diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 814975079..e6d037840 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -58,9 +58,6 @@ jobs:
           submodules: recursive
       - name: Install cargo-dist
         run: "curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/axodotdev/cargo-dist/releases/download/v0.1.0/cargo-dist-installer.sh | sh"
-      - name: Install packages (Linux)
-        if: runner.os == 'Linux'
-        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install --assume-yes libudev-dev
       - id: create-release
         run: |
           cargo dist plan --tag=${{ github.ref_name }} --output-format=json > dist-manifest.json
@@ -117,6 +114,9 @@ jobs:
           submodules: recursive
       - name: Install cargo-dist
         run: ${{ matrix.install-dist }}
+      - name: Install packages (Linux)
+        if: runner.os == 'Linux'
+        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install --assume-yes libudev-dev
       - name: Run cargo-dist
         # This logic is a bit janky because it's trying to be a polyglot between
         # powershell and bash since this will run on windows, macos, and linux!