diff --git a/.github/actions/dep-versions/action.yml b/.github/actions/dep-versions/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dc2b48b59c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/dep-versions/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+name: 'Set up dependency versions'
+runs:
+  using: "composite"
+  steps:
+    - name: Set up dependency versions
+      shell: bash    
+      run: cat ./build/common/versions >> $GITHUB_ENV
diff --git a/.github/actions/linux-prereq/action.yml b/.github/actions/linux-prereq/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eb4a542a59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/linux-prereq/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+name: 'Linux Preqrequisites'
+runs:
+  using: "composite"
+  steps:
+    - uses: ./.github/actions/dep-versions
+    - name: Install Linux Prerequisites
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        set -xe
+        # See https://askubuntu.com/questions/272248/processing-triggers-for-man-db/1476024#1476024
+        echo "set man-db/auto-update false" | sudo debconf-communicate
+        sudo dpkg-reconfigure man-db
+
+        # Install ninja
+        source ./build/common/get-ninja.sh
+
+        # Install CMake
+        mkdir -p cmake
+        cd cmake
+
+        sudo wget https://github.com/Kitware/CMake/releases/download/v$GITHUB_CMAKE_VERSION/cmake-$GITHUB_CMAKE_VERSION-Linux-x86_64.sh
+        sudo chmod +x ./cmake-$GITHUB_CMAKE_VERSION-Linux-x86_64.sh
+        sudo ./cmake-$GITHUB_CMAKE_VERSION-Linux-x86_64.sh --skip-license > /dev/null
+        sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/cmake cmake $(pwd)/bin/cmake 1000 --force
+
+        cd ..
+
+        sudo wget -O - https://apt.llvm.org/llvm-snapshot.gpg.key | sudo apt-key add -
+        sudo apt-get update
+        sudo apt-get install clang-$GITHUB_CLANG_VERSION libc++-$GITHUB_CLANG_VERSION-dev libc++abi-$GITHUB_CLANG_VERSION-dev
+        sudo apt-get install mesa-common-dev libxi-dev libxxf86vm-dev
+
+        # For dawn
+        sudo apt-get install libxrandr-dev libxinerama-dev libxcursor-dev libxi-dev libx11-xcb-dev
+
+        sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/cc cc /usr/bin/clang-${GITHUB_CLANG_VERSION} 100
+        sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/c++ c++ /usr/bin/clang++-${GITHUB_CLANG_VERSION} 100
+        set +xe
diff --git a/.github/actions/mac-prereq/action.yml b/.github/actions/mac-prereq/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..59a5ae5593
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/mac-prereq/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+name: 'Mac Preqrequisites'
+runs:
+  using: "composite"
+  steps:
+    - uses: ./.github/actions/dep-versions
+    - name: Set up Homebrew
+      id: set-up-homebrew
+      uses: Homebrew/actions/setup-homebrew@master
+    - name: Set up Python
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      with:
+        python-version: '3.x'
+    - name: Cache Brew
+      id: brew-cache
+      uses: actions/cache@v4 # Use a specific version
+      with:
+        path: $HOME/Library/Caches/Homebrew
+        key: ${{ runner.os }}-brew-20250424
+    - name: Install Mac Prerequisites
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        # Install ninja
+        source ./build/common/get-ninja.sh
diff --git a/.github/workflows/android-continuous.yml b/.github/workflows/android-continuous.yml
index 346fa6a7d7..9816478ca3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/android-continuous.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/android-continuous.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.6
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/linux-prereq
       - name: Run Android Continuous
         uses: ./.github/actions/android-continuous
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ios-continuous.yml b/.github/workflows/ios-continuous.yml
index 28b2915159..45b868fa62 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ios-continuous.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ios-continuous.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.6
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/mac-prereq
       - name: Run build script
         run: |
           cd build/ios && printf "y" | ./build.sh continuous
diff --git a/.github/workflows/linux-continuous.yml b/.github/workflows/linux-continuous.yml
index 6763f26de8..253bf07687 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linux-continuous.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linux-continuous.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.6
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/linux-prereq
       - name: Run build script
         run: |
           cd build/linux && printf "y" | ./build.sh continuous
diff --git a/.github/workflows/mac-continuous.yml b/.github/workflows/mac-continuous.yml
index e0a46ab4ba..b7c98c93b1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mac-continuous.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mac-continuous.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.6
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/mac-prereq
       - name: Run build script
         run: |
           cd build/mac && printf "y" | ./build.sh continuous
diff --git a/.github/workflows/presubmit.yml b/.github/workflows/presubmit.yml
index f239b3b705..ca4b3e2a89 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/presubmit.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/presubmit.yml
@@ -9,22 +9,32 @@ on:
     - main
 
