diff --git a/.github/scripts/release.sh b/.github/scripts/release.sh
index da55910..19f40eb 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/release.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/release.sh
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ CHGLOG_FILE="${CHGLOG_FILE:-CHANGELOG.md}"
 
 # update package version
 uvx --from=toml-cli toml set --toml-path=pyproject.toml project.version "${TARGET_VERSION}"
+uv lock --upgrade-package docling-serve
 
 # collect release notes
 REL_NOTES=$(mktemp)
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ mv "${TMP_CHGLOG}" "${CHGLOG_FILE}"
 # push changes
 git config --global user.name 'github-actions[bot]'
 git config --global user.email 'github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com'
-git add pyproject.toml "${CHGLOG_FILE}"
+git add pyproject.toml uv.lock "${CHGLOG_FILE}"
 COMMIT_MSG="chore: bump version to ${TARGET_VERSION} [skip ci]"
 git commit -m "${COMMIT_MSG}"
 git push origin main