diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-client-build-artifacts.yml b/.github/workflows/python-client-build-artifacts.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bbdb8d5ca4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-client-build-artifacts.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+#
+
+name: "Python Client Build Snapshot Artifacts"
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  workflow_call:
+    outputs:
+      artifact-name:
+        description: "Name of the merged artifact containing all wheels and sdist"
+        value: ${{ jobs.merge-artifacts.outputs.artifact-name }}
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - '.github/workflows/python-client-build-artifacts.yml'
+      - 'client/python/**'
+
+jobs:
+  generate-version:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      version: ${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 1
+
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@83679a892e2d95755f2dac6acb0bfd1e9ac5d548 # v6
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.13"
+
+      - name: Install Poetry
+        run: make client-install-poetry
+
+      - name: Generate snapshot version
+        id: version
+        run: |
+          CURRENT_VERSION=$(make client-get-version)
+          DATE_SUFFIX=$(date -u +%Y%m%d%H%M%S)
+          NIGHTLY_VERSION="${CURRENT_VERSION}.dev${DATE_SUFFIX}"
+          echo "version=$NIGHTLY_VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "Generated snapshot version: $NIGHTLY_VERSION"
+
+  build-artifacts:
+    name: Build artifacts on ${{ matrix.os }} with Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    needs: generate-version
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os: [ubuntu-24.04, macos-14, macos-15]
+        python-version: ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 1
+
+      - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+        uses: actions/setup-python@83679a892e2d95755f2dac6acb0bfd1e9ac5d548 # v6
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+
+      - name: Set up JDK for openapi-generator-cli
+        uses: actions/setup-java@dded0888837ed1f317902acf8a20df0ad188d165 # v5
+        with:
+          distribution: 'temurin'
+          java-version: '21'
+
+      - name: Set snapshot version
+        run: |
+          echo "Setting version to: ${{ needs.generate-version.outputs.version }}"
+          make client-set-version VERSION="${{ needs.generate-version.outputs.version }}"
+
+      - name: Build source distribution
+        if: matrix.python-version == '3.13' && startsWith(matrix.os, 'ubuntu-24.04')
+        run: |
+          make client-build FORMAT=sdist
+
+      - name: Build wheel
+        run: |
+          make client-build FORMAT=wheel
+
+      - name: Prepare artifacts directory
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p wheelhouse
+          cp ./client/python/dist/*.whl wheelhouse/
+
+      - name: Add source distribution
+        if: matrix.python-version == '3.13' && startsWith(matrix.os, 'ubuntu-24.04')
+        run: cp ./client/python/dist/*.tar.gz wheelhouse/
+
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@b7c566a772e6b6bfb58ed0dc250532a479d7789f # v6
+        with:
+          name: python-client-artifacts-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.python-version }}
+          path: ./wheelhouse/*
+
+  merge-artifacts:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs:
+      - generate-version
+      - build-artifacts
+    outputs:
+      artifact-name: ${{ steps.output-name.outputs.artifact-name }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Merge Artifacts
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact/merge@b7c566a772e6b6bfb58ed0dc250532a479d7789f # v6
+        with:
+          name: python-client-artifacts-${{ needs.generate-version.outputs.version }}
+          pattern: python-client-artifacts-*
+          delete-merged: true
+
+      - name: Output artifact name
+        id: output-name
+        run: echo "artifact-name=python-client-artifacts-${{ needs.generate-version.outputs.version }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 64ee9756fc..57e9e7314e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -112,13 +112,16 @@ $(VENV_DIR):
 	@python3 -m venv $(VENV_DIR)
 	@echo "Virtual environment created."
 
-.PHONY: client-install-dependencies
-client-install-dependencies: $(VENV_DIR)
-	@echo "Installing Poetry and project dependencies into $(VENV_DIR)..."
-	@$(VENV_DIR)/bin/pip install --upgrade pip
+.PHONY: client-install-poetry
+client-install-poetry: $(VENV_DIR) ## Install Poetry into the virtual environment
+	@$(VENV_DIR)/bin/pip install --upgrade pip -q
 	@if [ ! -f "$(VENV_DIR)/bin/poetry" ]; then \
-		$(VENV_DIR)/bin/pip install --upgrade "poetry$(POETRY_VERSION)"; \
+		$(VENV_DIR)/bin/pip install --upgrade "poetry$(POETRY_VERSION)" -q; \
 	fi
+
+.PHONY: client-install-dependencies
+client-install-dependencies: client-install-poetry
+	@echo "Installing project dependencies into $(VENV_DIR)..."
 	@$(ACTIVATE_AND_CD) && poetry lock && poetry install --all-extras
 	@echo "Poetry and dependencies installed."
 
@@ -131,6 +134,20 @@ client-lint: client-setup-env ## Run linting checks for Polaris client
 	@$(ACTIVATE_AND_CD) && poetry run pre-commit run --files integration_tests/* generate_clients.py apache_polaris/cli/* apache_polaris/cli/command/* apache_polaris/cli/options/* test/*
 	@echo "--- Client linting checks complete ---"
 
+.PHONY: client-get-version
+client-get-version: ## Get Python client version (requires poetry to be installed)
+	@$(ACTIVATE_AND_CD) && poetry version --short
+
+.PHONY: client-set-version
+client-set-version: client-setup-env ## Set Python client version using poetry. Usage: make client-set-version VERSION=<version>
+	@echo "--- Setting client version ---"
+	@if [ -z "$(VERSION)" ]; then \
+		echo "Error: VERSION is required. Usage: make client-set-version VERSION=<version>" >&2; \
+		exit 1; \
+	fi
+	@$(ACTIVATE_AND_CD) && poetry version "$(VERSION)"
+	@echo "--- Client version set to $(VERSION) ---"
+
 .PHONY: client-regenerate
 client-regenerate: client-setup-env ## Regenerate the client code
 	@echo "--- Regenerating client code ---"