diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 9de3058bf..3056c1ed9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@ jobs:
 
     - run: git reset --hard ${{ github.sha }}
 
-    - name: Install uv
-      uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v7
-
     - name: Python Semantic Release
       id: release
       uses: python-semantic-release/python-semantic-release@v10.5.3
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index dc1213899..0bfb1a95b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ constraint-dependencies = [
 uv_constraints = []
 
 [tool.semantic_release]
-build_command = "SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION=$NEW_VERSION uv build"
+build_command = "python -m pip install --upgrade build && SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION=$NEW_VERSION python -m build"
 
 [tool.semantic_release.commit_parser_options]
 minor_tags = ["feat", "docs"]