diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration_delivery.yml b/.github/workflows/integration_delivery.yml
index 547011e2..ead7c0fb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration_delivery.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration_delivery.yml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Extract Python Version
         id: get-python-version
         run: |
-          echo "PYTHON_VERSION=$(python --version | cut -d' ' -f2)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "PYTHON_VERSION=$(python --version | cut -d' ' -f2)" >>$GITHUB_OUTPUT
           echo "PYTHON_VERSION=$(python --version | cut -d' ' -f2)"
 
       - name: Install uv
@@ -158,8 +158,10 @@ jobs:
           uv venv --system-site-packages
 
       - name: Run Tests
+        env:
+          THREADS: ${{ startsWith(matrix.runner, 'ubo-pod') && '1' || 'auto' }}
         run: |
-          uv run --frozen poe test --verbosity=2 --make-screenshots --cov-report=xml --cov-report=html --log-level=DEBUG --log-cli-level=5 -n ${{ startsWith(matrix.runner, 'ubo-pod') && '1' || 'auto' }}
+          uv run --frozen poe test --verbosity=2 --make-screenshots --cov-report=xml --cov-report=html --log-level=DEBUG --log-cli-level=5 -n "$THREADS"
 
       - name: Collect Window Screenshots
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
@@ -219,46 +221,32 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           git fetch --prune --unshallow
           git fetch --depth=1 origin +refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*
-          echo "VERSION=$(uvx hatch version)" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "VERSION=$(uvx hatch version)" >>"$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           echo "VERSION=$(uvx hatch version)"
-          echo "NAME=$(uvx hatch project metadata | jq -r .name)" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "NAME=$(uvx hatch project metadata | jq -r .name)" >>"$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           echo "NAME=$(uvx hatch project metadata | jq -r .name)"
 
-      - name: Extract Version from CHANGELOG.md
-        run: |
-          FIRST_HEADER=$(sed -n '/## /s/## //p' CHANGELOG.md | head -n 1)
-          if [ "$FIRST_HEADER" == "Upcoming" ]; then
-            if [[ "${{ steps.extract-version.outputs.VERSION }}" =~ ^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.dev[0-9]+ ]]; then
-              VERSION_CHANGELOG="This is a development version."
-            else
-              echo "Error: First header in CHANGELOG.md is 'Upcoming' but the version in pyproject.toml is not a development version."
-              exit 1
-            fi
-          else
-            VERSION_CHANGELOG=$(echo $FIRST_HEADER | sed 's/Version //')
-            if [[ "${{ steps.extract-version.outputs.VERSION }}" =~ ^$VERSION_CHANGELOG\.dev[0-9]+ ]]; then
-              echo "Error: Version extracted from CHANGELOG.md does not match the version in pyproject.toml"
-              exit 1
-            else
-              echo "Versions are consistent."
-            fi
-          fi
-
       - name: Configure Sentry
+        env:
+          VERSION: ${{ steps.extract-version.outputs.VERSION }}
+          SENTRY_DSN: ${{ secrets.SENTRY_DSN }}
+          GITHUB_EVENT_NAME: ${{ github.event_name }}
+          GITHUB_REF: ${{ github.ref }}
+          GITHUB_SHA: ${{ github.sha }}
         run: |
-          echo "SENTRY_DSN=${{ secrets.SENTRY_DSN }}" >> ubo_app/.env
+          echo "SENTRY_DSN=$SENTRY_DSN" >>ubo_app/.env
           # conditionally set it based on whether it's a tag or not using github.event_name == 'push' && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
-          if [ "${{ github.event_name }}" == "push" ] && [ "$(echo ${{ github.ref }} | grep -c 'refs/tags/v')" -eq 1 ]; then
-            echo "SENTRY_RELEASE=ubo-app@${{ steps.extract-version.outputs.VERSION }}" >> ubo_app/.env
+          if [ "$GITHUB_EVENT_NAME" == "push" ] && [ "$(echo $GITHUB_REF | grep -c 'refs/tags/v')" -eq 1 ]; then
+            echo "SENTRY_RELEASE=ubo-app@$VERSION" >>ubo_app/.env
           else
-            echo "SENTRY_RELEASE=ubo-app@${{ github.sha }}" >> ubo_app/.env
+            echo "SENTRY_RELEASE=ubo-app@$GITHUB_SHA" >>ubo_app/.env
           fi
           cat ubo_app/.env
 
