diff --git a/.claude/skills/dist-build-migration/SKILL.md b/.claude/skills/dist-build-migration/SKILL.md
index 265883d956a..e3855601676 100644
--- a/.claude/skills/dist-build-migration/SKILL.md
+++ b/.claude/skills/dist-build-migration/SKILL.md
@@ -235,7 +235,11 @@ For example, `devkit-generation.ts` had to be updated to look for `packages/devk
 
 ### 13. Update `scripts/nx-release.ts`
 
-If the package has special release handling in `scripts/nx-release.ts` (like devkit's `hackFixForDevkitPeerDependencies`), update any paths from `./dist/packages/<name>/` to `./packages/<name>/`.
+Two things to do here:
+
+1. **Add the package to `packagesToReset`.** That array (around `scripts/nx-release.ts:76`) is the snapshot/restore list — every package whose source `package.json` gets mutated by `nx release` (because it now publishes from `packages/<name>/` directly, not `dist/packages/<name>/`) must be in this list. Otherwise the release will leave `packages/<name>/package.json` dirty in the working tree after running. **Easy to forget — and there is no test that catches it.**
+
+2. **Update any package-specific paths.** If the package has special release handling (like devkit's `hackFixForDevkitPeerDependencies`), update any paths from `./dist/packages/<name>/` to `./packages/<name>/`.
 
 ### 14. Update imports across the workspace
 
diff --git a/scripts/nx-release.ts b/scripts/nx-release.ts
index 21a9c146fc5..eef2dc92fad 100644
--- a/scripts/nx-release.ts
+++ b/scripts/nx-release.ts
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ const VALID_AUTHORS_FOR_LATEST = [
   const packagesToReset = [
     'packages/angular-rspack',
     'packages/angular-rspack-compiler',
+    'packages/devkit',
     'packages/dotnet',
     'packages/maven',
     'packages/nx',