diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 9ef7b9a..74ccbf9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -89,10 +89,11 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Convert SDE YAML to Protobuf
       run: |
-        cp esf.proto dist/
         protoc --python_out=. esf.proto
         python -m convert sde
 
+        cp esf.proto dist/
+
     - name: Fetch icons
       run: |
         python -m download_icons sde