diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9ec6528997c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+name: Build
+on: workflow_dispatch
+jobs:
+  build:
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os: [macos-12, ubuntu-latest, windows-latest]
+
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out SimpleFC repository (Windows)
+        if: matrix.os == 'windows-latest'
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          repository: mazinsw/SimpleFC
+      - name: Build SimpleFC NSIS Plugin (Windows)
+        if: matrix.os == 'windows-latest'
+        run: |
+          copy "bin\x86-unicode\SimpleFC.dll" "C:\Program Files (x86)\NSIS\Plugins\x86-unicode\SimpleFC.dll"
+      - name: Check out nsProcess repository (Windows)
+        if: matrix.os == 'windows-latest'
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          repository: simdsoft/nsProcess
+          submodules: 'true'
+      - name: Add msbuild to PATH (Windows)
+        if: matrix.os == 'windows-latest'
+        uses: microsoft/setup-msbuild@v2
+      - name: Build nsProcess NSIS Plugin (Windows)
+        if: matrix.os == 'windows-latest'
+        run: |
+          cd nsProcess
+          msbuild nsProcess.vcxproj /p:PlatformToolset=v143 /p:Configuration="Release UNICODE"
+          copy "Release UNICODE\nsProcess.dll" "C:\Program Files (x86)\NSIS\Plugins\x86-unicode\nsProcess.dll"
+          cd ../Include
+          copy nsProcess.nsh "C:\Program Files (x86)\NSIS\Include\nsProcess.nsh"
+      - name: Check-out repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          submodules: 'true'
+          fetch-tags: 'true'
+      - name: Setup Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.10'
+          cache: 'pip'
+          cache-dependency-path: |
+            **/requirements-build.txt
+      - name: Install Dependencies
+        run: |
+          pip install --upgrade -r requirements-build.txt
+      - name: Setup npm
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+      - name: Build npm
+        run: |
+          cd src/tribler/ui/
+          npm install
+          npm run build
+      - name: Determine tag
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          git fetch --tags
+          git for-each-ref --count=1 --sort=-creatordate --format '%(refname)' refs/tags > raw_tag.txt
+          echo "GITHUB_TAG=$(git name-rev --tags --name-only $(cat raw_tag.txt))" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - name: Build Executables (Ubuntu)
+        if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get install -y --allow-downgrades alien cpio=2.13+dfsg-7 devscripts fakeroot gir1.2-gtk-4.0 rpm
+          ./build/debian/makedist_debian.sh
+      - name: Build Executables (MacOS-12)
+        if: matrix.os == 'macos-12'
+        run: |
+          ./build/mac/makedist_macos.sh
+      - uses: actions/cache/restore@v4
+        if: matrix.os == 'windows-latest'
+        id: restore_cache
+        with:
+          path: src/libsodium.dll
+          key: cache_libsodium_dll
+      - name: Build Executables (Windows)
+        if: matrix.os == 'windows-latest'
+        run: |
+          ./build/win/makedist_win.bat
+      - name: Upload Artifacts
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: ${{ runner.os }} Build
+          path: |
+            dist/*.exe
+            dist/*.dmg
+            build/debian/*.deb
diff --git a/build/debian/makedist_debian.sh b/build/debian/makedist_debian.sh
index 70e7f884a05..cc0d6be344b 100755
--- a/build/debian/makedist_debian.sh
+++ b/build/debian/makedist_debian.sh
@@ -2,53 +2,28 @@
 set -x # print all commands
 set -e # exit when any command fails
 
-LOG_LEVEL=${LOG_LEVEL:-"DEBUG"}
-
-if [[ ! -d build/debian ]]; then
-  echo "Please run this script from project root as:\n./build/debian/makedist_debian.sh"
-fi
-
 rm -rf build/tribler
 rm -rf dist/tribler
 rm -rf build/debian/tribler/usr/share/tribler
 
-if [ ! -z "$VENV" ]; then
-  echo "Setting venv to $VENV"
-  source $VENV/bin/activate
-else
-  echo "Creating a new venv"
-  python3 -m venv build-env
-  . ./build-env/bin/activate
-fi
-
 # ----- Install dependencies before the build
-python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
-python3 -m pip install --upgrade -r requirements-build.txt
+python3 -m pip install --upgrade PyGObject
 
