diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-pyxdameraulevenshtein.yml b/.github/workflows/build-pyxdameraulevenshtein.yml
index f8096312e19f..5aba0262af6f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-pyxdameraulevenshtein.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-pyxdameraulevenshtein.yml
@@ -56,11 +56,26 @@ jobs:
       PYXDAMERAULEVENSHTEIN_VERSION: ${{ matrix.version }}
 
     steps:
+      # Upstream tags older releases `vX.Y.Z` and newer ones plain `X.Y.Z`; use whichever exists.
+      - name: Resolve upstream tag
+        id: tag
+        run: |
+          for ref in "v$VERSION" "$VERSION"; do
+            if git ls-remote --exit-code --tags https://github.com/lanl/pyxDamerauLevenshtein "refs/tags/$ref" >/dev/null; then
+              echo "ref=$ref" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+              exit 0
+            fi
+          done
+          echo "no tag for $VERSION in lanl/pyxDamerauLevenshtein" >&2
+          exit 1
+        env:
+          VERSION: ${{ env.PYXDAMERAULEVENSHTEIN_VERSION }}
+
       - name: Checkout pyxDamerauLevenshtein v${{ env.PYXDAMERAULEVENSHTEIN_VERSION }}
         uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1  # v7.0.1
         with:
           repository: lanl/pyxDamerauLevenshtein
-          ref: v${{ env.PYXDAMERAULEVENSHTEIN_VERSION }}
+          ref: ${{ steps.tag.outputs.ref }}
           persist-credentials: false
 
       - name: Build wheels
@@ -70,6 +85,15 @@ jobs:
           only: ${{ matrix.python }}-manylinux_riscv64
         env:
           CIBW_MANYLINUX_RISCV64_IMAGE: ${{ env.MANYLINUX_RISCV64_IMAGE }}
+          # Restates upstream's [tool.cibuildwheel] environment (an env var replaces it),
+          # minus -mtune=generic: GCC has no such CPU on riscv64 ("unknown cpu 'generic'
+          # for '-mtune'"), which fails the first C compile since 1.11.0.
+          CIBW_ENVIRONMENT: CFLAGS="-O3 -g0 -pipe -fPIC" LDFLAGS="-fPIC"
+          # The extension does not declare free-threading support, so importing it under
+          # cp314t re-enables the GIL with a RuntimeWarning that upstream's
+          # filterwarnings = ["error"] turns fatal at collection; asking for the GIL up
+          # front is the same outcome without the warning. Ignored on the GIL builds.
+          CIBW_TEST_ENVIRONMENT: PYTHON_GIL=1
           CIBW_TEST_REQUIRES: pytest
           CIBW_TEST_COMMAND: pytest {package}/tests
 
diff --git a/docs/packages/pyxdameraulevenshtein.yaml b/docs/packages/pyxdameraulevenshtein.yaml
index b962a883e372..c20c3eaa5f48 100644
--- a/docs/packages/pyxdameraulevenshtein.yaml
+++ b/docs/packages/pyxdameraulevenshtein.yaml
@@ -17,3 +17,4 @@ versions:
   - filename: pyxdameraulevenshtein-1.10.0-cp314-cp314t-manylinux_2_31_riscv64.manylinux_2_39_riscv64.whl
     sha256: 79899e08458649850d5775aa464d6c585f41a12fef15276a37721d815d3b533c
     requires-python: '>=3.9'
+- version: 1.11.0