diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ef1af52..02ca062 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,11 +5,26 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [1.3.4] - 2026-02-22
+
+### Fixed
+
+- **PyPI wheel packaging**: Fixed project build file to remove web includes/excludes that were breaking CI/CD
+
+### Changed
+
+- **`Makefile`**: Simplified `build-release` target to remove `.gitkeep` preservation logic since the placeholder is not needed in distribution builds.
+
+
 ## [1.3.3] - 2026-02-22
 
 ### Fixed
 
-- **PyPI wheel packaging**: Fixed duplicate `.gitkeep` file in wheel that caused PyPI upload rejection. Changed wheel build configuration to use `only-include` for Python files, preventing the `.gitkeep` placeholder from being included via the `packages` directive while still allowing it through `force-include`.
+- **PyPI wheel packaging**: Fixed duplicate `.gitkeep` file in wheel that caused PyPI upload rejection. Modified `build-release` Makefile target to not preserve the `.gitkeep` placeholder file when copying web UI build artifacts, as it's only needed for development and editable installs.
+
+### Changed
+
+- **`Makefile`**: Simplified `build-release` target to remove `.gitkeep` preservation logic since the placeholder is not needed in distribution builds.
 
 ## [1.3.2] - 2026-02-22
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7fd4692..1df5e04 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ build-web: ## Build Next.js static export into web-ui/out/ (required before svg2
 	cd web-ui && npm run build
 
 build-release: build-web ## Build Next.js UI and copy into the Python package for distribution
-	uv run python -c "import shutil,pathlib; w=pathlib.Path('src/SVG2DrawIOLib/web'); gitkeep=w/'.gitkeep'; gitkeep_content=gitkeep.read_text() if gitkeep.exists() else ''; shutil.rmtree(w,ignore_errors=True); shutil.copytree('web-ui/out',w); [(p.rename(p.parent.parent/(p.parent.name+'.__PAGE__.txt')),p.parent.rmdir()) for p in list(w.rglob('__PAGE__.txt')) if p.parent.name.startswith('__next.')]; w.mkdir(exist_ok=True); gitkeep.write_text(gitkeep_content) if gitkeep_content else None"
+	uv run python -c "import shutil,pathlib; w=pathlib.Path('src/SVG2DrawIOLib/web'); shutil.rmtree(w,ignore_errors=True); shutil.copytree('web-ui/out',w); [(p.rename(p.parent.parent/(p.parent.name+'.__PAGE__.txt')),p.parent.rmdir()) for p in list(w.rglob('__PAGE__.txt')) if p.parent.name.startswith('__next.')]"
 
 start-web: build-web ## Build then launch the web UI via the CLI (opens browser)
 	svg2drawio web
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 17f676d..89292ff 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -73,11 +73,6 @@ path = "src/SVG2DrawIOLib/__about__.py"
 
 [tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel]
 packages = ["src/SVG2DrawIOLib"]
-only-include = [
-  "SVG2DrawIOLib/**/*.py",
-  "SVG2DrawIOLib/**/*.typed",
-  "SVG2DrawIOLib/py.typed",
-]
 
 [tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel.force-include]
 "src/SVG2DrawIOLib/web" = "SVG2DrawIOLib/web"
diff --git a/src/SVG2DrawIOLib/__about__.py b/src/SVG2DrawIOLib/__about__.py
index 45dcfb8..389a118 100644
--- a/src/SVG2DrawIOLib/__about__.py
+++ b/src/SVG2DrawIOLib/__about__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 """Package version information."""
 
-__version__ = "1.3.3"
+__version__ = "1.3.4"
diff --git a/src/SVG2DrawIOLib/web/.gitkeep b/src/SVG2DrawIOLib/web/.gitkeep
index 8d03576..e69de29 100644
--- a/src/SVG2DrawIOLib/web/.gitkeep
+++ b/src/SVG2DrawIOLib/web/.gitkeep
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-# Placeholder for web UI build artifacts
-# The actual web UI is built from web-ui/ and copied here during release builds