diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index c35b9687f3a..249df7599f2 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -3067,6 +3067,12 @@ steps:
   - chmod +x bin/grabpl
   image: byrnedo/alpine-curl:0.1.8
   name: grabpl
+- commands:
+  - yarn install --immutable
+  depends_on:
+  - grabpl
+  image: grafana/build-container:1.5.4
+  name: yarn-install
 - commands:
   - ./bin/grabpl artifacts npm retrieve --tag v${TAG}
   depends_on:
@@ -4530,6 +4536,6 @@ kind: secret
 name: gcp_upload_artifacts_key
 ---
 kind: signature
-hmac: aea46d49d8ad417e04e7b6bc48a7a02affb1b53a1048d0970d4ec7a0d9858eaf
+hmac: 9380beb722ab1276e9219ae41fa07c84db1e7dc249f69e42386f868c026e1795
 
 ...
diff --git a/scripts/drone/pipelines/release.star b/scripts/drone/pipelines/release.star
index 24f21985882..f786ce34dbf 100644
--- a/scripts/drone/pipelines/release.star
+++ b/scripts/drone/pipelines/release.star
@@ -423,6 +423,7 @@ def publish_npm_pipelines(mode):
     }
     steps = [
         download_grabpl_step(),
+        yarn_install_step(),
         retrieve_npm_packages_step(),
         release_npm_packages_step()
     ]