diff --git a/Doxyfile b/Doxyfile
index 89e00480..4be53f7c 100644
--- a/Doxyfile
+++ b/Doxyfile
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ PROJECT_NAME           = GridFire
 # could be handy for archiving the generated documentation or if some version
 # control system is used.
 
-PROJECT_NUMBER         = v0.7.3_rc2
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = v0.7.4_rc2
 
 # Using the PROJECT_BRIEF tag one can provide an optional one line description
 # for a project that appears at the top of each page and should give viewers a
diff --git a/build-config/fourdst/meson.build b/build-config/fourdst/meson.build
index 124ecdcf..04a160c2 100644
--- a/build-config/fourdst/meson.build
+++ b/build-config/fourdst/meson.build
@@ -1,9 +1,17 @@
 # bring in all of the fourdst utility repositories
 
+fourdst_build_lib_all = true
+if get_option('unity-safe')
+    fourdst_build_lib_all=false
+endif
+
 fourdst_sp = subproject('fourdst',
                         default_options:
                             ['build-tests=' + get_option('build-tests').to_string(),
-                             'build-python=' + get_option('build-python').to_string()
+                             'build-python=' + get_option('build-python').to_string(),
+                             'build-lib-all=' + fourdst_build_lib_all.to_string(),
+                             'pkg-config=' + get_option('pkg-config').to_string(),
+                             'build-lib-log=true'
                             ]
 )
 
@@ -11,10 +19,15 @@ composition_dep = fourdst_sp.get_variable('composition_dep')
 log_dep = fourdst_sp.get_variable('log_dep')
 const_dep = fourdst_sp.get_variable('const_dep')
 config_dep = fourdst_sp.get_variable('config_dep')
-plugin_dep = fourdst_sp.get_variable('plugin_dep')
+if not get_option('unity-safe')
+    plugin_dep = fourdst_sp.get_variable('plugin_dep')
+endif
 
 libcomposition = fourdst_sp.get_variable('libcomposition')
 libconst = fourdst_sp.get_variable('libconst')
 libconfig = fourdst_sp.get_variable('libconfig')
 liblogging = fourdst_sp.get_variable('liblogging')
-libplugin = fourdst_sp.get_variable('libplugin')
\ No newline at end of file
+
+if not get_option('unity-safe')
+    libplugin = fourdst_sp.get_variable('libplugin')
+endif
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 7dd5d4cc..5097959f 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #   Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
 #
 # *********************************************************************** #
-project('GridFire', ['c', 'cpp', 'fortran'], version: 'v0.7.3_rc2', default_options: ['cpp_std=c++23'], meson_version: '>=1.5.0')
+project('GridFire', ['c', 'cpp', 'fortran'], version: 'v0.7.4_rc2', default_options: ['cpp_std=c++23'], meson_version: '>=1.5.0')
 
 # Add default visibility for all C++ targets
 add_project_arguments('-fvisibility=default', language: 'cpp')
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 63a752d5..ec80a866 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ option('build-python', type: 'boolean', value: false, description: 'build the py
 option('build-tests', type: 'boolean', value: true, description: 'build the test suite')
 option('build-fortran', type: 'boolean', value: false, description: 'build fortran module support')
 option('unsafe-fortran', type: 'boolean', value: false, description: 'Allow untested fortran compilers (compilers other than gfortran)')
+option('unity-safe', type: 'boolean', value: false, description: 'Enable safe unity builds for better compatibility across different compilers and platforms')
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6a7a6a2e..bedbcdc0 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ build-backend = "mesonpy"
 
 [project]
 name = "gridfire"  # Choose your Python package name
-version = "0.7.3_rc2" # Your project's version
+version = "0.7.4_rc2" # Your project's version
 description = "Python interface to the GridFire nuclear network code"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = { file = "LICENSE.txt" } # Reference your license file [cite: 2]
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index 84495c35..a34ad24c 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -38,11 +38,14 @@ gridfire_build_dependencies = [
     log_dep,
     xxhash_dep,
     eigen_dep,
-    plugin_dep,
     sundials_dep,
     json_dep,
 ]
 
+if not get_option('unity-safe')
+    gridfire_build_dependencies += [plugin_dep]
+endif
+
 # Define the libnetwork library so it can be linked against by other parts of the build system
 libgridfire = library('gridfire',
     gridfire_sources,
diff --git a/src/python/gridfire/__init__.py b/src/python/gridfire/__init__.py
index 709419c1..65d6e5e5 100644
--- a/src/python/gridfire/__init__.py
+++ b/src/python/gridfire/__init__.py
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@ sys.modules['gridfire.io'] = io
 
 __all__ = ['type', 'utils', 'engine', 'solver', 'exceptions', 'partition', 'reaction', 'screening', 'io', 'policy']
 
-__version__ = "v0.7.3_rc2"
+__version__ = "v0.7.4_rc2"
 
diff --git a/subprojects/fourdst.wrap b/subprojects/fourdst.wrap
index e718833b..140d8639 100644
--- a/subprojects/fourdst.wrap
+++ b/subprojects/fourdst.wrap
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 [wrap-git]
 url = https://github.com/4D-STAR/fourdst
-revision = v0.9.10
+revision = v0.9.11
 depth = 1