diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
deleted file mode 100644
index 443353b32..000000000
--- a/.flake8
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-[flake8]
-ignore = E501, W503, E402
-builtins = c, get_config
-exclude =
-    .cache,
-    .github,
-    docs,
-enable-extensions = G
-extend-ignore =
-    G001, G002, G004, G200, G201, G202,
-    # black adds spaces around ':'
-    E203,
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 73deb9c74..1f357d302 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ env:
 
 defaults:
   run:
-    shell: bash -e {0}
+    shell: bash -eux {0}
 
 jobs:
   build:
@@ -108,22 +108,20 @@ jobs:
           jupyter notebook --version
           jupyter notebook --help
 
-  pre-commit:
+  link_check:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 10
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - name: Base Setup
-        uses: jupyterlab/maintainer-tools/.github/actions/base-setup@v1
-      - name: Install Jupyterlab
-        run: pip install -e .
-      - uses: pre-commit/action@v2.0.0
+      - uses: jupyterlab/maintainer-tools/.github/actions/base-setup@v1
+      - uses: jupyterlab/maintainer-tools/.github/actions/check-links@v1
         with:
-          extra_args: --all-files --hook-stage=manual
-      - name: Help message if pre-commit fail
-        if: ${{ failure() }}
-        run: |
-          echo "or you can run by hand on staged files with"
-          echo "    pre-commit run"
-          echo "or after-the-fact on already committed files with"
-          echo "    pre-commit run --all-files --hook-stage=manual"
+          ignore-links: "https://playwright.dev/docs/test-cli/"
+
+  pre_commit:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 10
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: jupyterlab/maintainer-tools/.github/actions/base-setup@v1
+      - uses: jupyterlab/maintainer-tools/.github/actions/pre-commit@v1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-release.yml b/.github/workflows/check-release.yml
index 0590dfe9b..059aec440 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-release.yml
@@ -16,10 +16,6 @@ jobs:
   check_release:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 30
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        group: [check_release, link_check]
-      fail-fast: false
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
@@ -29,18 +25,12 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           pip install -e .
       - name: Check Release
-        if: ${{ matrix.group == 'check_release' }}
-        uses: jupyter-server/jupyter_releaser/.github/actions/check-release@v1
+        uses: jupyter-server/jupyter_releaser/.github/actions/check-release@v2
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          version_spec: next
-      - name: Check Links
-        if: ${{ matrix.group == 'link_check' }}
-        uses: jupyter-server/jupyter_releaser/.github/actions/check-links@v1
 
       - name: Upload Distributions
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
-        if: ${{ matrix.group == 'check_release' }}
         with:
           name: notebook-jupyter-releaser-dist-${{ github.run_number }}
           path: .jupyter_releaser_checkout/dist
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 1d58638c8..679c53378 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-ci:
-  # skip any check that needs internet access
-  skip: [prettier, integrity]
-
 repos:
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
     rev: v4.3.0
@@ -40,15 +36,24 @@ repos:
         args: [--max-line-length=200]
         stages: [manual]
 
-  - repo: https://github.com/pycqa/flake8
-    rev: 5.0.4
+  - repo: https://github.com/abravalheri/validate-pyproject
+    rev: v0.10.1
+    hooks:
+      - id: validate-pyproject
+        stages: [manual]
+
+  - repo: https://github.com/executablebooks/mdformat
+    rev: 0.7.16
     hooks:
-      - id: flake8
+      - id: mdformat
+
+  - repo: https://github.com/john-hen/Flake8-pyproject
+    rev: 1.0.1
+    hooks:
+      - id: Flake8-pyproject
+        alias: flake8
         additional_dependencies:
-          [
-            "flake8-bugbear==22.6.22",
-            "flake8-implicit-str-concat==0.2.0",
-          ]
+          ["flake8-bugbear==22.6.22", "flake8-implicit-str-concat==0.2.0"]
         stages: [manual]
 
   - repo: https://github.com/sirosen/check-jsonschema
@@ -67,7 +72,8 @@ repos:
         name: prettier
         entry: 'npm run prettier:files'
         language: node
-        types_or: [json, markdown, ts, tsx, javascript, jsx, css]
+        types_or: [json, ts, tsx, javascript, jsx, css]
+        stages: [manual]
       - id: integrity
         name: integrity
         entry: 'npm run integrity --force'
diff --git a/readthedocs.yml b/.readthedocs.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from readthedocs.yml
rename to .readthedocs.yaml
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b16bd4cf5..86d9b4596 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -76,13 +76,7 @@
       "version-cmd": [
         "jlpm run release:bump --force --skip-commit"
       ],
-      "ignore-links": [
-        "https://playwright.dev/docs/test-cli/"
-      ]
-    },
-    "skip": [
-      "check-links",
-      "check-manifest"
-    ]
+      "post-version-spec": "dev"
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7fba5d6ae..b01be8731 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["hatchling>=1.5", "jupyterlab>=4.0.0a30,<5"]
+requires = ["hatchling>=1.11", "jupyterlab>=4.0.0a30,<5"]
 build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ dev = [
 
 [tool.hatch.version]
 path = "notebook/_version.py"
+validate-bump = false
 
 [tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel.shared-data]
 "notebook/labextension" = "share/jupyter/labextensions/@jupyter-notebook/lab-extension"
@@ -125,3 +126,18 @@ filterwarnings = [
     "ignore:make_current is deprecated; start the event loop first",
     "ignore:clear_current is deprecated"
 ]
+
+[tool.flake8]
+ignore = "E501, W503, E402"
+builtins = "c, get_config"
+exclude = [
+    ".cache",
+    ".github",
+    "docs",
+]
+enable-extensions = "G"
+extend-ignore = [
+    "G001", "G002", "G004", "G200", "G201", "G202",
+    # black adds spaces around ':'
+    "E203",
+]