diff --git a/.github/workflows/charm_libs.yaml b/.github/workflows/charm_libs.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index b1c108795..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/charm_libs.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2025 Canonical Ltd.
-# See LICENSE file for licensing details.
-name: Check libs
-
-concurrency:
-  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
-  cancel-in-progress: true
-
-on:
-  pull_request:
-    paths-ignore:
-      - '.gitignore'
-      - '.jujuignore'
-      - 'LICENSE'
-      - '**.md'
-      - 'renovate.json'
-
-jobs:
-  lib-check:
-    name: Check libraries
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    timeout-minutes: 5
-    if: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == 'canonical/mysql-router-k8s-operator' }}
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-      - name: Check libs
-        uses: canonical/charming-actions/check-libraries@2.7.0
-        with:
-          credentials: "${{ secrets.CHARMHUB_TOKEN }}"
-          github-token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check_pr.yaml b/.github/workflows/check_pr.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index beaa1541a..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/check_pr.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2025 Canonical Ltd.
-# See LICENSE file for licensing details.
-name: Check pull request
-
-on:
-  pull_request:
-    types:
-      - opened
-      - labeled
-      - unlabeled
-      - edited
-    branches:
-      - main
-
-jobs:
-  check-pr:
-    name: Check pull request
-    uses: canonical/data-platform-workflows/.github/workflows/check_charm_pr.yaml@v31.0.0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 1d8b214a5..21f711320 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -2,10 +2,6 @@
 # See LICENSE file for licensing details.
 name: Tests
 
-concurrency:
-  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
-  cancel-in-progress: true
-
 on:
   pull_request:
   schedule:
@@ -18,46 +14,18 @@ on:
         value: ${{ jobs.build.outputs.artifact-prefix }}
 
 jobs:
-  lint:
-    name: Lint
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    timeout-minutes: 5
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Install tox & poetry
-        run: |
-          pipx install tox
-          pipx install poetry
-      - name: Run linters
-        run: tox run -e lint
-
-  unit-test:
-    name: Unit test charm
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04  # TODO: use ubuntu-latest after fixing pathlib issue on python 3.12
-    timeout-minutes: 20
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Install tox & poetry
-        run: |
-          pipx install tox
-          pipx install poetry
-      - name: Run tests
-        run: tox run -e unit
-
   build:
     name: Build charm
     uses: canonical/data-platform-workflows/.github/workflows/build_charm.yaml@v31.0.0
 
-  integration-test:
-    name: Integration test charm
+  release:
+    name: Release charm
     needs:
-      - lint
-      - unit-test
       - build
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/integration_test.yaml
+    uses: canonical/data-platform-workflows/.github/workflows/release_charm.yaml@v31.0.0
     with:
+      channel: 8.0/edge/test-refresh-v3-uncaught
       artifact-prefix: ${{ needs.build.outputs.artifact-prefix }}
-    permissions:
-      contents: write  # Needed for Allure Report
+      create-git-tags: false
+    secrets:
+      charmhub-token: ${{ secrets.CHARMHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/refresh_versions.toml b/refresh_versions.toml
index d852d9fdf..7e48d10e1 100644
--- a/refresh_versions.toml
+++ b/refresh_versions.toml
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ charm_major = 1
 workload = "8.0.41"
 
 # autogenerated
-charm = "8.0/1.0.0"
+charm = "8.0/1.3.0"
diff --git a/src/charm.py b/src/charm.py
index b1db808c9..f9aaafd8f 100755
--- a/src/charm.py
+++ b/src/charm.py
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ def __init__(self, *args) -> None:
             self._reconcile_allowed = False
         else:
             self._reconcile_allowed = True
+        raise Exception
 
     @property
     def _subordinate_relation_endpoint_names(self) -> typing.Optional[typing.Iterable[str]]: