diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/release.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/release.md
index d7bf9b5..6787e78 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/release.md
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/release.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ title: "Release MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH"
 
 ## Todo list for publishing the release
 
+- [ ] Create a new branch off of `master` called `release/<feature version>`, e.g. `release/3.1`
 - [ ] Bump the bdk-ffi submodule to the release tag in bdk-ffi.
 - [ ] Delete the `dist`, `build`, and `bdkpython.egg-info` and rust `target` directories to make sure you are building the library from scratch without any caches.
 - [ ] Build the library.
@@ -23,13 +24,12 @@ just install
 just test
 ```
 
-- [ ] Update the readme if necessary
-- [ ] Create a new branch off of `master` called `release/<feature version>`, e.g. `release/0.31`
-- [ ] Update library version from `.dev` version to release version
+- [ ] Update library version from `.dev` version to release version.
+- [ ] PR the changes above (submodule tag bump + library version bump) above and merge.
 - [ ] Create the tag for the release and make sure to add a link to the bdk-ffi changelog to the tag. See below for the template of the message we use for tags in this repository.
 
 ```shell
-git tag v0.6.0 --sign --edit
+git tag v3.0.0 --sign --edit
 ```
 
 ```md
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ For details on this release, see the bdk-ffi repository and [our release notes f
 - [ ] Push the tag to GitHub, and let the CI run all tests one more time.
 
 ```shell
-git push upstream v0.6.0
+git push upstream v3.0.0
 ```
 
 - [ ] Trigger release through the workflow dispatch with the new tag.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-bdk-ffi-latest.yaml b/.github/workflows/test-bdk-ffi-latest.yaml
index 6834e57..5f0dda2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-bdk-ffi-latest.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-bdk-ffi-latest.yaml
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         python:
           - cp310-cp310
-          - cp311-cp311
-          - cp312-cp312
           - cp313-cp313
     steps:
       - name: "Checkout"
@@ -76,8 +74,6 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         python:
           - "3.10"
-          - "3.11"
-          - "3.12"
           - "3.13"
     steps:
       - name: "Checkout"
@@ -127,8 +123,6 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         python:
           - "3.10"
-          - "3.11"
-          - "3.12"
           - "3.13"
     steps:
       - name: "Checkout"
@@ -175,8 +169,6 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         python:
           - "3.10"
-          - "3.11"
-          - "3.12"
           - "3.13"
     steps:
       - name: "Checkout"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-python.yaml b/.github/workflows/test-python.yaml
index 3e99057..83a5384 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-python.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-python.yaml
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         python:
           - cp310-cp310
-          - cp311-cp311
-          - cp312-cp312
           - cp313-cp313
     steps:
       - name: "Checkout"
@@ -66,8 +64,6 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         python:
           - "3.10"
-          - "3.11"
-          - "3.12"
           - "3.13"
     steps:
       - name: "Checkout"
@@ -114,8 +110,6 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         python:
           - "3.10"
-          - "3.11"
-          - "3.12"
           - "3.13"
     steps:
       - name: "Checkout"
@@ -160,8 +154,6 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         python:
           - "3.10"
-          - "3.11"
-          - "3.12"
           - "3.13"
     steps:
       - name: "Checkout"
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index b019fdd..d7abbb7 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bdkpython"
-version = "3.0.0a0"
+version = "3.2.0a0"
 source = { editable = "." }
 
 [package.dev-dependencies]