diff --git a/.bazelrc b/.bazelrc
index 5c70e99..333e7bb 100644
--- a/.bazelrc
+++ b/.bazelrc
@@ -28,13 +28,17 @@ common:windows --experimental_repository_downloader_retries=10
 build --verbose_failures
 test --test_output=errors
 
-# GCS remote caching config (Windows-only, active by default on Windows!)
-build:windows --remote_cache=https://storage.googleapis.com/windows-cel-python-remote-cache
-build:windows --google_default_credentials=true
+# GCS remote caching config (Linux-only, opt-in)
+build:remote-cache-linux --remote_cache=https://storage.googleapis.com/linux-cel-python-remote-cache
+build:remote-cache-linux --google_default_credentials=true
 
-# GCS remote caching config (macOS-only, active by default on macOS!)
-build:macos --remote_cache=https://storage.googleapis.com/macos-cel-python-remote-cache
-build:macos --google_default_credentials=true
+# GCS remote caching config (Windows-only, opt-in)
+build:remote-cache-windows --remote_cache=https://storage.googleapis.com/windows-cel-python-remote-cache
+build:remote-cache-windows --google_default_credentials=true
+
+# GCS remote caching config (macOS-only, opt-in)
+build:remote-cache-macos --remote_cache=https://storage.googleapis.com/macos-cel-python-remote-cache
+build:remote-cache-macos --google_default_credentials=true
 
 # Silence deprecation warnings from external dependencies (Linux and macOS)
 build:linux --cxxopt=-Wno-deprecated-declarations
diff --git a/release/kokoro/release_linux.cfg b/release/kokoro/release_linux.cfg
index a42e2e3..018c022 100644
--- a/release/kokoro/release_linux.cfg
+++ b/release/kokoro/release_linux.cfg
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ build_file: "cel-python/release/kokoro/release_linux.sh"
 timeout_mins: 120
 
 container_properties {
-  docker_image: "us-central1-docker.pkg.dev/kokoro-container-bakery/kokoro/ubuntu/ubuntu2204/ktcb:current"
+  docker_image: "mirror.gcr.io/library/ubuntu:24.04"
   docker_sibling_containers: true
 }
diff --git a/release/kokoro/release_linux.sh b/release/kokoro/release_linux.sh
index 5292ef6..ff27fa7 100755
--- a/release/kokoro/release_linux.sh
+++ b/release/kokoro/release_linux.sh
@@ -15,12 +15,42 @@
 
 set -e
 
+if ! command -v pip3 &> /dev/null || ! command -v curl &> /dev/null || ! command -v docker &> /dev/null; then
+  echo "Installing basic dependencies..."
+  apt-get update && apt-get install -y python3-pip curl
+
+  if ! command -v docker &> /dev/null; then
+    echo "Installing docker CLI..."
+    ARCH=$(uname -m)
+    if [ "$ARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
+      DOCKER_ARCH="x86_64"
+    elif [ "$ARCH" = "aarch64" ]; then
+      DOCKER_ARCH="aarch64"
+    else
+      echo "Unsupported arch: $ARCH"
+      exit 1
+    fi
+    curl -fsSL "https://download.docker.com/linux/static/stable/${DOCKER_ARCH}/docker-24.0.7.tgz" -o docker.tgz
+    tar xzvf docker.tgz --strip-components=1 docker/docker
+    mv docker /usr/local/bin/
+    rm -f docker.tgz
+  fi
+fi
+
 # Avoid virtualenv/pip trying to download/upgrade tools from PyPI on host
 export VIRTUALENV_NO_DOWNLOAD=1
 export PIP_DISABLE_PIP_VERSION_CHECK=1
+export PIP_BREAK_SYSTEM_PACKAGES=1
+export PIP_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT=60
+
+if [ "$(uname -m)" = "aarch64" ]; then
+  export CIBW_ARCHS="aarch64"
+else
+  export CIBW_ARCHS="x86_64"
+fi
 
 # Pass these environment variables to the cibuildwheel Docker container
-export CIBW_ENVIRONMENT="VIRTUALENV_NO_DOWNLOAD=1 PIP_DISABLE_PIP_VERSION_CHECK=1"
+export CIBW_ENVIRONMENT="VIRTUALENV_NO_DOWNLOAD=1 PIP_DISABLE_PIP_VERSION_CHECK=1 PIP_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT=120 CEL_BAZEL_FLAGS=--config=remote-cache-linux"
 export CIBW_DEPENDENCY_VERSIONS="latest"
 export CIBW_CONTAINER_ENGINE_EXTRA_ARGS="--network=host"
 
@@ -35,7 +65,10 @@ fi
 # cache. In a sandboxed build environment, writing to the default cache directory
 # (~/.cache/pip) can encounter permission/sandbox restrictions or lead to stale
 # dependency resolution. Disabling the cache ensures a reliable, reproducible install.
-pip install --no-cache-dir -U keyring keyrings.google-artifactregistry-auth twine cibuildwheel
+pip install --no-cache-dir -U keyring keyrings.google-artifactregistry-auth twine
+curl -fsSL https://github.com/pypa/cibuildwheel/archive/refs/tags/v4.1.0.tar.gz -o cibuildwheel-4.1.0.tar.gz
+pip install --no-cache-dir cibuildwheel-4.1.0.tar.gz
+rm -f cibuildwheel-4.1.0.tar.gz
 
