diff --git a/plugin.mjs b/plugin.mjs
index d2231333006fff87d121154fa164181050f13e6e..99eea8a7b7551ccbb8ad5816f09caac30a570c20 100644
--- a/plugin.mjs
+++ b/plugin.mjs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import os from 'node:os';
-import {readdirSync} from 'node:fs';
+import {readdirSync, rmSync} from 'node:fs';
 import SemanticReleaseError from '@semantic-release/error';
 import debug from 'debug';
 import {execa} from 'execa';
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ export async function verifyConditions(pluginConfig, context) {
 	await uv(pluginConfig, context, 'build', ...args);
 	logger.success('Project builds');
 
+	rmSync(`${buildDirectory}`, {recursive: true, force: true});
+
 	debug('Validating `uv` repositories: %j', repositoriesData);
 
 	const repositories = new Repositories(repositoriesData);