diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 636f1cd06..e654ee8f9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -62,7 +62,12 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: ${{ inputs.working-directory }}
         run: |
           PKG_NAME=$(grep -m 1 "^name = " pyproject.toml | cut -d '"' -f 2)
-          VERSION=$(grep -m 1 "^version = " pyproject.toml | cut -d '"' -f 2)
+          # sdk-py uses dynamic versioning from langgraph_sdk/__init__.py
+          if [ "$PKG_NAME" = "langgraph-sdk" ]; then
+            VERSION=$(grep -m 1 '^__version__' langgraph_sdk/__init__.py | cut -d '"' -f 2)
+          else
+            VERSION=$(grep -m 1 "^version = " pyproject.toml | cut -d '"' -f 2)
+          fi
           SHORT_PKG_NAME="$(echo "$PKG_NAME" | sed -e 's/langgraph//g' -e 's/-//g')"
           if [ -z $SHORT_PKG_NAME ]; then
             TAG="$VERSION"