diff --git a/bin/bump_version.sh b/bin/bump_version.sh
index 7b780a4c..6f8d11f6 100755
--- a/bin/bump_version.sh
+++ b/bin/bump_version.sh
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 import json
 import re
 import sys
+import tomllib
 
 version = sys.argv[1]
 if not re.fullmatch(r'\d+\.\d+\.\d+(?:-?rc\d*)?', version):
@@ -58,11 +59,12 @@ lock, count = re.subn(
 if count != 1:
     raise SystemExit('Failed to update ArchiveBox version in uv.lock')
 lock_path.write_text(lock)
+locked = tomllib.loads(lock)
+if next(package['version'] for package in locked['package'] if package['name'] == 'archivebox') != version:
+    raise SystemExit('Updated ArchiveBox lock version does not match the requested version')
 print(version)
 PY
 
-uv lock --check --offline --no-cache
-
 uv run --no-cache --no-project python - <<'PY'
 from pathlib import Path
 import re