diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 2069a7a6..d1c86a98 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -105,10 +105,25 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       id-token: write
       attestations: write
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        rust-version: 
+          - 1.80.0
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
+          submodules: recursive
+
+      - name: Get StarlingMonkey Commit
+        id: starlingmonkey-commit
+        run: echo "STARLINGMONKEY_HASH=$(git submodule status | head -c9 | tail -c8)" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+      - name: Install Rust Toolchain
+        run: |
+          rustup toolchain install ${{ matrix.rust-version }}
+          rustup target add wasm32-wasip1 --toolchain ${{ matrix.rust-version }}
+          rustup target add wasm32-wasip1
 
       # NOTE: we must use a node version new-enough to have --experimental-wasm-jspi
       - uses: actions/setup-node@49933ea5288caeca8642d1e84afbd3f7d6820020 # v4.4.0
@@ -116,16 +131,20 @@ jobs:
           node-version: ">=22"
 
       - name: Cache npm install
-        id: cache-node-modules
         uses: actions/cache@5a3ec84eff668545956fd18022155c47e93e2684 # v4.2.3
         with:
           key: node-modules-${{ runner.os }}-${{ runner.arch }}-${{ hashFiles('package.json') }}
           path: |
             node_modules
+
       - name: Install NPM packages
         run: |
           npm install
 
+      - name: Perform release build
+        run: |
+          npm run build:release
+
       - name: Create release package
         working-directory: ${{ needs.meta.outputs.project-dir }}
         run: |
@@ -138,7 +157,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02 # v4.6.2
         with:
           if-no-files-found: error
-          name: ${{ needs.meta.outputs.project }}
+          name: componentize-js
           path: |
             ${{ needs.meta.outputs.artifacts-glob }}
 
@@ -168,6 +187,8 @@ jobs:
     needs:
       - meta
       - test-npm-release
+    env:
+      PREPACK_SKIP_BUILD: "true"
     steps:
       # NOTE: we need to checkout to pull npmrc
       - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e55b78a1..37deff5c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,16 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.18.3-rc.1] - 2025-06-30
+
+### 🐛 Bug Fixes
+
+* *(ci)* remove packages prefix (#232) by @vados-cosmonic in #232
+
+* *(ci)* remove if for JS projects (#231) by @vados-cosmonic in #231
+
+
+
+
 ## [0.18.3-rc.0] - 2025-06-27
 
 ### 🚀 Features
diff --git a/examples/hello-world/guest/package.json b/examples/hello-world/guest/package.json
index baa85d49..f766077e 100644
--- a/examples/hello-world/guest/package.json
+++ b/examples/hello-world/guest/package.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     "@bytecodealliance/componentize-js": "*"
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "build": "node componentize.js && cargo build --release",
+    "build": "node componentize.js",
     "all": "npm run build"
   }
 }
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 79338e8a..43b07156 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@bytecodealliance/componentize-js",
-  "version": "0.18.2",
+  "version": "0.18.3-rc.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@bytecodealliance/componentize-js",
-      "version": "0.18.2",
+      "version": "0.18.3-rc.0",
       "workspaces": [
         "."
       ],
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9516db99..3ca6edc4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@bytecodealliance/componentize-js",
-  "version": "0.18.3-rc.0",
+  "version": "0.18.3-rc.1",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/bytecodealliance/componentize-js#readme",
   "description": "ESM -> WebAssembly Component creator, via a SpiderMonkey JS engine embedding",
   "type": "module",
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     "test:release": "mocha -u tdd test/test.js --timeout 120000",
     "test:weval": "cross-env WEVAL_TEST=1 mocha -u tdd test/test.js --timeout 120000",
     "test:debug": "cross-env DEBUG_TEST=1 mocha -u tdd test/test.js --timeout 120000",
-    "prepublishOnly": "npm run build"
+    "prepack": "node scripts/prepack.mjs"
   },
   "files": [
     "lib/interfaces",
diff --git a/scripts/prepack.mjs b/scripts/prepack.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..017d03bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/prepack.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import { env } from 'node:process';
+import { spawn } from 'node:child_process';
+
+async function main() {
+  if (env.PREPACK_SKIP_BUILD) {
+    console.error(`SKIP_BUILD set, skipping prepack build step`);
+    return;
+  }
+  await spawn('npm', ['run', 'build'], { stdio: 'inherit' });
+}
+
+await main();
diff --git a/src/cli.js b/src/cli.js
index 0caf6594..7b9fe26d 100755
--- a/src/cli.js
+++ b/src/cli.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export async function componentizeCmd (jsSource, opts) {
 }
 
 program
-  .version('0.18.3-rc.0')
+  .version('0.18.3-rc.1')
   .description('Create a component from a JavaScript module')
   .usage('<js-source> --wit wit-world.wit -o <component-path>')
   .argument('<js-source>', 'JS source file to build')