diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 8b08b033..d5fe9360 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ jobs:
           cache: npm
           registry-url: "https://registry.npmjs.org"
       - run: npm ci --workspaces
+      - run: npm run build --if-present --workspaces
       - run: npm run release
         env:
           NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.INRUPT_NPM_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/packages/internal-test-env/rollup.config.mjs b/packages/internal-test-env/rollup.config.mjs
index e8507677..f1e14bb6 100644
--- a/packages/internal-test-env/rollup.config.mjs
+++ b/packages/internal-test-env/rollup.config.mjs
@@ -32,6 +32,13 @@ const rollupDefaultConfig = { external, plugins };
 export default [
   {
     ...rollupDefaultConfig,
+    external: [
+      "dotenv",
+      "path",
+      "deepmerge-json",
+      "@inrupt/solid-client-authn-node",
+      "@inrupt/solid-client",
+    ],
     input: "index.ts",
     output: [
       {
@@ -47,6 +54,13 @@ export default [
   },
   {
     ...rollupDefaultConfig,
+    external: [
+      "dotenv",
+      "path",
+      "deepmerge-json",
+      "@inrupt/solid-client-authn-node",
+      "@inrupt/solid-client",
+    ],
     input: ["index.ts"],
     output: {
       dir: "dist",