diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index b897d49c50..cba4d15f88 100755
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -28,10 +28,11 @@ CMakeLists.txt                  @NVIDIA/cuvs-cmake-codeowners
 cpp/scripts/run-cmake-format.sh @NVIDIA/cuvs-cmake-codeowners
 
 #CI code owners
+/.coderabbit.yaml        @NVIDIA/adi-ci-codeowners
 /.github/                @NVIDIA/adi-ci-codeowners
-/ci/                     @NVIDIA/adi-ci-codeowners
 /.shellcheckrc           @NVIDIA/adi-ci-codeowners
-/.coderabbit.yaml        @NVIDIA/adi-ci-codeowners
+/.yamllint.yaml          @NVIDIA/adi-ci-codeowners
+/ci/                     @NVIDIA/adi-ci-codeowners
 
 #packaging code owners
 /.pre-commit-config.yaml @NVIDIA/adi-packaging-codeowners
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yaml b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
index 804c3cd877..c209d0c0ad 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: read
     secrets:
-        GPUTESTER_CRATES_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GPUTESTER_CRATES_TOKEN }}
+      GPUTESTER_CRATES_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GPUTESTER_CRATES_TOKEN }}
     uses: ./.github/workflows/publish-rust.yaml
   docs-build:
     if: github.ref_type == 'branch'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/labeler.yml b/.github/workflows/labeler.yml
index 6f1e52d8d7..502f673735 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/labeler.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/labeler.yml
@@ -3,15 +3,15 @@ name: "Pull Request Labeler"
 # incorrectly. These usages are ok and don't execute any PR-specific
 # code (and so aren't susceptible to exploits from forked PRs)
 on: # zizmor: ignore[dangerous-triggers]
-- pull_request_target
+  - pull_request_target
 
 jobs:
- triage:
-   runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-   permissions:
-     contents: read
-     pull-requests: write
-   steps:
-   - uses: actions/labeler@8558fd74291d67161a8a78ce36a881fa63b766a9 # v5
-     with:
-       repo-token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
+  triage:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      pull-requests: write
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/labeler@8558fd74291d67161a8a78ce36a881fa63b766a9 # v5
+        with:
+          repo-token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr.yaml b/.github/workflows/pr.yaml
index 2154fe74a7..12d2d7f8eb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr.yaml
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ jobs:
           - '!.github/workflows/trigger-breaking-change-alert.yaml'
           - '!.pre-commit-config.yaml'
           - '!.shellcheckrc'
+          - '!.yamllint.yaml'
           - '!Dockerfile'
           - '!SECURITY.md'
           - '!ci/build_wheel*.sh'
@@ -122,6 +123,7 @@ jobs:
           - '!.github/workflows/trigger-breaking-change-alert.yaml'
           - '!.pre-commit-config.yaml'
           - '!.shellcheckrc'
+          - '!.yamllint.yaml'
           - '!Dockerfile'
           - '!README.md'
           - '!SECURITY.md'
@@ -160,6 +162,7 @@ jobs:
           - '!.github/workflows/trigger-breaking-change-alert.yaml'
           - '!.pre-commit-config.yaml'
           - '!.shellcheckrc'
+          - '!.yamllint.yaml'
           - '!CODEOWNERS'
           - '!Dockerfile'
           - '!README.md'
@@ -209,6 +212,7 @@ jobs:
           - '!.github/workflows/update-c-abi-baseline.yaml'
           - '!.pre-commit-config.yaml'
           - '!.shellcheckrc'
+          - '!.yamllint.yaml'
           - '!ci/build_go.sh'
           - '!ci/build_java.sh'
           - '!ci/build_rust.sh'
@@ -251,6 +255,7 @@ jobs:
           - '!.github/workflows/trigger-breaking-change-alert.yaml'
           - '!.pre-commit-config.yaml'
           - '!.shellcheckrc'
+          - '!.yamllint.yaml'
           - '!ci/build_cpp.sh'
           - '!ci/build_docs.sh'
           - '!ci/build_go.sh'
@@ -298,6 +303,7 @@ jobs:
           - '!.github/workflows/trigger-breaking-change-alert.yaml'
           - '!.pre-commit-config.yaml'
           - '!.shellcheckrc'
+          - '!.yamllint.yaml'
           - '!CODEOWNERS'
           - '!Dockerfile'
           - '!README.md'
@@ -340,6 +346,7 @@ jobs:
           - '!.github/workflows/trigger-breaking-change-alert.yaml'
           - '!.pre-commit-config.yaml'
           - '!.shellcheckrc'
+          - '!.yamllint.yaml'
           - '!CODEOWNERS'
           - '!Dockerfile'
           - '!README.md'
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index aa65eec100..5b7a192fcf 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -2,205 +2,216 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 repos:
-      - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
-        rev: v6.0.0
-        hooks:
-              - id: check-json
-              - id: trailing-whitespace
-              - id: end-of-file-fixer
-              - id: check-symlinks
-              - id: check-xml
-      - repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/isort
-        rev: 5.12.0
-        hooks:
-              - id: isort
-                # Use the config file specific to each subproject so that each
-                # project can specify its own first/third-party packages.
