diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build-installer.yml
similarity index 98%
rename from .github/workflows/build.yml
rename to .github/workflows/build-installer.yml
index 728f8e5fea..dbd797c5e6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-installer.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ on:
   workflow_call:
 
 jobs:
-  build:
+  build-installer:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 5 # expected run time: <2 min
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-test.yml b/.github/workflows/python-tests.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from .github/workflows/python-test.yml
rename to .github/workflows/python-tests.yml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 6e7a689629..444ae33714 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: build & release
+name: release
 
 on:
   push:
@@ -20,31 +20,19 @@ jobs:
           version_file_path: invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
 
   frontend-checks:
-    needs: check-version
     uses: ./.github/workflows/frontend-checks.yml
 
   frontend-tests:
-    needs: check-version
     uses: ./.github/workflows/frontend-tests.yml
 
   python-checks:
-    needs: check-version
     uses: ./.github/workflows/python-checks.yml
 
   python-tests:
-    needs: check-version
     uses: ./.github/workflows/python-tests.yml
 
   build:
-    needs:
-      [
-        check-version,
-        frontend-checks,
-        frontend-tests,
-        python-checks,
-        python-tests,
-      ]
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/build.yml
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/build-installer.yml
 
   publish-testpypi:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest