diff --git a/.github/workflows/artifact.yaml b/.github/workflows/artifact.yaml
index f3974525..e69ca9b8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/artifact.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/artifact.yaml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ env:
   UNSAFE_PYO3_BUILD_FREE_THREADED: "1"
   UNSAFE_PYO3_SKIP_VERSION_CHECK: "1"
   UV_LINK_MODE: "copy"
+  UV_PYTHON_DOWNLOADS: "never"
 jobs:
 
   sdist:
@@ -642,6 +643,18 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       id-token: write
     steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.12"
+
+      - name: Install uv
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v5
+        with:
+          enable-cache: false
+          version: "0.5.x"
+
       - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
           merge-multiple: true
@@ -650,14 +663,5 @@ jobs:
 
       - run: ls -1 dist/
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-        with:
-          python-version: "3.12"
-
-      - name: Publish distribution to PyPI
-        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
-        with:
-          attestations: true
-          packages-dir: dist
-          skip-existing: true
-          verbose: true
+      - name: Publish to PyPI
+        run: uv publish --trusted-publishing=always dist/*
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 56e82030..d9c3a3f0 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "orjson"
+version = "3.10.12"
 repository = "https://github.com/ijl/orjson"
 requires-python = ">=3.8"
 classifiers = [