diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f1bbbc29c62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# To get started with Dependabot version updates, you'll need to specify which
+# package ecosystems to update and where the package manifests are located.
+# Please see the documentation for all configuration options:
+# https://docs.github.com/code-security/dependabot/dependabot-version-updates/configuration-options-for-the-dependabot.yml-file
+
+version: 2
+updates:
+  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions" # See documentation for possible values
+    directory: "/" # Location of package manifests
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
+    commit-message:
+      include: scope
+      prefix: "CLDR-00000 deps"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-json.yml b/.github/workflows/build-json.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8d347b0b5c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-json.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+name: build-json
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+        git-ref:
+            description: Git Ref to build (Optional)
+            required: false
+        version:
+            description: Package Version (e.g. 46.0.0 or 46.0.0-BETA2 )
+            required: true
+        cldr-repo:
+            description: CLDR (tool) repo to use
+            required: true
+            default: 'unicode-org/cldr'
+        cldr-ref:
+            description: 'CLDR (tool) ref/tag/branch to use'
+            required: true
+            default: 'main'
+        data-repo:
+            description: Data (staging) repo to use
+            required: true
+            default: 'unicode-org/cldr-staging'
+        data-ref:
+            description: 'Data (staging) ref/tag/branch to use'
+            required: true
+            default: 'main'
+        data-dir:
+            description: 'Path in Data repo'
+            required: true
+            default: 'production/'
+
+jobs:
+    build:
+        name: Build cldr-json
+        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+        steps:
+            - name: Set up JDK
+              uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+              with:
+                java-version: 11
+                distribution: 'temurin'
+            - name: Clone json
+              uses: actions/checkout@v4
+              with:
+                ref: ${{ github.event.inputs.git-ref }}
+                path: cldr-json
+            - name: Clone CLDR
+              uses: actions/checkout@v4
+              with:
+                ref: ${{ github.event.inputs.cldr-ref }}
+                lfs: false
+                repository: ${{ github.event.inputs.cldr-repo }}
+                path: cldr
+            - name: Cache local Maven repository
+              uses: actions/cache@v4
+              with:
+                  path: ~/.m2/repository
+                  key: ${{ runner.os }}-maven-${{ hashFiles('cldr/tools/**/pom.xml') }}
+                  restore-keys: |
+                      ${{ runner.os }}-maven-
+            - name: Clone Data
+              uses: actions/checkout@v4
+              with:
+                ref: ${{ github.event.inputs.data-ref }}
+                repository: ${{ github.event.inputs.data-repo }}
+                sparse-checkout: ${{ github.event.inputs.data-dir }}
+                path: cldr-staging
+            - name: Setup Config
+              run: |
+                cd cldr-json
+                echo VERSION=${{ github.event.inputs.version }} > local-config.sh
+                echo CLDR_DIR=../cldr >> local-config.sh
+                echo INDATA=../cldr-staging/${{ github.event.inputs.data-dir }} >> local-config.sh
+                cat local-config.sh
+                chmod a+rx local-config.sh
+                bash cldr-identify.sh | tee ../cldr-identity.txt
+            - name: Upload cldr-identity.txt
+              uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+              with:
+                  name: cldr-identity
+                  path: ./cldr-identity.txt
+            - name: Build JSON
+              run: |
+                cd cldr-json
+                echo "::group::Cleanup"
+                rm -rf cldr-json
+                echo "::endgroup::"
+                echo "::group::Build"
+                env MVN_OPTS="-s ../cldr/.github/workflows/mvn-settings.xml" bash ./cldr-generate-json.sh
+                echo "::endgroup::"
+                echo "::group::Status"
+                git status || true
+                echo "::endgroup::"
+                echo "::group::Zip"
+                bash cldr-generate-zip.sh
+                cp PACKAGES.md dist/
+                echo "::endgroup::"
+              env:
+                GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+            - name: Upload dist
+              uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+              with:
+                name: cldr-json
+                path: ./cldr-json/dist
+
+
+
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e9f080bb45c..cba0f7f2742 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -55,6 +55,6 @@ the data contained here, please file a new ticket at [Unicode Jira](https://unic
 
 Copyright © 2015-2024 Unicode, Inc. Unicode and the Unicode Logo are registered trademarks of Unicode, Inc. in the United States and other countries.
 
-The project is released under [LICENSE](./LICENSE).
+A CLA is required to contribute to this project - please refer to the [CONTRIBUTING.md](./CONTRIBUTING.md) file (or start a Pull Request) for more information.
 
-A CLA is required to contribute to this project - please refer to the [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/unicode-org/.github/blob/main/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md) file (or start a Pull Request) for more information.
+The contents of this repository are governed by the Unicode [Terms of Use](https://www.unicode.org/copyright.html) and are released under [LICENSE](./LICENSE).
diff --git a/cldr-generate-json.sh b/cldr-generate-json.sh
index c33796bc6fb..109910ab29d 100644
--- a/cldr-generate-json.sh
+++ b/cldr-generate-json.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ fi
 mkdir -p -v ${OUT} ${INDATA}/seed/main ${INDATA}/seed/annotations ${DIST}
 MAIN_CLASS=org.unicode.cldr.json.Ldml2JsonConverter
 export MAVEN_OPTS="-Xmx16384m -Dexec.cleanupDaemonThreads=false -Dexec.mainClass=${MAIN_CLASS}"
-MVN="mvn --file=${CLDR_DIR}/tools/pom.xml -pl cldr-code"
+MVN="mvn ${MVN_OPTS} --file=${CLDR_DIR}/tools/pom.xml -pl cldr-code"
 MVN_COMPILE="${MVN} compile"
 MVN_EXEC="${MVN} -DCLDR_DIR=${INDATA} exec:java"