diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 8905f213a6..f790f17e37 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ even patch releases may contain [non-backwards-compatible changes](https://semve
 ### Creating a new release
 
 1. Install `uv`: `curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh`
-1. Run `./scripts/release/bump.sh`; this command will:
+1. Run `./scripts/release.sh`; this command will:
     - Generate a temporary virtual environment with `rooster`
     - Generate a changelog entry in `CHANGELOG.md`
     - Update versions in `pyproject.toml` and `Cargo.toml`
diff --git a/scripts/release.sh b/scripts/release.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..0d0454f1ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Prepare for a release
+#
+# All additional options are passed to `rooster release`
+set -eu
+
+export UV_PREVIEW=1
+
+script_root="$(realpath "$(dirname "$0")")"
+project_root="$(dirname "$script_root")"
+
+echo "Updating metadata with rooster..."
+cd "$project_root"
+uv tool run --from 'rooster-blue>=0.0.7' --python 3.12 --isolated -- \
+    rooster release "$@"
+
+echo "Updating lockfile..."
+cargo update -p ruff
+
+echo "Generating contributors list..."
+echo ""
+echo ""
+uv tool run --from 'rooster-blue>=0.0.7' --python 3.12 --isolated -- \
+    rooster contributors --quiet
diff --git a/scripts/release/bump.sh b/scripts/release/bump.sh
index c992768e10..91921aa59d 100755
--- a/scripts/release/bump.sh
+++ b/scripts/release/bump.sh
@@ -1,27 +1,3 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Prepare for a release
-#
-# All additional options are passed to `rooster`
-set -eu
 
-script_root="$(realpath "$(dirname "$0")")"
-project_root="$(dirname "$(dirname "$script_root")")"
-
-cd "$script_root"
-echo "Setting up a temporary environment..."
-uv venv
-
-source ".venv/bin/activate"
-uv pip install -r requirements.txt
-
-echo "Updating metadata with rooster..."
-cd "$project_root"
-rooster release "$@"
-
-echo "Updating lockfile..."
-cargo check
-
-echo "Generating contributors list..."
-echo ""
-echo ""
-rooster contributors --quiet
+echo 'This script has been removed, use `./scripts/release.sh` instead'
diff --git a/scripts/release/requirements.in b/scripts/release/requirements.in
deleted file mode 100644
index e47c37092d..0000000000
--- a/scripts/release/requirements.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-rooster-blue
diff --git a/scripts/release/requirements.txt b/scripts/release/requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 2df4e3dce1..0000000000
--- a/scripts/release/requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-# This file was autogenerated by uv v0.1.1 via the following command:
-#    uv pip compile scripts/release/requirements.in -o scripts/release/requirements.txt --upgrade
-annotated-types==0.6.0
-    # via pydantic
-anyio==4.3.0
-    # via httpx
-certifi==2024.2.2
-    # via
-    #   httpcore
-    #   httpx
-cffi==1.16.0
-    # via pygit2
-click==8.1.7
-    # via typer
-h11==0.14.0
-    # via httpcore
-hishel==0.0.12
-    # via rooster-blue
-httpcore==1.0.4
-    # via httpx
-httpx==0.25.2
-    # via
-    #   hishel
-    #   rooster-blue
-idna==3.6
-    # via
-    #   anyio
-    #   httpx
-marko==2.0.3
-    # via rooster-blue
-packaging==23.2
-    # via rooster-blue
-pycparser==2.21
-    # via cffi
-pydantic==2.6.1
-    # via rooster-blue
-pydantic-core==2.16.2
-    # via pydantic
-pygit2==1.14.1
-    # via rooster-blue
-rooster-blue==0.0.2
-setuptools==69.1.0
-    # via pygit2
-sniffio==1.3.0
-    # via
-    #   anyio
-    #   httpx
-tqdm==4.66.2
-    # via rooster-blue
-typer==0.9.0
-    # via rooster-blue
-typing-extensions==4.9.0
-    # via
-    #   pydantic
-    #   pydantic-core
-    #   typer