diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 6e60668..105d019 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ name: Publish
       qwentts_ref:
         description: qwentts.cpp commit, tag, or branch to build
         required: true
-        default: 4536dcdce27c3764a93a06d6bf64026b124962f5
+        default: 9dbe7ea26a01b30fccb117ae5e86807c1dc23d42
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         include:
           - arch: x86_64
-            runner: hf-jobs-cpu-performance
+            runner: ubuntu-24.04
             cuda_repo_arch: x86_64
             cuda_package_suffix: "12-8"
             cuda_home: /usr/local/cuda-12.8
             cuda_architectures: 75-virtual;80-virtual;86-real;89-real;90-real;100-real;120-real;120-virtual
-            build_jobs: "16"
+            build_jobs: "2"
           - arch: aarch64
             runner: ubuntu-24.04-arm
             cuda_repo_arch: sbsa
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
       QWENTTS_CPP_BACKEND: cuda
       QWENTTS_CPP_BUILD_JOBS: ${{ matrix.build_jobs }}
       QWENTTS_CPP_WHEEL_BUILD_TAG: 1cu128
-      QWENTTS_REF: ${{ inputs.qwentts_ref || '4536dcdce27c3764a93a06d6bf64026b124962f5' }}
+      QWENTTS_REF: ${{ inputs.qwentts_ref || '9dbe7ea26a01b30fccb117ae5e86807c1dc23d42' }}
       CUDA_ARCHITECTURES: ${{ matrix.cuda_architectures }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/wheels.yml b/.github/workflows/wheels.yml
index 83e3fc3..190e80a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wheels.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wheels.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ name: qwentts-cpp-python wheels
       qwentts_ref:
         description: qwentts.cpp commit, tag, or branch to build
         required: true
-        default: 4536dcdce27c3764a93a06d6bf64026b124962f5
+        default: 9dbe7ea26a01b30fccb117ae5e86807c1dc23d42
 
 jobs:
   linux-cuda:
@@ -27,14 +27,14 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         include:
           - arch: x86_64
-            runner: hf-jobs-cpu-performance
+            runner: ubuntu-24.04
             cuda_repo_arch: x86_64
             cuda_version: "12.8"
             cuda_package_suffix: "12-8"
             cuda_home: /usr/local/cuda-12.8
             wheel_build_tag: 1cu128
             cuda_architectures: 75-virtual;80-virtual;86-real;89-real;90-real;100-real;120-real;120-virtual
-            build_jobs: "16"
+            build_jobs: "2"
           - arch: aarch64
             runner: ubuntu-24.04-arm
             cuda_repo_arch: sbsa
@@ -45,14 +45,14 @@ jobs:
             cuda_architectures: 75-virtual;80-virtual;86-real;89-real;90-real;100-real;120-real;120-virtual
             build_jobs: "2"
           - arch: x86_64
-            runner: hf-jobs-cpu-performance
+            runner: ubuntu-24.04
             cuda_repo_arch: x86_64
             cuda_version: "13.0"
             cuda_package_suffix: "13-0"
             cuda_home: /usr/local/cuda-13.0
             wheel_build_tag: 1cu130
             cuda_architectures: 75-virtual;80-virtual;86-real;89-real;90-real;100-real;120-real;120-virtual;121-real;121-virtual
-            build_jobs: "16"
+            build_jobs: "2"
           - arch: aarch64
             runner: ubuntu-24.04-arm
             cuda_repo_arch: sbsa
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ jobs:
       QWENTTS_CPP_BACKEND: cuda
       QWENTTS_CPP_BUILD_JOBS: ${{ matrix.build_jobs }}
       QWENTTS_CPP_WHEEL_BUILD_TAG: ${{ matrix.wheel_build_tag }}
-      QWENTTS_REF: ${{ inputs.qwentts_ref || '4536dcdce27c3764a93a06d6bf64026b124962f5' }}
+      QWENTTS_REF: ${{ inputs.qwentts_ref || '9dbe7ea26a01b30fccb117ae5e86807c1dc23d42' }}
       CUDA_ARCHITECTURES: ${{ matrix.cuda_architectures }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ jobs:
       QWENTTS_CPP_BACKEND: cpu
       QWENTTS_CPP_BUILD_JOBS: "2"
       QWENTTS_CPP_WHEEL_BUILD_TAG: 1cpu
-      QWENTTS_REF: ${{ inputs.qwentts_ref || '4536dcdce27c3764a93a06d6bf64026b124962f5' }}
+      QWENTTS_REF: ${{ inputs.qwentts_ref || '9dbe7ea26a01b30fccb117ae5e86807c1dc23d42' }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index abac9b9..e757b0f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ package. CPU builds are still useful for development and smoke tests, but they
 are not the primary release target.
 
 The CI wheel build defaults to qwentts.cpp
-`4536dcdce27c3764a93a06d6bf64026b124962f5`, which includes the scheduler
+`9dbe7ea26a01b30fccb117ae5e86807c1dc23d42`, which includes the scheduler
 resets and ABI v2 cached voice-reference fields. CPU and CUDA both stay on the
 backend prompt-projection path.