diff --git a/lets.yaml b/lets.yaml
index d111f24b..612d8567 100644
--- a/lets.yaml
+++ b/lets.yaml
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ commands:
       Example:
         lets release 0.7.1 --message="Added federation"
         lets release 0.7.2rc1 --message="Added feature"
-    cmd: |
-      VERSION=${LETSOPT_VERSION} MESSAGE=${LETSOPT_MESSAGE} pdm run release
+    cmd: ./scripts/release.sh ${LETSOPT_VERSION} "${LETSOPT_MESSAGE}"
 
   _build-base:
     description: Build base docker image
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 81565716..11744b7f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -97,29 +97,6 @@ docs-open = "open docs/build/index.html"
 check = {composite = ["fmt", "test", "mypy", "flake"]}
 example = "python examples/{args:graphql_flask}.py"
 
-[tool.pdm.scripts.release]
-shell = """
-set -e
-USAGE="Usage: VERSION=<> MESSAGE=<> pdm run release"
-
-if [ -z "${VERSION}" ]; then
-    echo $USAGE
-    echo "VERSION is not set"
-    exit 1
-fi
-if [ -z "${MESSAGE}" ]; then
-    echo $USAGE
-    echo "MESSAGE is not set"
-    exit 1
-fi
-echo "__version__ = \\"${VERSION}\\"" > hiku/__init__.py
-git add hiku/__init__.py
-git commit -m "Release ${VERSION}"
-git tag -a v${VERSION} -m "${MESSAGE}"
-git push origin master --tags
-"""
-env = {VERSION = "", MESSAGE = ""}
-
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
 addopts = "--tb=native --benchmark-disable"
 testpaths = [
diff --git a/scripts/release.sh b/scripts/release.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..d324feac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# /bin/env bash
+
+set -e
+USAGE="Usage: release.sh 0.1.1 'Release message'"
+
+VERSION=$1
+MESSAGE=$2
+
+if [ -z "${VERSION}" ]; then
+    echo $USAGE
+    echo "VERSION is not set"
+    exit 1
+fi
+if [ -z "${MESSAGE}" ]; then
+    echo $USAGE
+    echo "MESSAGE is not set"
+    exit 1
+fi
+echo "Releasing ${VERSION}"
+
+echo "__version__ = \"${VERSION}\"" > hiku/__init__.py
+git add hiku/__init__.py
+git commit -m "Release ${VERSION}"
+git tag -a v${VERSION} -m "${MESSAGE}"
+git push origin master --tags
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/release_check.sh b/scripts/release_check.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 13fc8a46..00000000
--- a/scripts/release_check.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-if [[ $(git status hiku -s) ]]; then
-    echo "Working directory is not clean"
-    false
-else
-    true
-fi