diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 6a7bfbaca..d16536754 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
+# This file was autogenerated by dist: https://opensource.axo.dev/cargo-dist/
+#
 # Copyright 2022-2024, axodotdev
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT or Apache-2.0
 #
 # CI that:
 #
 # * checks for a Git Tag that looks like a release
-# * builds artifacts with cargo-dist (archives, installers, hashes)
+# * builds artifacts with dist (archives, installers, hashes)
 # * uploads those artifacts to temporary workflow zip
 # * on success, uploads the artifacts to a GitHub Release
 #
@@ -22,10 +24,10 @@ permissions:
 # must be a Cargo-style SemVer Version (must have at least major.minor.patch).
 #
 # If PACKAGE_NAME is specified, then the announcement will be for that
-# package (erroring out if it doesn't have the given version or isn't cargo-dist-able).
+# package (erroring out if it doesn't have the given version or isn't dist-able).
 #
 # If PACKAGE_NAME isn't specified, then the announcement will be for all
-# (cargo-dist-able) packages in the workspace with that version (this mode is
+# (dist-able) packages in the workspace with that version (this mode is
 # intended for workspaces with only one dist-able package, or with all dist-able
 # packages versioned/released in lockstep).
 #
@@ -43,7 +45,7 @@ on:
       - "v[0-9]+*"
 
 jobs:
-  # Run 'cargo dist plan' (or host) to determine what tasks we need to do
+  # Run 'dist plan' (or host) to determine what tasks we need to do
   plan:
     runs-on: "ubuntu-20.04"
     outputs:
@@ -57,16 +59,16 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           submodules: recursive
-      - name: Install cargo-dist
+      - name: Install dist
         # we specify bash to get pipefail; it guards against the `curl` command
         # failing. otherwise `sh` won't catch that `curl` returned non-0
         shell: bash
-        run: "curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/axodotdev/cargo-dist/releases/download/v0.21.0/cargo-dist-installer.sh | sh"
-      - name: Cache cargo-dist
+        run: "curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/axodotdev/cargo-dist/releases/download/v0.24.1/cargo-dist-installer.sh | sh"
+      - name: Cache dist
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: cargo-dist-cache
-          path: ~/.cargo/bin/cargo-dist
+          path: ~/.cargo/bin/dist
       # sure would be cool if github gave us proper conditionals...
       # so here's a doubly-nested ternary-via-truthiness to try to provide the best possible
       # functionality based on whether this is a pull_request, and whether it's from a fork.
@@ -74,8 +76,8 @@ jobs:
       # but also really annoying to build CI around when it needs secrets to work right.)
       - id: plan
         run: |
-          cargo dist ${{ (!github.event.pull_request && format('host --steps=create --tag={0}', github.ref_name)) || 'plan' }} --output-format=json > plan-dist-manifest.json
-          echo "cargo dist ran successfully"
+          dist ${{ (!github.event.pull_request && format('host --steps=create --tag={0}', github.ref_name)) || 'plan' }} --output-format=json > plan-dist-manifest.json
+          echo "dist ran successfully"
           cat plan-dist-manifest.json
           echo "manifest=$(jq -c "." plan-dist-manifest.json)" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
       - name: "Upload dist-manifest.json"
@@ -93,12 +95,12 @@ jobs:
     if: ${{ fromJson(needs.plan.outputs.val).ci.github.artifacts_matrix.include != null && (needs.plan.outputs.publishing == 'true' || fromJson(needs.plan.outputs.val).ci.github.pr_run_mode == 'upload') }}
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
-      # Target platforms/runners are computed by cargo-dist in create-release.
+      # Target platforms/runners are computed by dist in create-release.
       # Each member of the matrix has the following arguments:
       #
       # - runner: the github runner
-      # - dist-args: cli flags to pass to cargo dist
-      # - install-dist: expression to run to install cargo-dist on the runner
+      # - dist-args: cli flags to pass to dist
+      # - install-dist: expression to run to install dist on the runner
       #
       # Typically there will be:
       # - 1 "global" task that builds universal installers
@@ -119,7 +121,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           key: ${{ join(matrix.targets, '-') }}
           cache-provider: ${{ matrix.cache_provider }}
-      - name: Install cargo-dist
+      - name: Install dist
         run: ${{ matrix.install_dist }}
       # Get the dist-manifest
       - name: Fetch local artifacts
@@ -134,8 +136,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build artifacts
         run: |
           # Actually do builds and make zips and whatnot
-          cargo dist build ${{ needs.plan.outputs.tag-flag }} --print=linkage --output-format=json ${{ matrix.dist_args }} > dist-manifest.json
-          echo "cargo dist ran successfully"
+          dist build ${{ needs.plan.outputs.tag-flag }} --print=linkage --output-format=json ${{ matrix.dist_args }} > dist-manifest.json
+          echo "dist ran successfully"
       - id: cargo-dist
         name: Post-build
         # We force bash here just because github makes it really hard to get values up
@@ -170,12 +172,12 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           submodules: recursive
-      - name: Install cached cargo-dist
+      - name: Install cached dist
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: cargo-dist-cache
           path: ~/.cargo/bin/
-      - run: chmod +x ~/.cargo/bin/cargo-dist
+      - run: chmod +x ~/.cargo/bin/dist
       # Get all the local artifacts for the global tasks to use (for e.g. checksums)
       - name: Fetch local artifacts
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
@@ -186,8 +188,8 @@ jobs:
       - id: cargo-dist
         shell: bash
         run: |
-          cargo dist build ${{ needs.plan.outputs.tag-flag }} --output-format=json "--artifacts=global" > dist-manifest.json
-          echo "cargo dist ran successfully"
+          dist build ${{ needs.plan.outputs.tag-flag }} --output-format=json "--artifacts=global" > dist-manifest.json
+          echo "dist ran successfully"
 