-                args: ["--config-root=python/", "--resolve-all-configs"]
-                files: python/.*
-                types: [cython]
-      - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
-        rev: v0.14.3
-        hooks:
-              - id: ruff-check
-                args: [--fix]
-              - id: ruff-format
-      - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-mypy
-        rev: 'v1.19.1'
-        hooks:
-              - id: mypy
-                additional_dependencies: [types-cachetools]
-                args: ["--config-file=pyproject.toml",
-                       "python/cuvs/cuvs",
-                       "cpp/cmake/modules",
-                       "cpp/tests/python",
-                       "ci/checks"]
-                pass_filenames: false
-      - repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/pydocstyle
-        rev: 6.1.1
-        hooks:
-              - id: pydocstyle
-                # https://github.com/PyCQA/pydocstyle/issues/603
-                additional_dependencies: [toml]
-                args: ["--config=pyproject.toml"]
-      - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-clang-format
-        rev: v20.1.8
-        hooks:
-              - id: clang-format
-                types_or: [c, c++, cuda]
-                args: ["-fallback-style=none", "-style=file", "-i"]
-      - repo: local
-        hooks:
-              - id: no-deprecationwarning
-                name: no-deprecationwarning
-                description: 'Enforce that DeprecationWarning is not introduced (use FutureWarning instead)'
-                entry: '(category=|\s)DeprecationWarning[,)]'
-                language: pygrep
-                types_or: [python, cython]
-              - id: cmake-format
-                name: cmake-format
-                entry: ./cpp/scripts/run-cmake-format.sh cmake-format
-                language: python
-                types: [cmake]
-                exclude: .*/thirdparty/.*|.*FindAVX.cmake.*
-                # Note that pre-commit autoupdate does not update the versions
-                # of dependencies, so we'll have to update this manually.
-                additional_dependencies:
-                  - cmakelang==0.6.13
-                verbose: true
-                require_serial: true
-              - id: cmake-lint
-                name: cmake-lint
-                entry: ./cpp/scripts/run-cmake-format.sh cmake-lint
-                language: python
-                types: [cmake]
-                # Note that pre-commit autoupdate does not update the versions
-                # of dependencies, so we'll have to update this manually.
-                additional_dependencies:
-                  - cmakelang==0.6.13
-                verbose: true
-                require_serial: true
-                exclude: .*/thirdparty/.*
-              - id: include-check
-                name: include-check
-                entry: python ./cpp/scripts/include_checker.py cpp/bench cpp/include cpp/tests
-                pass_filenames: false
-                language: python
-                additional_dependencies: [gitpython]
-              - id: cargo-fmt
-                name: cargo-fmt
-                entry: cargo fmt --manifest-path rust/Cargo.toml --all
-                pass_filenames: false
-                files: rust/.*
-                language: rust
-              - id: clang-format-with-cmake-placeholders
-                name: clang-format-with-cmake-placeholders
-                entry: python3 ci/checks/clang_format_with_cmake_placeholders.py
-                language: python
-                additional_dependencies: [clang_format==20.1.8]
-                files: |
-                  (?x)
-                    [.](cpp|cu|hpp|cuh)[.]in$
-                # clang-format struggles with one of the placeholders in register_fatbin.cpp.in, so exclude it
-                exclude: |
-                  (?x)
-                    ^cpp/cmake/modules/register_fatbin[.]cpp[.]in$
-      - repo: https://github.com/codespell-project/codespell
-        rev: v2.4.1
-        hooks:
-              - id: codespell
-                additional_dependencies: [tomli]
-                args: ["--toml", "pyproject.toml"]
-                exclude: |
-                  (?x)
-                    ^CHANGELOG[.]md$|
-                    ^cpp/cmake/patches/cutlass/build-export[.]patch$|
-                    ^rust/cuvs-sys/src/bindings[.]rs$
-      - repo: https://github.com/rapidsai/pre-commit-hooks
