diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yaml b/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
index a65da5771..15f0d1014 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ jobs:
           curl -sL 'https://github.com/pluralsh/plural-cli/releases/download/v0.5.18/plural-cli_0.5.18_Linux_amd64.tar.gz' | tar xzvf -
           chmod +x plural
           cp plural /usr/local/bin/plural
+      - run: make install-cockroach
       - run: make testup
       - name: Restore dependencies cache
         uses: actions/cache@v3