diff --git a/release.sh b/release.sh
index e99515b..cfed38a 100755
--- a/release.sh
+++ b/release.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ npm version $1
 
 # update the version in cargo.toml
 sed -i '' -e "s/^version = \".*\"/version = \"$1\"/" Cargo.toml
-cargo install
+cargo build
 
 # commit the changes with the version
 git add Cargo.toml package.json Cargo.lock