diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 32ab53ba..0c2f0746 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -55,12 +55,11 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install dependencies
       shell: bash
       run: |
-        gem install --no-document toys
         bundle install
     - name: Test ${{ matrix.task }}
       shell: bash
       # zizmor: ignore[template-injection]
       run: |
         for task in $(echo "${{ matrix.task }}" | tr ',' ' '); do
-          toys "$task" < /dev/null
+          bundle exec rake "$task" < /dev/null
         done
diff --git a/.kokoro/samples.sh b/.kokoro/samples.sh
index 50ae3929..8308a24f 100755
--- a/.kokoro/samples.sh
+++ b/.kokoro/samples.sh
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ set -eo pipefail
 export GEM_HOME=$HOME/.gem
 export PATH=$GEM_HOME/bin:$PATH
 
-gem install --no-document toys
-
 # To run acceptance tests for samples, we need the `sample_loader.rb` helper
 # from the `googleapis/ruby-common-tools` repository.
 #
@@ -23,4 +21,5 @@ gem install --no-document toys
 # step explicit and reliable.
 curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/ruby-common-tools/main/lib/sample_loader.rb -o samples/acceptance/sample_loader.rb
 
-toys samples < /dev/null
+bundle install
+bundle exec rake samples < /dev/null
diff --git a/.toys/.lib/repo_context.rb b/.toys/.lib/repo_context.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index bde035e6..00000000
--- a/.toys/.lib/repo_context.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2022 Google LLC
-#
-# Licensed 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.
-
-class RepoContext
-  @loaded_env = false
-
-  def self.load_kokoro_env
-    return if @loaded_env
-    @loaded_env = true
-
-    gfile_dir = ::ENV["KOKORO_GFILE_DIR"]
-    return unless gfile_dir
-
-    filename = "#{gfile_dir}/ruby_env_vars.json"
-    raise "#{filename} is not a file" unless ::File.file? filename
-    env_vars = ::JSON.parse ::File.read filename
-    env_vars.each { |k, v| ::ENV[k] ||= v }
-
-    filename = "#{gfile_dir}/secret_manager/ruby-main-ci-service-account"
-    raise "#{filename} is not a file" unless ::File.file? filename
-    ::ENV["GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS"] = filename
-
-    # Extract project_id from the key file if available
-    require "json"
-    key_data = JSON.parse File.read filename
-    if key_data["project_id"]
-      puts "Inferred project_id from keyfile: #{key_data['project_id']}"
-      ::ENV["GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT"] ||= key_data["project_id"]
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/.toys/.toys.rb b/.toys/.toys.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 9f76ff2a..00000000
--- a/.toys/.toys.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-# frozen_string_literal: true
-
-# Copyright 2021 Google LLC
-#
-# Licensed 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.
-
-expand :clean, paths: :gitignore
-
-tool "spec" do
-  desc "Run RSpec tests"
-  include :exec
-  def run
-    exec ["bundle", "exec", "rspec"]
-  end
-end
-
-tool "test" do
-  desc "Run unit tests"
-  include :exec
-  def run
-    exec ["bundle", "exec", "ruby", "-Ilib", "-Itest", "-e", "Dir.glob('test/**/*_test.rb').each{|f| require File.expand_path(f)}"]
-  end
-end
-
-tool "integration" do
-  desc "Run integration tests"
-  include :exec
-  def run
-    exec ["bundle", "exec", "ruby", "-Ilib", "-Iintegration", "-e", "Dir.glob('integration/**/*_test.rb').each{|f| require File.expand_path(f)}"]
-  end
-end
-
-expand :rubocop, bundler: true
-
-tool "yardoc" do
-  desc "Generate documentation"
-  include :exec
-  def run
-    exec ["bundle", "exec", "yard", "doc"]
-  end
-end
-alias_tool :yard, :yardoc
-
-expand :gem_build
-
-expand :gem_build, name: "install", install_gem: true
diff --git a/.toys/ci.rb b/.toys/ci.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 2f7263fa..00000000
--- a/.toys/ci.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-# frozen_string_literal: true
-
-# Copyright 2021 Google LLC
-#
-# Licensed 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.
-
-desc "Run CI checks"
-
-TESTS = ["test", "integration", "spec", "rubocop", "yardoc", "build", "linkinator"]
-
-flag :only
-TESTS.each do |name|
-  flag "include_#{name}".to_sym, "--[no-]include-#{name}"
-end
-
-include :exec, result_callback: :handle_result
-include :terminal
-
-def handle_result result
-  if result.success?
