diff --git a/.github/workflows/pypi-publish.yaml b/.github/workflows/pypi-publish.yaml
index d76be326..ba3904fc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pypi-publish.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pypi-publish.yaml
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ jobs:
         make clean schema-clean src/nmdc_submission_schema/schema/nmdc_submission_schema.yaml
         poetry dynamic-versioning
         make gen-project
+        make project/json/nmdc_submission_schema.json
 
     - name: Build source and wheel archives
       run: poetry build