 jobs:
-  build-desktop:
-    name: build-desktop
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        os: [macos-14-xlarge, ubuntu-22.04-16core]
-
+  build-desktop-mac:
+    name: build-mac
+    runs-on: macos-14-xlarge
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.6
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/mac-prereq
       - name: Run build script
         run: |
-          WORKFLOW_OS=`echo \`uname\` | sed "s/Darwin/mac/" | tr [:upper:] [:lower:]`
-          cd build/$WORKFLOW_OS && printf "y" | ./build.sh presubmit
+          cd build/mac && printf "y" | ./build.sh presubmit
+      - name: Test material parser
+        run: |
+          out/cmake-release/filament/test/test_material_parser
+
+  build-desktop-linux:
+    name: build-linux
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04-16core
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.6
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/linux-prereq
+      - name: Run build script
+        run: |
+          cd build/linux && printf "y" | ./build.sh presubmit
       - name: Test material parser
         run: |
           out/cmake-release/filament/test/test_material_parser
@@ -35,6 +45,8 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.6
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
       - name: Run build script
         run: |
           build\windows\build-github.bat presubmit
@@ -48,6 +60,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.6
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/linux-prereq
       - uses: actions/setup-java@v3
         with:
           distribution: 'temurin'
@@ -66,6 +79,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.6
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/mac-prereq
       - name: Run build script
         run: |
           cd build/ios && printf "y" | ./build.sh presubmit
@@ -79,6 +93,9 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.6
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/linux-prereq
       - name: Run build script
         run: |
           cd build/web && printf "y" | ./build.sh presubmit
@@ -101,30 +118,20 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: macos-14-xlarge
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.6
-      - name: Set up Homebrew
-        id: set-up-homebrew
-        uses: Homebrew/actions/setup-homebrew@master
-      - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: '3.x'
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/mac-prereq
       - name: Cache Mesa and deps
         id: mesa-cache
         uses: actions/cache@v4 # Use a specific version
         with:
-          path: |
-            $HOME/Library/Caches/Homebrew
-            mesa
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-mesa-deps-${{ vars.MESA_VERSION }}
+          path: mesa
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-mesa-deps-2-${{ vars.MESA_VERSION }}
       - name: Get Mesa
         id: mesa-prereq
-        env:
-          MESA_VERSION: ${{ vars.MESA_VERSION }}
-        run: |
-          bash test/utils/get_mesa.sh
+        run: bash test/utils/get_mesa.sh
       - name: Run Test
-        run: |
-          bash test/renderdiff/test.sh
+        run: bash test/renderdiff/test.sh
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: presubmit-renderdiff-result
@@ -133,11 +140,13 @@ jobs:
   validate-wgsl-webgpu:
     name: validate-wgsl-webgpu
     runs-on: 'ubuntu-24.04-8core'
-
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.6
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/linux-prereq
       - name: Run build script
-        run: source ./build/linux/ci-common.sh && ./build.sh -W debug test_filamat filament
+        run: ./build.sh -W debug test_filamat filament
       - name: Run test
         run: ./out/cmake-debug/libs/filamat/test_filamat --gtest_filter=MaterialCompiler.Wgsl*
 
