diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 445263a..8004dcb 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [aliases]
-release = sdist bdist_wheel build_sphinx upload upload_docs
+release = clean --all sdist bdist_wheel build_sphinx upload upload_docs
 test = pytest
 
 [wheel]