diff --git a/cloudbuild-release.yml b/cloudbuild-release.yml
index 588d670bd5a..89b4e24b914 100644
--- a/cloudbuild-release.yml
+++ b/cloudbuild-release.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 steps:
 
+# Install top-level deps.
+- name: 'gcr.io/learnjs-174218/release'
+  entrypoint: 'yarn'
+  id: 'yarn-common'
+  args: ['install']
+
 # Release e2e flow.
 - name: 'gcr.io/learnjs-174218/release'
   dir: 'e2e'