@@ -148,23 +157,16 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.6
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
-      - name: Set up Homebrew
-        id: set-up-homebrew
-        uses: Homebrew/actions/setup-homebrew@master
-      - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-        with:
-          python-version: '3.x'
-      - name: Install prerequisites
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/mac-prereq
+      - name: Install clang-tidy and deps
         run: |
           pip install pyyaml
-          brew install llvm
-          sudo ln -s "$(brew --prefix llvm)/bin/clang-tidy" "/usr/local/bin/clang-tidy"
+          brew install llvm@${GITHUB_LLVM_VERSION}
+          sudo ln -s "$(brew --prefix llvm)@${GITHUB_LLVM_VERSION}/bin/clang-tidy" "/usr/local/bin/clang-tidy"
       - name: Run build script
         # We need to build before clang-tidy can run analysis
         run: |
           # This will build for all three desktop backends on mac
           ./build.sh -p desktop debug gltf_viewer
       - name: Run test
-        run: |
-          bash test/code-correctness/test.sh
+        run: bash test/code-correctness/test.sh
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 96d91df89d..8ed2148880 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -29,8 +29,42 @@ on:
     types: [created]
 
 jobs:
-  build-desktop:
-    name: build-desktop
+  build-linux:
+    name: build-linux
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04-32core
+    if: github.event_name == 'release' || github.event.inputs.platform == 'desktop'
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Decide Git ref
+        id: git_ref
+        run: |
+          REF=${RELEASE_TAG:-${GITHUB_REF}}
+          TAG=${REF##*/}
+          echo "ref=${REF}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "tag=${TAG}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.6
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ steps.git_ref.outputs.ref }}
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/linux-prereq
+      - name: Run build script
+        env:
+          TAG: ${{ steps.git_ref.outputs.tag }}
+        run: |
+          cd build/linux && printf "y" | ./build.sh release
+          cd ../..
+          mv out/filament-release-linux.tgz out/filament-${TAG}-linux.tgz
+      - uses: actions/github-script@v6
+        env:
+          TAG: ${{ steps.git_ref.outputs.tag }}
+        with:
+          script: |
+            const upload = require('./build/common/upload-release-assets');
+            const { TAG } = process.env;
+            const globber = await glob.create('out/*.tgz');
+            await upload({ github, context }, await globber.glob(), TAG);
+
+  build-mac:
+    name: build-mac
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     if: github.event_name == 'release' || github.event.inputs.platform == 'desktop'
 
@@ -49,15 +83,14 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.6
         with:
           ref: ${{ steps.git_ref.outputs.ref }}
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/mac-prereq
       - name: Run build script
         env:
           TAG: ${{ steps.git_ref.outputs.tag }}
         run: |
-          WORKFLOW_OS=`echo \`uname\` | sed "s/Darwin/mac/" | tr [:upper:] [:lower:]`
-          cd build/$WORKFLOW_OS && printf "y" | ./build.sh release
+          cd build/mac && printf "y" | ./build.sh release
           cd ../..
-          if [ -f out/filament-release-darwin.tgz ]; then mv out/filament-release-darwin.tgz out/filament-${TAG}-mac.tgz; fi;
-          if [ -f out/filament-release-linux.tgz ]; then mv out/filament-release-linux.tgz out/filament-${TAG}-linux.tgz; fi;
+          mv out/filament-release-darwin.tgz out/filament-${TAG}-mac.tgz
       - uses: actions/github-script@v6
         env:
           TAG: ${{ steps.git_ref.outputs.tag }}
@@ -84,6 +117,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.6
         with:
           ref: ${{ steps.git_ref.outputs.ref }}
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/linux-prereq
       - name: Run build script
         env:
           TAG: ${{ steps.git_ref.outputs.tag }}
@@ -121,6 +155,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           distribution: 'temurin'
           java-version: '17'
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/linux-prereq
       - name: Run build script
         env:
           TAG: ${{ steps.git_ref.outputs.tag }}
@@ -171,6 +206,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.6
         with:
           ref: ${{ steps.git_ref.outputs.ref }}
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/mac-prereq
       - name: Run build script
         env:
           TAG: ${{ steps.git_ref.outputs.tag }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/web-continuous.yml b/.github/workflows/web-continuous.yml
index dad91cb1d9..74aa57de5c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/web-continuous.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/web-continuous.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.6
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/linux-prereq
       - name: Run build script
         run: |
           cd build/web && printf "y" | ./build.sh continuous
diff --git a/build/android/build.sh b/build/android/build.sh
index c9821b8fb4..da673271e7 100755
--- a/build/android/build.sh
+++ b/build/android/build.sh
@@ -14,12 +14,12 @@ echo "Please refer to BUILDING.md for more information."
 read -r -p "Do you wish to proceed (y/n)? " choice
 case "${choice}" in
     y|Y)
-	      echo "Build will proceed..."
-	      ;;
+              echo "Build will proceed..."
+              ;;
     n|N)
-    	  exit 0
-    	  ;;
-	  *)
+          exit 0
+          ;;
+          *)
         exit 0
         ;;
 esac
@@ -30,30 +30,27 @@ set -x
 UNAME=`echo $(uname)`
 LC_UNAME=`echo $UNAME | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]'`
 
