diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
index 1a9140bd..791ee91f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   build:
     env:
-      MDBOOK_VERSION: 0.4.51
+      MDBOOK_VERSION: 0.5.1
       RUN_BLACKSMITH: 1
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index b65b1289..636b1c4d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@ jobs:
     name: test
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
-      MDBOOK_VERSION: 0.4.51
+      MDBOOK_VERSION: 0.5.1
       RUN_BLACKSMITH: 1
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Install mdbook
         run: curl -sSL https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook/releases/download/v${MDBOOK_VERSION}/mdbook-v${MDBOOK_VERSION}-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz | tar -xz
-      - name: Install mdbook-linkcheck
-        run: cargo install mdbook-linkcheck@0.7.7 --locked
+      - name: Install mdbook-linkcheck2
+        run: cargo install mdbook-linkcheck2@0.11.0 --locked
       - name: Check blacksmith format
         run: cargo fmt --check --manifest-path=blacksmith/Cargo.toml
       - name: Build book
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 84b76448..f30ff89e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ mdbook serve
 ## Link checking
 
 On CI, we automatically check if all intra-doc links in the Forge Markdown files are valid. If you would like to
-perform this check locally, install `mdbook-linkcheck` using `cargo install mdbook-linkcheck@0.7.7 --locked` and then
+perform this check locally, install `mdbook-linkcheck2` using `cargo install mdbook-linkcheck2@0.11.0 --locked` and then
 simply run `mdbook build` or `mdbook serve`.
 
 ## Blacksmith
diff --git a/blacksmith/Cargo.lock b/blacksmith/Cargo.lock
index 8f45bc4d..3e2e8043 100644
--- a/blacksmith/Cargo.lock
+++ b/blacksmith/Cargo.lock
@@ -26,76 +26,11 @@ dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "android-tzdata"
-version = "0.1.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e999941b234f3131b00bc13c22d06e8c5ff726d1b6318ac7eb276997bbb4fef0"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "android_system_properties"
-version = "0.1.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "819e7219dbd41043ac279b19830f2efc897156490d7fd6ea916720117ee66311"
-dependencies = [
- "libc",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "anstream"
-version = "0.6.19"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "301af1932e46185686725e0fad2f8f2aa7da69dd70bf6ecc44d6b703844a3933"
-dependencies = [
- "anstyle",
- "anstyle-parse",
- "anstyle-query",
- "anstyle-wincon",
- "colorchoice",
- "is_terminal_polyfill",
- "utf8parse",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "anstyle"
-version = "1.0.11"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "862ed96ca487e809f1c8e5a8447f6ee2cf102f846893800b20cebdf541fc6bbd"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "anstyle-parse"
-version = "0.2.7"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4e7644824f0aa2c7b9384579234ef10eb7efb6a0deb83f9630a49594dd9c15c2"
-dependencies = [
- "utf8parse",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "anstyle-query"
-version = "1.1.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6c8bdeb6047d8983be085bab0ba1472e6dc604e7041dbf6fcd5e71523014fae9"
