diff --git a/release.sh b/release.sh
index 2b82e340f..6e6f15906 100755
--- a/release.sh
+++ b/release.sh
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ service="functions"
 version_file="version.go"
 tag="latest"
 
-./build.sh
-
 if [ -z $(grep -m1 -Eo "[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+" $version_file) ]; then
   echo "did not find semantic version in $version_file"
   exit 1
@@ -16,6 +14,9 @@ fi
 perl -i -pe 's/\d+\.\d+\.\K(\d+)/$1+1/e' $version_file
 version=$(grep -m1 -Eo "[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+" $version_file)
 echo "Version: $version"
+
+./build.sh
+
 git add -u
 git commit -m "$service: $version release"
 git tag -a "$version" -m "version $version"