-        rev: v1.6.0
-        hooks:
-          - id: verify-copyright
-            name: verify-copyright-cuvs
-            args: [--fix, --spdx]
-            files: |
-              (?x)
-                [.](cmake|c|cpp([.]in)?|cu([.]in)?|cuh([.]in)?|h|hpp([.]in)?|sh|pxd|py|pyx|rs|java)$|
-                CMakeLists[.]txt$|
-                CMakeLists_standalone[.]txt$|
-                meta[.]yaml$|
-                pyproject[.]toml$|
-                ^python/cuvs_bench/cuvs_bench/split_groundtruth/split_groundtruth[.]pl$|
-                Dockerfile$|
-                pom[.]xml$|
-                ^java/cuvs-java/src/assembly/native-with-deps[.]xml$|
-                ^java/docker-build/build-in-docker$|
-                ^java/docker-build/run-in-docker$|
-                ^[.]flake8$|
-                recipe[.]yaml$|
-                ^[.]pre-commit-config[.]yaml$
-            exclude: |
-              (?x)^(
-                docs/source/sphinxext/github_link[.]py$|
-                cpp/cmake/modules/FindAVX[.]cmake$|
-                cpp/src/neighbors/detail/faiss_distance_utils[.]h$|
-                cpp/src/distance/detail/fused_distance_nn/gemm[.]h$|
-                cpp/src/distance/detail/fused_distance_nn/epilogue[.]cuh$|
-                cpp/src/distance/detail/fused_distance_nn/predicated_tile_iterator_normvec_smem[.]h$|
-                cpp/src/distance/detail/fused_distance_nn/persistent_gemm[.]h$|
-                cpp/src/distance/detail/fused_distance_nn/epilogue_elementwise[.]cuh$|
-                cpp/src/distance/detail/fused_distance_nn/predicated_tile_iterator_reduced_vec[.]h$|
-                cpp/src/distance/detail/fused_distance_nn/custom_epilogue_with_broadcast[.]h$|
-                rust/cuvs-sys/src/bindings[.]rs$
-              )
-          - id: verify-copyright
-            name: verify-copyright-scikit-learn
-            args: [--fix, --spdx, "--spdx-license-identifier=Apache-2.0 AND BSD-3-Clause"]
-            files: |
-              (?x)^(
-                docs/source/sphinxext/github_link[.]py$
-              )
-          - id: verify-copyright
-            name: verify-copyright-cutlass
-            args: [--fix, --spdx, "--spdx-license-identifier=Apache-2.0 AND BSD-3-Clause"]
-            files: |
-              (?x)^(
-                cpp/src/distance/detail/fused_distance_nn/gemm[.]h$|
-                cpp/src/distance/detail/fused_distance_nn/epilogue[.]cuh$|
-                cpp/src/distance/detail/fused_distance_nn/predicated_tile_iterator_normvec_smem[.]h$|
-                cpp/src/distance/detail/fused_distance_nn/persistent_gemm[.]h$|
-                cpp/src/distance/detail/fused_distance_nn/epilogue_elementwise[.]cuh$|
-                cpp/src/distance/detail/fused_distance_nn/predicated_tile_iterator_reduced_vec[.]h$|
-                cpp/src/distance/detail/fused_distance_nn/custom_epilogue_with_broadcast[.]h$
-              )
-          - id: verify-copyright
-            name: verify-copyright-faiss
-            args: [--fix, --spdx, "--spdx-license-identifier=Apache-2.0 AND MIT"]
-            files: |
-              (?x)^(
-                cpp/src/neighbors/detail/faiss_distance_utils[.]h$
-              )
-          - id: verify-alpha-spec
-          - id: verify-codeowners
-            args: [--fix, --org=NVIDIA, --project-prefix=cuvs]
-          - id: verify-pyproject-license
-            # ignore the top-level pyproject.toml, which doesn't
-            # have or need a [project] table
-            exclude: |
-              (?x)
-                ^pyproject[.]toml$
-      - repo: https://github.com/rapidsai/dependency-file-generator
-        rev: v1.20.0
-        hooks:
-            - id: rapids-dependency-file-generator
-              args: ["--clean", "--warn-all", "--strict"]
-      - repo: https://github.com/shellcheck-py/shellcheck-py
-        rev: v0.10.0.1
-        hooks:
-          - id: shellcheck
-      - repo: https://github.com/zizmorcore/zizmor-pre-commit
-        rev: v1.24.1
-        hooks:
-          - id: zizmor
+  - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
+    rev: v6.0.0
+    hooks:
+      - id: check-json
+      - id: trailing-whitespace
+      - id: end-of-file-fixer
+      - id: check-symlinks
+      - id: check-xml
+  - repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/isort
+    rev: 5.12.0
+    hooks:
+      - id: isort
+        # Use the config file specific to each subproject so that each
+        # project can specify its own first/third-party packages.
