diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index b8058706b4..6b72a202eb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,15 @@ jobs:
         env:
           TAG: ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}
         run: |
-          PKG_VERSION=$(uv run --no-sync python -c "from unstructured.__version__ import __version__; print(__version__)")
+          PKG_VERSION=$(uv run --script - <<'PYEOF'
+          # /// script
+          # requires-python = ">=3.11"
+          # dependencies = ["typing-extensions", "requests"]
+          # ///
+          from unstructured.__version__ import __version__
+          print(__version__)
+          PYEOF
+          )
           if [[ "$TAG" != "$PKG_VERSION" && "$TAG" != "v$PKG_VERSION" ]]; then
             echo "Tag '$TAG' does not match package version '$PKG_VERSION'"
             exit 1
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0835f38fbc..2db8354b37 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+## 0.22.6
+
+### Fixes
+* Self-contained script for version extraction in release CI
+
 ## 0.22.5
 
 ### Fixes
diff --git a/unstructured/__version__.py b/unstructured/__version__.py
index 91491a0b68..81994eb128 100644
--- a/unstructured/__version__.py
+++ b/unstructured/__version__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.22.5"  # pragma: no cover
+__version__ = "0.22.6"  # pragma: no cover