 # ==============================================================================
 # FUTURE-PROOF RUNTIME PATCHING OF CIBUILDWHEEL
@@ -203,9 +236,19 @@ rm -rf cel_expr_python/*_test.py
 
 echo "Downloading bazelisk on host..."
 curl -LO https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazelisk/releases/download/v1.19.0/bazelisk-linux-amd64
-chmod +x bazelisk-linux-amd64
+curl -LO https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazelisk/releases/download/v1.19.0/bazelisk-linux-arm64
+chmod +x bazelisk-linux-amd64 bazelisk-linux-arm64
+
+echo "Downloading build dependencies on host..."
+mkdir -p build_deps
+pip download --no-cache-dir --only-binary=:all: --dest build_deps "setuptools>=40.8.0" "wheel"
+if [ "$(uname -m)" = "aarch64" ]; then
+  PLATFORM_SUFFIX="aarch64"
+else
+  PLATFORM_SUFFIX="x86_64"
+fi
+pip download --no-cache-dir --only-binary=:all: --dest build_deps --python-version 3.9 --platform "manylinux2014_${PLATFORM_SUFFIX}" "virtualenv" "typing-extensions>=4.13.2"
 
-# Check if pyproject.toml exists before running sed
 if [ -f pyproject.toml ]; then
   sed -i "" "s/\$VERSION/${VERSION}/g" pyproject.toml || sed -i "s/\$VERSION/${VERSION}/g" pyproject.toml
 fi
diff --git a/release/kokoro/release_macos.sh b/release/kokoro/release_macos.sh
index 71d4805..54b92fa 100644
--- a/release/kokoro/release_macos.sh
+++ b/release/kokoro/release_macos.sh
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ if [ -f pyproject.toml ]; then
   sed -i "" "s/\$VERSION/${VERSION}/g" pyproject.toml || sed -i "s/\$VERSION/${VERSION}/g" pyproject.toml
 fi
 
+export CEL_BAZEL_FLAGS="--config=remote-cache-macos"
+
 echo "Running cibuildwheel: ${CIBWHEEL_BIN}"
 # Default CIBWHEEL_BIN if not set
 if [ -z "${CIBWHEEL_BIN}" ]; then
diff --git a/release/kokoro/release_windows.bat b/release/kokoro/release_windows.bat
index 9f95c7e..75fc8fa 100644
--- a/release/kokoro/release_windows.bat
+++ b/release/kokoro/release_windows.bat
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
 set "RELEASE_STATUS=0"
 set "FETCH_RETRIES=10"
 set "FETCH_RETRY_DELAY_S=10"
+echo --- Installing Python 3.11 via Chocolatey ---
+choco install python311 -y --no-progress
+if !ERRORLEVEL! NEQ 0 (
+    echo WARNING: Failed to install Python 3.11 via Chocolatey.
+)
 
 echo === Loading Environment Configuration ===
 call "%~dp0set_env_windows.bat"
@@ -145,6 +150,7 @@ if !FETCH_STATUS! NEQ 0 (
 if exist fetch.log del fetch.log
 
 echo --- Running cibuildwheel ---
+set "CEL_BAZEL_FLAGS=--config=remote-cache-windows"
 if "%CIBWHEEL_BIN%" == "" (
     set "CIBWHEEL_BIN=!PYTHON_EXE! -m cibuildwheel"
 )
diff --git a/release/pyproject.toml b/release/pyproject.toml
index c6b322a..d7aa211 100644
--- a/release/pyproject.toml
+++ b/release/pyproject.toml
@@ -44,14 +44,18 @@ test-command = "python {project}/cel_basic_test.py"
 build-verbosity = 1
 
 [tool.cibuildwheel.linux]
+build-frontend = { name = "pip", args = ["--no-build-isolation"] }
+before-build = "pip install --no-index --find-links={project}/build_deps setuptools wheel virtualenv"
+archs = ["x86_64", "aarch64"]
 manylinux-x86_64-image = "manylinux_2_28"
+manylinux-aarch64-image = "manylinux_2_28"
 container-engine = "docker; disable_host_mount: True"
 # Google's internal Kokoro/RBE network uses a secure MITM proxy that resigns HTTPS
 # traffic with an internal Google CA. Since the public manylinux container does not
 # trust this CA, git fetches for external dependencies (like @cel-cpp) will fail
 # with SSL certificate errors. We disable http.sslVerify inside the container to
 # bypass this and allow Bazel to fetch SCM dependencies through the proxy.
-before-all = "git config --global http.sslVerify false && echo 'Installing bazelisk' && cp {project}/bazelisk-linux-amd64 /usr/local/bin/bazel"
+before-all = "git config --global http.sslVerify false && echo 'Installing bazelisk' && if [ $(uname -m) = 'aarch64' ]; then cp {project}/bazelisk-linux-arm64 /usr/local/bin/bazel; else cp {project}/bazelisk-linux-amd64 /usr/local/bin/bazel; fi && python3 -m pip install --no-index --find-links={project}/build_deps virtualenv"
 
 [tool.cibuildwheel.macos]
 archs = ["x86_64", "arm64"]
diff --git a/release/setup.py b/release/setup.py
index 09cfe81..e2d0962 100644
--- a/release/setup.py
+++ b/release/setup.py
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ def build_extension(self, ext):
     # Build with bazel
     # Use --compilation_mode=opt for release builds
     cmd = ['bazel', 'build', ext.target, '--compilation_mode=opt']
+    extra_flags = os.environ.get('CEL_BAZEL_FLAGS')
+    if extra_flags:
+      cmd.extend(extra_flags.split())
     if sys.platform == 'win32':
       self.platform_config_windows(cmd, python_version)
     if sys.platform == 'darwin':