 # ----- Update version
-python3 ./build/update_version.py -r .
-python3 ./build/debian/update_metainfo.py -r .
-
-# ----- Build UI
-pushd .
-cd src/tribler/ui/
-npm install
-npm run build
-popd
+python3 ./build/debian/update_metainfo.py
 
 # ----- Build binaries
-echo Building Tribler using Cx_Freeze
 python3 setup.py build
 
 # ----- Build dpkg
 cp -r ./dist/tribler ./build/debian/tribler/usr/share/tribler
 
-TRIBLER_VERSION=$(head -n 1 .TriblerVersion) # read the first line only
-
 # Compose the changelog
 cd ./build/debian/tribler
 
-dch -v $TRIBLER_VERSION "New release"
-dch -v $TRIBLER_VERSION "See https://github.com/Tribler/tribler/releases/tag/$TRIBLER_VERSION for more info"
+export DEBEMAIL="info@tribler.org"
+export DEBFULLNAME="Tribler"
+dch -v $GITHUB_TAG "New release"
+dch -v $GITHUB_TAG "See https://github.com/Tribler/tribler/releases/tag/$GITHUB_TAG for more info"
 
 dpkg-buildpackage -b -rfakeroot -us -uc
diff --git a/build/debian/tribler/debian/changelog b/build/debian/tribler/debian/changelog
index b944f3dc060..f5c934425da 100644
--- a/build/debian/tribler/debian/changelog
+++ b/build/debian/tribler/debian/changelog
@@ -1,20 +1,22 @@
 tribler (7.0.0) unstable; urgency=medium
 
-    * New release
-    * See https://github.com/Tribler/tribler/releases/tag/v7.0.0 for more info.
+  * New release
+  * See https://github.com/Tribler/tribler/releases/tag/v7.0.0 for more info.
+
+ -- Tribler <info@tribler.org>  Thu, 25 Jan 2018 12:31:00 +0100
 
 tribler (6.5.2) unstable; urgency=medium
 
-    * New release
-    * See https://github.com/Tribler/tribler/releases/tag/v6.5.2 for more info.
-    * See https://github.com/Tribler/tribler/releases/tag/v6.5.1 for more info.
+  * New release
+  * See https://github.com/Tribler/tribler/releases/tag/v6.5.2 for more info.
+  * See https://github.com/Tribler/tribler/releases/tag/v6.5.1 for more info.
 
  -- whirm <whirm@whirm.eu>  Fri, 13 May 2016 12:04:44 +0200
 
 tribler (6.5.0) unstable; urgency=medium
 
-    * New release
-    * See https://github.com/Tribler/tribler/releases/tag/v6.5.0 for more info.
+  * New release
+  * See https://github.com/Tribler/tribler/releases/tag/v6.5.0 for more info.
 
