diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
index e508864..ae49e8c 100644
--- a/justfile
+++ b/justfile
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 the_app := "teilchensammler_cli.main"
 uv_export_options := "--frozen --format requirements.txt --quiet --no-install-project"
 releasenotes := "releasenotes.md"
+requirements_file := "requirements.txt"
+dev_requirements_file :=  "requirements.dev.txt"
+pyproject := "pyproject.toml"
 
 [private]
 default:
@@ -29,8 +32,8 @@ update-deps:
 
 # export dependencies into requirements files
 exports-deps:
-  uv export {{ uv_export_options }} --output-file requirements.txt
-  uv export {{ uv_export_options }} --output-file requirements.dev.txt --only-dev
+  uv export {{ uv_export_options }} --output-file {{ requirements_file }}
+  uv export {{ uv_export_options }} --output-file {{ dev_requirements_file }} --only-dev
 
 # Run tests, ARGS are passed-through to pytest
 test *ARGS:
@@ -41,7 +44,7 @@ alltests *ARGS:
 
 # run tests and create coverage reports
 coverage:
-  uv run pytest tests.py -m "not final" --cov=src/ --cov-report term --cov-report xml --cov-report html --cov-config pyproject.toml
+  uv run pytest tests.py -m "not final" --cov=src/ --cov-report term --cov-report xml --cov-report html --cov-config {{ pyproject }}
 
 # lint python, markdown, wheel file names, prek config
 lint:
@@ -55,7 +58,8 @@ release *release_name:
   test -f {{ releasenotes }}; and set -l body "$(cat {{ releasenotes }})"; or begin echo Release notes are missing!; exit 2; end
   set -l tag (uv version --short --output-format text)
 
-  git add pyproject.toml uv.lock
+  just exports-deps
+  git add {{ pyproject }} uv.lock {{ requirements_file }} {{ dev_requirements_file }}
   git commit -m "Release version $tag"
   git tag "v$tag"
 
@@ -65,7 +69,7 @@ release *release_name:
   just build
 
   fj release create "v$tag: {{ release_name }}" --tag "v$tag" --attach dist/*.whl --body "$body"
-  # just upload
+  just upload
   mv {{ releasenotes }} {{ releasenotes }}.$tag
 
 # builds a package