diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 3786756e5..de936095d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -14,11 +14,12 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
       - run: echo $(git describe --tags)
-      - run: echo $(.github/workflows/version.sh)
-      - run: echo "version=$(./github/workflows/version.sh)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+      - run: echo $(sh .github/workflows/version.sh)
+      - run: echo "version=$(sh ./github/workflows/version.sh)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
   build-lattice:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [version]
     env:
         CI: false
     
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ jobs:
 
   build-featurebase:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [version]
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
@@ -83,6 +85,8 @@ jobs:
 
   build-ingest:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [version]
+
     strategy:
       matrix:
         goos: