diff --git a/tools/release.cs b/tools/release.cs
index becc2f5..58d730e 100644
--- a/tools/release.cs
+++ b/tools/release.cs
@@ -250,9 +250,9 @@ string Android()
   var keystore = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable(KeystoreVariable);
   if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(keystore) || !File.Exists(keystore) || string.IsNullOrEmpty(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable(KeystorePasswordVariable)))
     throw new InvalidOperationException($"{KeystoreVariable} (a keystore file) and {KeystorePasswordVariable} must be set to sign the APK");
+  EnsureWorkload("android");
   var jdk = Jdk();
   var sdk = AndroidSdk(jdk);
-  EnsureWorkload("android");
   var stage = Reset(Path.Combine(root, "dist", "android"));
   Dotnet(["publish", android, "-c", "Release", "-f", "net10.0-android", "-o", stage, $"-p:JavaSdkDirectory={jdk}", $"-p:AndroidSdkDirectory={sdk}",
     "-p:AndroidKeyStore=true", $"-p:AndroidSigningKeyStore={keystore}", $"-p:AndroidSigningKeyAlias={KeyAlias}",