diff --git a/.github/workflows/flyteidl-release.yml b/.github/workflows/flyteidl-release.yml
index ea8a7899fa..c69983ce05 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/flyteidl-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/flyteidl-release.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ on:
     types: [created]
 
 jobs:
-  deploy:
+  deploy-to-pypi:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     defaults:
       run:
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
           pip install setuptools wheel twine
-      - name: Autobump version
+      - name: Set version in python package
         run: |
           # from refs/tags/v1.2.3 get 1.2.3
           VERSION=$(echo $GITHUB_REF | sed 's#.*/v##')
-          VERSION=$VERSION make -C flyteidl update_pyversion
+          VERSION=$VERSION make update_pyversion
         shell: bash
       - name: Build and publish
         env:
@@ -33,11 +33,17 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
           twine upload dist/*
+  deploy-to-npm:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        working-directory: flyteidl
+    steps:
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v1
         with:
           node-version: "12.x"
           registry-url: "https://registry.npmjs.org"
-      - name: Autobump version
+      - name: Set version in npm package
         run: |
           # from refs/tags/v1.2.3 get 1.2.3
           VERSION=$(echo $GITHUB_REF | sed 's#.*/v##')