-dependencies = [
- "windows-sys 0.59.0",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "anstyle-wincon"
-version = "3.0.9"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "403f75924867bb1033c59fbf0797484329750cfbe3c4325cd33127941fabc882"
-dependencies = [
- "anstyle",
- "once_cell_polyfill",
- "windows-sys 0.59.0",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "anyhow"
-version = "1.0.98"
+version = "1.0.100"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e16d2d3311acee920a9eb8d33b8cbc1787ce4a264e85f964c2404b969bdcd487"
+checksum = "a23eb6b1614318a8071c9b2521f36b424b2c83db5eb3a0fead4a6c0809af6e61"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "autocfg"
@@ -136,26 +71,6 @@ version = "2.9.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1b8e56985ec62d17e9c1001dc89c88ecd7dc08e47eba5ec7c29c7b5eeecde967"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "block-buffer"
-version = "0.10.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3078c7629b62d3f0439517fa394996acacc5cbc91c5a20d8c658e77abd503a71"
-dependencies = [
- "generic-array",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "bstr"
-version = "1.12.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "234113d19d0d7d613b40e86fb654acf958910802bcceab913a4f9e7cda03b1a4"
-dependencies = [
- "memchr",
- "regex-automata",
- "serde",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "bumpalo"
 version = "3.18.1"
@@ -183,61 +98,6 @@ version = "1.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "baf1de4339761588bc0619e3cbc0120ee582ebb74b53b4efbf79117bd2da40fd"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "chrono"
-version = "0.4.41"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c469d952047f47f91b68d1cba3f10d63c11d73e4636f24f08daf0278abf01c4d"
-dependencies = [
- "android-tzdata",
- "iana-time-zone",
- "num-traits",
- "windows-link",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "clap"
-version = "4.5.39"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "fd60e63e9be68e5fb56422e397cf9baddded06dae1d2e523401542383bc72a9f"
-dependencies = [
- "clap_builder",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "clap_builder"
-version = "4.5.39"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "89cc6392a1f72bbeb820d71f32108f61fdaf18bc526e1d23954168a67759ef51"
-dependencies = [
- "anstream",
- "anstyle",
- "clap_lex",
- "strsim",
- "terminal_size",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "clap_complete"
-version = "4.5.52"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1a554639e42d0c838336fc4fbedb9e2df3ad1fa4acda149f9126b4ccfcd7900f"
-dependencies = [
- "clap",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "clap_lex"
-version = "0.7.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f46ad14479a25103f283c0f10005961cf086d8dc42205bb44c46ac563475dca6"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "colorchoice"
-version = "1.0.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b05b61dc5112cbb17e4b6cd61790d9845d13888356391624cbe7e41efeac1e75"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "core-foundation"
 version = "0.9.4"
@@ -254,101 +114,6 @@ version = "0.8.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "773648b94d0e5d620f64f280777445740e61fe701025087ec8b57f45c791888b"
 