-FILAMENT_ANDROID_CI_BUILD=true
-
 # build-common.sh will generate the following variables:
 #     $GENERATE_ARCHIVES
 #     $BUILD_DEBUG
 #     $BUILD_RELEASE
 source `dirname $0`/../common/ci-common.sh
-if [[  "$LC_UNAME" == "linux" ]]; then
-    source `dirname $0`/../linux/ci-common.sh
-elif [[ "$LC_UNAME" == "darwin" ]]; then
-    source `dirname $0`/../mac/ci-common.sh
-fi
 source `dirname $0`/../common/build-common.sh
 
 if [[ "$GITHUB_WORKFLOW" ]]; then
     java_version=$(java -version 2>&1 | head -1 | cut -d'"' -f2 | sed '/^1\./s///' | cut -d'.' -f1)
     if [[ "$java_version" < 17 ]]; then
         echo "Android builds require Java 17, found version ${java_version} instead"
-        exit 0
+        exit 1
     fi
 fi
 
 # Unless explicitly specified, NDK version will be set to match exactly the required one
-FILAMENT_NDK_VERSION=${FILAMENT_NDK_VERSION:-$(cat `dirname $0`/ndk.version)}
+FILAMENT_NDK_VERSION=${GITHUB_NDK_VERSION:-27.0.11718014}
+
+(! grep "${FILAMENT_NDK_VERSION}" `dirname $0`/../../android/build.gradle > /dev/null) &&
+    echo "Mismatch of NDK versions: want ${FILAMENT_NDK_VERSION} and not found in android/build.gradle" &&
+    exit 1
 
 # Install the required NDK version specifically (if not present)
 if [[ ! -d "${ANDROID_HOME}/ndk/$FILAMENT_NDK_VERSION" ]]; then
diff --git a/build/android/ndk.version b/build/android/ndk.version
deleted file mode 100644
index f58ef0240a..0000000000
--- a/build/android/ndk.version
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-27.0.11718014
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build/common/ci-common.sh b/build/common/ci-common.sh
index cb36ca7cdd..2b66ec0375 100755
--- a/build/common/ci-common.sh
+++ b/build/common/ci-common.sh
@@ -2,5 +2,4 @@
 
 if [[ "$GITHUB_WORKFLOW" ]]; then
     echo "Running workflow $GITHUB_WORKFLOW (event: $GITHUB_EVENT_NAME, action: $GITHUB_ACTION)"
-    CONTINUOUS_INTEGRATION=true
 fi
diff --git a/build/common/get-ninja.sh b/build/common/get-ninja.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..06ff0eb604
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/common/get-ninja.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [[ "$GITHUB_WORKFLOW" ]]; then
+    OS_NAME=$(uname -s)
+    NINJA_DL_DIR=/tmp/ninja-dl
+    NINJA_PLATFORM=
+    if [[ "$OS_NAME" == "Linux" ]]; then
+        NINJA_PLATFORM=linux
+    elif [[ "$OS_NAME" == "Darwin" ]]; then
+        NINJA_PLATFORM=mac
+    fi
+    curl -L -o /tmp/ninja-dl.zip https://github.com/ninja-build/ninja/releases/download/v${GITHUB_NINJA_VERSION}/ninja-${NINJA_PLATFORM}.zip
+    mkdir -p $NINJA_DL_DIR
+    unzip -q /tmp/ninja-dl.zip -d $NINJA_DL_DIR
+    chmod +x ${NINJA_DL_DIR}/ninja
+    # Install ninja globally for AGP
+    sudo cp ${NINJA_DL_DIR}/ninja /usr/local/bin/
+fi
diff --git a/build/common/versions b/build/common/versions
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..49749b5231
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/common/versions
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+GITHUB_CLANG_VERSION=14
+GITHUB_CMAKE_VERSION=3.19.5
+GITHUB_NINJA_VERSION=1.10.2
+GITHUB_MESA_VERSION=24.2.1
+GITHUB_LLVM_VERSION=16
+GITHUB_NDK_VERSION=27.0.11718014
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build/ios/build.sh b/build/ios/build.sh
index fcfcb42846..e43ddbb12b 100755
--- a/build/ios/build.sh
+++ b/build/ios/build.sh
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ set -e
 set -x
 