       - name: Build
-        run:
-          SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION=${{
-          steps.extract-version.outputs.VERSION }} uv build
+        env:
+          VERSION: ${{ steps.extract-version.outputs.VERSION }}
+        run: SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION=$VERSION uv build
 
       - name: Upload wheel
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
@@ -292,8 +280,6 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         suffix: ['lite', '']
     steps:
-      - run: echo Building amd64-${{ matrix.suffix }} image
-
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
@@ -309,24 +295,32 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Generate Image URL and Checksum
         id: generate-image-url
+        env:
+          MATRIX_SUFFIX: ${{ matrix.suffix }}
         run: |
           SUFFIX=""
-          if [ -n "${{ matrix.suffix }}" ]; then
-            SUFFIX="_${{ matrix.suffix }}"
+          if [ -n "$MATRIX_SUFFIX" ]; then
+            SUFFIX="_$MATRIX_SUFFIX"
           fi
           DASHED_SUFFIX=$(echo $SUFFIX | sed 's/_/-/g')
           IMAGE_DATE='2024-11-19'
           IMAGE_NAME="${IMAGE_DATE}-raspios-bookworm-arm64${DASHED_SUFFIX}"
           IMAGE_URL="https://downloads.raspberrypi.com/raspios${SUFFIX}_arm64/images/raspios${SUFFIX}_arm64-${IMAGE_DATE}/${IMAGE_NAME}.img.xz"
           CHECKSUM_URL="${IMAGE_URL}.sha256"
-          echo "suffix=$SUFFIX" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          echo "dashed_suffix=$DASHED_SUFFIX" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          echo "image_url=$IMAGE_URL" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          echo "image_name=$IMAGE_NAME" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          echo "image_checksum_url=$CHECKSUM_URL" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          IMAGE_SIZE_GB=${{ matrix.suffix == 'lite' && '4.5' || matrix.suffix == '' && '6.75' || '13' }}
+          echo "suffix=$SUFFIX" >>"$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "dashed_suffix=$DASHED_SUFFIX" >>"$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "image_url=$IMAGE_URL" >>"$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "image_name=$IMAGE_NAME" >>"$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "image_checksum_url=$CHECKSUM_URL" >>"$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          if $MATRIX_SUFFIX == 'lite'; then
+            IMAGE_SIZE_GB=4.5
+          elif $MATRIX_SUFFIX == ''; then
+            IMAGE_SIZE_GB=6.75
+          else
+            IMAGE_SIZE_GB=13
+          fi
           IMAGE_SIZE=$(awk -v IMAGE_SIZE_GB=$IMAGE_SIZE_GB 'BEGIN {printf "%.0f", IMAGE_SIZE_GB * 1024 ^ 3}')
-          echo "image_size=$IMAGE_SIZE" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "image_size=$IMAGE_SIZE" >>"$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
       - name: Build Artifact
         env:
@@ -354,8 +348,11 @@ jobs:
           losetup -d $LOOP_DEV
 
       - name: Compress File with Gzip
+        env:
+          VERSION: ${{ needs.build.outputs.version }}
+          DASHED_SUFFIX: ${{ steps.generate-image-url.outputs.dashed_suffix }}
         run: |
-          scripts/consume.sh /build/image.img | gzip -9 > /ubo_app-${{ needs.build.outputs.version }}-bookworm${{ steps.generate-image-url.outputs.dashed_suffix }}.img.gz
+          scripts/consume.sh /build/image.img | gzip -9 >/ubo_app-$VERSION-bookworm$DASHED_SUFFIX.img.gz
 