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-name = "cpufeatures"
-version = "0.2.17"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "59ed5838eebb26a2bb2e58f6d5b5316989ae9d08bab10e0e6d103e656d1b0280"
-dependencies = [
- "libc",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "crypto-common"
-version = "0.1.6"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1bfb12502f3fc46cca1bb51ac28df9d618d813cdc3d2f25b9fe775a34af26bb3"
-dependencies = [
- "generic-array",
- "typenum",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "darling"
-version = "0.20.11"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "fc7f46116c46ff9ab3eb1597a45688b6715c6e628b5c133e288e709a29bcb4ee"
-dependencies = [
- "darling_core",
- "darling_macro",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "darling_core"
-version = "0.20.11"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0d00b9596d185e565c2207a0b01f8bd1a135483d02d9b7b0a54b11da8d53412e"
-dependencies = [
- "fnv",
- "ident_case",
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "strsim",
- "syn",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "darling_macro"
-version = "0.20.11"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "fc34b93ccb385b40dc71c6fceac4b2ad23662c7eeb248cf10d529b7e055b6ead"
-dependencies = [
- "darling_core",
- "quote",
- "syn",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "derive_builder"
-version = "0.20.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "507dfb09ea8b7fa618fcf76e953f4f5e192547945816d5358edffe39f6f94947"
-dependencies = [
- "derive_builder_macro",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "derive_builder_core"
-version = "0.20.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2d5bcf7b024d6835cfb3d473887cd966994907effbe9227e8c8219824d06c4e8"
-dependencies = [
- "darling",
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "derive_builder_macro"
-version = "0.20.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ab63b0e2bf4d5928aff72e83a7dace85d7bba5fe12dcc3c5a572d78caffd3f3c"
-dependencies = [
- "derive_builder_core",
- "syn",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "digest"
-version = "0.10.7"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9ed9a281f7bc9b7576e61468ba615a66a5c8cfdff42420a70aa82701a3b1e292"
-dependencies = [
- "block-buffer",
- "crypto-common",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "displaydoc"
 version = "0.2.5"
@@ -369,16 +134,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "env_filter"
-version = "0.1.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "186e05a59d4c50738528153b83b0b0194d3a29507dfec16eccd4b342903397d0"
-dependencies = [
- "log",
- "regex",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "env_logger"
 version = "0.10.2"
@@ -392,19 +147,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "termcolor",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "env_logger"
-version = "0.11.8"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "13c863f0904021b108aa8b2f55046443e6b1ebde8fd4a15c399893aae4fa069f"
-dependencies = [
- "anstream",
- "anstyle",
- "env_filter",
- "jiff",
- "log",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "equivalent"
 version = "1.0.2"
@@ -505,16 +247,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "slab",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "generic-array"
-version = "0.14.7"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "85649ca51fd72272d7821adaf274ad91c288277713d9c18820d8499a7ff69e9a"
-dependencies = [
- "typenum",
- "version_check",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "getrandom"
 version = "0.3.3"
@@ -552,27 +284,11 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "handlebars"
-version = "6.3.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "759e2d5aea3287cb1190c8ec394f42866cb5bf74fcbf213f354e3c856ea26098"
-dependencies = [
- "derive_builder",
- "log",
- "num-order",
- "pest",
- "pest_derive",
- "serde",
- "serde_json",
- "thiserror",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "hashbrown"
-version = "0.15.4"
+version = "0.16.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5971ac85611da7067dbfcabef3c70ebb5606018acd9e2a3903a0da507521e0d5"
+checksum = "5419bdc4f6a9207fbeba6d11b604d481addf78ecd10c11ad51e76c2f6482748d"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hermit-abi"
@@ -580,12 +296,6 @@ version = "0.5.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f154ce46856750ed433c8649605bf7ed2de3bc35fd9d2a9f30cddd873c80cb08"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "hex"
-version = "0.4.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7f24254aa9a54b5c858eaee2f5bccdb46aaf0e486a595ed5fd8f86ba55232a70"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "http"
 version = "0.2.12"
@@ -663,30 +373,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio-native-tls",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "iana-time-zone"
