diff --git a/scripts/dist b/scripts/dist
index 865db660..85f41aae 100755
--- a/scripts/dist
+++ b/scripts/dist
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 set -e
-cargo build --release --locked --target-dir target
+cargo build --release --locked --target-dir target -Z sparse-registry
 scripts/mkmo locale/
 strip target/release/paru
 tar --zstd -cfparu.tar.zst  man completions paru.conf locale -C target/release paru