diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 561def8..f6a3648 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ jobs:
 
       - run: git reset --hard ${{ github.sha }}
 
+      - name: Install pixi
+        uses: prefix-dev/setup-pixi@v0.8.8
+        with:
+          run-install: false
+
       - name: Semantic Release
         id: release
         uses: python-semantic-release/python-semantic-release@v10.5.3
diff --git a/pixi.lock b/pixi.lock
index 40b6019..84393b1 100644
--- a/pixi.lock
+++ b/pixi.lock
@@ -9719,8 +9719,8 @@ packages:
   timestamp: 1753407970803
 - pypi: ./
   name: sampleworks
-  version: 0.4.1
-  sha256: a9fd317c84677c0bc7f17597cca9d82a6d153d11c296a58fa5a4b1f7b31dc11b
+  version: 0.4.2
+  sha256: 309a10e01182d9c211d1731a3d8bcf84d75ba6ecb658d959041074bef9aec7c6
   requires_dist:
   - atomworks[ml]==2.1.1
   - python-dotenv
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index eddfb31..6d53e3c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ order-by-type = false
 
 [tool.semantic_release]
 allow_zero_version = true
+build_command = "pixi lock"
 commit_message = "{version}\n\nAutomatically generated by python-semantic-release"
 commit_parser = "conventional"
 major_on_zero = false