+        args: ["--config-root=python/", "--resolve-all-configs"]
+        files: python/.*
+        types: [cython]
+  - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
+    rev: v0.14.3
+    hooks:
+      - id: ruff-check
+        args: [--fix]
+      - id: ruff-format
+  - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-mypy
+    rev: 'v1.19.1'
+    hooks:
+      - id: mypy
+        additional_dependencies: [types-cachetools]
+        args: ["--config-file=pyproject.toml",
+               "python/cuvs/cuvs",
+               "cpp/cmake/modules",
+               "cpp/tests/python",
+               "ci/checks"]
+        pass_filenames: false
+  - repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/pydocstyle
+    rev: 6.1.1
+    hooks:
+      - id: pydocstyle
+        # https://github.com/PyCQA/pydocstyle/issues/603
+        additional_dependencies: [toml]
+        args: ["--config=pyproject.toml"]
+  - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-clang-format
+    rev: v20.1.8
+    hooks:
+      - id: clang-format
+        types_or: [c, c++, cuda]
+        args: ["-fallback-style=none", "-style=file", "-i"]
+  - repo: local
+    hooks:
+      - id: no-deprecationwarning
+        name: no-deprecationwarning
+        description: 'Enforce that DeprecationWarning is not introduced (use FutureWarning instead)'
+        entry: '(category=|\s)DeprecationWarning[,)]'
+        language: pygrep
+        types_or: [python, cython]
+      - id: cmake-format
+        name: cmake-format
+        entry: ./cpp/scripts/run-cmake-format.sh cmake-format
+        language: python
+        types: [cmake]
+        exclude: .*/thirdparty/.*|.*FindAVX.cmake.*
+        # Note that pre-commit autoupdate does not update the versions
+        # of dependencies, so we'll have to update this manually.
+        additional_dependencies:
+          - cmakelang==0.6.13
+        verbose: true
+        require_serial: true
+      - id: cmake-lint
+        name: cmake-lint
+        entry: ./cpp/scripts/run-cmake-format.sh cmake-lint
+        language: python
+        types: [cmake]
+        # Note that pre-commit autoupdate does not update the versions
+        # of dependencies, so we'll have to update this manually.
+        additional_dependencies:
+          - cmakelang==0.6.13
+        verbose: true
+        require_serial: true
+        exclude: .*/thirdparty/.*
+      - id: include-check
+        name: include-check
+        entry: python ./cpp/scripts/include_checker.py cpp/bench cpp/include cpp/tests
+        pass_filenames: false
+        language: python
+        additional_dependencies: [gitpython]
+      - id: cargo-fmt
+        name: cargo-fmt
+        entry: cargo fmt --manifest-path rust/Cargo.toml --all
+        pass_filenames: false
+        files: rust/.*
+        language: rust
+      - id: clang-format-with-cmake-placeholders
+        name: clang-format-with-cmake-placeholders
+        entry: python3 ci/checks/clang_format_with_cmake_placeholders.py
+        language: python
+        additional_dependencies: [clang_format==20.1.8]
+        files: |
+          (?x)
+            [.](cpp|cu|hpp|cuh)[.]in$
+        # clang-format struggles with one of the placeholders in register_fatbin.cpp.in, so exclude it
+        exclude: |
+          (?x)
+            ^cpp/cmake/modules/register_fatbin[.]cpp[.]in$
+  - repo: https://github.com/codespell-project/codespell
+    rev: v2.4.1
+    hooks:
+      - id: codespell
+        additional_dependencies: [tomli]
+        args: ["--toml", "pyproject.toml"]
+        exclude: |
+          (?x)
+            ^CHANGELOG[.]md$|
+            ^cpp/cmake/patches/cutlass/build-export[.]patch$|
+            ^rust/cuvs-sys/src/bindings[.]rs$
+  - repo: https://github.com/rapidsai/pre-commit-hooks
+    rev: v1.6.0
+    hooks:
+      - id: verify-copyright
+        name: verify-copyright-cuvs
+        args: [--fix, --spdx]
+        files: |
+          (?x)
+            [.](cmake|c|cpp([.]in)?|cu([.]in)?|cuh([.]in)?|h|hpp([.]in)?|sh|pxd|py|pyx|rs|java)$|
+            CMakeLists[.]txt$|
+            CMakeLists_standalone[.]txt$|
+            meta[.]yaml$|
+            pyproject[.]toml$|
