diff --git a/pqcrypto-mldsa/Cargo.toml b/pqcrypto-mldsa/Cargo.toml
index 692e132..888a015 100644
--- a/pqcrypto-mldsa/Cargo.toml
+++ b/pqcrypto-mldsa/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ pqcrypto-traits = { path = "../pqcrypto-traits", version = "0.3.5", default-feat
 libc = "0.2.0"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"], optional = true }
 serde-big-array = { version = "0.5.1", optional = true }
-paste = "*"
+paste = "1.0"
 
 [features]
 default = ["avx2", "neon", "std"]
diff --git a/pqcrypto-template/scheme/Cargo.toml.j2 b/pqcrypto-template/scheme/Cargo.toml.j2
index 5654d9a..7b9e3cf 100644
--- a/pqcrypto-template/scheme/Cargo.toml.j2
+++ b/pqcrypto-template/scheme/Cargo.toml.j2
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ libc = "0.2.0"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"], optional = true }
 serde-big-array = { version = "0.5.1", optional = true }
 {% if supports_context %}
-paste = "*"
+paste = "1.0"
 {% endif %}
 
 [features]
diff --git a/release.sh b/release.sh
index 75b6db0..931b87c 100755
--- a/release.sh
+++ b/release.sh
@@ -8,10 +8,12 @@ publish() {
     popd
 }
 
+env | grep CARGO
+sleep 10
 
 publish pqcrypto-traits
 publish pqcrypto-internals
-sleep 10
+sleep 2
 echo "Waiting a little bit for the pqcrypto-traits package to settle on crates.io"
 publish pqcrypto-mlkem
 publish pqcrypto-hqc