diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index e39c8aa..9ecdd17 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -59,14 +59,6 @@ jobs:
           node-version: '24'
           registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
 
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        if: steps.version.outputs.version_tag != ''
-        run: npm ci
-
-      - name: Update package version
-        if: steps.version.outputs.version_tag != ''
-        run: npm version ${{ steps.version.outputs.version }} --no-git-tag-version
-
       - name: Run GoReleaser
         if: steps.version.outputs.version_tag != ''
         uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@v6
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 64eda9e..832b552 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 node_modules
 .envrc
+.goreleaser-dist
diff --git a/.goreleaser.yaml b/.goreleaser.yaml
index 8987e32..c6131d1 100644
--- a/.goreleaser.yaml
+++ b/.goreleaser.yaml
@@ -3,10 +3,13 @@
 
 project_name: cloudflare-crawl-mcp
 
+dist: .goreleaser-dist
+
 before:
   hooks:
     - npm ci
     - npm run build
+    - npm version {{ .Version }} --no-git-tag-version
 
 archives:
   - id: default