diff --git a/.ci_support/linux_64_.yaml b/.ci_support/linux_64_.yaml
index 82f2873..8f94762 100644
--- a/.ci_support/linux_64_.yaml
+++ b/.ci_support/linux_64_.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 cdt_name:
-- cos7
+- conda
 channel_sources:
 - conda-forge
 channel_targets:
 - conda-forge main
 docker_image:
 - quay.io/condaforge/linux-anvil-cos7-x86_64
+python_min:
+- '3.9'
diff --git a/.ci_support/osx_64_.yaml b/.ci_support/osx_64_.yaml
index 26fe68d..46fbb45 100644
--- a/.ci_support/osx_64_.yaml
+++ b/.ci_support/osx_64_.yaml
@@ -8,3 +8,5 @@ channel_targets:
 - conda-forge main
 macos_machine:
 - x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0
+python_min:
+- '3.9'
diff --git a/.ci_support/win_64_.yaml b/.ci_support/win_64_.yaml
index c2135b0..b859c66 100644
--- a/.ci_support/win_64_.yaml
+++ b/.ci_support/win_64_.yaml
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@ channel_sources:
 - conda-forge
 channel_targets:
 - conda-forge main
+python_min:
+- '3.9'
diff --git a/.scripts/run_osx_build.sh b/.scripts/run_osx_build.sh
index cc73c21..63147cc 100755
--- a/.scripts/run_osx_build.sh
+++ b/.scripts/run_osx_build.sh
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ rm -rf "${MAMBA_ROOT_PREFIX}" "${micromamba_exe}" || true
 ( endgroup "Provisioning base env with micromamba" ) 2> /dev/null
 
 ( startgroup "Configuring conda" ) 2> /dev/null
-
+echo "Activating environment"
 source "${MINIFORGE_HOME}/etc/profile.d/conda.sh"
 conda activate base
 export CONDA_SOLVER="libmamba"
diff --git a/.scripts/run_win_build.bat b/.scripts/run_win_build.bat
index 752eec6..cc0d2c4 100755
--- a/.scripts/run_win_build.bat
+++ b/.scripts/run_win_build.bat
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 setlocal enableextensions enabledelayedexpansion
 
+FOR %%A IN ("%~dp0.") DO SET "REPO_ROOT=%%~dpA"
 if "%MINIFORGE_HOME%"=="" set "MINIFORGE_HOME=%USERPROFILE%\Miniforge3"
 :: Remove trailing backslash, if present
 if "%MINIFORGE_HOME:~-1%"=="\" set "MINIFORGE_HOME=%MINIFORGE_HOME:~0,-1%"
@@ -32,17 +33,14 @@ call "%MICROMAMBA_EXE%" create --yes --root-prefix "%MAMBA_ROOT_PREFIX%" --prefi
     --channel conda-forge ^
     pip python=3.12 conda-build conda-forge-ci-setup=4 "conda-build>=24.1"
 if !errorlevel! neq 0 exit /b !errorlevel!
-echo Moving pkgs cache from %MAMBA_ROOT_PREFIX% to %MINIFORGE_HOME%
-move /Y "%MAMBA_ROOT_PREFIX%\pkgs" "%MINIFORGE_HOME%"
-if !errorlevel! neq 0 exit /b !errorlevel!
 echo Removing %MAMBA_ROOT_PREFIX%
-del /S /Q "%MAMBA_ROOT_PREFIX%"
-del /S /Q "%MICROMAMBA_TMPDIR%"
-call :end_group
+del /S /Q "%MAMBA_ROOT_PREFIX%" >nul
+del /S /Q "%MICROMAMBA_TMPDIR%" >nul
 
 call :start_group "Configuring conda"
 
 :: Activate the base conda environment
+echo Activating environment
 call "%MINIFORGE_HOME%\Scripts\activate.bat"
 :: Configure the solver
 set "CONDA_SOLVER=libmamba"
diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index 32da3d0..eff4ad6 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ stages:
           echo "##vso[task.setvariable variable=log]$git_log"
         displayName: Obtain commit message
       - bash: echo "##vso[task.setvariable variable=RET]false"
-        condition: or(contains(variables.log, '[skip azp]'), contains(variables.log, '[azp skip]'), contains(variables.log, '[skip ci]'), contains(variables.log, '[ci skip]'))
+        condition: and(eq(variables['Build.Reason'], 'PullRequest'), or(contains(variables.log, '[skip azp]'), contains(variables.log, '[azp skip]'), contains(variables.log, '[skip ci]'), contains(variables.log, '[ci skip]')))
         displayName: Skip build?
       - bash: echo "##vso[task.setvariable variable=start_main;isOutput=true]$RET"
         name: result
diff --git a/recipe/meta.yaml b/recipe/meta.yaml
index 93b8fa2..ae4d7ff 100644
--- a/recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -1,20 +1,22 @@
 {% set name = "conda-store" %}
 {% set version = "2024.10.1" %}
+{% set python_min = "3.10" %}
+
 
 package:
   name: {{ name|lower }}-split
   version: {{ version }}
 
 source:
-  - url: https://pypi.io/packages/source/c/conda-store/conda_store-{{ version }}.tar.gz
+  - url: https://pypi.org/packages/source/c/conda-store/conda_store-{{ version }}.tar.gz
     sha256: 2b2c5039776d299f14af48739701def9bfc3764f67f1b7335ae9f9d88cc52fc0
     folder: conda-store
-  - url: https://pypi.io/packages/source/c/conda-store-server/conda_store_server-{{ version }}.tar.gz
+  - url: https://pypi.org/packages/source/c/conda-store-server/conda_store_server-{{ version }}.tar.gz
     sha256: 61451e3893e8a109d7015dbedc4748691f59c11357f92ab2face5c0e66eef760
     folder: conda-store-server
 
 build:
-  number: 0
+  number: 1
 
 outputs:
   - name: conda-store
@@ -26,7 +28,7 @@ outputs:
           - conda-store = conda_store.__main__:main
     requirements:
       host:
-        - python >=3.8
+        - python {{ python_min }}
         - pip
         - hatchling >=1.14.0
         - hatch-vcs
@@ -36,7 +38,7 @@ outputs:
         - __win    # [win]
         - aiohttp >=3.8.1
         - click
-        - python >=3.8
+        - python >={{ python_min }}
         - rich
         - ruamel.yaml
         - yarl
@@ -59,7 +61,7 @@ outputs:
           - conda-store-worker = conda_store_server._internal.worker.__main__:main
     requirements:
       host:
-        - python >=3.8
+        - python {{ python_min }}
         - pip
         - hatchling >=1.14.0
         - hatch-vcs
@@ -81,7 +83,7 @@ outputs:
         - minio
         - pydantic <2.0a0
         - pyjwt
-        - python >=3.8
+        - python >={{ python_min }}
         - python-docker
         - python-multipart
         - pyyaml