diff --git a/.github/workflows/wpcloud.yml b/.github/workflows/wpcloud.yml
index c05e6fcaf5de4..cae020a02c8bc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wpcloud.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wpcloud.yml
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ concurrency:
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 jobs:
-  deploy:
-    name: Run phpunit on WPCloud site
+  build:
+    name: Install the Monorepo and build wpcomsh
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -44,9 +44,20 @@ jobs:
           # WPCOMSH_CHANGED="$(jq --argjson changed "$CHANGED" -n '$changed | has( "plugins/wpcomsh" ) ')"
           WPCOMSH_CHANGED="true"
           echo "wpcomsh=${WPCOMSH_CHANGED}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+      - name: Build wpcomsh
+        if: steps.changed.outputs.wpcomsh == 'true'
+        run: |
+          echo "::group::Installing and building wpcomsh"
+          pnpm jetpack build -v --deps plugins/wpcomsh
+          echo "::endgroup::"
 
+  deploy:
+    name: Run PHPUnit on the WPCloud test site
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: build
+    steps:
       - name: Configure Github to be able to SSH to the Atomic site
-        if: steps.changed.outputs.wpcomsh == 'true'
+        if: needs.build.changed.outputs.wpcomsh == 'true'
         run: |
           echo "::group::Intializing"
 
@@ -64,10 +75,6 @@ jobs:
 
           echo "::endgroup::"
 
-          echo "::group::Installing and building wpcomsh"
-          pnpm jetpack build plugins/wpcomsh
-          echo "::endgroup::"
-
           echo "::group::Transferring wpcomsh to the testing server"
           pnpm jetpack rsync wpcomsh jetpackwpcomshtester.wordpress.com@sftp.wp.com:~/htdocs/wp-content/mu-plugins
           scp -r projects/plugins/wpcomsh/bin jetpackwpcomshtester.wordpress.com@sftp.wp.com:/srv/htdocs/wp-content/mu-plugins/wpcomsh