 source `dirname $0`/../common/ci-common.sh
-source `dirname $0`/ci-common.sh
 source `dirname $0`/../common/build-common.sh
 
 pushd `dirname $0`/../.. > /dev/null
@@ -41,4 +40,3 @@ if [[ "${GENERATE_ARCHIVES}" ]]; then
 fi
 
 ./build.sh -i -p ios -c $BUILD_SIMULATOR $GENERATE_ARCHIVES $BUILD_DEBUG $BUILD_RELEASE
-
diff --git a/build/ios/ci-common.sh b/build/ios/ci-common.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index da50f1b7e1..0000000000
--- a/build/ios/ci-common.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-curl -OL https://github.com/ninja-build/ninja/releases/download/v1.10.2/ninja-mac.zip
-unzip -q ninja-mac.zip
-chmod +x ninja
-export PATH="$PWD:$PATH"
diff --git a/build/linux/build.sh b/build/linux/build.sh
index 5b624af984..021800ad13 100755
--- a/build/linux/build.sh
+++ b/build/linux/build.sh
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ set -x
 #     $BUILD_DEBUG
 #     $BUILD_RELEASE
 source `dirname $0`/../common/ci-common.sh
-source `dirname $0`/ci-common.sh
 source `dirname $0`/../common/build-common.sh
 
 pushd `dirname $0`/../.. > /dev/null
diff --git a/build/linux/ci-common.sh b/build/linux/ci-common.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 7d88065205..0000000000
--- a/build/linux/ci-common.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# version of clang we want to use
-export GITHUB_CLANG_VERSION=14
-# version of CMake to use instead of the default one
-export GITHUB_CMAKE_VERSION=3.19.5
-# version of ninja to use
-export GITHUB_NINJA_VERSION=1.10.2
-
-# Steps for GitHub Workflows
-if [[ "$GITHUB_WORKFLOW" ]]; then
-    # Install ninja
-    wget -q https://github.com/ninja-build/ninja/releases/download/v$GITHUB_NINJA_VERSION/ninja-linux.zip
-    unzip -q ninja-linux.zip
-    export PATH="$PWD:$PATH"
-
-    # Install CMake
-    mkdir -p cmake
-    cd cmake
-
-    sudo wget https://github.com/Kitware/CMake/releases/download/v$GITHUB_CMAKE_VERSION/cmake-$GITHUB_CMAKE_VERSION-Linux-x86_64.sh
-    sudo chmod +x ./cmake-$GITHUB_CMAKE_VERSION-Linux-x86_64.sh
-    sudo ./cmake-$GITHUB_CMAKE_VERSION-Linux-x86_64.sh --skip-license > /dev/null
-    sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/cmake cmake $(pwd)/bin/cmake 1000 --force
-
-    cd ..
-
-    sudo wget -O - https://apt.llvm.org/llvm-snapshot.gpg.key | sudo apt-key add -
-    sudo apt-get update
-    sudo apt-get install clang-$GITHUB_CLANG_VERSION libc++-$GITHUB_CLANG_VERSION-dev libc++abi-$GITHUB_CLANG_VERSION-dev
-    sudo apt-get install mesa-common-dev libxi-dev libxxf86vm-dev
-
-    # For dawn
-    sudo apt-get install libxrandr-dev libxinerama-dev libxcursor-dev libxi-dev libx11-xcb-dev
-
-    sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/cc cc /usr/bin/clang-${GITHUB_CLANG_VERSION} 100
-    sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/c++ c++ /usr/bin/clang++-${GITHUB_CLANG_VERSION} 100
-fi
diff --git a/build/mac/build.sh b/build/mac/build.sh
index b443ce7946..388316c10d 100755
--- a/build/mac/build.sh
+++ b/build/mac/build.sh
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ set -e
 set -x
 
