diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 5c484c7..31dd9f4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -57,10 +57,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           skip-uv-sync: "true"
 
-      - name: Update version in __init__.py
-        if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
-        run: nix develop --command just update-version
-
       - name: Build and publish package
         if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
         env:
diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
index f0e40c5..2ebc360 100644
--- a/justfile
+++ b/justfile
@@ -34,10 +34,6 @@ ty:
 gitleaks:
 	gitleaks detect --source . --config .gitleaks.toml
 
-# Update version in __init__.py
-update-version:
-	uv run scripts/update_version.py
-
 # Build package
 build:
 	uv build
diff --git a/scripts/update_version.py b/scripts/update_version.py
deleted file mode 100755
index 6c2e39f..0000000
--- a/scripts/update_version.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-# /// script
-# requires-python = ">=3.11"
-# dependencies = [
-#   "tomli",
-# ]
-# ///
-"""
-Script to ensure version consistency between pyproject.toml and __init__.py.
-Run this script after release-please updates the version in pyproject.toml.
-"""
-
-import re
-import subprocess
-from pathlib import Path
-
-import tomli
-
-
-def main() -> None:
-    """Update version in __init__.py to match pyproject.toml and refresh uv.lock."""
-    # Read version from pyproject.toml
-    pyproject_path = Path("pyproject.toml")
-    init_path = Path("stackone_ai/__init__.py")
-
-    with open(pyproject_path, "rb") as f:
-        pyproject = tomli.load(f)
-        version = pyproject["project"]["version"]
-
-    # Update version in __init__.py
-    init_content = init_path.read_text()
-    new_init_content = re.sub(r'__version__ = "[^"]+"', f'__version__ = "{version}"', init_content)
-
-    if init_content != new_init_content:
-        init_path.write_text(new_init_content)
-        print(f"Updated version in {init_path} to {version}")
-    else:
-        print(f"Version in {init_path} already matches {version}")
-
-    # Update uv.lock to reflect version change in pyproject.toml
-    print("Updating uv.lock...")
-    subprocess.run(["uv", "lock"], check=True)
-    print("uv.lock updated successfully")
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    main()