diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index d4a293ac..e05d243c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ jobs:
             os: macos-latest
           - python-version: '3.11'
             os: windows-latest
+          # PyPy 3.9 on Windows fails to build zstandard (hatch dep) due to
+          # missing distutils.msvc9compiler in cffi on PyPy; no value in testing this combo
+          - python-version: 'pypy-3.9-v7.x'
+            os: windows-latest
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -102,5 +106,5 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           expected_wheel=(-emkdocs/{templates/sitemap.xml,config/base.py,py.typed,contrib/search/lunr-language/lunr.nl.js,themes/{mkdocs,readthedocs}/{base.html,locales/{de,es}/LC_MESSAGES/messages.mo}})
           expected_sdist=("${expected_wheel[@]}" -e{pyproject.toml,hatch_build.py})
-          test "$(tar -ztf dist/mkdocs-*.tar.gz | grep -F "${expected_sdist[@]}" | tee /dev/stderr | wc -l)" -eq "${#expected_sdist[@]}"
-          test "$(unzip -l dist/mkdocs-*any.whl | grep -F "${expected_wheel[@]}" | tee /dev/stderr | wc -l)" -eq "${#expected_wheel[@]}"
+          test "$(tar -ztf dist/mkdocs_ng-*.tar.gz | grep -F "${expected_sdist[@]}" | tee /dev/stderr | wc -l)" -eq "${#expected_sdist[@]}"
+          test "$(unzip -l dist/mkdocs_ng-*any.whl | grep -F "${expected_wheel[@]}" | tee /dev/stderr | wc -l)" -eq "${#expected_wheel[@]}"
diff --git a/mkdocs/__main__.py b/mkdocs/__main__.py
index c8d40969..a2f7594c 100644
--- a/mkdocs/__main__.py
+++ b/mkdocs/__main__.py
@@ -253,8 +253,7 @@ def cli():
 @cli.command(name="serve")
 @click.option('-a', '--dev-addr', help=dev_addr_help, metavar='<IP:PORT>')
 @click.option('-o', '--open', 'open_in_browser', help=serve_open_help, is_flag=True)
-@click.option('--no-livereload', 'livereload', flag_value=False, help=no_reload_help)
-@click.option('--livereload', 'livereload', flag_value=True, default=True, hidden=True)
+@click.option('--livereload/--no-livereload', default=True, help='Enable/disable live reloading.')
 @click.option('--dirtyreload', 'build_type', flag_value='dirty', hidden=True)
 @click.option('--dirty', 'build_type', flag_value='dirty', help=serve_dirty_help)
 @click.option('-c', '--clean', 'build_type', flag_value='clean', help=serve_clean_help)
diff --git a/mkdocs/config/config_options.py b/mkdocs/config/config_options.py
index 94171c45..2d08b92e 100644
--- a/mkdocs/config/config_options.py
+++ b/mkdocs/config/config_options.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import os
 import string
 import sys
+import textwrap
 import traceback
 import types
 import warnings
@@ -1221,6 +1222,8 @@ def run_validation(self, value: object) -> pathspec.gitignore.GitIgnoreSpec:
         if not isinstance(value, str):
             raise ValidationError(f'Expected a multiline string, but a {type(value)} was given.')
         try:
-            return pathspec.gitignore.GitIgnoreSpec.from_lines(lines=value.splitlines())
+            return pathspec.gitignore.GitIgnoreSpec.from_lines(
+                lines=textwrap.dedent(value).splitlines()
+            )
         except ValueError as e:
             raise ValidationError(str(e))
diff --git a/mkdocs/structure/toc.py b/mkdocs/structure/toc.py
index e1df40be..7b4870bc 100644
--- a/mkdocs/structure/toc.py
+++ b/mkdocs/structure/toc.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class _TocToken(TypedDict):
 def get_toc(toc_tokens: list[_TocToken]) -> TableOfContents:
     toc = [_parse_toc_token(i) for i in toc_tokens]
     # For the table of contents, always mark the first element as active
-    if len(toc):
+    if toc:
         toc[0].active = True  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
     return TableOfContents(toc)
 
diff --git a/mkdocs/tests/base.py b/mkdocs/tests/base.py
index 96ca4f81..bfc250f2 100644
--- a/mkdocs/tests/base.py
+++ b/mkdocs/tests/base.py
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ def example(self, tdir):
             with open(pth, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
                 assert f.read() == 'bar content'
     """
-    files = {f: '' for f in files} if isinstance(files, (list, tuple)) else files or {}
+    files = dict.fromkeys(files, '') if isinstance(files, (list, tuple)) else files or {}
 
     kw['prefix'] = 'mkdocs_test-' + kw.get('prefix', '')
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 87cb1f67..f2489d95 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ artifacts = ["/mkdocs/**/*.mo"]
 [tool.hatch.build.targets.sdist]
 include = ["/mkdocs"]
 [tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel]
+packages = ["mkdocs"]
 exclude = ["/mkdocs/tests", "*.po", "*.pot", "babel.cfg"]
 [tool.hatch.build.hooks.custom]
 dependencies = [
@@ -129,7 +130,7 @@ _coverage = [
 ]
 with-coverage = "test"
 [[tool.hatch.envs.test.matrix]]
-python = ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "pypy3"]
+python = ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "3.14", "pypy3"]
 type = ["default", "min-req"]
 [tool.hatch.envs.test.overrides]
 matrix.type.features = [
@@ -146,7 +147,7 @@ detached = false
 [tool.hatch.envs.integration.scripts]
 test = "python -m mkdocs.tests.integration"
 [[tool.hatch.envs.integration.matrix]]
-python = ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "pypy3"]
+python = ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "3.14", "pypy3"]
 type = ["default", "no-babel"]
 [tool.hatch.envs.integration.overrides]
 matrix.type.features = [