 source `dirname $0`/../common/ci-common.sh
-source `dirname $0`/ci-common.sh
 source `dirname $0`/../common/build-common.sh
 
 pushd `dirname $0`/../.. > /dev/null
diff --git a/build/mac/ci-common.sh b/build/mac/ci-common.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 6d9e03e231..0000000000
--- a/build/mac/ci-common.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-curl -OL https://github.com/ninja-build/ninja/releases/download/v1.10.2/ninja-mac.zip
-unzip -q ninja-mac.zip
-chmod +x ninja
-# Install ninja globally for AGP
-cp ninja /usr/local/bin
-export PATH="$PWD:$PATH"
diff --git a/build/toolchain-aarch64-linux-android.cmake b/build/toolchain-aarch64-linux-android.cmake
index ed9c0948b4..02db489341 100644
--- a/build/toolchain-aarch64-linux-android.cmake
+++ b/build/toolchain-aarch64-linux-android.cmake
@@ -31,10 +31,16 @@ set(DIST_ARCH arm64-v8a)
 string(TOLOWER ${CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_NAME} HOST_NAME_L)
 file(TO_CMAKE_PATH $ENV{ANDROID_HOME} ANDROID_HOME_UNIX)
 
+message(STATUS "Try using NDK \'${FILAMENT_NDK_VERSION}\'")
 if (NOT FILAMENT_NDK_VERSION)
-    file(READ "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/android/ndk.version" FILAMENT_NDK_VERSION)
-    string(REGEX MATCH "^\\d+" FILAMENT_NDK_VERSION ${FILAMENT_NDK_VERSION})
+    file(READ "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/common/versions" VERSIONS_STR)
+    string(REGEX MATCH "GITHUB_NDK_VERSION=(\\d+)" _UNUSED ${VERSIONS_STR})
+    if(CMAKE_MATCH_1)
+        set(FILAMENT_NDK_VERSION "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
+    endif()
 endif()
+message(STATUS "Using NDK \'${FILAMENT_NDK_VERSION}\'")
+
 file(GLOB NDK_VERSIONS LIST_DIRECTORIES true ${ANDROID_HOME_UNIX}/ndk/${FILAMENT_NDK_VERSION}*)
 list(SORT NDK_VERSIONS)
 list(GET NDK_VERSIONS -1 NDK_VERSION)
diff --git a/build/toolchain-arm7-linux-android.cmake b/build/toolchain-arm7-linux-android.cmake
index a3f6036c32..6e6e4ba823 100644
--- a/build/toolchain-arm7-linux-android.cmake
+++ b/build/toolchain-arm7-linux-android.cmake
@@ -32,10 +32,16 @@ set(DIST_ARCH armeabi-v7a)
 string(TOLOWER ${CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_NAME} HOST_NAME_L)
 file(TO_CMAKE_PATH $ENV{ANDROID_HOME} ANDROID_HOME_UNIX)
 
+message(STATUS "Try using NDK \'${FILAMENT_NDK_VERSION}\'")
 if (NOT FILAMENT_NDK_VERSION)
-    file(READ "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/android/ndk.version" FILAMENT_NDK_VERSION)
-    string(REGEX MATCH "^\\d+" FILAMENT_NDK_VERSION ${FILAMENT_NDK_VERSION})
+    file(READ "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/common/versions" VERSIONS_STR)
+    string(REGEX MATCH "GITHUB_NDK_VERSION=(\\d+)" _UNUSED ${VERSIONS_STR})
+    if(CMAKE_MATCH_1)
+        set(FILAMENT_NDK_VERSION "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
+    endif()
 endif()
+message(STATUS "Using NDK \'${FILAMENT_NDK_VERSION}\'")
+
 file(GLOB NDK_VERSIONS LIST_DIRECTORIES true ${ANDROID_HOME_UNIX}/ndk/${FILAMENT_NDK_VERSION}*)
 list(SORT NDK_VERSIONS)
 list(GET NDK_VERSIONS -1 NDK_VERSION)
diff --git a/build/toolchain-x86-linux-android.cmake b/build/toolchain-x86-linux-android.cmake
index 8c50712337..9ddb5473a0 100644
--- a/build/toolchain-x86-linux-android.cmake
+++ b/build/toolchain-x86-linux-android.cmake
@@ -31,10 +31,16 @@ set(DIST_ARCH x86)
 string(TOLOWER ${CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_NAME} HOST_NAME_L)
 file(TO_CMAKE_PATH $ENV{ANDROID_HOME} ANDROID_HOME_UNIX)
 
