diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 41507bf..1f0064e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 name: Zig CI
-  
+
 on:
   push:
-    branches: [ main ]
+    branches: [main]
   pull_request:
-    branches: [ main ]
+    branches: [main]
 
 jobs:
   zig:
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        zig_version: ["0.13.0"] # eventually use multiple versions once stable
+        zig_version: ["0.14.0"] # eventually use multiple versions once stable
         rust:
           - stable
     steps:
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ jobs:
       - uses: ./.github/actions/libextism
       - name: Setup Zig env
         uses: goto-bus-stop/setup-zig@v2
-        with: 
+        with:
           version: ${{ matrix.zig_version }}
       - name: Test Zig Host SDK
         run: |
           zig version
-          LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib zig build test
+          zig build test
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 55cdb70..128dd03 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@
 # Cheers!
 # -andrewrk
 
-zig-cache/
+.zig-cache/
 zig-out/
 /release/
 /debug/
 /build/
 /build-*/
 /docgen_tmp/
-*.log
\ No newline at end of file
+*.log
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 02f6c58..e755818 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ const extism = @import("extism");
 const std = @import("std");
 
 const wasm_url = extism.manifest.WasmUrl{ .url = "https://github.com/extism/plugins/releases/latest/download/count_vowels.wasm" };
-const manifest = .{ .wasm = &[_]extism.manifest.Wasm{.{ .wasm_url= wasm_url }} };
+const manifest = extism.manifest.Manifest{ .wasm = &[_]extism.manifest.Wasm{.{ .wasm_url= wasm_url }} };
 
 var gpa = std.heap.GeneralPurposeAllocator(.{}){};
 defer std.debug.assert(gpa.deinit() == .ok);
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ Let's load the manifest like usual but load up this `count_vowels_kvstore` plug-
 
 ```zig
 const wasm_url = extism.manifest.WasmUrl{ .url = "https://github.com/extism/plugins/releases/latest/download/count_vowels_kvstore.wasm" };
-const manifest = .{ .wasm = &[_]extism.manifest.Wasm{.{ .wasm_url= wasm_url }} };
+const manifest = extism.manifest.Manifest{ .wasm = &[_]extism.manifest.Wasm{.{ .wasm_url= wasm_url }} };
 ```
 
 > *Note*: The source code for this is [here](https://github.com/extism/plugins/blob/main/count_vowels_kvstore/src/lib.rs) and is written in rust, but it could be written in any of our PDK languages.
diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
index 6910fda..1be3ea8 100644
--- a/build.zig
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ const builtin = @import("builtin");
 pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
     comptime {
         const current_zig = builtin.zig_version;
-        const min_zig = std.SemanticVersion.parse("0.13.0-dev.230+50a141945") catch unreachable; // build system changes: ziglang/zig#19597
+        const min_zig = std.SemanticVersion.parse("0.14.0") catch unreachable; // https://ziglang.org/download/0.14.0/release-notes.html
         if (current_zig.order(min_zig) == .lt) {
             @compileError(std.fmt.comptimePrint("Your Zig version v{} does not meet the minimum build requirement of v{}", .{ current_zig, min_zig }));
         }
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
     const extism_module = b.addModule("extism", .{
         .root_source_file = b.path("src/main.zig"),
     });
+    extism_module.addIncludePath(.{ .cwd_relative = "/usr/local/include" });
+    extism_module.addLibraryPath(.{ .cwd_relative = "/usr/local/lib" });
 
     var tests = b.addTest(.{
         .name = "Library Tests",
@@ -26,8 +28,6 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
 
     tests.root_module.addImport("extism", extism_module);
     tests.linkLibC();
-    tests.addIncludePath(.{ .cwd_relative = "/usr/local/include" });
-    tests.addLibraryPath(.{ .cwd_relative = "/usr/local/lib" });
     tests.linkSystemLibrary("extism");
     const tests_run_step = b.addRunArtifact(tests);
 
@@ -43,8 +43,6 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
 
     example.root_module.addImport("extism", extism_module);
     example.linkLibC();
-    example.addIncludePath(.{ .cwd_relative = "/usr/local/include" });
-    example.addLibraryPath(.{ .cwd_relative = "/usr/local/lib" });
     example.linkSystemLibrary("extism");
     const example_run_step = b.addRunArtifact(example);
 
