diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr.yml b/.github/workflows/pr.yml
index 7c41c46990..a5c775d458 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-build-cache-${{ hashFiles('**/src/', '!**/node_modules', '!**/dist') }}
 
       # Only setup & build if there was no build cache hit
-      - name: Use Node.js 16
+      - name: Use Node 16
         uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         if: ${{ steps.build-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true' }}
         with:
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
-      - name: Use Node.js 16
+      - name: Use Node 16
         uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
           node-version: '16'
@@ -64,14 +64,12 @@ jobs:
             !**/node_modules
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-build-cache-${{ hashFiles('**/src/', '!**/node_modules', '!**/dist') }}
 
-      - run: yarn install --frozen-lockfile --prefer-offline
+      - name: Install Dependencies
+        run: yarn install --frozen-lockfile --prefer-offline
 
       - name: lint
         run: yarn lint
 
-    outputs:
-      yarn-cache-dir: ${{ steps.get-yarn-cache-dir.outputs.dir }}
-
   chromatic:
     name: Chromatic
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -82,14 +80,15 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
-      - name: Use Node.js 16
+      - name: Use Node 16
         uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
           node-version: '16'
           cache: yarn
           cache-dependency-path: 'yarn.lock'
 
-      - run: yarn install --frozen-lockfile --prefer-offline
+      - name: Install Dependencies
+        run: yarn install --frozen-lockfile --prefer-offline
 
       - uses: actions/cache/restore@v3
         name: Restore build cache
@@ -115,14 +114,15 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
-      - name: Use Node.js 16
+      - name: Use Node 16
         uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
           node-version: '16'
           cache: yarn
           cache-dependency-path: 'yarn.lock'
 
-      - run: yarn install --frozen-lockfile --prefer-offline
+      - name: Install Dependencies
+        run: yarn install --frozen-lockfile --prefer-offline
 
       - uses: actions/cache/restore@v3
         name: Restore build cache
@@ -145,14 +145,15 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
-      - name: Use Node.js 16
+      - name: Use Node 16
         uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
           node-version: '16'
           cache: yarn
           cache-dependency-path: 'yarn.lock'
 
-      - run: yarn install --frozen-lockfile --prefer-offline
+      - name: Install Dependencies
+        run: yarn install --frozen-lockfile --prefer-offline
 
       - uses: actions/cache/restore@v3
         name: Restore build cache
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index da1c63ed6c..c0426d56fa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -6,33 +6,67 @@ on:
       - main
 
 jobs:
-  release:
-    name: Release
+  build:
+    name: Build packages
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout Repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - uses: actions/cache@v3
+        name: Check for build cache
+        id: build-cache
         with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
+          path: |
+            **/dist
+            !**/node_modules
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-build-cache-${{ hashFiles('**/src/', '!**/node_modules', '!**/dist') }}
 
-      - name: Setup Node.js 16.x
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v1
+      # Only setup & build if there was no build cache hit
+      - name: Use Node 16
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        if: ${{ steps.build-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true' }}
         with:
-          node-version: 16.x
+          node-version: '16'
+          cache: yarn
+          cache-dependency-path: 'yarn.lock'
 
-      - name: Install Dependencies
-        run: yarn
+      - name: Install
+        if: ${{ steps.build-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true' }}
+        run: yarn install --frozen-lockfile --prefer-offline
 
-      - name: Build packages
+      - name: build
+        if: ${{ steps.build-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true' }}
         run: yarn build
 
-      - name: Build typescript
-        run: yarn tsc
+  chromatic:
+    name: Establish Chromatic baseline
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [build]
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Use Node 16
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        with:
+          node-version: '16'
+          cache: yarn
+          cache-dependency-path: 'yarn.lock'
 
-      - name: Build TSDoc
-        run: yarn build:docs
+      - name: Install Dependencies
+        run: yarn install --frozen-lockfile --prefer-offline
+
+      - uses: actions/cache/restore@v3
+        name: Restore build cache
+        id: build-cache
+        with:
+          path: |
+            **/dist
+            !**/node_modules
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-build-cache-${{ hashFiles('**/src/', '!**/node_modules', '!**/dist') }}
 
-      - name: Establish Chromatic baseline
+      - name: Publish to Chromatic
         uses: chromaui/action@v1
         with:
           projectToken: ${{ secrets.CHROMATIC_PROJECT_TOKEN }}
@@ -41,6 +75,35 @@ jobs:
           exitZeroOnChanges: true
           autoAcceptChanges: true
 
+  release:
+    name: Release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [build]
+    outputs:
+      published: ${{ steps.changesets.outputs.published }}
+      publishedPackages: ${{ steps.changesets.outputs.publishedPackages }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: Use Node 16
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        with:
+          node-version: '16'
+          cache: yarn
+          cache-dependency-path: 'yarn.lock'
+
+      - name: Install Dependencies
+        run: yarn install --frozen-lockfile --prefer-offline
+
+      - uses: actions/cache/restore@v3
+        name: Restore build cache
+        id: build-cache
+        with:
+          path: |
+            **/dist
+            !**/node_modules
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-build-cache-${{ hashFiles('**/src/', '!**/node_modules', '!**/dist') }}
+
       - name: Create Release Pull Request
         id: changesets
         uses: changesets/action@v1
@@ -51,7 +114,13 @@ jobs:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: '${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}'
           NPM_TOKEN: '${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}'
 
+  notify:
+    name: Notify Slack & Website
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [release]
+    steps:
       - name: Dispatch to Website repo
+        if: ${{ needs.release.outputs.published == 'true' }}
         uses: peter-evans/repository-dispatch@v2
         continue-on-error: true
         with:
@@ -60,8 +129,8 @@ jobs:
           event-type: release-leafygreen-ui
 
       - name: Notify Slack channel of new releases
-        if: steps.changesets.outputs.published == 'true'
+        if: ${{ needs.release.outputs.published == 'true' }}
         id: slackbot
-        run: yarn slackbot '${{steps.changesets.outputs.publishedPackages}}'
+        run: yarn slackbot '${{ needs.release.outputs.publishedPackages }}'
         env:
-          SLACK_BOT_TOKEN: '${{secrets.SLACK_BOT_TOKEN}}'
+          SLACK_BOT_TOKEN: '${{ secrets.SLACK_BOT_TOKEN }}'