diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index dc6c92d..a4e4ae2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -12,5 +12,4 @@ jobs:
         node-version: 22
         check-latest: true
     - run: npm install
-    - run: npm run build
     - run: npm test
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 68f6f10..98105b4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@
     "distribution"
   ],
   "scripts": {
+    "prepublishOnly": "npm run build",    
     "build": "del-cli distribution && tsc",
+    "pretest": "npm run build",
     "test": "xo && c8 ava"
   },
   "repository": {