@@ -55,8 +53,5 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
 pub fn addLibrary(to: *std.Build.Step.Compile, b: *std.Build) void {
     to.root_module.addImport("extism", b.dependency("extism", .{}).module("extism"));
     to.linkLibC();
-    // TODO: switch based on platform and use platform-specific paths here
-    to.addIncludePath(.{ .cwd_relative = "/usr/local/include" });
-    to.addLibraryPath(.{ .cwd_relative = "/usr/local/lib" });
     to.linkSystemLibrary("extism");
 }
diff --git a/build.zig.zon b/build.zig.zon
index 9692213..921329b 100644
--- a/build.zig.zon
+++ b/build.zig.zon
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 .{
-    .name = "extism",
-    .version = "1.0.0-rc2",
+    .name = .extism,
+    .version = "1.0.0-rc3",
+    .minimum_zig_version = "0.14.0",
+    .fingerprint = 0xb41364f00afbe9db,
     .paths = .{""},
 }
diff --git a/src/compiled_plugin.zig b/src/compiled_plugin.zig
index 6472158..1e2fd1d 100644
--- a/src/compiled_plugin.zig
+++ b/src/compiled_plugin.zig
@@ -16,12 +16,10 @@ pub fn init(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, data: []const u8, functions: []const F
     var plugin: ?*c.ExtismCompiledPlugin = null;
     var errmsg: [*c]u8 = null;
     if (functions.len > 0) {
-        var funcPtrs = try allocator.alloc(?*c.ExtismFunction, functions.len);
+        const funcPtrs = try allocator.alloc(?*const c.ExtismFunction, functions.len);
         defer allocator.free(funcPtrs);
-        var i: usize = 0;
-        for (functions) |function| {
+        for (functions, 0..) |function, i| {
             funcPtrs[i] = function.c_func;
-            i += 1;
         }
         plugin = c.extism_compiled_plugin_new(data.ptr, @as(u64, data.len), &funcPtrs[0], functions.len, wasi, &errmsg);
     } else {
diff --git a/src/plugin.zig b/src/plugin.zig
index 52954d1..2f51671 100644
--- a/src/plugin.zig
+++ b/src/plugin.zig
@@ -17,12 +17,10 @@ pub fn init(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, data: []const u8, functions: []const F
     var plugin: ?*c.ExtismPlugin = null;
     var errmsg: [*c]u8 = null;
     if (functions.len > 0) {
-        var funcPtrs = try allocator.alloc(?*c.ExtismFunction, functions.len);
+        const funcPtrs = try allocator.alloc(?*const c.ExtismFunction, functions.len);
         defer allocator.free(funcPtrs);
-        var i: usize = 0;
-        for (functions) |function| {
+        for (functions, 0..) |function, i| {
             funcPtrs[i] = function.c_func;
-            i += 1;
         }
         plugin = c.extism_plugin_new(data.ptr, @as(u64, data.len), &funcPtrs[0], functions.len, wasi, &errmsg);
     } else {
diff --git a/test.zig b/test.zig
index c95f085..72184d2 100644
--- a/test.zig
+++ b/test.zig
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export fn hello_world(plugin_ptr: ?*sdk.c.ExtismCurrentPlugin, inputs: [*c]const
 }
 
 const wasmfile_manifest = manifest.WasmFile{ .path = "wasm/code-functions.wasm" };
-const man = .{ .wasm = &[_]manifest.Wasm{.{ .wasm_file = wasmfile_manifest }} };
+const man = manifest.Manifest{ .wasm = &[_]manifest.Wasm{.{ .wasm_file = wasmfile_manifest }} };
 
 test "Single threaded tests" {
     var wasm_start = try std.time.Timer.start();
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ test "Multi threaded tests" {
 
 test "Plugin Cancellation" {
     const loop_manifest = manifest.WasmFile{ .path = "wasm/loop.wasm" };
-    const loop_man = .{ .wasm = &[_]manifest.Wasm{.{ .wasm_file = loop_manifest }} };
+    const loop_man = manifest.Manifest{ .wasm = &[_]manifest.Wasm{.{ .wasm_file = loop_manifest }} };
     _ = sdk.setLogFile("test.log", .Debug);
     var f = Function.init(
         "hello_world",