diff --git a/.github/workflows/pre-release-CI.yml b/.github/workflows/pre-release-CI.yml
index c2bbc4f9..6f630ee2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pre-release-CI.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pre-release-CI.yml
@@ -8,8 +8,40 @@ concurrency:
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 jobs:
+  build:
+    name: Build python${{ matrix.python-version }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python-version: [3.9, '3.10', 3.11]
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+
+      - name: Install Poetry
+        uses: snok/install-poetry@v1
+        with:
+          version: 1.3.2
+
+      - name: Build wheel
+        run: |
+          poetry build
+
+      - name: Upload wheels
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: wheels-py${{ matrix.python-version }}
+          path: ./dist/
+
+
   build-and-test:
-    name: Build & Test on ${{ matrix.os }}-py${{ matrix.python-version }}
+    name: Test on ${{ matrix.os }}-py${{ matrix.python-version }}
+    needs: build
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
@@ -31,27 +63,29 @@ jobs:
         uses: snok/install-poetry@v1
         with:
           version: 1.3.2
-          virtualenvs-create: false
+          virtualenvs-create: true
+          virtualenvs-in-project: true
           installer-parallel: true
 
-      - name: Build wheel
-        run: |
-          poetry build
+      - name: Download wheels
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          name: wheels-py${{ matrix.python-version }}
+          path: ./dist/
 
       - name: Install the wheel
         run: |
+          source $VENV
           pip install dist/pinecone_canopy*.whl
 
-      - name: Upload wheels
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
-        with:
-          name: wheels-${{ matrix.os }}-py${{ matrix.python-version }}
-          path: ./dist/
-
       - name: Install dev dependencies
         run: |
           poetry install --no-root --only dev --no-interaction
 
+      - name: Debug print canopy
+        run: |
+          python -c "import canopy; print(canopy.__file__)"
+
       - name: Run unit tests
         run: pytest --html=report.html --self-contained-html tests/unit