Update release build workflow

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build wheels pkg
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip build
-          python -m build --sdist --wheel --outdir dist
+          python -m build --wheel --outdir dist
       - name: Publish a Python distribution to PyPI
         uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
         with:

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+# 0.17.x (Unreleased)
+
+## Packaging & Tests
+
+- Updated the release workflow to build wheels with `python -m build` instead of deprecated `setup.py`.
+
 # 0.16.0 (2026-02-09)
 
 ## New Features
@@ -28,7 +34,6 @@
     - `BalanceDF.model_matrix()` now accepts a `formula` argument to build
       custom model matrices without precomputing them manually.
 
-
 ## Bug Fixes
 
 - **Removed deprecated setup build**
@@ -55,6 +60,10 @@
     before calling these diagnostics, or catch the `ValueError` if all-zero
     weights are possible in your workflow.
 
+## Contributors
+
+@neuralsorcerer, @talgalili
+
 # 0.15.0 (2026-01-20)
 
 ## New Features