-version = "0.1.63"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b0c919e5debc312ad217002b8048a17b7d83f80703865bbfcfebb0458b0b27d8"
-dependencies = [
- "android_system_properties",
- "core-foundation-sys",
- "iana-time-zone-haiku",
- "js-sys",
- "log",
- "wasm-bindgen",
- "windows-core",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "iana-time-zone-haiku"
-version = "0.1.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f31827a206f56af32e590ba56d5d2d085f558508192593743f16b2306495269f"
-dependencies = [
- "cc",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "icu_collections"
 version = "2.0.0"
@@ -773,12 +459,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "zerovec",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "ident_case"
-version = "1.0.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b9e0384b61958566e926dc50660321d12159025e767c18e043daf26b70104c39"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "idna"
 version = "1.0.3"
@@ -802,9 +482,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "indexmap"
-version = "2.9.0"
+version = "2.12.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "cea70ddb795996207ad57735b50c5982d8844f38ba9ee5f1aedcfb708a2aa11e"
+checksum = "6717a8d2a5a929a1a2eb43a12812498ed141a0bcfb7e8f7844fbdbe4303bba9f"
 dependencies = [
  "equivalent",
  "hashbrown",
@@ -827,42 +507,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "is_terminal_polyfill"
-version = "1.70.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7943c866cc5cd64cbc25b2e01621d07fa8eb2a1a23160ee81ce38704e97b8ecf"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "itoa"
 version = "1.0.15"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "4a5f13b858c8d314ee3e8f639011f7ccefe71f97f96e50151fb991f267928e2c"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "jiff"
-version = "0.2.14"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a194df1107f33c79f4f93d02c80798520551949d59dfad22b6157048a88cca93"
-dependencies = [
- "jiff-static",
- "log",
- "portable-atomic",
- "portable-atomic-util",
- "serde",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "jiff-static"
-version = "0.2.14"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6c6e1db7ed32c6c71b759497fae34bf7933636f75a251b9e736555da426f6442"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "js-sys"
 version = "0.3.77"
@@ -898,44 +548,43 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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 [[package]]
-name = "mdbook"
-version = "0.4.51"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a87e65420ab45ca9c1b8cdf698f95b710cc826d373fa550f0f7fad82beac9328"
+name = "mdbook-blacksmith"
+version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
- "anyhow",
- "chrono",
- "clap",
- "clap_complete",
- "env_logger 0.11.8",
- "handlebars",
- "hex",
+ "env_logger",
  "log",
- "memchr",
- "opener",
- "pulldown-cmark",
+ "mdbook-preprocessor",
  "regex",
+ "reqwest",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
- "sha2",
- "shlex",
- "tempfile",
- "toml 0.5.11",
- "topological-sort",
+ "toml 0.8.23",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "mdbook-blacksmith"
-version = "0.1.0"
+name = "mdbook-core"
+version = "0.5.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2ef8430ec21b88489dfffd90c0fb9bd3eab96bf7642ef0cab74754b9d2e5b7f6"
 dependencies = [
- "env_logger 0.10.2",
- "log",
- "mdbook",
+ "anyhow",
  "regex",
- "reqwest",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
- "toml 0.8.23",
+ "toml 0.9.8",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "mdbook-preprocessor"
+version = "0.5.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "01f84f2b2ef3ccf2c6dd71255f9d90912cce7d5a5aa32899d033003d2c71f84d"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "mdbook-core",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -987,39 +636,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tempfile",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "normpath"
-version = "1.3.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c8911957c4b1549ac0dc74e30db9c8b0e66ddcd6d7acc33098f4c63a64a6d7ed"
-dependencies = [
- "windows-sys 0.59.0",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "num-modular"
-version = "0.6.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "17bb261bf36fa7d83f4c294f834e91256769097b3cb505d44831e0a179ac647f"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "num-order"
-version = "1.2.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "537b596b97c40fcf8056d153049eb22f481c17ebce72a513ec9286e4986d1bb6"
-dependencies = [
- "num-modular",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "num-traits"
-version = "0.2.19"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "071dfc062690e90b734c0b2273ce72ad0ffa95f0c74596bc250dcfd960262841"
-dependencies = [
