From 709baf7d10bc0b212cba3886509e9863d5f48e8a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bonelli <wbonelli@contractor.usgs.gov>
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2026 08:44:29 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] chore: actually fix version update script

---
 scripts/update_version.py | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/update_version.py b/scripts/update_version.py
index b3640b98..3e148b77 100644
--- a/scripts/update_version.py
+++ b/scripts/update_version.py
@@ -57,8 +57,6 @@ def update_version(
         update_init_py(timestamp, version)
         update_docs_config(version)
 
-    lock_path.unlink()
-
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(