diff --git a/.github/workflows/releases.yml b/.github/workflows/releases.yml
index 2788513..e86997f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/releases.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/releases.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install project
         run: |
           python -m pip install -U pip
-          just install
+          just install-ci
       - name: Build a binary wheel and a source tarball
         run: just build
       - name: Publish to PyPI
diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
index c547b13..3cbcb35 100644
--- a/justfile
+++ b/justfile
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ lint:
 install:
     poetry install --no-interaction
 
+# install latest version with poetry for CI
+install-ci:
+    poetry install --no-interaction --without dev
+
 # check formatting, linting, and tests
 check: check-fmt lint