diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index a3ffd9a8..ed88c698 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
   lint:
     timeout-minutes: 10
     name: lint
-    runs-on: ${{ github.repository == 'stainless-sdks/writer-python' && 'depot-ubuntu-24.04' || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
+    runs-on: ${{ startsWith(github.repository, 'stainless-sdks/') && 'depot-ubuntu-24.04' || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
     if: (github.event_name == 'push' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork) && (github.event_name != 'push' || github.event.head_commit.message != 'codegen metadata')
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: read
       id-token: write
-    runs-on: ${{ github.repository == 'stainless-sdks/writer-python' && 'depot-ubuntu-24.04' || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
+    runs-on: ${{ startsWith(github.repository, 'stainless-sdks/') && 'depot-ubuntu-24.04' || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
 
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ jobs:
   test:
     timeout-minutes: 10
     name: test
-    runs-on: ${{ github.repository == 'stainless-sdks/writer-python' && 'depot-ubuntu-24.04' || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
+    runs-on: ${{ startsWith(github.repository, 'stainless-sdks/') && 'depot-ubuntu-24.04' || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
     if: github.event_name == 'push' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index f7e9ba85..11ea3a2e 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "3.0.1-rc1"
+  ".": "3.1.0-rc1"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3d42ceb9..2527e1e9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 3.1.0-rc1 (2026-07-17)
+
+Full Changelog: [v3.0.1-rc1...v3.1.0-rc1](https://github.com/writer/writer-python/compare/v3.0.1-rc1...v3.1.0-rc1)
+
+### Features
+
+* **stlc:** configurable CI runner and private-production-repo support in workflow templates ([0f7b7ff](https://github.com/writer/writer-python/commit/0f7b7ff8229f80d3347633316bdeee99f628bef9))
+
 ## 3.0.1-rc1 (2026-07-13)
 
 Full Changelog: [v3.0.0...v3.0.1-rc1](https://github.com/writer/writer-python/compare/v3.0.0...v3.0.1-rc1)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b8f322e0..88eded22 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "writer-sdk"
-version = "3.0.1-rc1"
+version = "3.1.0-rc1"
 description = "The official Python library for the writer API"
 dynamic = ["readme"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/src/writerai/_version.py b/src/writerai/_version.py
index 2faa4d69..50d67512 100644
--- a/src/writerai/_version.py
+++ b/src/writerai/_version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # File generated from our OpenAPI spec by Stainless. See CONTRIBUTING.md for details.
 
 __title__ = "writerai"
-__version__ = "3.0.1-rc1"  # x-release-please-version
+__version__ = "3.1.0-rc1"  # x-release-please-version