diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
index 20648f4747..faaba7dece 100644
--- a/justfile
+++ b/justfile
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ doc:
     cargo doc --no-deps --document-private-items
 
 release version:
-    chmod +x scripts/release.sh
     scripts/release.sh {{version}}
 
 alias b := build 
diff --git a/scripts/release.sh b/scripts/release.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 89d51d0127..1e31c0bc56
--- a/scripts/release.sh
+++ b/scripts/release.sh
@@ -56,15 +56,9 @@ for crate in "${CRATES[@]}"; do
     do_sed "$file" "s/pathfinder-serde = { version = \"[^\"]*\"/pathfinder-serde = { version = \"${VERSION}\"/"
 done
 
-# Update Cargo.lock
-cargo_update_args=()
-for crate in "${CRATES[@]}"; do
-    cargo_update_args+=(-p "pathfinder-${crate}")
-done
-cargo update "${cargo_update_args[@]}"
-
-# Verify everything still builds
-cargo check --workspace
+# Update Cargo.lock and verify everything still builds
+cargo check --workspace --all-targets
+cargo check --workspace --all-targets --all-features
 
 # Create and checkout new release branch
 git checkout -b release/v${VERSION}