diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 180b5db..6247aef 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,14 @@ jobs:
           restore-keys: |
             ${{ runner.os }}-uv-
 
+      # Extract version early so it can be used in subsequent steps
+      - name: Set version from tag
+        id: set_version
+        run: echo "version=${GITHUB_REF_NAME#v}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
       - name: Install dependencies
+        env:
+          SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION_FOR_TABPFN_COMMON_UTILS: ${{ steps.set_version.outputs.version }}
         run: uv sync --extra dev --group build
 
       - name: Run linting
@@ -52,14 +59,8 @@ jobs:
           git describe --exact-match HEAD || (echo "::error::HEAD is not exactly on tag ${{ github.ref_name }}"; exit 1)
           echo "Building version from tag: ${{ github.ref_name }}"
 
-      # Force version from tag; hatch-vcs/setuptools-scm can yield next_version.dev0 when
-      # they don't detect exact tag (e.g. in isolated build env), so we pin the version.
-      - name: Set version from tag for build
-        id: set_version
-        run: echo "version=${GITHUB_REF_NAME#v}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
       - name: Clean previous builds
-        run: git clean -xfd dist build *.egg-info || true
+        run: git clean -xfd
 
       - name: Build package
         env: