diff --git a/.github/workflows/nx-release.yaml b/.github/workflows/nx-release.yaml
index 46b95c9e..834f4741 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nx-release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nx-release.yaml
@@ -50,11 +50,6 @@ jobs:
           cache: 'npm'
           registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
           scope: '@affinidi-tdk'
-      - run: npm ci
-      
-      - name: build
-        run: |
-          npx nx run-many -t build
       # Generate tag/changelog with semantic release
       # setting parallel higher than one might cause problems with locking git repo
       - run: npx nx run-many  -t semantic-release --parallel=false
@@ -62,6 +57,11 @@ jobs:
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ steps.generate_token.outputs.token }}
           NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
+      - run: npm ci
+      
+      - name: build
+        run: |
+          npx nx run-many -t build
 
       - name: package
         run: |