diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index b22bdf2dc8..6542fd9ed4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ jobs:
           path: wheelhouse
   upload-wheels:
     name: Publish wheels to PyPi
-    needs: [release-wheel, test-with-bazel]
+    needs: [release-wheel]
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     strategy:
       matrix:
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ jobs:
           password: ${{ secrets.pypi_token }}
   upload-dev-container:
     name: Upload dev container to DockerHub
-    needs: [release-wheel, test-with-bazel]
+    needs: [release-wheel]
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     env:
       PY_VERSION: '3.9'