diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index f3364748..d4f001e7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Run npm install, build and test
       run: |
         npm i
+        npm run build
         npm run test
         npm run lint
     - run: zip -r lib.zip . -x '.*' 'node_modules/*' 'src/*' 'spec/*' 'CVClientLA.md'
@@ -33,4 +34,4 @@ jobs:
         gh release upload $TAG_NAME "lib.zip#build"
         gh release edit $TAG_NAME --draft=false
       env:
-        TAG_NAME: ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}
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+        TAG_NAME: ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}