build(deps): run python-semantic-release through uvx

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -42,9 +42,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Python
         run: uv python install 3.14
 
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: uv sync --frozen
-
       - name: Python Semantic Release
         id: release
         env:
@@ -53,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
           git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
           git config user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
 
-          uv run semantic-release version
+          uvx --from python-semantic-release@latest semantic-release version
 
           # A release was made if HEAD now points exactly at a tag.
           if git describe --exact-match HEAD 2>/dev/null; then

pyproject.toml

@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ dev = [
     "coveralls>=4.0.1",
     "ruff>=0.12.9",
     "pytest-ruff>=0.5",
-    "python-semantic-release>=10.5.3"
 ]
 prod = [
     "uwsgi>=2.0",
@@ -283,17 +282,18 @@ extract_messages = {cmd = "pybabel extract sonar/ --project --copyright-holder=R
 init_catalog = {cmd = "pybabel init -i sonar/translations/messages.pot -d sonar/translations/", help = "create new message catalogs from a POT file"}
 update_catalog = {cmd = "pybabel update -i sonar/translations/messages.pot -d sonar/translations", help = "update existing message catalogs from a POT file"}
 
-# Release management
+# Release management. python-semantic-release runs in an isolated uvx environment:
+# its dependency tree (which caps click) has no reason to constrain ours.
 [tool.poe.tasks.changelog]
-cmd = "semantic-release changelog"
+cmd = "uvx --from python-semantic-release@latest semantic-release changelog"
 help = "Preview the next changelog without making changes"
 
 [tool.poe.tasks.version]
-cmd = "semantic-release version --print"
+cmd = "uvx --from python-semantic-release@latest semantic-release version --print"
 help = "Print the next version number without making changes"
 
 [tool.poe.tasks.release]
-cmd = "semantic-release version --no-push --no-tag --no-commit"
+cmd = "uvx --from python-semantic-release@latest semantic-release version --no-push --no-tag --no-commit"
 help = "Generate changelog and bump version locally (does not push, tag, or commit - for local testing only)"
 
 [tool.semantic_release]