- "autocfg",
-]
-
 [[package]]
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 version = "0.36.7"
@@ -1035,23 +651,6 @@ version = "1.21.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "42f5e15c9953c5e4ccceeb2e7382a716482c34515315f7b03532b8b4e8393d2d"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "once_cell_polyfill"
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-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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-
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-name = "opener"
-version = "0.8.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "771b9704f8cd8b424ec747a320b30b47517a6966ba2c7da90047c16f4a962223"
-dependencies = [
- "bstr",
- "normpath",
- "windows-sys 0.59.0",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "openssl"
 version = "0.10.73"
@@ -1102,51 +701,6 @@ version = "2.3.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e3148f5046208a5d56bcfc03053e3ca6334e51da8dfb19b6cdc8b306fae3283e"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "pest"
-version = "2.8.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "198db74531d58c70a361c42201efde7e2591e976d518caf7662a47dc5720e7b6"
-dependencies = [
- "memchr",
- "thiserror",
- "ucd-trie",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "pest_derive"
-version = "2.8.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d725d9cfd79e87dccc9341a2ef39d1b6f6353d68c4b33c177febbe1a402c97c5"
-dependencies = [
- "pest",
- "pest_generator",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "pest_generator"
-version = "2.8.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "db7d01726be8ab66ab32f9df467ae8b1148906685bbe75c82d1e65d7f5b3f841"
-dependencies = [
- "pest",
- "pest_meta",
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "pest_meta"
-version = "2.8.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7f9f832470494906d1fca5329f8ab5791cc60beb230c74815dff541cbd2b5ca0"
-dependencies = [
- "once_cell",
- "pest",
- "sha2",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "pin-project-lite"
 version = "0.2.16"
@@ -1165,21 +719,6 @@ version = "0.3.32"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7edddbd0b52d732b21ad9a5fab5c704c14cd949e5e9a1ec5929a24fded1b904c"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "portable-atomic"
-version = "1.11.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f84267b20a16ea918e43c6a88433c2d54fa145c92a811b5b047ccbe153674483"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "portable-atomic-util"
-version = "0.2.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d8a2f0d8d040d7848a709caf78912debcc3f33ee4b3cac47d73d1e1069e83507"
-dependencies = [
- "portable-atomic",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "potential_utf"
 version = "0.1.2"
@@ -1198,24 +737,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "pulldown-cmark"
-version = "0.10.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "76979bea66e7875e7509c4ec5300112b316af87fa7a252ca91c448b32dfe3993"
-dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.9.1",
- "memchr",
- "pulldown-cmark-escape",
- "unicase",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "pulldown-cmark-escape"
-version = "0.10.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bd348ff538bc9caeda7ee8cad2d1d48236a1f443c1fa3913c6a02fe0043b1dd3"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "quote"
 version = "1.0.40"
@@ -1233,9 +754,9 @@ checksum = "74765f6d916ee2faa39bc8e68e4f3ed8949b48cccdac59983d287a7cb71ce9c5"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "regex"
-version = "1.11.1"
+version = "1.12.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b544ef1b4eac5dc2db33ea63606ae9ffcfac26c1416a2806ae0bf5f56b201191"
+checksum = "843bc0191f75f3e22651ae5f1e72939ab2f72a4bc30fa80a066bd66edefc24d4"
 dependencies = [
  "aho-corasick",
  "memchr",
@@ -1245,9 +766,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "regex-automata"
-version = "0.4.9"
+version = "0.4.13"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "809e8dc61f6de73b46c85f4c96486310fe304c434cfa43669d7b40f711150908"
+checksum = "5276caf25ac86c8d810222b3dbb938e512c55c6831a10f3e6ed1c93b84041f1c"
 dependencies = [
  "aho-corasick",
  "memchr",
@@ -1374,18 +895,28 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde"
-version = "1.0.219"
+version = "1.0.228"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9a8e94ea7f378bd32cbbd37198a4a91436180c5bb472411e48b5ec2e2124ae9e"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde_core",
+ "serde_derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "serde_core"
+version = "1.0.228"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5f0e2c6ed6606019b4e29e69dbaba95b11854410e5347d525002456dbbb786b6"
+checksum = "41d385c7d4ca58e59fc732af25c3983b67ac852c1a25000afe1175de458b67ad"
 dependencies = [
