diff --git a/scripts/release.js b/scripts/release.js
index 4e99cf7..0f71a82 100644
--- a/scripts/release.js
+++ b/scripts/release.js
@@ -16,12 +16,11 @@ if (!commitMessage) {
   console.log('Commit message wasn\'t passed down.');
   process.exit(1);
 }
-
-execSync('yarn build', { encoding: 'utf-8' });
-
 const versionUpdate = versionUpdateType(commitMessage);
 const NEW_VERSION = execSync(`npm version ${versionUpdate} --force`, { encoding: 'utf-8' });
 
+execSync('yarn build', { encoding: 'utf-8' });
+
 console.log(`Releasing package cypress-fs@${NEW_VERSION}`);
 
 execSync('cd dist && npm publish --access public --registry https://registry.npmjs.org/');