diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index ade6f5b..0ad1d87 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v4
 
       - name: Install dependencies
-        run: uv sync --extra cli && uv pip install pyinstaller>=6.0.0
+        run: uv sync --locked --extra cli --no-default-groups --group build
 
       - name: Get version
         id: version
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "version=$VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
       - name: Build binary
-        run: uv run python scripts/build.py --skip-deps
+        run: uv run --no-sync python scripts/build.py --skip-deps
 
       - name: List build output
         shell: bash
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 69ffaa8..5d1903a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -168,3 +168,7 @@ dev = [
     "tach>=0.34.1",
     "ty>=0.0.33",
 ]
+# Standalone binary build env (release.yml); excludes dev tools so PyInstaller can't bundle them
+build = [
+    "pyinstaller>=6.20.0",
+]
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 3ae41c0..0af773e 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@ name = "exceptiongroup"
 version = "1.3.1"
 source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
 dependencies = [
-    { name = "typing-extensions", marker = "python_full_version < '3.11'" },
+    { name = "typing-extensions" },
 ]
 sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/50/79/66800aadf48771f6b62f7eb014e352e5d06856655206165d775e675a02c9/exceptiongroup-1.3.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:8b412432c6055b0b7d14c310000ae93352ed6754f70fa8f7c34141f91c4e3219", size = 30371, upload-time = "2025-11-21T23:01:54.787Z" }
 wheels = [
@@ -1112,17 +1112,17 @@ resolution-markers = [
     "python_full_version < '3.11'",
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    { name = "colorama", marker = "python_full_version < '3.11' and sys_platform == 'win32'" },
-    { name = "decorator", marker = "python_full_version < '3.11'" },
-    { name = "exceptiongroup", marker = "python_full_version < '3.11'" },
-    { name = "jedi", marker = "python_full_version < '3.11'" },
-    { name = "matplotlib-inline", marker = "python_full_version < '3.11'" },
-    { name = "pexpect", marker = "python_full_version < '3.11' and sys_platform != 'emscripten' and sys_platform != 'win32'" },
-    { name = "prompt-toolkit", marker = "python_full_version < '3.11'" },
-    { name = "pygments", marker = "python_full_version < '3.11'" },
-    { name = "stack-data", marker = "python_full_version < '3.11'" },
-    { name = "traitlets", marker = "python_full_version < '3.11'" },
-    { name = "typing-extensions", marker = "python_full_version < '3.11'" },
+    { name = "colorama", marker = "sys_platform == 'win32'" },
+    { name = "decorator" },
+    { name = "exceptiongroup" },
+    { name = "jedi" },
+    { name = "matplotlib-inline" },
+    { name = "pexpect", marker = "sys_platform != 'emscripten' and sys_platform != 'win32'" },
+    { name = "prompt-toolkit" },
+    { name = "pygments" },
+    { name = "stack-data" },
+    { name = "traitlets" },
+    { name = "typing-extensions" },
 ]
 sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/40/18/f8598d287006885e7136451fdea0755af4ebcbfe342836f24deefaed1164/ipython-8.39.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:4110ae96012c379b8b6db898a07e186c40a2a1ef5d57a7fa83166047d9da7624", size = 5513971, upload-time = "2026-03-27T10:02:13.94Z" }
 wheels = [
@@ -1140,18 +1140,18 @@ resolution-markers = [
     "python_full_version == '3.11.*'",
 ]
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-    { name = "colorama", marker = "python_full_version >= '3.11' and sys_platform == 'win32'" },
-    { name = "decorator", marker = "python_full_version >= '3.11'" },
-    { name = "ipython-pygments-lexers", marker = "python_full_version >= '3.11'" },
-    { name = "jedi", marker = "python_full_version >= '3.11'" },
-    { name = "matplotlib-inline", marker = "python_full_version >= '3.11'" },
-    { name = "pexpect", marker = "python_full_version >= '3.11' and sys_platform != 'emscripten' and sys_platform != 'win32'" },
-    { name = "prompt-toolkit", marker = "python_full_version >= '3.11'" },
-    { name = "psutil", marker = "python_full_version >= '3.11'" },
-    { name = "pygments", marker = "python_full_version >= '3.11'" },
-    { name = "stack-data", marker = "python_full_version >= '3.11'" },
-    { name = "traitlets", marker = "python_full_version >= '3.11'" },
-    { name = "typing-extensions", marker = "python_full_version == '3.11.*'" },
+    { name = "colorama", marker = "sys_platform == 'win32'" },
+    { name = "decorator" },
+    { name = "ipython-pygments-lexers" },
+    { name = "jedi" },
+    { name = "matplotlib-inline" },
+    { name = "pexpect", marker = "sys_platform != 'emscripten' and sys_platform != 'win32'" },
+    { name = "prompt-toolkit" },
+    { name = "psutil" },
+    { name = "pygments" },
+    { name = "stack-data" },
+    { name = "traitlets" },
+    { name = "typing-extensions", marker = "python_full_version < '3.12'" },
 ]
 sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/cd/c4/87cda5842cf5c31837c06ddb588e11c3c35d8ece89b7a0108c06b8c9b00a/ipython-9.13.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:7e834b6afc99f020e3f05966ced34792f40267d64cb1ea9043886dab0dde5967", size = 4430549, upload-time = "2026-04-24T12:24:55.221Z" }
 wheels = [
@@ -1163,7 +1163,7 @@ name = "ipython-pygments-lexers"
 version = "1.1.1"
 source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
 dependencies = [
-    { name = "pygments", marker = "python_full_version >= '3.11'" },
+    { name = "pygments" },
 ]
 sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/ef/4c/5dd1d8af08107f88c7f741ead7a40854b8ac24ddf9ae850afbcf698aa552/ipython_pygments_lexers-1.1.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:09c0138009e56b6854f9535736f4171d855c8c08a563a0dcd8022f78355c7e81", size = 8393, upload-time = "2025-01-17T11:24:34.505Z" }
 wheels = [
@@ -1750,6 +1750,9 @@ spark = [
 ]
 
 [package.dev-dependencies]
+build = [
+    { name = "pyinstaller" },
+]
 dev = [
     { name = "ipykernel" },
     { name = "pyinstaller" },
@@ -1791,6 +1794,7 @@ requires-dist = [
 provides-extras = ["cli", "polars", "pandas", "duckdb", "snowflake", "bigquery", "bigquery-native", "spark", "all", "dev"]
 
 [package.metadata.requires-dev]
+build = [{ name = "pyinstaller", specifier = ">=6.20.0" }]
 dev = [
     { name = "ipykernel", specifier = ">=7.2.0" },
     { name = "pyinstaller", specifier = ">=6.20.0" },