist-manifest.json"
@@ -124,12 +124,12 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           submodules: recursive
-      - name: Install cached cargo-dist
+      - name: Install cached dist
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: cargo-dist-cache
           path: ~/.cargo/bin/
-      - run: chmod +x ~/.cargo/bin/cargo-dist
+      - run: chmod +x ~/.cargo/bin/dist
       # Get all the local artifacts for the global tasks to use (for e.g. checksums)
       - name: Fetch local artifacts
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
@@ -140,8 +140,8 @@ jobs:
       - id: cargo-dist
         shell: bash
         run: |
-          cargo dist build ${{ needs.plan.outputs.tag-flag }} --output-format=json "--artifacts=global" > dist-manifest.json
-          echo "cargo dist ran successfully"
+          dist build ${{ needs.plan.outputs.tag-flag }} --output-format=json "--artifacts=global" > dist-manifest.json
+          echo "dist ran successfully"
 
           # Parse out what we just built and upload it to scratch storage
           echo "paths<<EOF" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
@@ -174,12 +174,12 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           submodules: recursive
-      - name: Install cached cargo-dist
+      - name: Install cached dist
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: cargo-dist-cache
           path: ~/.cargo/bin/
-      - run: chmod +x ~/.cargo/bin/cargo-dist
+      - run: chmod +x ~/.cargo/bin/dist
       # Fetch artifacts from scratch-storage
       - name: Fetch artifacts
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ jobs:
       - id: host
         shell: bash
         run: |
-          cargo dist host ${{ needs.plan.outputs.tag-flag }} --steps=upload --steps=release --output-format=json > dist-manifest.json
+          dist host ${{ needs.plan.outputs.tag-flag }} --steps=upload --steps=release --output-format=json > dist-manifest.json
           echo "artifacts uploaded and released successfully"
           cat dist-manifest.json
           echo "manifest=$(jq -c "." dist-manifest.json)" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9422c01f5b81e..7598b4247e4c3 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -248,10 +248,10 @@ debug = 1
 [profile.dist]
 inherits = "release"
 
-# Config for 'cargo dist'
+# Config for 'dist'
 [workspace.metadata.dist]
-# The preferred cargo-dist version to use in CI (Cargo.toml SemVer syntax)
-cargo-dist-version = "0.22.1"
+# The preferred dist version to use in CI (Cargo.toml SemVer syntax)
+cargo-dist-version = "0.25.2-prerelease.3"
 # CI backends to support
 ci = "github"
 # The installers to generate for each app
@@ -282,13 +282,13 @@ targets = [
 ]
 # Whether to auto-include files like READMEs, LICENSEs, and CHANGELOGs (default true)
 auto-includes = false
-# Whether cargo-dist should create a GitHub Release or use an existing draft
+# Whether dist should create a Github Release or use an existing draft
 create-release = true
 # Which actions to run on pull requests
 pr-run-mode = "skip"
 # Whether CI should trigger releases with dispatches instead of tag pushes
 dispatch-releases = true
-# Which phase cargo-dist should use to create the GitHub release
+# Which phase dist should use to create the GitHub release
 github-release = "announce"
 # Whether CI should include auto-generated code to build local artifacts
 build-local-artifacts = false
@@ -297,11 +297,7 @@ local-artifacts-jobs = ["./build-binaries", "./build-docker"]
 # Publish jobs to run in CI
 publish-jobs = ["./publish-pypi", "./publish-wasm"]
 # Post-announce jobs to run in CI
-post-announce-jobs = [
-    "./notify-dependents",
-    "./publish-docs",
-    "./publish-playground",
-]
+post-announce-jobs = ["./notify-dependents", "./publish-docs", "./publish-playground"]
 # Custom permissions for GitHub Jobs
 github-custom-job-permissions = { "build-docker" = { packages = "write", contents = "read" }, "publish-wasm" = { contents = "read", id-token = "write", packages = "write" } }
 # Whether to install an updater program