+            ^python/cuvs_bench/cuvs_bench/split_groundtruth/split_groundtruth[.]pl$|
+            Dockerfile$|
+            pom[.]xml$|
+            ^java/cuvs-java/src/assembly/native-with-deps[.]xml$|
+            ^java/docker-build/build-in-docker$|
+            ^java/docker-build/run-in-docker$|
+            ^[.]flake8$|
+            recipe[.]yaml$|
+            ^[.]pre-commit-config[.]yaml$
+        exclude: |
+          (?x)^(
+            docs/source/sphinxext/github_link[.]py$|
+            cpp/cmake/modules/FindAVX[.]cmake$|
+            cpp/src/neighbors/detail/faiss_distance_utils[.]h$|
+            cpp/src/distance/detail/fused_distance_nn/gemm[.]h$|
+            cpp/src/distance/detail/fused_distance_nn/epilogue[.]cuh$|
+            cpp/src/distance/detail/fused_distance_nn/predicated_tile_iterator_normvec_smem[.]h$|
+            cpp/src/distance/detail/fused_distance_nn/persistent_gemm[.]h$|
+            cpp/src/distance/detail/fused_distance_nn/epilogue_elementwise[.]cuh$|
+            cpp/src/distance/detail/fused_distance_nn/predicated_tile_iterator_reduced_vec[.]h$|
+            cpp/src/distance/detail/fused_distance_nn/custom_epilogue_with_broadcast[.]h$|
+            rust/cuvs-sys/src/bindings[.]rs$
+          )
+      - id: verify-copyright
+        name: verify-copyright-scikit-learn
+        args: [--fix, --spdx, "--spdx-license-identifier=Apache-2.0 AND BSD-3-Clause"]
+        files: |
+          (?x)^(
+            docs/source/sphinxext/github_link[.]py$
+          )
+      - id: verify-copyright
+        name: verify-copyright-cutlass
+        args: [--fix, --spdx, "--spdx-license-identifier=Apache-2.0 AND BSD-3-Clause"]
+        files: |
+          (?x)^(
+            cpp/src/distance/detail/fused_distance_nn/gemm[.]h$|
+            cpp/src/distance/detail/fused_distance_nn/epilogue[.]cuh$|
+            cpp/src/distance/detail/fused_distance_nn/predicated_tile_iterator_normvec_smem[.]h$|
+            cpp/src/distance/detail/fused_distance_nn/persistent_gemm[.]h$|
+            cpp/src/distance/detail/fused_distance_nn/epilogue_elementwise[.]cuh$|
+            cpp/src/distance/detail/fused_distance_nn/predicated_tile_iterator_reduced_vec[.]h$|
+            cpp/src/distance/detail/fused_distance_nn/custom_epilogue_with_broadcast[.]h$
+          )
+      - id: verify-copyright
+        name: verify-copyright-faiss
+        args: [--fix, --spdx, "--spdx-license-identifier=Apache-2.0 AND MIT"]
+        files: |
+          (?x)^(
+            cpp/src/neighbors/detail/faiss_distance_utils[.]h$
+          )
+      - id: verify-alpha-spec
+      - id: verify-codeowners
+        args: [--fix, --org=NVIDIA, --project-prefix=cuvs]
+      - id: verify-pyproject-license
+        # ignore the top-level pyproject.toml, which doesn't
+        # have or need a [project] table
+        exclude: |
+          (?x)
+            ^pyproject[.]toml$
+  - repo: https://github.com/rapidsai/dependency-file-generator
+    rev: v1.20.0
+    hooks:
+      - id: rapids-dependency-file-generator
+        args: ["--clean", "--warn-all", "--strict"]
+  - repo: https://github.com/shellcheck-py/shellcheck-py
+    rev: v0.10.0.1
+    hooks:
+      - id: shellcheck
+  - repo: https://github.com/adrienverge/yamllint
+    rev: v1.38.0
+    hooks:
+      - id: yamllint
+        additional_dependencies: [pyyaml]
+        exclude: |
+          (?x)^(
+            conda/environments/.*|
+            cpp/[.]clang-format$|
+            cpp/[.]clang-tidy$
+          )
+  - repo: https://github.com/zizmorcore/zizmor-pre-commit
+    rev: v1.24.1
+    hooks:
+      - id: zizmor
 
 default_language_version:
-      python: python3
+  python: python3
diff --git a/.yamllint.yaml b/.yamllint.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ba2cbe1669
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.yamllint.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2026, NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+extends: default
+
+rules:
+  anchors:
+    forbid-undeclared-aliases: true
+    forbid-duplicated-anchors: true
+    forbid-unused-anchors: true
+  braces:
+    forbid: false
+    min-spaces-inside: 0