-    puts "** #{result.name} passed\n\n", :green, :bold
-  else
-    puts "** CI terminated: #{result.name} failed!", :red, :bold
-    exit 1
-  end
-end
-
-def run
-  ::Dir.chdir context_directory
-  TESTS.each do |name|
-    setting = get "include_#{name}".to_sym
-    setting = !only if setting.nil?
-    exec ["toys", name], name: name.capitalize if setting
-  end
-end
diff --git a/.toys/linkinator.rb b/.toys/linkinator.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 66b06c0c..00000000
--- a/.toys/linkinator.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-# frozen_string_literal: true
-
-# Copyright 2021 Google LLC
-#
-# Licensed 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.
-
-desc "Run Link checks"
-
-flag :install, desc: "Install linkinator instead of running checks"
-
-include :exec, e: true
-include :terminal
-
-def run
-  ::Dir.chdir context_directory
-  if install
-    Kernel.exec "npm install linkinator"
-  else
-    exec_tool ["yardoc"]
-    check_links
-  end
-end
-
-def check_links
-  result = exec ["npx", "linkinator", "./doc", "--skip", "stackoverflow.com"], out: :capture
-  puts result.captured_out
-  checked_links = result.captured_out.split "\n"
-  checked_links.select! { |link| link =~ /^\[(\d+)\]/ && ::Regexp.last_match[1] != "200" }
-  unless checked_links.empty?
-    checked_links.each do |link|
-      puts link, :yellow
-    end
-    exit 1
-  end
-end
diff --git a/.toys/samples.rb b/.toys/samples.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index bb0fa013..00000000
--- a/.toys/samples.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2022 Google LLC
-#
-# Licensed 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.
-
-desc "Run samples tests"
-
-include :exec
-include :terminal, styled: true
-
-def run
-  require "json"
-  require "repo_context"
-  RepoContext.load_kokoro_env
-
-  Dir.chdir File.join(context_directory, "samples") do
-    puts "Updating samples bundle ...", :bold, :cyan
-    exec ["bundle", "install"]
-    
-    puts "Samples tests ...", :bold, :cyan
-    cmd = ["bundle", "exec", "ruby", "-I../lib", "-Iacceptance", "-e", 
-           "Dir.glob('acceptance/*_test.rb').each{|f| require File.expand_path(f)}"]
-    
-    exec cmd
-  end
-end
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 55c2f03f..10249ba4 100755
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ gem "minitest", "~> 5.14"
 gem "minitest-focus", "~> 1.1"
 gem "pstore", "~> 0.2.1"
 gem "rack-test", "~> 2.0"
+gem "rake", "~> 13.0"
 gem "redcarpet", "~> 3.0"
 gem "redis", ">= 4.0", "< 6"
 gem "rspec", "~> 3.0"
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index efa72b6a..5e47ca72 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 PATH
   remote: .
   specs:
-    googleauth (1.17.3)
+    googleauth (1.17.4)
       faraday (>= 1.0, < 3.a)
       google-cloud-env (~> 2.2)
       google-logging-utils (~> 0.1)
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ GEM
     rack-test (2.2.0)
       rack (>= 1.3)
     rainbow (3.1.1)
+    rake (13.4.2)
     rbs (4.1.1)
       logger
       prism (>= 1.6.0)
@@ -156,6 +157,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   minitest-focus (~> 1.1)
   pstore (~> 0.2.1)
   rack-test (~> 2.0)
+  rake (~> 13.0)
   redcarpet (~> 3.0)
   redis (>= 4.0, < 6)
   rspec (~> 3.0)
@@ -181,7 +183,7 @@ CHECKSUMS
   google-cloud-env (2.4.0) sha256=01cb35ecee5d1c4d1cd4deaed8bb5bddc838e296bcc2a35c5d1ddd07ce40d28d
   google-logging-utils (0.2.0) sha256=675462b4ea5affa825a3442694ca2d75d0069455a1d0956127207498fca3df7b
   google-style (1.32.0) sha256=3b13068979e5b8caa067ecce9bf818b6cf0e5eb706ead41c5b905f237d9bfb01
-  googleauth (1.17.3)
+  googleauth (1.17.4)
   hashdiff (1.2.1) sha256=9c079dbc513dfc8833ab59c0c2d8f230fa28499cc5efb4b8dd276cf931457cd1
   io-console (0.8.2) sha256=d6e3ae7a7cc7574f4b8893b4fca2162e57a825b223a177b7afa236c5ef9814cc
   irb (1.18.0) sha256=de9454a0703a54704b9811a5ef31a60c86949fbf4013fcf244fabc7c775248e3
@@ -208,6 +210,7 @@ CHECKSUMS
   rack (3.2.6) sha256=5ed78e1f73b2e25679bec7d45ee2d4483cc4146eb1be0264fc4d94cb5ef212c2
   rack-test (2.2.0) sha256=005a36692c306ac0b4a9350355ee080fd09ddef1148a5f8b2ac636c720f5c463
   rainbow (3.1.1) sha256=039491aa3a89f42efa1d6dec2fc4e62ede96eb6acd95e52f1ad581182b79bc6a
+  rake (13.4.2) sha256=cb825b2bd5f1f8e91ca37bddb4b9aaf345551b4731da62949be002fa89283701
   rbs (4.1.1) sha256=1bf118f2f95d1cd3956357645d495152b661e0257e57781d18ceecd461622b9e
   rdoc (8.0.0) sha256=03bf8c08a9639658855a0cfd77c0abca8325c227693f7f33f82957811348c469
   redcarpet (3.6.1) sha256=d444910e6aa55480c6bcdc0cdb057626e8a32c054c29e793fa642ba2f155f445
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4fd43236
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+# Copyright 2026 Google LLC
+#
+# Licensed 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.
