diff --git a/.github/workflows/cw-check.yaml b/.github/workflows/cw-check.yaml
index b5f4653d0..a6b1e7c95 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cw-check.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cw-check.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ on:
   pull_request:
     paths:
       - .github/workflows/cw-check.yaml
+      - Makefile
       - '*.toml'
       - Cargo.lock
       - ci/cw-check/**
diff --git a/.github/workflows/no-std.yaml b/.github/workflows/no-std.yaml
index 2ed31c2a4..380016451 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/no-std.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/no-std.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ on:
   pull_request:
     paths:
       - .github/workflows/no-std.yaml
+      - Makefile
       - '*.toml'
       - Cargo.lock
       - ci/no-std-check/**
diff --git a/.github/workflows/rust.yaml b/.github/workflows/rust.yaml
index 181edf42d..0aca29543 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rust.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rust.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ on:
   pull_request:
     paths:
       - .github/workflows/rust.yaml
+      - Makefile
       - '*.toml'
       - ci/**
       - cosmwasm/**
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index add16fdc4..ed6159f9c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -53,12 +53,10 @@ test: ## Run tests with all features and without default features.
 check-release: ## Check that the release build compiles.
 	cargo release --workspace --no-push --no-tag \
 		--exclude ibc-derive \
-		--exclude ibc-primitives
 
 release: ## Perform an actual release and publishes to crates.io.
 	cargo release --workspace --no-push --no-tag --allow-branch HEAD --execute \
 		--exclude ibc-derive \
-		--exclude ibc-primitives
 	$(MAKE) -C ./cosmwasm release $@
 
 build-tendermint-cw: ## Build the WASM file for the ICS-07 Tendermint light client.