diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 312d099..318910e 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 repos:
     - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
-      rev: v4.4.0
+      rev: v4.5.0
       hooks:
           - id: trailing-whitespace
           - id: end-of-file-fixer
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@ repos:
           - id: debug-statements
             language_version: python3
     - repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/flake8
-      rev: 6.0.0
+      rev: 6.1.0
       hooks:
           - id: flake8
             language_version: python3
-            additional_dependencies: [flake8-typing-imports==1.14.0]
+            additional_dependencies: [flake8-typing-imports==1.15.0]
     - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-autopep8
-      rev: v2.0.1
+      rev: v2.0.4
       hooks:
           - id: autopep8
     - repo: https://github.com/timothycrosley/isort
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ repos:
             additional_dependencies: [pygments, restructuredtext_lint]
 # This can deal with sphinx directives
     - repo: https://github.com/myint/rstcheck
-      rev: "v6.1.1"
+      rev: "v6.2.0"
       hooks:
       - id: rstcheck
         args: [--ignore-messages, Duplicate implicit target.*]
diff --git a/config/README.rst b/config/README.rst
index 58b8062..fb28d48 100644
--- a/config/README.rst
+++ b/config/README.rst
@@ -271,6 +271,9 @@ updated. Example:
         "    src/foo/bar.py: E221 E222",
         "extend-ignore = D203, W503",
         ]
+    additional-plugins = [
+        "mccabe",
+        ]
     additional-sources = "testproj foo bar.py"
 
     [manifest]
@@ -522,6 +525,10 @@ additional-config
   list of strings so the leading white spaces and comments are preserved when
   writing the value to ``setup.cfg``.
 
+additional-plugins
+  Some packages want to have additional flake8 plugins installed.
+  This option is a list of strings.
+
 additional-sources
   Sometimes not only ``src`` and ``setup.py`` contain Python code to be checked
   by flake8. Additional files or directories can be configured here. This
diff --git a/config/config-package.py b/config/config-package.py
index 1f3d228..739b39c 100755
--- a/config/config-package.py
+++ b/config/config-package.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 Generated from:
 https://github.com/zopefoundation/meta/tree/master/config/{config_type}
 --> """
-FUTURE_PYTHON_VERSION = ""
+FUTURE_PYTHON_VERSION = "3.13.0-alpha - 3.13.0"
 DEFAULT = object()
 
 
@@ -226,10 +226,7 @@ def with_pypy(self):
 
     @cached_property
     def with_future_python(self):
-        if FUTURE_PYTHON_VERSION:
-            return self._set_python_config_value('future-python')
-        else:
-            return False
+        return self._set_python_config_value('future-python')
 
     @cached_property
     def with_docs(self):
@@ -423,6 +420,8 @@ def tox(self):
         coverage_setenv = self.tox_option('coverage-setenv')
         coverage_run_additional_config = self.meta_cfg['coverage-run'].get(
             'additional-config', [])
+        flake8_additional_plugins = self.meta_cfg['flake8'].get(
+            'additional-plugins', '')
         flake8_additional_sources = self.meta_cfg['flake8'].get(
             'additional-sources', '')
         if flake8_additional_sources:
@@ -454,6 +453,7 @@ def tox(self):
             coverage_setenv=coverage_setenv,
             fail_under=self.fail_under,
             flake8_additional_sources=flake8_additional_sources,
+            flake8_additional_plugins=flake8_additional_plugins,
             isort_additional_sources=isort_additional_sources,
             testenv_additional=testenv_additional,
             testenv_additional_extras=testenv_additional_extras,
diff --git a/config/default/tests.yml.j2 b/config/default/tests.yml.j2
index e6877a3..547dc68 100644
--- a/config/default/tests.yml.j2
+++ b/config/default/tests.yml.j2
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ jobs:
 {% endif %}
         config:
         # [Python version, tox env]
+        - ["3.9",   "release-check"]
         - ["3.9",   "lint"]
         - ["3.7",   "py37"]
         - ["3.8",   "py38"]
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ jobs:
         exclude:
 {% endif %}
 {% if with_windows %}
+          - { os: ["windows", "windows-latest"], config: ["3.9",   "release-check"] }
           - { os: ["windows", "windows-latest"], config: ["3.9",   "lint"] }
   {% if with_docs %}
           - { os: ["windows", "windows-latest"], config: ["3.9",   "docs"] }
@@ -68,6 +70,7 @@ jobs:
           - { os: ["windows", "windows-latest"], config: ["3.9",   "coverage"] }
 {% endif %}
 {% if with_macos %}
+          - { os: ["macos", "macos-11"], config: ["3.9",   "release-check"] }
           - { os: ["macos", "macos-11"], config: ["3.9",   "lint"] }
   {% if with_docs %}
           - { os: ["macos", "macos-11"], config: ["3.9",   "docs"] }
diff --git a/config/default/tox-envlist.j2 b/config/default/tox-envlist.j2
index 9a6ae42..199cb60 100644
--- a/config/default/tox-envlist.j2
+++ b/config/default/tox-envlist.j2
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 [tox]
 minversion = 3.18
 envlist =
+    release-check
     lint
     py37
     py38
diff --git a/config/default/tox-lint.j2 b/config/default/tox-lint.j2
index 519edd8..ad095cf 100644
--- a/config/default/tox-lint.j2
+++ b/config/default/tox-lint.j2
@@ -1,21 +1,35 @@
-
-[testenv:lint]
+[testenv:release-check]
+description = ensure that the distribution is ready to release
 basepython = python3
 skip_install = true
+deps =
+    twine
+    build
+    check-manifest
+    check-python-versions >= 0.20.0
+    wheel
 commands =
-{% if use_flake8 %}
-    isort --check-only --diff {toxinidir}/src {toxinidir}/setup.py%(isort_additional_sources)s
-    flake8 src setup.py%(flake8_additional_sources)s
-{% endif %}
     check-manifest
     check-python-versions
+    python -m build --sdist --no-isolation
+    twine check dist/*
+
+[testenv:lint]
+basepython = python3
+skip_install = true
 deps =
-    check-manifest
-    check-python-versions >= 0.19.1
-    wheel
+    isort
 {% if use_flake8 %}
     flake8
-    isort
+{% for line in flake8_additional_plugins %}
+    %(line)s
+{% endfor %}
+{% endif %}
+commands =
+    isort --check-only --diff {toxinidir}/src {toxinidir}/setup.py%(isort_additional_sources)s
+{% if use_flake8 %}
+    flake8 src setup.py%(flake8_additional_sources)s
+{% endif %}
 
 [testenv:isort-apply]
 basepython = python3
@@ -25,4 +39,3 @@ deps =
     isort
 commands =
     isort {toxinidir}/src {toxinidir}/setup.py%(isort_additional_sources)s []
-{% endif %}
diff --git a/config/zope-product/tox.ini.j2 b/config/zope-product/tox.ini.j2
index 532ae08..10d932e 100644
--- a/config/zope-product/tox.ini.j2
+++ b/config/zope-product/tox.ini.j2
@@ -31,12 +31,29 @@ commands =
     %(line)s
   {% endfor %}
 {% else %}
-    {envdir}/bin/test {posargs:-cv}
+    {envbindir}/test {posargs:-cv}
 {% endif %}
 {% for line in testenv_additional %}
 %(line)s
 {% endfor %}
 
+[testenv:release-check]
+description = ensure that the distribution is ready to release
+basepython = python3
+skip_install = true
+deps =
+    twine
+    build
+    check-manifest
+    check-python-versions >= 0.20.0
+    wheel
+commands_pre =
+commands =
+    check-manifest
+    check-python-versions
+    python -m build --sdist --no-isolation
+    twine check dist/*
+
 [testenv:lint]
 basepython = python3
 commands_pre =
@@ -50,11 +67,7 @@ commands =
     isort --check-only --diff {toxinidir}/src {toxinidir}/setup.py%(isort_additional_sources)s
     flake8 {toxinidir}/src {toxinidir}/setup.py%(flake8_additional_sources)s
 {% endif %}
-    check-manifest
-    check-python-versions
 deps =
-    check-manifest
-    check-python-versions
 {% if use_flake8 %}
     flake8
     isort
@@ -95,7 +108,7 @@ commands =
     %(line)s
   {% endfor %}
 {% else %}
-    coverage run {envdir}/bin/test {posargs:-cv}
+    coverage run {envbindir}/test {posargs:-cv}
 {% endif %}
     coverage html
     coverage report -m --fail-under=%(fail_under)s