  "serde_derive",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_derive"
-version = "1.0.219"
+version = "1.0.228"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5b0276cf7f2c73365f7157c8123c21cd9a50fbbd844757af28ca1f5925fc2a00"
+checksum = "d540f220d3187173da220f885ab66608367b6574e925011a9353e4badda91d79"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -1394,14 +925,15 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_json"
-version = "1.0.140"
+version = "1.0.145"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "20068b6e96dc6c9bd23e01df8827e6c7e1f2fddd43c21810382803c136b99373"
+checksum = "402a6f66d8c709116cf22f558eab210f5a50187f702eb4d7e5ef38d9a7f1c79c"
 dependencies = [
  "itoa",
  "memchr",
  "ryu",
  "serde",
+ "serde_core",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1413,6 +945,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "serde_spanned"
+version = "1.0.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e24345aa0fe688594e73770a5f6d1b216508b4f93484c0026d521acd30134392"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde_core",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_urlencoded"
 version = "0.7.1"
@@ -1425,17 +966,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "sha2"
-version = "0.10.9"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a7507d819769d01a365ab707794a4084392c824f54a7a6a7862f8c3d0892b283"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
- "cpufeatures",
- "digest",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "shlex"
 version = "1.3.0"
@@ -1473,12 +1003,6 @@ version = "1.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a8f112729512f8e442d81f95a8a7ddf2b7c6b8a1a6f509a95864142b30cab2d3"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "strsim"
-version = "0.11.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7da8b5736845d9f2fcb837ea5d9e2628564b3b043a70948a3f0b778838c5fb4f"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
 version = "2.0.101"
@@ -1550,36 +1074,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi-util",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "terminal_size"
-version = "0.4.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "45c6481c4829e4cc63825e62c49186a34538b7b2750b73b266581ffb612fb5ed"
-dependencies = [
- "rustix",
- "windows-sys 0.59.0",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "thiserror"
-version = "2.0.12"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "567b8a2dae586314f7be2a752ec7474332959c6460e02bde30d702a66d488708"
-dependencies = [
- "thiserror-impl",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "thiserror-impl"
-version = "2.0.12"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7f7cf42b4507d8ea322120659672cf1b9dbb93f8f2d4ecfd6e51350ff5b17a1d"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "tinystr"
 version = "0.8.1"
@@ -1630,23 +1124,29 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "toml"
-version = "0.5.11"
+version = "0.8.23"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f4f7f0dd8d50a853a531c426359045b1998f04219d88799810762cd4ad314234"
+checksum = "dc1beb996b9d83529a9e75c17a1686767d148d70663143c7854d8b4a09ced362"
 dependencies = [
  "serde",
+ "serde_spanned 0.6.9",
+ "toml_datetime 0.6.11",
+ "toml_edit",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "toml"
-version = "0.8.23"
+version = "0.9.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "dc1beb996b9d83529a9e75c17a1686767d148d70663143c7854d8b4a09ced362"
+checksum = "f0dc8b1fb61449e27716ec0e1bdf0f6b8f3e8f6b05391e8497b8b6d7804ea6d8"
 dependencies = [
- "serde",
- "serde_spanned",
- "toml_datetime",
- "toml_edit",
+ "indexmap",
+ "serde_core",
+ "serde_spanned 1.0.3",
+ "toml_datetime 0.7.3",
+ "toml_parser",
+ "toml_writer",
+ "winnow",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1658,6 +1158,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "toml_datetime"
+version = "0.7.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f2cdb639ebbc97961c51720f858597f7f24c4fc295327923af55b74c3c724533"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde_core",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "toml_edit"
 version = "0.22.27"
@@ -1666,12 +1175,21 @@ checksum = "41fe8c660ae4257887cf66394862d21dbca4a6ddd26f04a3560410406a2f819a"
 dependencies = [
  "indexmap",
  "serde",
- "serde_spanned",
- "toml_datetime",
+ "serde_spanned 0.6.9",
+ "toml_datetime 0.6.11",
  "toml_write",
  "winnow",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "toml_parser"
+version = "1.0.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c0cbe268d35bdb4bb5a56a2de88d0ad0eb70af5384a99d648cd4b3d04039800e"
+dependencies = [
+ "winnow",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "toml_write"
 version = "0.1.2"
@@ -1679,10 +1197,10 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5d99f8c9a7727884afe522e9bd5edbfc91a3312b36a77b5fb8926e4c31a41801"
 
