diff --git a/.github/actions/build_wheel/action.yml b/.github/actions/build_wheel/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..67dafdff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/build_wheel/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+name: build_wheel
+description: Build the MeshPy wheel
+inputs:
+  source-command:
+    description: Command to source the virtual environment
+    required: false
+    default: ""
+runs:
+  using: composite
+  steps:
+    - name: Build MeshPy wheel
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        cd ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}
+        ${{ inputs.source-command }}
+        pip install build
+        python -m build
+        # Check if we got exactly one wheel file
+        shopt -s nullglob
+        files=(dist/*.whl)
+        if [ ${#files[@]} -ne 1 ]; then
+          echo "Expected exactly one .whl file in dist/, found ${#files[@]}"
+          exit 1
+        fi
diff --git a/.github/workflows/testing.yml b/.github/workflows/testing.yml
index d7fcd5d9..fb7731db 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/testing.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/testing.yml
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      - name: Build wheel
+        uses: ./.github/actions/build_wheel
+        if: matrix.python-version == '3.12'
       - name: Run the test suite
         uses: ./.github/actions/run_tests
         with:
@@ -37,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
           # non-editable installation and turn of coverage, because the coverage
           # only works in editable mode.
           install-command: >-
-            ${{ matrix.python-version == '3.10' && '-e .[dev]' || '.[dev]'}}
+            ${{ matrix.python-version == '3.10' && '-e .[dev]' || '"$(ls dist/*.whl | head -n 1)[dev]"'}}
           # The single space in the empty string is required, otherwise GitHub
           # evaluates the if clause wrong.
           additional-pytest-flags: >-
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2f86934b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+include src/meshpy/geometric_search/cython_lib.pyx
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 53c3db05..072c4e94 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ requires = ["setuptools", "wheel", "cython", "numpy"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
-name = "MeshPy"
-description = "MeshPy: A general purpose 3D beam finite element input generator"
+name = "beamme"
+description = "BeamMe: A general purpose 3D beam finite element input generator"
 authors = [{name = "MeshPy Authors"}]
 maintainers = [
   {name = "Ivo Steinbrecher", email = "ivo.steinbrecher@unibw.de"},
@@ -25,12 +25,9 @@ dependencies = [
   "vedo==2024.5.2", # Needed as a fix for the splinepy visualization tool gustaf
   "vtk"
 ]
-
-dynamic = ["version"]
+version = "0.0.1"
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
-cubitpy = ["cubitpy@git+https://github.com/imcs-compsim/cubitpy.git@main"]
-fourc = ["fourcipp@git+https://github.com/4c-multiphysics/fourcipp.git@main"]
 dev = [
   "coverage-badge",
   "coverage",
@@ -38,7 +35,6 @@ dev = [
   "pre-commit",
   "pytest",
   "pytest-cov",
-  "pyvista_utils@git+https://github.com/isteinbrecher/pyvista_utils.git@main",
   "testbook"
 ]