diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_to_pypi.yml b/.github/workflows/release_to_pypi.yml
index f6d945c..1a12c89 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release_to_pypi.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_to_pypi.yml
@@ -27,8 +27,9 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           make release
           pip install setuptools wheel twine
-          make build
       - name: Get version
-        run: echo $GITHUB_REF | awk -F '/' '{print $3}' >> version
+        run: |
+          echo $GITHUB_REF | awk -F '/' '{print $3}' >> version
+          make build
       - name: Publish package distributions to PyPI
         uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1