diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index b42ba7a..d3efe72 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ jobs:
           git verify-tag --raw ${{ github.ref_name }} 2>&1
           | grep -q 'VALIDSIG 9B1A79065D2F2B806C8A5A1C7D2ACDAF4653CF28'
       - run: echo "TAG=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v5
+      - run: uv build
       - run: gh release create -t "Release ${{ env.TAG}}" -n "$(awk '/## \[${{ env.TAG }}] - /{flag=1;next}/## \[/{flag=0}flag' CHANGELOG.md)" ${{ env.TAG }} dist/*
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5cef620..0d75d28 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+- release: dist files needs to be built
+
 ## [v0.54.0] - 2024-12-31
 
 - poetry -> uv + hatch