diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index b8932965..314a626e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ jobs:
           export UV_TOOL_DIR="$TOOL_ROOT/tools"
           export UV_TOOL_BIN_DIR="$TOOL_ROOT/bin"
           for attempt in {1..40}; do
-            if "$UV_BINARY" tool install --no-cache --prerelease allow --force "archivebox==$VERSION"; then
+            if "$UV_BINARY" tool install --no-cache --force "archivebox==$VERSION"; then
               break
             fi
             if [[ "$attempt" == 40 ]]; then
diff --git a/archivebox/tests/test_release_workflow.py b/archivebox/tests/test_release_workflow.py
index 176b19c5..602d0b84 100644
--- a/archivebox/tests/test_release_workflow.py
+++ b/archivebox/tests/test_release_workflow.py
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ def test_release_uses_registered_publisher_and_authorized_tag_credentials():
     install_script = published_install["run"]
     assert "sleep 60" not in install_script
     assert "for attempt in {1..40}" in install_script
-    assert 'tool install --no-cache --prerelease allow --force "archivebox==$VERSION"' in install_script
+    assert 'tool install --no-cache --force "archivebox==$VERSION"' in install_script
+    assert "--prerelease" not in install_script
     assert "did not become installable from PyPI within 10 minutes" in install_script
 
     docker_meta = next(step for step in docker_release["steps"] if step.get("id") == "docker_meta")