+    # allow 1 space for jinja templating in conda recipes
+    max-spaces-inside: 1
+    min-spaces-inside-empty: -1
+    max-spaces-inside-empty: -1
+  brackets: enable
+  colons:
+    max-spaces-before: 0
+    max-spaces-after: 1
+  commas:
+    max-spaces-before: 0
+    min-spaces-after: 1
+    max-spaces-after: 1
+  comments: disable
+  comments-indentation: disable
+  document-end: disable
+  document-start: disable
+  key-duplicates:
+    forbid-duplicated-merge-keys: true
+  line-length: disable
+  truthy:
+    allowed-values: ['false', 'true']
+    # having problematic value in keys is rare... and also
+    # GitHub Actions' choie of 'on:' triggers this check
+    # ref: https://github.com/adrienverge/yamllint/issues/430
+    check-keys: false
diff --git a/conda/recipes/cuvs-bench-cpu/recipe.yaml b/conda/recipes/cuvs-bench-cpu/recipe.yaml
index baf8fcfbc0..fc57688dd4 100644
--- a/conda/recipes/cuvs-bench-cpu/recipe.yaml
+++ b/conda/recipes/cuvs-bench-cpu/recipe.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ context:
   head_rev: '${{ git.head_rev(".")[:8] }}'
   linux64: ${{ linux and x86_64 }}
   py_abi_min: ${{ env.get("RAPIDS_PY_VERSION") }}
-  py_buildstring : ${{ py_abi_min | version_to_buildstring }}
+  py_buildstring: ${{ py_abi_min | version_to_buildstring }}
   py_runtime_latest: "3.14"
 
 package:
diff --git a/conda/recipes/cuvs-bench/recipe.yaml b/conda/recipes/cuvs-bench/recipe.yaml
index a2c5f2426a..ece9235a33 100644
--- a/conda/recipes/cuvs-bench/recipe.yaml
+++ b/conda/recipes/cuvs-bench/recipe.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ context:
   date_string: '${{ env.get("RAPIDS_DATE_STRING") }}'
   head_rev: '${{ git.head_rev(".")[:8] }}'
   py_abi_min: ${{ env.get("RAPIDS_PY_VERSION") }}
-  py_buildstring : ${{ py_abi_min | version_to_buildstring }}
+  py_buildstring: ${{ py_abi_min | version_to_buildstring }}
   py_runtime_latest: "3.14"
 
 package:
diff --git a/conda/recipes/cuvs/recipe.yaml b/conda/recipes/cuvs/recipe.yaml
index 2b2cca67cb..4a32b9f8d2 100644
--- a/conda/recipes/cuvs/recipe.yaml
+++ b/conda/recipes/cuvs/recipe.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ context:
   date_string: '${{ env.get("RAPIDS_DATE_STRING") }}'
   head_rev: '${{ git.head_rev(".")[:8] }}'
   py_abi_min: ${{ env.get("RAPIDS_PY_VERSION") }}
-  py_buildstring : ${{ py_abi_min | version_to_buildstring }}
+  py_buildstring: ${{ py_abi_min | version_to_buildstring }}
   py_runtime_latest: "3.14"
 
 package:
diff --git a/conda/recipes/libcuvs/recipe.yaml b/conda/recipes/libcuvs/recipe.yaml
index 1041dd074a..b8ebd8ebec 100644
--- a/conda/recipes/libcuvs/recipe.yaml
+++ b/conda/recipes/libcuvs/recipe.yaml
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ outputs:
       dynamic_linking:
         overlinking_behavior: "error"
       prefix_detection:
-        ignore_binary_files: True
+        ignore_binary_files: true
       script:
         content: |
           cmake --install cpp/build --component cuvs_cpp_headers
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ outputs:
       dynamic_linking:
         overlinking_behavior: "error"
       prefix_detection:
-        ignore_binary_files: True
+        ignore_binary_files: true
       script:
         content: |
           cmake --install cpp/build --component cuvs
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ outputs:
       dynamic_linking:
         overlinking_behavior: "error"
       prefix_detection:
-        ignore_binary_files: True
+        ignore_binary_files: true
       script:
         content: |
           cmake --install cpp/build --component cuvs_static
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ outputs:
       dynamic_linking:
         overlinking_behavior: "error"
       prefix_detection:
-        ignore_binary_files: True
+        ignore_binary_files: true
     requirements:
       build:
         - cmake ${{ cmake_version }}
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ outputs:
       dynamic_linking:
         overlinking_behavior: "error"
       prefix_detection:
-        ignore_binary_files: True
+        ignore_binary_files: true
       script:
         content: |
