diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index a065ea3..b564848 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install
         run: |
           npm install --workspaces
+          # build packages synchronously to ensure sibling dependencies are built.
+          # @TODO - see if it's possible to do this better
+          # first build the one that consumed by siblings, then just build all
+          npm run build --workspace="@foo-software/ghost-graphql"
           npm run build --workspaces --if-present
       - name: Generate Schema
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 3a9d51f..6c9c506 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,12 @@ jobs:
           scope: '@foo-software'
       - name: Install
         run: |
-          npm install --workspaces --include-workspace-root
+          npm install --workspaces
+          # build packages synchronously to ensure sibling dependencies are built.
+          # @TODO - see if it's possible to do this better
+          # first build the one that consumed by siblings, then just build all
+          npm run build --workspace="@foo-software/ghost-graphql"
+          npm run build --workspaces --if-present
       - name: Integration Tests
         run: |
           cd packages/ghost-graphql-integration-tests
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index f943da1..a496b73 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "root",
-      "hasInstallScript": true,
       "workspaces": [
         "./packages/*"
       ],
@@ -18,6 +17,9 @@
         "husky": "^4.2.5",
         "lint-staged": "^10.4.2",
         "prettier": "^2.0.5"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=16.20.2 <17"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@ampproject/remapping": {
@@ -11438,6 +11440,7 @@
     "packages/ghost-graphql-server": {
       "name": "@foo-software/ghost-graphql-server",
       "version": "2.0.17",
+      "hasInstallScript": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "@foo-software/ghost-graphql": "*",
         "@types/meow": "^5.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/ghost-graphql-ci-tools/src/bin/publish-packages.ts b/packages/ghost-graphql-ci-tools/src/bin/publish-packages.ts
index 6b80800..92a3d58 100644
--- a/packages/ghost-graphql-ci-tools/src/bin/publish-packages.ts
+++ b/packages/ghost-graphql-ci-tools/src/bin/publish-packages.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ const run = async () => {
     console.log('⌛ version, git commit and push...');
 
     // @TODO - dynamically pull from somewhere (maybe utilize conventional commits)
-    npm.version({ versionType: 'minor' });
+    npm.version({ versionType: 'major' });
 
     git.push();
     console.log('✅ version, git commit and push completed');
diff --git a/packages/ghost-graphql-integration-tests/package.json b/packages/ghost-graphql-integration-tests/package.json
index 718bea7..1cf2712 100644
--- a/packages/ghost-graphql-integration-tests/package.json
+++ b/packages/ghost-graphql-integration-tests/package.json
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "types": "dist/index.d.ts",
   "scripts": {
-    "build": "echo build",
     "test": "jest"
   },
   "devDependencies": {