           # Parse out what we just built and upload it to scratch storage
           echo "paths<<EOF" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
@@ -219,12 +221,12 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           submodules: recursive
-      - name: Install cached cargo-dist
+      - name: Install cached dist
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: cargo-dist-cache
           path: ~/.cargo/bin/
-      - run: chmod +x ~/.cargo/bin/cargo-dist
+      - run: chmod +x ~/.cargo/bin/dist
       # Fetch artifacts from scratch-storage
       - name: Fetch artifacts
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
@@ -235,7 +237,7 @@ jobs:
       - id: host
         shell: bash
         run: |
-          cargo dist host ${{ needs.plan.outputs.tag-flag }} --steps=upload --steps=release --output-format=json > dist-manifest.json
+          dist host ${{ needs.plan.outputs.tag-flag }} --steps=upload --steps=release --output-format=json > dist-manifest.json
           echo "artifacts uploaded and released successfully"
           cat dist-manifest.json
           echo "manifest=$(jq -c "." dist-manifest.json)" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e9f063745..454d36a97 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -55,35 +55,6 @@ tokio = { version = "1.41.0", features = ["full", "tracing"] }
 tracing = "0.1.40"
 uuid = { version = "1.11.0", features = ["v4"] }
 
-# Config for 'cargo dist'
-[workspace.metadata.dist]
-# The preferred cargo-dist version to use in CI (Cargo.toml SemVer syntax)
-cargo-dist-version = "0.21.0"
-# CI backends to support
-ci = ["github"]
-# Target platforms to build apps for (Rust target-triple syntax)
-targets = [
-    "aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu",
-    "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu",
-    "aarch64-apple-darwin",
-    "x86_64-apple-darwin",
-    "aarch64-unknown-linux-musl",
-    "x86_64-unknown-linux-musl",
-    "x86_64-pc-windows-msvc",
-]
-# The installers to generate for each app
-installers = []
-# Path that installers should place binaries in
-install-path = ["$PROTO_HOME/bin", "~/.proto/bin"]
-# Publish jobs to run in CI
-pr-run-mode = "plan" # "upload"
-# Skip checking whether the specified configuration files are up to date
-allow-dirty = ["ci"]
-
-[workspace.metadata.dist.github-custom-runners]
-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu = "buildjet-4vcpu-ubuntu-2204-arm"
-aarch64-unknown-linux-musl = "buildjet-4vcpu-ubuntu-2204-arm"
-
 [profile.dist]
 inherits = "release"
 lto = "thin"
diff --git a/crates/core/src/tool.rs b/crates/core/src/tool.rs
index f2af76887..c0772d5cd 100644
--- a/crates/core/src/tool.rs
+++ b/crates/core/src/tool.rs
@@ -216,8 +216,8 @@ impl Tool {
             let actual_version = Version::parse(
                 std::env::var("PROTO_VERSION")
                     .ok()
-                    .as_ref()
-                    .unwrap_or_else(|_| env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION")),
+                    .as_deref()
+                    .unwrap_or_else(|| env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION")),
             )
             .into_diagnostic()?;
 
diff --git a/dist-workspace.toml b/dist-workspace.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a18e1002f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist-workspace.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+[workspace]
+members = ["cargo:."]
+
+[dist]
+# The preferred cargo-dist version to use in CI (Cargo.toml SemVer syntax)
+cargo-dist-version = "0.24.1"
+# CI backends to support
+ci = ["github"]
+# Target platforms to build apps for (Rust target-triple syntax)
+targets = [
+	"aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu",
+	"x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu",
+	"aarch64-apple-darwin",
+	"x86_64-apple-darwin",
+	"aarch64-unknown-linux-musl",
+	"x86_64-unknown-linux-musl",
+	"x86_64-pc-windows-msvc",
+]
+# The installers to generate for each app
+installers = []
+# Path that installers should place binaries in
+install-path = ["$PROTO_HOME/bin", "~/.proto/bin"]
+# Publish jobs to run in CI
+pr-run-mode = "plan" # "upload"
+# Skip checking whether the specified configuration files are up to date
+allow-dirty = ["ci"]
+
+[dist.github-custom-runners]
+aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu = "buildjet-4vcpu-ubuntu-2204-arm"
+aarch64-unknown-linux-musl = "buildjet-4vcpu-ubuntu-2204-arm"