diff --git a/.github/workflows/tag-prerelease.yml b/.github/workflows/tag-prerelease.yml
index 38822820a8..ed382a36fc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tag-prerelease.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tag-prerelease.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           echo "Ref is not develop, you must run this job from develop."
           exit 1
-      - run: npm i semver
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
         with:
           submodules: true
@@ -34,6 +33,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Tag prerelease
         run: |
           # setup the username and email.
+          npm i semver
           git config --global user.name "Budibase Staging Release Bot"
           git config --global user.email "<>"
           ./scripts/versionCommit.sh prerelease
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tag-release.yml b/.github/workflows/tag-release.yml
index f7fd8c95d6..60df77e9c0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tag-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tag-release.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           echo "Ref is not master, you must run this job from master."
           exit 1
-      - run: npm i semver
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
         with:
           submodules: true
@@ -43,6 +42,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Tag prerelease
         run: |
+          npm i semver
           # setup the username and email.
           git config --global user.name "Budibase Staging Release Bot"
           git config --global user.email "<>"