+message(STATUS "Try using NDK \'${FILAMENT_NDK_VERSION}\'")
 if (NOT FILAMENT_NDK_VERSION)
-    file(READ "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/android/ndk.version" FILAMENT_NDK_VERSION)
-    string(REGEX MATCH "^\\d+" FILAMENT_NDK_VERSION ${FILAMENT_NDK_VERSION})
+    file(READ "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/common/versions" VERSIONS_STR)
+    string(REGEX MATCH "GITHUB_NDK_VERSION=(\\d+)" _UNUSED ${VERSIONS_STR})
+    if(CMAKE_MATCH_1)
+        set(FILAMENT_NDK_VERSION "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
+    endif()
 endif()
+message(STATUS "Using NDK \'${FILAMENT_NDK_VERSION}\'")
+
 file(GLOB NDK_VERSIONS LIST_DIRECTORIES true ${ANDROID_HOME_UNIX}/ndk/${FILAMENT_NDK_VERSION}*)
 list(SORT NDK_VERSIONS)
 list(GET NDK_VERSIONS -1 NDK_VERSION)
diff --git a/build/toolchain-x86_64-linux-android.cmake b/build/toolchain-x86_64-linux-android.cmake
index db273154a6..032fe4f699 100644
--- a/build/toolchain-x86_64-linux-android.cmake
+++ b/build/toolchain-x86_64-linux-android.cmake
@@ -31,10 +31,16 @@ set(DIST_ARCH x86_64)
 string(TOLOWER ${CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_NAME} HOST_NAME_L)
 file(TO_CMAKE_PATH $ENV{ANDROID_HOME} ANDROID_HOME_UNIX)
 
+message(STATUS "Try using NDK \'${FILAMENT_NDK_VERSION}\'")
 if (NOT FILAMENT_NDK_VERSION)
-    file(READ "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/android/ndk.version" FILAMENT_NDK_VERSION)
-    string(REGEX MATCH "^\\d+" FILAMENT_NDK_VERSION ${FILAMENT_NDK_VERSION})
+    file(READ "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/common/versions" VERSIONS_STR)
+    string(REGEX MATCH "GITHUB_NDK_VERSION=(\\d+)" _UNUSED ${VERSIONS_STR})
+    if(CMAKE_MATCH_1)
+        set(FILAMENT_NDK_VERSION "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
+    endif()
 endif()
+message(STATUS "Using NDK \'${FILAMENT_NDK_VERSION}\'")
+
 file(GLOB NDK_VERSIONS LIST_DIRECTORIES true ${ANDROID_HOME_UNIX}/ndk/${FILAMENT_NDK_VERSION}*)
 list(SORT NDK_VERSIONS)
 list(GET NDK_VERSIONS -1 NDK_VERSION)
diff --git a/build/web/ci-common.sh b/build/web/ci-common.sh
index e7726a8f7c..1a5a19a4b1 100755
--- a/build/web/ci-common.sh
+++ b/build/web/ci-common.sh
@@ -1,16 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-if [ `uname` == "Linux" ];then
-    source `dirname $0`/../linux/ci-common.sh
-elif [ `uname` == "Darwin" ];then
-    curl -OL https://github.com/ninja-build/ninja/releases/download/v1.10.2/ninja-mac.zip
-    unzip -q ninja-mac.zip
-else
-    echo "Unsupported OS"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-chmod +x ninja
-export PATH="$PWD:$PATH"
 
 # Install emscripten.
 curl -L https://github.com/emscripten-core/emsdk/archive/refs/tags/3.1.60.zip > emsdk.zip
diff --git a/test/utils/get_mesa.sh b/test/utils/get_mesa.sh
index ab2510b85e..508d5a5eb7 100755
--- a/test/utils/get_mesa.sh
+++ b/test/utils/get_mesa.sh
@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ if [[ "$GITHUB_WORKFLOW" ]]; then
     set -e
 fi
 
