diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index d5c8ea86..3317814c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -19,12 +19,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0 # Used to get tags to populate the version number
 
-      - name: Go module init
-        run: |
-          cd casket
-          go mod init casket
-          cd ..
-
       - name: Run GoReleaser
         uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@v5
         with:
diff --git a/.goreleaser.yml b/.goreleaser.yml
index fa183bab..39da1205 100644
--- a/.goreleaser.yml
+++ b/.goreleaser.yml
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ builds:
 # Set dist directory to build/ since we have files in dist/
 dist: build
 
+before:
+  hooks:
+    - go mod tidy
+
 archives:
   - id: casket
     builds: