diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-dev-javascript-client.yml b/.github/workflows/release-dev-javascript-client.yml
index 9d9e228baa1..64b05faacc4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-dev-javascript-client.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-dev-javascript-client.yml
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ jobs:
           ORG_NAME="@chroma-core"
           PACKAGE_NAME=$(jq -r '.name' package.json)
           jq --arg org "$ORG_NAME" --arg name "$PACKAGE_NAME" '.name = "\($org)/\($name)"' package.json > tmp.$$.json && mv tmp.$$.json package.json
+        working-directory: ./clients/js/
       - name: Test & publish
         run: npm run db:run && PORT=8001 npm run $NPM_SCRIPT
         working-directory: ./clients/js/