  -- whirm <whirm@whirm.eu>  Fri, 12 Feb 2016 11:24:43 +0100
 
diff --git a/build/debian/update_metainfo.py b/build/debian/update_metainfo.py
index 114623e154a..b48733c80dc 100644
--- a/build/debian/update_metainfo.py
+++ b/build/debian/update_metainfo.py
@@ -1,37 +1,12 @@
-import logging
-import time
-import xml.etree.ElementTree as xml
-from argparse import ArgumentParser
-from pathlib import Path
-
-import defusedxml.ElementTree as defxml
-
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
-
-
-def parse_arguments():
-    parser = ArgumentParser(description='Update Tribler metainfo.xml')
-    parser.add_argument('-r', '--repo', type=str, help='path to a repository folder', default='.')
-    return parser.parse_args()
-
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    arguments = parse_arguments()
-
-    version = Path('.TriblerVersion').read_text().lstrip('v').rstrip('\n')
-
-    release_info = {
-        'version': version,
-        'date': time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d", time.localtime())
-    }
-
-    logger.info(f'Release info: {release_info}')
-    metainfo_xml = Path(arguments.repo) / 'build/debian/tribler/usr/share/metainfo/org.tribler.Tribler.metainfo.xml'
-
-    xml_dom = defxml.parse(metainfo_xml)
-    releases = xml_dom.getroot().find('releases')
-    release = xml.SubElement(releases, 'release', release_info)
-
-    xml_dom.write(metainfo_xml, encoding='utf-8', xml_declaration=True)
-    logger.info(f'Content of metainfo.xml: {metainfo_xml.read_text()}')
+from os import getenv
+from time import localtime, strftime
+from xml.etree.ElementTree import SubElement, parse
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    metainfo_xml = "build/debian/tribler/usr/share/metainfo/org.tribler.Tribler.metainfo.xml"
+    tree = parse(metainfo_xml)
+    root = tree.getroot()
+    releases_tag = root.find("releases")
+    releases_tag.append(SubElement(releases_tag, "release", {"version": getenv("GITHUB_TAG"),
+                                                             "date": strftime("%Y-%m-%d", localtime())}))
+    tree.write(metainfo_xml, encoding="utf-8", xml_declaration=True)
diff --git a/build/mac/env.sh b/build/mac/env.sh
index fdacb237c10..2f80ff69ca9 100755
--- a/build/mac/env.sh
+++ b/build/mac/env.sh
@@ -3,28 +3,11 @@ set -x # print all commands
 set -e # exit when any command fails
 
 export APPNAME=Tribler
+export DMGNAME="Tribler-$GITHUB_TAG"
+
 export LOG_LEVEL=${LOG_LEVEL:-"DEBUG"}
 export BUILD_ENV=${BUILD_ENV:-"venv"}
 
-PRE_BUILD_INSTRUCTIONS=$(cat <<-END
-  git describe --tags | python -c "import sys; print(next(sys.stdin).lstrip('v'))" > .TriblerVersion
-  git rev-parse HEAD > .TriblerCommit
-
-  export TRIBLER_VERSION=\$(head -n 1 .TriblerVersion)
-  python3 ./build/update_version.py -r .
-END
-)
-
-if [ ! -f .TriblerVersion ]; then
-  echo "No .TriblerVersion file found, run the following commands:"
-  echo "$PRE_BUILD_INSTRUCTIONS"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-if [ -e .TriblerVersion ]; then
-    export DMGNAME="Tribler-$(cat .TriblerVersion)"
-fi
-
 # Directories
 export DIST_DIR=dist
 export INSTALL_DIR=$DIST_DIR/installdir
diff --git a/build/mac/makedist_macos.sh b/build/mac/makedist_macos.sh
index 46727beda0a..5fed30ed32d 100755
--- a/build/mac/makedist_macos.sh
+++ b/build/mac/makedist_macos.sh
@@ -7,27 +7,10 @@ set -e # exit when any command fails
 
 source ./build/mac/env.sh
 
-# ----- Clean up
-/bin/rm -rf $DIST_DIR
-
-# ----- Prepare venv & install dependencies before the build
-
-python3 -m venv "${BUILD_ENV}"
-. "${BUILD_ENV}"/bin/activate
-python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
-python3 -m pip install --upgrade -r requirements-build.txt
-
-# ----- Build UI
-
-pushd .
-cd src/tribler/ui/
-npm install
-npm run build
-rm -rf node_modules
-popd
+# ----- Clean UI
+rm -rf src/tribler/ui/node_modules
 
 # ----- Build
-
 pyinstaller tribler.spec --log-level="${LOG_LEVEL}"
 
 mkdir -p $INSTALL_DIR
diff --git a/build/update_version.py b/build/update_version.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 198cca051fb..00000000000
--- a/build/update_version.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-import logging
-import os
-from argparse import ArgumentParser
-from pathlib import Path
-from time import ctime
-
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
-
-
-def parse_arguments():
-    parser = ArgumentParser(description='Update Tribler Version')
-    parser.add_argument('-r', '--repo', type=str, help='path to a repository folder', default='.')
-    return parser.parse_args()
-
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    arguments = parse_arguments()
-    logger.info(f'Arguments: {arguments}')
-
-    ref_name = Path('.TriblerVersion').read_text().rstrip('\n')
-    logger.info(f'Tribler tag: {ref_name}')
-
-    commit = Path('.TriblerCommit').read_text().rstrip('\n')
-    logger.info(f'Git Commit: {commit}')
-
-    build_time = ctime()
-    logger.info(f'Build time: {build_time}')
-
-    sentry_url = os.environ.get('SENTRY_URL', None)
-    logger.info(f'Sentry URL (hash): {hash(sentry_url)}')
-    if sentry_url is None:
-        logger.critical('Sentry url is not defined. To define sentry url use:'
-                        'EXPORT SENTRY_URL=<sentry_url>\n'
-                        'If you want to disable sentry, then define the following:'
-                        'EXPORT SENTRY_URL=')
-        exit(1)
-
-    version_py = Path(arguments.repo) / 'src/tribler/core/version.py'
-    logger.info(f'Write info to: {version_py}')
-    version_py.write_text(
-        f'version_id = "{ref_name}"\n'
-        f'build_date = "{build_time}"\n'
-        f'commit_id = "{commit}"\n'
-        f'sentry_url = "{sentry_url}"\n'
-    )
-
diff --git a/build/win/build.py b/build/win/build.py
index d4b5c80a657..a39a532cda5 100644
--- a/build/win/build.py
+++ b/build/win/build.py
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ def get_freeze_build_options():
     included_files = [
         ("src/tribler/ui/public", "lib/tribler/ui/public"),
         ("src/tribler/ui/dist", "lib/tribler/ui/dist"),
-
         ("src/tribler/core", "tribler_source/tribler/core"),
         ("src/tribler/ui/public", "tribler_source/tribler/ui/public"),
         ("src/tribler/ui/dist", "tribler_source/tribler/ui/dist"),
@@ -91,7 +90,6 @@ def get_freeze_build_options():
     if platform.system() == 'Linux':
         _setup_options["build_exe"]["bin_includes"] = "libffi.so"
 
-
     app_name = "Tribler" if sys.platform != "linux" else "tribler"
     app_script = "src/tribler/run.py"
     app_icon_path = "build/win/resources/tribler.ico" if sys.platform == "win32" else "build/mac/resources/tribler.icns"
diff --git a/build/win/clean.bat b/build/win/clean.bat
deleted file mode 100644
index 4291d61f156..00000000000
--- a/build/win/clean.bat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-rmdir /S /Q dist
-del /S /Q *.pyc
diff --git a/build/win/makedist_win.bat b/build/win/makedist_win.bat
index 4cc22b965eb..72920d0365c 100644
--- a/build/win/makedist_win.bat
+++ b/build/win/makedist_win.bat
@@ -22,35 +22,8 @@ IF NOT EXIST %NSIS% (
   EXIT /b
 )
 
-REM ----- Clean up
-
-call build\win\clean.bat
-
-REM ----- Prepare venv & install dependencies before the build
-if defined VENV (
-  call "%VENV%\Scripts\activate.bat"
-) else (
-  echo VENV environment variable is not set. Skipping.
-)
-
-call python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
-call python3 -m pip install --upgrade -r requirements-build.txt
-
-REM ----- Build UI
-pushd .
-cd src/tribler/ui/
-call npm install
-call npm run build
-popd
-
 REM ----- Build
 
-REM Arno: When adding files here, make sure tribler.nsi actually
-REM packs them in the installer .EXE
-
-ECHO Install pip dependencies for correct py-installer's work
-call python3 -m pip install --upgrade -r build\win\requirements.txt
-
 REM Sandip 2024-03-22: Deprecated, we are not using PyInstaller anymore because of issue with False Malware detections.
 REM %PYTHONHOME%\Scripts\pyinstaller.exe tribler.spec --log-level=%LOG_LEVEL% || exit /b
 ECHO Building Tribler using Cx_Freeze
@@ -64,15 +37,10 @@ REM copy Tribler\Main\Build\Win\tribler.exe.manifest dist\tribler
 mkdir dist\tribler\tools
 copy build\win\tools\reset*.bat dist\tribler\tools
 
