diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
index f6b0a6e..7c56dab 100644
--- a/justfile
+++ b/justfile
@@ -118,7 +118,9 @@ example:
 # The release pre-flight, in one command: the branch, a clean tree, a sync with origin, the gates, and a CHANGELOG section ready to release. Not a gate, it is the checklist before a release may even be discussed.
 release-check version:
     #!/usr/bin/env perl
-    my ($version) = @ARGV;
+    # The version arrives through the recipe interpolation: just does not hand
+    # positional arguments to a shebang script's @ARGV.
+    my $version = q{ {{version}} };
     $version =~ m{\Av?\d+\.\d+\.\d+\z} or die qq{usage: just release-check X.Y.Z\n};
     my $branch = qx{git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD};
     chomp $branch;