diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 3a2b00036..291de7571 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -89,6 +89,34 @@ jobs:
     needs: [Build, e2e-test-suite]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.CI_PAT_TOKEN }}
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Set up Node
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        with:
+          registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
+          node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
+          cache: 'yarn'
+
+      - name: Setup git config
+        run: |
+          git config --global user.name "standardci"
+          git config --global user.email "ci@standardnotes.com"
+      - name: Import GPG key
+        uses: crazy-max/ghaction-import-gpg@v4
+        with:
+          gpg_private_key: ${{ secrets.GPG_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+          passphrase: ${{ secrets.PASSPHRASE }}
+          git_user_signingkey: true
+          git_commit_gpgsign: true
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: yarn install --immutable
+
       - name: Bump version
         run: yarn release:prod