 [[package]]
-name = "topological-sort"
-version = "0.2.2"
+name = "toml_writer"
+version = "1.0.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ea68304e134ecd095ac6c3574494fc62b909f416c4fca77e440530221e549d3d"
+checksum = "df8b2b54733674ad286d16267dcfc7a71ed5c776e4ac7aa3c3e2561f7c637bf2"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tower-service"
@@ -1697,9 +1215,21 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "784e0ac535deb450455cbfa28a6f0df145ea1bb7ae51b821cf5e7927fdcfbdd0"
 dependencies = [
  "pin-project-lite",
+ "tracing-attributes",
  "tracing-core",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing-attributes"
+version = "0.1.30"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "81383ab64e72a7a8b8e13130c49e3dab29def6d0c7d76a03087b3cf71c5c6903"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tracing-core"
 version = "0.1.34"
@@ -1715,24 +1245,6 @@ version = "0.2.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e421abadd41a4225275504ea4d6566923418b7f05506fbc9c0fe86ba7396114b"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "typenum"
-version = "1.18.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1dccffe3ce07af9386bfd29e80c0ab1a8205a2fc34e4bcd40364df902cfa8f3f"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "ucd-trie"
-version = "0.1.7"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2896d95c02a80c6d6a5d6e953d479f5ddf2dfdb6a244441010e373ac0fb88971"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "unicase"
-version = "2.8.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "75b844d17643ee918803943289730bec8aac480150456169e647ed0b576ba539"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-ident"
 version = "1.0.18"
@@ -1756,24 +1268,12 @@ version = "1.0.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b6c140620e7ffbb22c2dee59cafe6084a59b5ffc27a8859a5f0d494b5d52b6be"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "utf8parse"
-version = "0.2.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "06abde3611657adf66d383f00b093d7faecc7fa57071cce2578660c9f1010821"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "vcpkg"
 version = "0.2.15"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "accd4ea62f7bb7a82fe23066fb0957d48ef677f6eeb8215f372f52e48bb32426"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "version_check"
-version = "0.9.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0b928f33d975fc6ad9f86c8f283853ad26bdd5b10b7f1542aa2fa15e2289105a"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "want"
 version = "0.3.1"
@@ -1888,65 +1388,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "windows-core"
-version = "0.61.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c0fdd3ddb90610c7638aa2b3a3ab2904fb9e5cdbecc643ddb3647212781c4ae3"
-dependencies = [
- "windows-implement",
- "windows-interface",
- "windows-link",
- "windows-result",
- "windows-strings",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "windows-implement"
-version = "0.60.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a47fddd13af08290e67f4acabf4b459f647552718f683a7b415d290ac744a836"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "windows-interface"
-version = "0.59.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bd9211b69f8dcdfa817bfd14bf1c97c9188afa36f4750130fcdf3f400eca9fa8"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "windows-link"
-version = "0.1.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "76840935b766e1b0a05c0066835fb9ec80071d4c09a16f6bd5f7e655e3c14c38"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "windows-result"
-version = "0.3.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "56f42bd332cc6c8eac5af113fc0c1fd6a8fd2aa08a0119358686e5160d0586c6"
-dependencies = [
- "windows-link",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "windows-strings"
-version = "0.4.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "56e6c93f3a0c3b36176cb1327a4958a0353d5d166c2a35cb268ace15e91d3b57"
-dependencies = [
- "windows-link",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-sys"
 version = "0.48.0"
@@ -2097,9 +1538,9 @@ checksum = "589f6da84c646204747d1270a2a5661ea66ed1cced2631d546fdfb155959f9ec"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "winnow"
-version = "0.7.10"
+version = "0.7.13"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c06928c8748d81b05c9be96aad92e1b6ff01833332f281e8cfca3be4b35fc9ec"
+checksum = "21a0236b59786fed61e2a80582dd500fe61f18b5dca67a4a067d0bc9039339cf"
 dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
diff --git a/blacksmith/Cargo.toml b/blacksmith/Cargo.toml
index 20246824..f7ce9063 100644
--- a/blacksmith/Cargo.toml
+++ b/blacksmith/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ publish = false
 [dependencies]
 env_logger = "0.10.1"
 log = "0.4.20"
-mdbook = { version = "0.4.51", default-features = false }
+mdbook-preprocessor = "0.5.1"
 regex = "1.10.2"
 reqwest = { version = "0.11.22", features = ["blocking"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0.192", features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/blacksmith/src/lib.rs b/blacksmith/src/lib.rs
index 4611725b..04f8b085 100644
--- a/blacksmith/src/lib.rs
+++ b/blacksmith/src/lib.rs
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ mod channel;
 