-os_name=$(uname -s)
-LLVM_VERSION=16
-MESA_VERSION=${MESA_VERSION-24.2.1}
+OS_NAME=$(uname -s)
+LLVM_VERSION=${GITHUB_LLVM_VERSION-16}
+MESA_VERSION=${GITHUB_MESA_VERSION-24.2.1}
 ORIG_DIR=$(pwd)
 MESA_DIR=${MESA_DIR-${ORIG_DIR}/mesa}
 
-if [[ "$os_name" == "Linux" ]]; then
+if [[ "$OS_NAME" == "Linux" ]]; then
     sudo apt install python3-venv
 fi
 
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ done
 deactivate
 
 # Install system deps
-if [[ "$os_name" == "Linux" ]]; then
+if [[ "$OS_NAME" == "Linux" ]]; then
     if [[ "$GITHUB_WORKFLOW" ]]; then
         # We only want to do this if it is a CI machine.
         sudo apt-get -y remove llvm-*
@@ -64,18 +64,17 @@ if [[ "$os_name" == "Linux" ]]; then
         sudo apt -y remove llvm-18 llvm-18-* llvm-19 llvm-19-*
         set -e
         CURRENT_CLANG_VERSION=$(clang --version | head -n 1 | awk '{ print $4 }' | awk 'BEGIN { FS="\\." } { print $1 }')
-        GITHUB_CLANG_VERSION=${GITHUB_CLANG_VERSION:-${CURRENT_CLANG_VERSION}}
-        GITHUB_CLANG_VERSION=${GITHUB_CLANG_VERSION:-${LLVM_VERSION}}
-        sudo apt-get -y install clang-${GITHUB_CLANG_VERSION} \
-             libc++-${GITHUB_CLANG_VERSION}-dev \
-             libc++abi-${GITHUB_CLANG_VERSION}-dev \
+        CLANG_VERSION=${CURRENT_CLANG_VERSION:-${LLVM_VERSION}}
+        sudo apt-get -y install clang-${CLANG_VERSION} \
+             libc++-${CLANG_VERSION}-dev \
+             libc++abi-${CLANG_VERSION}-dev \
              llvm-${LLVM_VERSION} \
              llvm-${LLVM_VERSION}-{dev,tools,runtime}
         ! command -v clang > /dev/null 2>&1 && \
-            sudo ln -s /usr/bin/clang-${GITHUB_CLANG_VERSION} /usr/bin/clang && \
-            sudo ln -s /usr/bin/clang++-${GITHUB_CLANG_VERSION} /usr/bin/clang++
+            sudo ln -s /usr/bin/clang-${CLANG_VERSION} /usr/bin/clang && \
+            sudo ln -s /usr/bin/clang++-${CLANG_VERSION} /usr/bin/clang++
     fi # [[ "$GITHUB_WORKFLOW" ]]
-elif [[ "$os_name" == "Darwin" ]]; then
+elif [[ "$OS_NAME" == "Darwin" ]]; then
     if [[ ! "$GITHUB_WORKFLOW" ]]; then
         if [ ! command -v brew > /dev/null 2>&1 ]; then
             echo "Error: need to install homebrew to continue"
@@ -83,7 +82,7 @@ elif [[ "$os_name" == "Darwin" ]]; then
         fi
     fi
     HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALLED_DEPENDENTS_CHECK=true brew install autoconf automake libx11 libxext libxrandr llvm@${LLVM_VERSION} ninja meson pkg-config libxshmfence
-fi # [[ "$os_name" == x ]]
+fi # [[ "$OS_NAME" == x ]]
 
 LOCAL_LDFLAGS=${LDFLAGS}
 LOCAL_CPPFLAGS=${CPPFLAGS}
@@ -122,7 +121,7 @@ mkdir -p out
 
 source ${ORIG_DIR}/venv/bin/activate
 
-if  [[ "$os_name" == "Darwin" ]]; then
+if  [[ "$OS_NAME" == "Darwin" ]]; then
     LOCAL_LDFLAGS="-L/opt/homebrew/opt/llvm@${LLVM_VERSION}/lib"
     LOCAL_CPPFLAGS="-I/opt/homebrew/opt/llvm@${LLVM_VERSION}/include -I/opt/homebrew/include"
     LOCAL_PATH=${PATH}:/opt/homebrew/opt/llvm@${LLVM_VERSION}/bin