+
+require "bundler/gem_tasks"
+require "json"
+require "open3"
+require "rake/clean"
+require "rake/testtask"
+require "rspec/core/rake_task"
+require "rubocop/rake_task"
+require "yard"
+
+# The entries in .gitignore. rake/clean already removes "**/*~".
+CLEAN.include "**/*.gem", "**/*.rbc", ".config", "coverage", "InstalledFiles", "pkg", "spec/reports", "test/tmp",
+              "test/version_tmp", "tmp", "**/.dat*", "**/.repl_history", "build", ".yardoc", "_yardoc", "doc",
+              "rdoc", ".bundle", "lib/bundler/man", "**/.rvmrc", "node_modules", "package-lock.json"
+
+RSpec::Core::RakeTask.new :spec
+
+Rake::TestTask.new :test do |t|
+  t.libs = ["lib", "test"]
+  t.test_files = FileList["test/**/*_test.rb"]
+  t.warning = false
+end
+
+Rake::TestTask.new :integration do |t|
+  t.libs = ["lib", "integration"]
+  t.test_files = FileList["integration/**/*_test.rb"]
+  t.warning = false
+end
+
+RuboCop::RakeTask.new
+
+YARD::Rake::YardocTask.new :yardoc
+
+desc "Alias for yardoc, used by the release tooling"
+task yard: :yardoc
+
+desc "Check the links in the generated documentation"
+task linkinator: :yardoc do
+  output, status = Open3.capture2 "npx", "linkinator", "./doc", "--skip", "stackoverflow.com"
+  puts output
+  broken = output.lines.select { |line| line =~ /^\[(\d+)\]/ && Regexp.last_match(1) != "200" }
+  broken.each { |line| puts line }
+  abort "linkinator failed" unless status.success? && broken.empty?
+end
+
+namespace :linkinator do
+  desc "Install linkinator"
+  task :install do
+    sh "npm", "install", "linkinator"
+  end
+end
+
+# On Kokoro, load the shared environment variables and the CI service account.
+def load_kokoro_env
+  gfile_dir = ENV["KOKORO_GFILE_DIR"]
+  return unless gfile_dir
+
+  filename = "#{gfile_dir}/ruby_env_vars.json"
+  raise "#{filename} is not a file" unless File.file? filename
+  JSON.parse(File.read(filename)).each { |k, v| ENV[k] ||= v }
+
+  filename = "#{gfile_dir}/secret_manager/ruby-main-ci-service-account"
+  raise "#{filename} is not a file" unless File.file? filename
+  ENV["GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS"] = filename
+
+  project_id = JSON.parse(File.read(filename))["project_id"]
+  return unless project_id
+  puts "Inferred project_id from keyfile: #{project_id}"
+  ENV["GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT"] ||= project_id
+end
+
+desc "Run samples tests"
+task :samples do
+  # The samples have their own Gemfile, so leave the root bundle first.
+  Bundler.with_unbundled_env do
+    load_kokoro_env
+    puts "Updating samples bundle ..."
+    sh "bundle", "install", chdir: "samples"
+    puts "Samples tests ..."
+    sh "bundle", "exec", "ruby", "-I../lib", "-Iacceptance", "-e",
+       "Dir.glob('acceptance/*_test.rb').each{|f| require File.expand_path(f)}", chdir: "samples"
+  end
+end
+
+desc "Run CI checks"
+task ci: ["test", "integration", "spec", "rubocop", "yardoc", "build", "linkinator"]