       - name: Upload Image
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
@@ -371,12 +368,10 @@ jobs:
   publish:
     name: Publish
     if: >-
-      (github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main') ||
-      (github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.action == 'closed' &&
-       github.event.pull_request.merged == true && 
-       github.event.pull_request.base.ref == 'main' && 
-       startsWith(github.event.pull_request.head.ref, 'release/')) ||
-      (github.event_name == 'push' && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v'))
+      github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.action == 'closed' &&
+      github.event.pull_request.merged == true &&
+      github.event.pull_request.base.ref == 'main' &&
+      startsWith(github.event.pull_request.head.ref, 'release/')
     needs:
       - type-check
       - lint
@@ -407,7 +402,11 @@ jobs:
           packages-dir: dist
 
   release:
-    if: github.event_name == 'push' && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
+    if: >-
+      github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.action == 'closed' &&
+      github.event.pull_request.merged == true &&
+      github.event.pull_request.base.ref == 'main' &&
+      startsWith(github.event.pull_request.head.ref, 'release/')
     name: Release
     needs:
       - type-check
@@ -468,12 +467,12 @@ jobs:
       - name: Extract Changelog
         id: changelog
         run: |
-          perl -0777 -ne 'while (/## Version ${{ needs.build.outputs.version }}\n(\s*\n)*(.*?)(\s*\n)*## Version \d+\.\d+\.\d+\n/sg) {print "$2\n"}' CHANGELOG.md > CURRENT_CHANGELOG.md
+          perl -0777 -ne 'while (/## Version ${{ needs.build.outputs.version }}\n(\s*\n)*(.*?)(\s*\n)*## Version \d+\.\d+\.\d+\n/sg) {print "$2\n"}' CHANGELOG.md >CURRENT_CHANGELOG.md
           {
             echo "CONTENT<<EOF"
             cat CURRENT_CHANGELOG.md
             echo "EOF"
-          } >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          } >>"$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
       - name: Release
         uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a651bfd4..becd7330 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## Version 1.2.1
+
+- fix: tenacity is now a production dependency
+
 ## Version 1.2.0
 
 - chore: add `log_async_process` to log the output of an async processes in a notification if they don't run successfully
@@ -27,7 +31,7 @@
 - feat(web-ui): add `ubo-redirect-server` service
 - refactor(web-ui): add notifications for when starting/stopping the hotspot fails in the system manager
 - refactor(web-ui): move starting/stopping of the required hotspot system services to the `ubo-hotspot` service (the more general version of the `ubo-redirect-server` service which runs the redirect server as its main process.)
-- fix(core): uninstall RPi.GPIO after installing python packages in `install.sh` related: https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_Blinka/issues/910 - closes #231
+- fix(core): uninstall RPi.GPIO after installing python packages in `install.sh` [related](https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_Blinka/issues/910) - closes #231
 - fix(web-ui): avoid web-ui stop procedure being triggered when qr-code input is cancelled
 - fix(system): run `time.sleep` for both branches of the ping loop (success and failure) to avoid high cpu usage of the system process
 - fix(camera): avoid values read from qrcode being overridden by `None` values of alternative patterns - closes #230
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 879ce49d..5a39b414 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # 🚀 Ubo App
 
-[!PyPI version](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/ubo-app.svg)](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/ubo-app)
+[![PyPI version](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/ubo-app.svg)](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/ubo-app)
 [![License](https://img.shields.io/pypi/l/ubo-app.svg)](https://github.com/ubopod/ubo-app/LICENSE)
 [![Python version](https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/ubo-app.svg)](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/ubo-app)
 [![Actions status](https://github.com/ubopod/ubo-app/workflows/CI/CD/badge.svg)](https://github.com/ubopod/ubo-app/actions)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c51e7e7b..09cab40a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -24,12 +24,15 @@ dependencies = [
   "python-fake >=0.1.3",
   "python-redux >=0.18.3",
   "python-strtobool >=1.0.0",
+  "pythonping >=1.1.4",
   "pyzbar >=0.1.9",
+  "quart >=0.19.6",
   "rpi_ws281x >=5.0.0 ; platform_machine=='aarch64'",
   "sdbus-networkmanager >=2.0.0 ; platform_machine=='aarch64'",
   "semver >=3.0.2",
   "sentry-sdk >=1.43.0",
   "simpleaudio >=1.0.4",
+  "tenacity >=8.2.3",
   "ubo-gui >=0.13.10",
   # Adafruit dependencies
   "adafruit-circuitpython-aw9523 >=1.1.7",
@@ -44,9 +47,6 @@ dependencies = [
   # gRPC
   "betterproto [compiler] >=2.0.0b7",
   "gpiozero >=2.0.1 ; platform_machine != 'aarch64'",
-  "pythonping >=1.1.4",
-  "quart >=0.19.6",
-  "ruff>=0.9.6",
 ]
 