           # Remove `-fdebug-prefix-map` line from CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS so the
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ outputs:
       dynamic_linking:
         overlinking_behavior: "error"
       prefix_detection:
-        ignore_binary_files: True
+        ignore_binary_files: true
     requirements:
       build:
         - cmake ${{ cmake_version }}
diff --git a/dependencies.yaml b/dependencies.yaml
index d9221076c8..b9d1fd6eae 100644
--- a/dependencies.yaml
+++ b/dependencies.yaml
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ dependencies:
     common:
       - output_types: [conda, requirements, pyproject]
         packages:
-          - &numpy numpy>=2.0,<3.0
+          - numpy>=2.0,<3.0
   test_python_common:
     common:
       - output_types: [conda, requirements, pyproject]
diff --git a/python/cuvs_bench/cuvs_bench/config/algos/cuvs_cagra_hnswlib.yaml b/python/cuvs_bench/cuvs_bench/config/algos/cuvs_cagra_hnswlib.yaml
index 0635022909..f64f06225d 100644
--- a/python/cuvs_bench/cuvs_bench/config/algos/cuvs_cagra_hnswlib.yaml
+++ b/python/cuvs_bench/cuvs_bench/config/algos/cuvs_cagra_hnswlib.yaml
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@ groups:
       hierarchy: ["none", "cpu"]
       ef_construction: [64]
     search:
-      ef: [10,20]
+      ef: [10, 20]
diff --git a/python/cuvs_bench/cuvs_bench/config/algos/faiss_cpu_hnsw_flat.yaml b/python/cuvs_bench/cuvs_bench/config/algos/faiss_cpu_hnsw_flat.yaml
index 403cd29e91..f453392e66 100644
--- a/python/cuvs_bench/cuvs_bench/config/algos/faiss_cpu_hnsw_flat.yaml
+++ b/python/cuvs_bench/cuvs_bench/config/algos/faiss_cpu_hnsw_flat.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ groups:
       M: [16, 32]
       efConstruction: [32, 64, 128, 256, 512]
     search:
-      bounded_queue: [False, True]
-      check_relative_distance: [False, True]
+      bounded_queue: [false, true]
+      check_relative_distance: [false, true]
       efSearch: [8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 768, 1024]
diff --git a/python/cuvs_bench/cuvs_bench/config/algos/faiss_cpu_ivf_flat.yaml b/python/cuvs_bench/cuvs_bench/config/algos/faiss_cpu_ivf_flat.yaml
index 6e11df8d70..d5a3f4a868 100644
--- a/python/cuvs_bench/cuvs_bench/config/algos/faiss_cpu_ivf_flat.yaml
+++ b/python/cuvs_bench/cuvs_bench/config/algos/faiss_cpu_ivf_flat.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ groups:
     build:
       nlist: [2048]
       ratio: [10]
-      useFloat16: [False]
+      useFloat16: [false]
     search:
       nprobe: [1, 5, 10, 50, 100, 200]
       refine_ratio: [1]
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ groups:
     build:
       nlist: [2048]
       ratio: [10]
-      useFloat16: [False]
+      useFloat16: [false]
     search:
       nprobe: [1, 5]
       refine_ratio: [1]
diff --git a/python/cuvs_bench/cuvs_bench/config/algos/faiss_gpu_cagra.yaml b/python/cuvs_bench/cuvs_bench/config/algos/faiss_gpu_cagra.yaml
index 47a92e3d20..b74715dea0 100644
--- a/python/cuvs_bench/cuvs_bench/config/algos/faiss_gpu_cagra.yaml
+++ b/python/cuvs_bench/cuvs_bench/config/algos/faiss_gpu_cagra.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ groups:
       cagra_build_algo: ["NN_DESCENT"]
     search:
       itopk: [32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 768, 1024]
-      search_width: [1 ,2 ,4 ,8, 16, 32]
+      search_width: [1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32]
       max_iterations: [16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 64, 128]
   test:
     build:
diff --git a/python/cuvs_bench/cuvs_bench/config/algos/faiss_gpu_cagra_hnsw.yaml b/python/cuvs_bench/cuvs_bench/config/algos/faiss_gpu_cagra_hnsw.yaml
index 097a20aa32..2baedf0ff5 100644
--- a/python/cuvs_bench/cuvs_bench/config/algos/faiss_gpu_cagra_hnsw.yaml
+++ b/python/cuvs_bench/cuvs_bench/config/algos/faiss_gpu_cagra_hnsw.yaml
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ groups:
       graph_degree: [32, 64]
       intermediate_graph_degree: [64, 128]
       cagra_build_algo: ["NN_DESCENT"]
-      base_level_only: [False, True]
+      base_level_only: [false, true]
     search:
