diff --git a/.github/workflows/tag-prerelease.yml b/.github/workflows/tag-prerelease.yml
index ed382a36fc..e04ef3b17d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tag-prerelease.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tag-prerelease.yml
@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@ jobs:
           submodules: true
           token: ${{ secrets.PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
 
+      - run: yarn
       - 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 60df77e9c0..1423791157 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tag-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tag-release.yml
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ jobs:
           submodules: true
           token: ${{ secrets.PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
 
+      - run: yarn
       - 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 "<>"