diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 2c0fa1a9..8ee69e56 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
         with:
+          body: |
+            Revised release notes are available in the [documentation](https://powerplantmatching.readthedocs.io/en/latest/release-notes.html).
+          append_body: true
           generate_release_notes: true
 
   publish:
@@ -44,40 +47,35 @@ jobs:
 
   update-dataset:
     name: Update powerplants.csv in repository
+    needs: [build]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
-        ref: master
-
-    - name: Fetch all history for all tags and branches (necessary for setuptools_scm)
-      run: git fetch --prune --unshallow
+        fetch-depth: 0 # Needed for setuptools_scm
     
     - name: Set up Python
       uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
-        python-version: 3.9
+        python-version: 3.12
     
     - name: Install package
       run: |
-        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        pip install .[dev]
-
+        python -m pip install uv
+        uv pip install --system "$(ls dist/*.whl)[dev]"
+        
     - name: Create dataset
       run: |
         import powerplantmatching as pm
         df = pm.powerplants(update=True)
         df.to_csv("powerplants.csv", index_label="id")
       shell: python
-
-    - name: Commit and push changes
-      run: |
-        git config --global user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
-        git config --global user.name "github-actions[bot]"
-        git checkout master
-        git pull origin master
-        git add powerplants.csv
-        git commit -m '[github-actions.ci] auto update `powerplants.csv`' || exit 0 
-        git push origin master
-      env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
\ No newline at end of file
+    
+    - name: Create Pull Request
+      uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v6
+      with:
+        commit-message: '[github-actions.ci] auto update `powerplants.csv`'
+        title: 'Update `powerplants.csv`'
+        body: 'This PR updates the `powerplants.csv` dataset after a new release.'
+        branch: 'auto-update-powerplants-csv'
+        base: 'master'
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4074de50..9e27ed82 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -68,6 +68,13 @@ version_scheme = "post-release"
 [tool.setuptools.packages.find]
 include = ["powerplantmatching"]
 
+# Pytest settings
+
+[tool.pytest.ini_options]
+filterwarnings = [
+    "error::FutureWarning",      # Raise all FutureWarnings as errors
+]
+
 # Formatter and linter settings
 
 [tool.ruff]
@@ -85,9 +92,3 @@ select = [
     'NPY', # numpy
 ]
 
-# Pytest settings
-
-[tool.pytest.ini_options]
-filterwarnings = [
-    "error::FutureWarning",      # Raise all FutureWarnings as errors
-]