diff --git a/qt/release/.gitignore b/qt/release/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b09017c0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qt/release/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+pyproject.toml
+pyproject.toml.old
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/qt/release/pyproject.toml b/qt/release/pyproject.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index 8f9a8fe63..000000000
--- a/qt/release/pyproject.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,80 +0,0 @@
-[project]
-name = "anki-release"
-version = "0.1.3"
-description = "A package to lock Anki's dependencies"
-requires-python = ">=3.9"
-dependencies = [
-  "anki==0.1.2",
-  "aqt==0.1.2",
-  "anki-audio==0.1.0 ; sys_platform == 'darwin' or sys_platform == 'win32'",
-  "attrs==25.3.0",
-  "beautifulsoup4==4.12.3",
-  "blinker==1.9.0",
-  "certifi==2025.4.26",
-  "charset-normalizer==3.4.2",
-  "click==8.1.8 ; python_full_version < '3.10'",
-  "click==8.2.1 ; python_full_version >= '3.10'",
-  "colorama==0.4.6 ; sys_platform == 'win32'",
-  "decorator==5.2.1",
-  "distro==1.9.0 ; sys_platform != 'darwin' and sys_platform != 'win32'",
-  "flask==3.1.1",
-  "flask-cors==6.0.0",
-  "idna==3.10",
-  "importlib-metadata==8.7.0 ; python_full_version < '3.10'",
-  "itsdangerous==2.2.0",
-  "jinja2==3.1.6",
-  "jsonschema==4.24.0",
-  "jsonschema-specifications==2025.4.1",
-  "markdown==3.8",
-  "markupsafe==3.0.2",
-  "mock==5.2.0",
-  "orjson==3.10.18",
-  "pip-system-certs==4.0",
-  "protobuf==6.31.1",
-  "psutil==7.0.0 ; sys_platform == 'win32'",
-  "pyqt6==6.8.0",
-  "pyqt6-qt6==6.8.1",
-  "pyqt6-sip==13.10.2",
-  "pyqt6-webengine==6.8.0",
-  "pyqt6-webengine-qt6==6.8.1",
-  "pysocks==1.7.1",
-  "pywin32==310 ; sys_platform == 'win32'",
-  "referencing==0.36.2",
-  "requests==2.32.3",
-  "rpds-py==0.25.1",
-  "send2trash==1.8.3",
-  "soupsieve==2.7",
-  "types-click==7.1.8",
-  "types-decorator==5.2.0.20250324",
-  "types-flask==1.1.6",
-  "types-flask-cors==6.0.0.20250520",
-  "types-jinja2==2.11.9",
-  "types-markdown==3.8.0.20250415",
-  "types-markupsafe==1.1.10",
-  "types-orjson==3.6.2",
-  "types-protobuf==6.30.2.20250516",
-  "types-pywin32==310.0.0.20250516",
-  "types-requests==2.32.0.20250602",
-  "types-waitress==3.0.1.20241117",
-  "types-werkzeug==1.0.9",
-  "typing-extensions==4.14.0",
-  "urllib3==2.4.0",
-  "waitress==3.0.2",
-  "werkzeug==3.1.3",
-  "wrapt==1.17.2",
-  "zipp==3.23.0 ; python_full_version < '3.10'",
-]
-
-[[tool.uv.index]]
-name = "testpypi"
-url = "https://test.pypi.org/simple/"
-publish-url = "https://test.pypi.org/legacy/"
-explicit = true
-
-[build-system]
-requires = ["hatchling"]
-build-backend = "hatchling.build"
-
-# hatch throws an error if nothing is included
-[tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel]
-include = ["no-such-file"]
diff --git a/qt/release/update.sh b/qt/release/update.sh
index 126214248..e25eaec49 100755
--- a/qt/release/update.sh
+++ b/qt/release/update.sh
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ UV="$PROJ_ROOT/out/extracted/uv/uv"
 # Prompt for wheel version
 read -p "Wheel version: " VERSION
 
+# Copy existing pyproject.toml to .old if it exists
+if [ -f pyproject.toml ]; then
+    cp pyproject.toml pyproject.toml.old
+fi
+
 # Export dependencies using uv
 echo "Exporting dependencies..."
 rm -f pyproject.toml
@@ -60,3 +65,10 @@ include = ["no-such-file"]
 EOF
 
 echo "Generated pyproject.toml with version $VERSION"
+
+# Show diff if .old file exists
+if [ -f pyproject.toml.old ]; then
+    echo
+    echo "Differences from previous version:"
+    diff -u --color=always pyproject.toml.old pyproject.toml || true
+fi