diff --git a/scripts/release-version.mjs b/scripts/release-version.mjs
index c84df61a8..c3edd6409 100644
--- a/scripts/release-version.mjs
+++ b/scripts/release-version.mjs
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ export async function prepare(_pluginConfig, { cwd, env, nextRelease, logger })
   const manifest = JSON.parse(await readFile(packagePath, "utf8"));
   manifest.version = nextRelease.version;
   await writeFile(packagePath, `${JSON.stringify(manifest, null, 2)}\n`);
-  await promisify(execFile)(process.execPath, ["install", "--lockfile-only", "--ignore-scripts"], { cwd, env });
+  await promisify(execFile)("bun", ["install", "--lockfile-only", "--ignore-scripts"], { cwd, env });
   logger.log("Updated package.json and bun.lock to %s", nextRelease.version);
 }