-REM Laurens, 2016-04-20: Copy the redistributables of 2008, 2012 and 2015 to the install dir
-REM Sandip, 2019-10-24: redistributables 2008, 2012 are not necessary anymore
-REM copy C:\build\vc_redist_110.exe dist\tribler
-copy C:\build\vc_redist_140.exe dist\tribler
-
 REM Copy various libraries required on runtime (libsodium and openssl)
-copy C:\build\libsodium.dll dist\tribler\lib
+move src\libsodium.dll dist\tribler\lib
 REM Sandip, 2024-03-26: Some openssl dlls are missing so need to be copied manually.
-copy C:\build\openssl\*.dll dist\tribler\lib
+copy C:\Program Files\OpenSSL\bin\*.dll dist\tribler\lib
 
 
 @echo Running NSIS
@@ -86,7 +54,7 @@ if not defined SKIP_SIGNING_TRIBLER_BINARIES (
     signtool.exe sign /f C:\build\certs\certificate.pfx /p "%PASSWORD%" /d "Tribler" /t "http://timestamp.digicert.com" tribler.exe
 )
 :makeinstaller
-%NSIS% tribler.nsi || exit /b
+%NSIS% /DVERSION=%GITHUB_TAG% tribler.nsi || exit /b
 move Tribler_*.exe ..
 cd ..
 REM Arno: Sign installer
diff --git a/build/win/replace_nsi.py b/build/win/replace_nsi.py
deleted file mode 100644
index bb35d758c99..00000000000
--- a/build/win/replace_nsi.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-import logging
-from argparse import ArgumentParser
-from pathlib import Path
-
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
-
-
-def parse_arguments():
-    parser = ArgumentParser(description='Update Tribler NSI')
-    parser.add_argument('-r', '--repo', type=str, help='path to a repository folder', default='.')
-    parser.add_argument('-a', '--architecture', type=str, help='architecture (x86 or x64)', default='x86')
-    return parser.parse_args()
-
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    arguments = parse_arguments()
-
-    version = Path('.TriblerVersion').read_text().lstrip('v').rstrip('\n')
-    tribler_nsi = Path(arguments.repo) / 'build/win/resources/tribler.nsi'
-    content = tribler_nsi.read_text()
-
-    content = content.replace('__GIT__', version)
-    if arguments.architecture == 'x64':
-        content = content.replace('x86', 'x64')
-        content = content.replace('"32"', '"64"')
-        content = content.replace('$PROGRAMFILES', '$PROGRAMFILES64')
-
-    tribler_nsi.write_text(content)
-
-    logger.info(f'Content of tribler.nsi: {content}')
-
diff --git a/build/win/requirements.txt b/build/win/requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 0e568918991..00000000000
--- a/build/win/requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
---no-binary :all:
-
-typing_extensions==4.2.0
-pydantic==1.9.0
diff --git a/build/win/resources/torrenticon.ico b/build/win/resources/torrenticon.ico
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..aaea20ee79f
Binary files /dev/null and b/build/win/resources/torrenticon.ico differ
diff --git a/build/win/resources/tribler.nsi b/build/win/resources/tribler.nsi
index 447090ce756..f28895f8079 100644
--- a/build/win/resources/tribler.nsi
+++ b/build/win/resources/tribler.nsi
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
 !define PRODUCT "Tribler"
-; Laurens, 2016-03-14: The __GIT__ string will be replaced by update_version_from_git.py
-; with the current version of the build.
-!define VERSION "__GIT__"
-; Laurens, 2016-03-14: The _x86 will be replaced by _x64 if needed in update_version_from_git.py
 !define BITVERSION "x86"
 
 !include "MUI2.nsh"
@@ -68,7 +64,7 @@ BrandingText "${PRODUCT}"
 ;--------------------------------
 ;Modern UI Configuration
 
-!define MUI_ICON "tribler_source\resources\tribler.ico"
+!define MUI_ICON "..\..\build\win\resources\tribler.ico"
 !define MUI_COMPONENTSPAGE_SMALLDESC
 !define MUI_ABORTWARNING
 
@@ -122,14 +118,16 @@ Section "!Main EXE" SecMain
     ; ExecWait "$INSTDIR\vc_redist_110.exe /q /norestart"
 
