diff --git a/.github/workflows/onRelease.yml b/.github/workflows/onRelease.yml
index 70465bd1e..954b6e808 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/onRelease.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/onRelease.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ jobs:
         id: distTag
   npm:
     uses: salesforcecli/github-workflows/.github/workflows/npmPublish.yml@main
+    needs: [getDistTag]
     with:
       tag: ${{ needs.getDistTag.outputs.tag || 'latest' }}
       githubTag: ${{ github.event.release.tag_name || inputs.tag }}