diff --git a/scripts/release.sh b/scripts/release.sh
index 0105fb0c..582b9875 100755
--- a/scripts/release.sh
+++ b/scripts/release.sh
@@ -7,19 +7,19 @@ then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-VERSION=`jq -r .version <(git show :package.json)`
+VERSION=`jq -r .version package.json`
 
 function parseCargoVersion {
     awk '$1 == "version" {gsub("\"", "", $3); print $3}' $1
 }
-CARGO_TOML_VERSION=`parseCargoVersion <(git show :Cargo.toml)`
+CARGO_TOML_VERSION=`parseCargoVersion Cargo.toml`
 if [[ $VERSION != $CARGO_TOML_VERSION ]]; then
     echo "Node & Rust package versions do not match." >&2
     echo "Node version (package.json): ${VERSION}" >&2
     echo "Rust version (Cargo.toml): ${CARGO_TOML_VERSION}" >&2
     exit 2
 fi
-CARGO_LOCK_VERSION=`parseCargoVersion <(grep -A1 matrix-hookshot <(git show :Cargo.lock))`
+CARGO_LOCK_VERSION=`parseCargoVersion <(grep -A1 matrix-hookshot Cargo.lock)`
 if [[ $CARGO_TOML_VERSION != $CARGO_LOCK_VERSION ]]; then
     echo "Rust package version does not match the lockfile." >&2
     echo "Rust version (Cargo.toml): ${CARGO_TOML_VERSION}" >&2
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ if [ $(git tag -l "$TAG") ]; then
     exit 5
 fi
 
-GIT_STATUS=$(git status --porcelain)
+GIT_STATUS=$(git status --porcelain | grep -vE 'package.json|Cargo.(lock|toml)')
 if [[ -n $GIT_STATUS ]]; then
     echo "Uncommitted changes:"
     echo $GIT_STATUS