diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/sidecar-release.yml b/.gitea/workflows/sidecar-release.yml
index 0fc1e11..6bd6439 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/sidecar-release.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/sidecar-release.yml
@@ -61,9 +61,8 @@ jobs:
           NEW_VERSION="${MAJOR}.${MINOR}.${NEW_PATCH}"
           echo "New sidecar version: ${NEW_VERSION}"
 
+          # Only update pyproject.toml -- version.py is owned by the app release workflow
           sed -i "s/^version = \"${CURRENT}\"/version = \"${NEW_VERSION}\"/" pyproject.toml
-          sed -i "s/__version__ = \"${CURRENT}\"/__version__ = \"${NEW_VERSION}\"/" version.py
-          sed -i "s/__version_info__ = .*/__version_info__ = (${MAJOR}, ${MINOR}, ${NEW_PATCH})/" version.py
 
           echo "version=${NEW_VERSION}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           echo "tag=sidecar-v${NEW_VERSION}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
@@ -75,7 +74,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           NEW_VERSION="${{ steps.bump.outputs.version }}"
           TAG="${{ steps.bump.outputs.tag }}"
-          git add pyproject.toml version.py
+          git add pyproject.toml
           git commit -m "chore: bump sidecar version to ${NEW_VERSION} [skip ci]"
           git tag "${TAG}"