 [build-system]
@@ -70,21 +70,21 @@ packages = ["ubo_app"]
 
 [tool.uv]
 dev-dependencies = [
+  "grpcio-tools >=1.66.1",
   "headless-kivy [test] >=0.12.1",
+  "ipython >=8.23.0",
   "poethepoet >=0.24.4",
+  "pyfakefs",
   "pyright >=1.1.389",
   "pytest >=8.0.0",
   "pytest-asyncio >=0.23.5.post1",
   "pytest-cov >=4.1.0",
+  "pytest-mock >=3.14.0",
   "pytest-timeout >=2.3.1",
   "pytest-xdist >=3.5.0",
   "ruff >=0.9.6",
-  "tenacity >=8.2.3",
+  "ruff >=0.9.6",
   "toml >=0.10.2",
-  "pytest-mock >=3.14.0",
-  "ipython >=8.23.0",
-  "pyfakefs",
-  "grpcio-tools >=1.66.1",
 ]
 
 
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 85f1fcdd..12aba9bb 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -1701,7 +1701,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ubo-app"
-version = "1.0.1.dev48+unknown"
+version = "1.2.1.dev0+unknown"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "adafruit-circuitpython-aw9523" },
@@ -1733,11 +1733,11 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "quart" },
     { name = "rpi-lgpio", marker = "platform_machine == 'aarch64'" },
     { name = "rpi-ws281x", marker = "platform_machine == 'aarch64'" },
-    { name = "ruff" },
     { name = "sdbus-networkmanager", marker = "platform_machine == 'aarch64'" },
     { name = "semver" },
     { name = "sentry-sdk" },
     { name = "simpleaudio" },
+    { name = "tenacity" },
     { name = "ubo-gui" },
 ]
 
@@ -1756,7 +1756,6 @@ dev = [
     { name = "pytest-timeout" },
     { name = "pytest-xdist" },
     { name = "ruff" },
-    { name = "tenacity" },
     { name = "toml" },
 ]
 
@@ -1791,11 +1790,11 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "quart", specifier = ">=0.19.6" },
     { name = "rpi-lgpio", marker = "platform_machine == 'aarch64'", specifier = ">=0.6" },
     { name = "rpi-ws281x", marker = "platform_machine == 'aarch64'", specifier = ">=5.0.0" },
-    { name = "ruff", specifier = ">=0.9.6" },
     { name = "sdbus-networkmanager", marker = "platform_machine == 'aarch64'", specifier = ">=2.0.0" },
     { name = "semver", specifier = ">=3.0.2" },
     { name = "sentry-sdk", specifier = ">=1.43.0" },
     { name = "simpleaudio", specifier = ">=1.0.4" },
+    { name = "tenacity", specifier = ">=8.2.3" },
     { name = "ubo-gui", specifier = ">=0.13.10" },
 ]
 
@@ -1814,7 +1813,6 @@ dev = [
     { name = "pytest-timeout", specifier = ">=2.3.1" },
     { name = "pytest-xdist", specifier = ">=3.5.0" },
     { name = "ruff", specifier = ">=0.9.6" },
-    { name = "tenacity", specifier = ">=8.2.3" },
     { name = "toml", specifier = ">=0.10.2" },
 ]