diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 547559e..8171d66 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         include:
-        - python-version: "3.8"
+        - python-version: "3.12"  # Keep in sync with .readthedocs.yml
           env:
             TOXENV: docs
         - python-version: "3.12"
@@ -27,12 +27,15 @@ jobs:
         - python-version: "3.12"
           env:
             TOXENV: typing
+        - python-version: "3.12"
+          env:
+            TOXENV: twinecheck
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
     - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
         python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 83fc520..497f5f9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
     - name: Set up Python 3.12
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
         python-version: 3.12
 
@@ -27,9 +27,8 @@ jobs:
     - name: Publish to PyPI
       if: steps.check-release-tag.outputs.release_tag == 'true'
       run: |
-        pip install --upgrade pip
-        pip install --upgrade setuptools wheel twine
-        python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
+        pip install --upgrade build twine
+        python -m build
         export TWINE_USERNAME=__token__
         export TWINE_PASSWORD=${{ secrets.PYPI_TOKEN }}
         twine upload dist/*
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 12acd0c..72d5e63 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
     - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
         python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index bf7ebb0..82153a4 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 repos:
 - repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/bandit
-  rev: 1.7.7
+  rev: 1.7.8
   hooks:
   - id: bandit
     args: [-r, -c, .bandit.yml]
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ repos:
   hooks:
   - id: flake8
 - repo: https://github.com/psf/black.git
-  rev: 24.1.1
+  rev: 24.4.2
   hooks:
   - id: black
 - repo: https://github.com/pycqa/isort
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9825882..1e1019d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
 from setuptools import find_packages, setup
 
+with open("README.rst", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+    long_description = f.read()
+
 setup(
     name="w3lib",
     version="2.1.2",
     license="BSD",
     description="Library of web-related functions",
+    long_description=long_description,
+    long_description_content_type="text/x-rst",
     author="Scrapy project",
     author_email="info@scrapy.org",
     url="https://github.com/scrapy/w3lib",
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index e97b62f..71a555e 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # and then run "tox" from this directory.
 
 [tox]
-envlist = py38, py39, py310, py311, py312, pypy3, docs, pylint, typing, pre-commit
+envlist = py38, py39, py310, py311, py312, pypy3, docs, pylint, typing, pre-commit, twinecheck
 
 [testenv]
 deps =
@@ -21,14 +21,14 @@ basepython = python3
 deps =
     # mypy would error if pytest (or its sub) not found
     pytest
-    mypy==1.0.0
+    mypy==1.10.0
 commands =
     mypy --strict {posargs: w3lib tests}
 
 [testenv:pylint]
 deps =
     {[testenv]deps}
-    pylint==3.0.0
+    pylint==3.2.2
 commands =
     pylint conftest.py docs setup.py tests w3lib
 
@@ -42,3 +42,12 @@ commands =
 deps = pre-commit
 commands = pre-commit run --all-files --show-diff-on-failure
 skip_install = true
+
+[testenv:twinecheck]
+basepython = python3
+deps =
+    twine==5.1.0
+    build==1.2.1
+commands =
+    python -m build --sdist
+    twine check dist/*