     ; Libraries dependant on 2015 are: Python, Qt5
-    File vc_redist_140.exe
-    ExecWait "$INSTDIR\vc_redist_140.exe /q /norestart"
+    File "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\VC\Redist\MSVC\v143\vc_redist.x64.exe"
+    ExecWait "$INSTDIR\vc_redist.x64.exe /q /norestart"
 
     FileOpen $9 "$INSTDIR\tribler.exe.log" w
     FileWrite $9 ""
     FileClose $9
-    AccessControl::GrantOnFile "$INSTDIR\tribler.exe.log" "(BU)" "FullAccess"
-    AccessControl::GrantOnFile "$INSTDIR\tribler.exe.log" "(S-1-5-32-545)" "FullAccess"
+    Exec 'icacls "$INSTDIR\tribler.exe.log" /grant *BU:F'
+    #AccessControl::GrantOnFile "$INSTDIR\tribler.exe.log" "(BU)" "FullAccess"
+    Exec 'icacls "$INSTDIR\tribler.exe.log" /grant *S-1-5-32-545:F'
+    #AccessControl::GrantOnFile "$INSTDIR\tribler.exe.log" "(S-1-5-32-545)" "FullAccess"
 
     ; End
     SetOutPath "$INSTDIR"
@@ -179,14 +177,14 @@ Section "Make Default For .torrent" SecDefaultTorrent
     WriteRegBin HKCR bittorrent EditFlags 00000100
     WriteRegStr HKCR "bittorrent\shell" "" open
     WriteRegStr HKCR "bittorrent\shell\open\command" "" '"$INSTDIR\${PRODUCT}.exe" "%1"'
-    WriteRegStr HKCR "bittorrent\DefaultIcon" "" "$INSTDIR\Tribler\Main\vwxGUI\images\torrenticon.ico"
+    WriteRegStr HKCR "bittorrent\DefaultIcon" "" "$INSTDIR\tribler_source\resources\torrenticon.ico"
 SectionEnd
 
 
 Section "Make Default For magnet://" SecDefaultMagnet
     WriteRegStr HKCR "magnet" "" "URL: Magnet Link Protocol"
     WriteRegStr HKCR "magnet" "URL Protocol" ""
-    WriteRegStr HKCR "magnet\DefaultIcon" "" "$INSTDIR\Tribler\Main\vwxGUI\images\torrenticon.ico"
+    WriteRegStr HKCR "magnet\DefaultIcon" "" "$INSTDIR\tribler_source\resources\torrenticon.ico"
     WriteRegStr HKCR "magnet\shell\open\command" "" '"$INSTDIR\${PRODUCT}.exe" "%1"'
     WriteRegStr HKLM "SOFTWARE\Classes\magnet\shell\open\command" "" '"$INSTDIR\${PRODUCT}.exe" "%1"'
 SectionEnd
@@ -199,9 +197,7 @@ SectionEnd
 !insertmacro MUI_DESCRIPTION_TEXT ${SecDesk} $(DESC_SecDesk)
 !insertmacro MUI_DESCRIPTION_TEXT ${SecStart} $(DESC_SecStart)
 !insertmacro MUI_DESCRIPTION_TEXT ${SecDefaultTorrent} $(DESC_SecDefaultTorrent)
-!insertmacro MUI_DESCRIPTION_TEXT ${SecDefaultTStream} $(DESC_SecDefaultTStream)
 !insertmacro MUI_DESCRIPTION_TEXT ${SecDefaultMagnet} $(DESC_SecDefaultMagnet)
-!insertmacro MUI_DESCRIPTION_TEXT ${SecDefaultPpsp} $(DESC_SecDefaultPpsp)
 !insertmacro MUI_FUNCTION_DESCRIPTION_END
 
 ;--------------------------------
diff --git a/requirements-build.txt b/requirements-build.txt
index cf088a6f22a..0a9dca929f6 100644
--- a/requirements-build.txt
+++ b/requirements-build.txt
@@ -1,19 +1,7 @@
-# These are specific versions of the packages that are used for making the build work.
-# These are installed before other dependencies.
-PyQt5==5.15.10
-PyQt5-sip==12.13.0
-pyqtgraph==0.13.3
-
 -r requirements.txt
 