       efSearch: [16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 768, 1024]
diff --git a/python/cuvs_bench/cuvs_bench/config/algos/faiss_gpu_ivf_flat.yaml b/python/cuvs_bench/cuvs_bench/config/algos/faiss_gpu_ivf_flat.yaml
index 148121ec3f..423882a693 100644
--- a/python/cuvs_bench/cuvs_bench/config/algos/faiss_gpu_ivf_flat.yaml
+++ b/python/cuvs_bench/cuvs_bench/config/algos/faiss_gpu_ivf_flat.yaml
@@ -4,34 +4,34 @@ groups:
     build:
       nlist: [1024, 2048, 4096]
       ratio: [4]
-      use_cuvs: [False]
+      use_cuvs: [false]
     search:
       nprobe: [1, 5, 10, 50, 100, 200]
   basecuvs:
     build:
       nlist: [1024, 2048, 4096]
       ratio: [4]
-      use_cuvs: [True]
+      use_cuvs: [true]
     search:
       nprobe: [1, 5, 10, 50, 100, 200]
   large:
     build:
       nlist: [8192, 16384, 32768]
       ratio: [4]
-      use_cuvs: [False]
+      use_cuvs: [false]
     search:
       nprobe: [10, 20, 30, 50, 100, 200, 500, 1000]
   largecuvs:
     build:
       nlist: [8192, 16384, 32768]
       ratio: [4]
-      use_cuvs: [True]
+      use_cuvs: [true]
     search:
       nprobe: [10, 20, 30, 50, 100, 200, 500, 1000]
   test:
     build:
       nlist: [1024]
       ratio: [4]
-      use_cuvs: [False]
+      use_cuvs: [false]
     search:
       nprobe: [1, 5]
diff --git a/python/cuvs_bench/cuvs_bench/config/algos/faiss_gpu_ivf_pq.yaml b/python/cuvs_bench/cuvs_bench/config/algos/faiss_gpu_ivf_pq.yaml
index a533ff6d8c..c34ff29384 100644
--- a/python/cuvs_bench/cuvs_bench/config/algos/faiss_gpu_ivf_pq.yaml
+++ b/python/cuvs_bench/cuvs_bench/config/algos/faiss_gpu_ivf_pq.yaml
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ groups:
       nlist: [1024, 2048, 4096]
       M: [96, 64]
       ratio: [4]
-      usePrecomputed: [True]
-      useFloat16: [True]
-      use_cuvs: [False]
+      usePrecomputed: [true]
+      useFloat16: [true]
+      use_cuvs: [false]
       bitsPerCode: [8]
     search:
       nprobe: [10, 20, 50, 100, 200]
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ groups:
       nlist: [1024, 2048, 4096]
       M: [96, 64]
       ratio: [4]
-      usePrecomputed: [False]
-      useFloat16: [False]
-      use_cuvs: [True]
+      usePrecomputed: [false]
+      useFloat16: [false]
+      use_cuvs: [true]
       bitsPerCode: [8, 6, 5, 4]
     search:
       nprobe: [10, 20, 50, 100, 200]
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ groups:
       nlist: [8192, 16384, 32768]
       M: [96, 48, 32]
       ratio: [4]
-      usePrecomputed: [False]
-      useFloat16: [False, True]
-      use_cuvs: [False]
+      usePrecomputed: [false]
+      useFloat16: [false, true]
+      use_cuvs: [false]
       bitsPerCode: [8]
     search:
       nprobe: [20, 30, 50, 100, 200, 500, 1000]
@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@ groups:
       nlist: [8192, 16384, 32768]
       M: [96, 48, 32]
       ratio: [4]
-      usePrecomputed: [False]
-      useFloat16: [False]
-      use_cuvs: [True]
+      usePrecomputed: [false]
+      useFloat16: [false]
+      use_cuvs: [true]
       bitsPerCode: [8, 6, 5, 4]
     search:
       nprobe: [20, 30, 50, 100, 200, 500, 1000]
@@ -56,9 +56,9 @@ groups:
       nlist: [8192, 16384, 32768]
       M: [96, 48]
       ratio: [10]
-      usePrecomputed: [False, True]
-      useFloat16: [True]
-      use_cuvs: [False]
+      usePrecomputed: [false, true]
+      useFloat16: [true]
+      use_cuvs: [false]
       bitsPerCode: [8]
     search:
       nprobe: [20, 30, 40, 50, 100, 200, 500, 1000]
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ groups:
       nlist: [8192, 16384, 50000, 100000]
       M: [96, 48]
       ratio: [10]
-      useFloat16: [False, True]
-      use_cuvs: [True]
+      useFloat16: [false, true]
+      use_cuvs: [true]
       bitsPerCode: [8, 6, 5, 4]
     search:
       nprobe: [20, 30, 40, 50, 100, 200, 500, 1000]
@@ -79,9 +79,9 @@ groups:
       nlist: [1024]
       M: [96]
       ratio: [4]
-      usePrecomputed: [True]
-      useFloat16: [True]
-      use_cuvs: [False]
+      usePrecomputed: [true]
+      useFloat16: [true]
+      use_cuvs: [false]
       bitsPerCode: [8]
     search:
       nprobe: [10]