diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_dist.yml b/.github/workflows/build_dist.yml
index 33a0b80..c4faa9e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_dist.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_dist.yml
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Bump package version in pyproject.toml
       run: |
         uv version ${{steps.version.outputs.new_tag}}
+        uv lock
 
     - name: Build dist
       run: |
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ jobs:
         git config --local user.email "action@github.com"
         git config --local user.name "GitHub Action"
         git add pyproject.toml
+        git add uv.lock
         git diff-index --quiet HEAD || git commit -m "Updating version of pyproject.toml"
 
     - name: Push the new pyproject.toml
@@ -84,13 +86,6 @@ jobs:
         tag_name: ${{ steps.tag.outputs.new_tag }}
         generate_release_notes: true
 
-    - name: Publish distribution to PyPI
-      if: false  # TODO: remove this line to Publish distribution to PyPI
-      uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
-      with:
-        skip_existing: true
-        verbose: true
-
     - name: Merge 'main' branch -> 'dev' branch
       uses: devmasx/merge-branch@master
       with:
@@ -100,3 +95,10 @@ jobs:
         message: "Automatic merge from 'main' into 'dev' [skip actions]"
         label_name: "gh-actions"
         github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+    - name: Publish distribution to PyPI
+      if: false  # TODO: remove this line to Publish distribution to PyPI
+      uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
+      with:
+        skip_existing: true
+        verbose: true
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 00a158e..50ff939 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -1341,7 +1341,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "python-template"
-version = "0.0.1"
+version = "0.0.2"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "importlib-metadata" },