 use std::{collections::BTreeMap, fmt::Write, time::SystemTime};
 
-use mdbook::{
-    book::{Book, BookItem},
-    errors::Error,
-    preprocess::{Preprocessor, PreprocessorContext},
+use mdbook_preprocessor::{
+    Preprocessor, PreprocessorContext,
+    book::Book,
+    errors::{Error, Result},
 };
 
 const CHANNELS: &[&str] = &["stable", "beta", "nightly"];
@@ -409,45 +409,31 @@ impl Preprocessor for Blacksmith {
     }
 
     fn run(&self, _: &PreprocessorContext, mut book: Book) -> Result<Book, Error> {
-        fn recursive_replace(book_item: &mut BookItem, old: &str, new: &str) {
-            let chapter = match book_item {
-                BookItem::Chapter(chapter) => chapter,
-                _ => return,
-            };
-
-            chapter.content = chapter.content.replace(old, new);
-
-            for sub_item in &mut chapter.sub_items {
-                recursive_replace(sub_item, old, new);
-            }
-        }
-
         let standalone_installers_table = self.generate_standalone_installers_table();
         let previous_stable_standalone_installers_tables =
             self.generate_previous_stable_standalone_installers_tables();
         let source_code_table = self.generate_source_code_table();
 
-        // TODO: Currently we're performing a global search for any of the
-        // variables as that's the most flexible for adding more dynamic
-        // content, and the time to traverse is fast enough to not be noticeable.
-        // However if the processing time begins to become a bottleneck this
-        // should change.
-        for item in &mut book.sections {
-            recursive_replace(item, "{{#installer_table}}", &standalone_installers_table);
-            recursive_replace(
-                item,
+        book.for_each_chapter_mut(|chapter| {
+            let mut replace = |tag, value| {
+                if chapter.content.contains(tag) {
+                    chapter.content = chapter.content.replace(tag, value);
+                }
+            };
+            replace("{{#installer_table}}", &standalone_installers_table);
+            replace(
                 "{{#previous_stable_standalone_installers_tables}}",
                 &previous_stable_standalone_installers_tables,
             );
-            recursive_replace(item, "{{#source_code_table}}", &source_code_table);
-        }
+            replace("{{#source_code_table}}", &source_code_table);
+        });
 
         Ok(book)
     }
 
     /// `Blacksmith`'s operations are renderer independent as they output
     /// markdown.
-    fn supports_renderer(&self, _renderer: &str) -> bool {
-        true
+    fn supports_renderer(&self, _renderer: &str) -> Result<bool> {
+        Ok(true)
     }
 }
diff --git a/blacksmith/src/main.rs b/blacksmith/src/main.rs
index 0e309f11..2133ad73 100644
--- a/blacksmith/src/main.rs
+++ b/blacksmith/src/main.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 use std::{io, path::Path, process};
 
-use mdbook::{
-    errors::Error,
-    preprocess::{CmdPreprocessor, Preprocessor},
-};
+use mdbook_preprocessor::{Preprocessor, errors::Error};
 
 use mdbook_blacksmith::Blacksmith;
 
@@ -67,16 +64,16 @@ fn main() {
 }
 
 fn handle_preprocessing(pre: &Blacksmith) -> Result<(), Error> {
-    let (ctx, book) = CmdPreprocessor::parse_input(io::stdin())?;
+    let (ctx, book) = mdbook_preprocessor::parse_input(io::stdin())?;
 
-    if ctx.mdbook_version != mdbook::MDBOOK_VERSION {
+    if ctx.mdbook_version != mdbook_preprocessor::MDBOOK_VERSION {
         // We should probably use the `semver` crate to check compatibility
         // here...
         log::warn!(
             "Warning: The {} plugin was built against version {} of mdbook, \
              but we're being called from version {}",
             pre.name(),
-            mdbook::MDBOOK_VERSION,
+            mdbook_preprocessor::MDBOOK_VERSION,
             ctx.mdbook_version
         );
     }
@@ -88,7 +85,7 @@ fn handle_preprocessing(pre: &Blacksmith) -> Result<(), Error> {
 }
 
 fn handle_supports(pre: &Blacksmith, renderer: &str) -> ! {
-    let supported = pre.supports_renderer(renderer);
+    let supported = pre.supports_renderer(renderer).unwrap();
 
     // Signal whether the renderer is supported by exiting with 1 or 0.
     if supported {
diff --git a/book.toml b/book.toml
index e232147a..4c705565 100644
--- a/book.toml
+++ b/book.toml
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ title = "Rust Forge"
 [preprocessor.blacksmith]
 command = "./build.bash"
 
+[build]
+extra-watch-dirs = ["blacksmith/src"]
+
 [output.html]
 additional-js = ["js/moment.min.js", "js/index.js"]
 additional-css = ["css/style.css"]
@@ -63,5 +66,6 @@ smart-punctuation = true
 "core/index.html" = "/governance/council.html"
 
 [output.linkcheck]
+command = "mdbook-linkcheck2"
 follow-web-links = false
 optional = true