diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-py.yml b/.github/workflows/release-py.yml
index bdb8997..e6cd62a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-py.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-py.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "$HOME/.local/bin" >> "$GITHUB_PATH"
 
       - name: Create .venv and install deps
-        run: uv sync --extra dev
+        run: uv sync
 
       - name: Build sdist + wheel (via make)
         run: make build                   # runs `uv build`, outputs to dist/
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ee7d577..65be820 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ infrastructure overhaul.
   (Bernhard Merkle, #150).
 
 #### Infrastructure
+- Changes pyproject.toml to use uv more idiomatically.
+  - Local devs write `uv sync` instead of `uv sync --extra dev`.
+  - From PyPI (with uv or pip) you can use `typeagent[dev]`
+    to install the dev dependencies with the package.
 - Move _typeagent/_ to _src/typeagent/_ (Bernhard Merkle, #139).
 - Move tests and test data to _tests/_ directory (Bernhard Merkle, #144).
 - Move ancillary dirs into subdirs (Bernhard Merkle, #145).
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 379f43e..01470ec 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "uv_build"
 
 [project]
 name = "typeagent"
-version = "0.3.3"
+version = "0.4.0.dev"
 description = "Incremental message indexing and querying pipelines using Structured RAG"
 readme = { file = "README.md", content-type = "text/markdown" }
 license = "MIT"
diff --git a/tools/release.py b/tools/release.py
index ba235f0..22a4ea1 100755
--- a/tools/release.py
+++ b/tools/release.py
@@ -449,8 +449,11 @@ def main():
     )
 
     if exit_code != 0:
-        print("Error: Failed to create PR", file=sys.stderr)
-        return 1
+        if args.force:
+            print("Warning: Failed to create PR -- you can create it yourself", file=sys.stderr)
+        else:
+            print("Error: Failed to create PR -- but you can create it yourself", file=sys.stderr)
+            return 1
 
     if args.dry_run:
         print(f"\n[DRY RUN] Release process completed successfully!")
@@ -461,8 +464,11 @@ def main():
         print(f"\nRelease process completed successfully!")
         print(f"Created branch: {branch_name}")
         print(f"Created tag: {tag_name}")
-        print(f"Created PR: {pr_url}")
+        if exit_code == 0:
+            print(f"Created PR: {pr_url}")
         print(f"\nNext steps:")
+        if exit_code == 0:
+            print(f"  0. Create the PR (since it wasn't created)")
         print(f"  1. Get the PR approved and merged")
         print(f"  2. The GitHub Actions release workflow will be triggered by the tag")
 
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index e26630a..b4dbf24 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 version = 1
-revision = 2
+revision = 3
 requires-python = ">=3.12"
 resolution-markers = [
     "python_full_version >= '3.13'",
@@ -2360,7 +2360,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "typeagent"
-version = "0.3.3"
+version = "0.4.0.dev0"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "azure-identity" },