diff --git a/.goreleaser.yml b/.goreleaser.yml
index 273a4ee..dc1d1f0 100644
--- a/.goreleaser.yml
+++ b/.goreleaser.yml
@@ -2,13 +2,8 @@ version: 2
 
 before:
   hooks:
-    - "cp plugin.json plugin.json.orig"
     - "sed -i.bak 's/\"version\": \".*\"/\"version\": \"{{ .Version }}\"/' plugin.json && rm -f plugin.json.bak"
 
-after:
-  hooks:
-    - "mv plugin.json.orig plugin.json"
-
 builds:
   - main: ./cmd/workflow-plugin-authz
     binary: workflow-plugin-authz