-cx_Freeze==7.0.0; sys_platform != 'darwin'
-PyInstaller==6.6.0; sys_platform == 'darwin'
-
-setuptools==65.5.1; sys_platform == 'darwin'
-text-unidecode==1.3; sys_platform == 'darwin'
-
-defusedxml==0.7.1; sys_platform == 'linux2' or sys_platform == 'linux'
-markupsafe==2.0.1; sys_platform == 'linux2' or sys_platform == 'linux'
-PyGObject==3.44.1; sys_platform == 'linux2' or sys_platform == 'linux'
+cx_Freeze; sys_platform != 'darwin'
+PyInstaller; sys_platform == 'darwin'
 
-requests==2.31.0
+setuptools
+requests
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2bc3deed6ea..e5e2f1b3ceb 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,26 +5,12 @@
 import shutil
 from pathlib import Path
 
+from packaging.version import Version
 from setuptools import find_packages
 
 from build.win.build import setup, setup_executables, setup_options
 
 
-def read_version_from_file(file_path: str) -> str:
-    """
-    Get the version from the file at the given file path.
-    """
-    with open(file_path, encoding="utf-8") as file:
-        file_content = file.read()
-    # Use regular expression to find the version pattern
-    version_match = re.search(r"^version_id = ['\"]([^'\"]*)['\"]", file_content, re.M)
-    if version_match:
-        version_str = version_match.group(1)
-        return version_str.split("-")[0]
-    msg = "Unable to find version string."
-    raise RuntimeError(msg)
-
-
 def read_requirements(file_name: str, directory: str = ".") -> list[str]:
     """
     Read the pip requirements from the given file name in the given directory.
@@ -54,19 +40,14 @@ def read_requirements(file_name: str, directory: str = ".") -> list[str]:
 # See: entry_points={"gui_scripts": ["tribler=tribler.run:main"]} in setup() below.
 shutil.copy("src/run_tribler.py", "src/tribler/run.py")
 
-# Read the version from the version file: src/tribler/core/version.py
-# Note that, for version.py to include the correct version, it should be generated first using git commands.
-# For example:
-#    git describe --tags | python -c "import sys; print(next(sys.stdin).lstrip("v"))" > .TriblerVersion
-#    git rev-parse HEAD > .TriblerCommit
-# Then, the version.py file can be generated using the following command:
-#    python build/update_version.py
-version_file = os.path.join("src", "tribler", "core", "version.py")
-version = read_version_from_file(version_file)
+# Turn the tag into a sequence of integer values and normalize into a period-separated string.
+raw_version = os.getenv("GITHUB_TAG")
+version_numbers = [str(value) for value in map(int, re.findall(r"\d+", raw_version))]
+version = Version(".".join(version_numbers))
 
 setup(
     name="tribler",
-    version=version,
+    version=str(version),
     description="Privacy enhanced BitTorrent client with P2P content discovery",
     long_description=Path("README.rst").read_text(encoding="utf-8"),
     long_description_content_type="text/x-rst",
diff --git a/tribler.spec b/tribler.spec
index f5fc58e4321..6d0d7a1ebd6 100644
--- a/tribler.spec
+++ b/tribler.spec
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 # -*- mode: python -*-
+from packaging.version import Version
+
 block_cipher = None
 import imp
 import os
-import pkgutil
+import re
 import shutil
 import sys
 
@@ -20,9 +22,10 @@ sys.path.append(pyipv8_dir)
 # Import components that are not imported by the main script
 import tribler.core.components as known_components
 
-from tribler.core.version import version_id
-
-version_str = version_id.split('-')[0]
+# Turn the tag into a sequence of integer values and normalize into a period-separated string.
+raw_version = os.getenv("GITHUB_TAG")
+version_numbers = [str(value) for value in map(int, re.findall(r"\d+", raw_version))]
+version_str = str(Version(".".join(version_numbers)))
 
 # On macOS, we always show the console to prevent the double-dock bug (although the OS does not actually show the console).
 # See https://github.com/Tribler/tribler/issues/3817