diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-cibuildwheel.yml b/.github/workflows/run-cibuildwheel.yml
index 46b0aaa..ae85615 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-cibuildwheel.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-cibuildwheel.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ on:
         default: false
         type: boolean
 
+env:
+  CIBW_VERSION: "4.1.0"
+
 jobs:
   generate-wheels-matrix:
     # Create a matrix of all architectures & versions to build.
@@ -23,11 +26,13 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
       include: ${{ steps.set-matrix.outputs.include }}
+    env:
+      CIBW_SKIP: cp38-*
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v7
       - name: Install cibuildwheel
       # Nb. keep cibuildwheel version pin consistent with job below
-        run: pipx install cibuildwheel==3.2.1
+        run: pipx install cibuildwheel==${{ env.CIBW_VERSION }}
       - id: set-matrix
         # Trimmed out setupmatrix for just windows but I might look at compiling other oses just for fun
         # to let others test what it would be like if uvloop supported windows. It's very tempting...
@@ -46,6 +51,8 @@ jobs:
     name: Build wheels for ${{ matrix.only }}
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     needs: generate-wheels-matrix
+    env:
+      CIBW_SKIP: cp38-*
     strategy:
       fail-fast: ${{ inputs.fail-fast }}
       matrix:
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index f7f8b19..a08ccce 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ repos:
               .*\.pyx\.c
           )$
         args:
-          - --ignore-words-list=asince,bu,hist,nd,noe,ot,te,ue,wan,wile,ans,crate,cas,trough,conection,exection,fo,ist,nam,no,onot,pres,ser,set,start,uint,axcept,alloc,ba,cycl,fulllist,indx,isin,inout,les,ls,mut,nin,releated,sice,splited,unser,vas,wether,assertin,asend
+          - --ignore-words-list=assertin, asend
 
   - repo: https://github.com/MarcoGorelli/cython-lint
     rev: v0.16.0
diff --git a/LICENSE-APACHE b/LICENSE-APACHE
index e3f3b32..416304f 100644
--- a/LICENSE-APACHE
+++ b/LICENSE-APACHE
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Copyright (C) 2023-present Vizonex, the winloop authors and winloop contributors.
+Copyright (C) 2023-present Vizonex, the Winloop authors and Winloop contributors.
 
                                  Apache License
                            Version 2.0, January 2004
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ Copyright (C) 2023-present Vizonex, the winloop authors and winloop contributors
       same "printed page" as the copyright notice for easier
       identification within third-party archives.
 
-   Copyright (C) 2023-present Vizonex, the winloop authors and winloop contributors.
+   Copyright (C) 2023-present Vizonex, the Winloop authors and Winloop contributors.
 
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/LICENSE-MIT b/LICENSE-MIT
index 81a2d0b..cf64f9d 100644
--- a/LICENSE-MIT
+++ b/LICENSE-MIT
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 The MIT License
 
-Copyright (C) 2023-present Vizonex , winloop authors and the winloop contributors.
+Copyright (C) 2023-present Vizonex, Winloop authors and the Winloop contributors.
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal