diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index bcf5ed94a0..794e5d2cdb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -127,6 +127,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: build all packages
         run: yarn backstage-cli repo build --all
 
+        # For now canon has a custom build script and needs to be built separately
+      - name: build canon
+        run: yarn --cwd packages/canon build
+
       - name: verify type dependencies
         run: yarn lint:type-deps
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy_packages.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy_packages.yml
index d59bb189d0..fc6997a2e9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy_packages.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy_packages.yml
@@ -110,6 +110,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: build
         run: yarn backstage-cli repo build --all
 
+        # For now canon has a custom build script and needs to be built separately
+      - name: build canon
+        run: yarn --cwd packages/canon build
+
       - name: verify type dependencies
         run: yarn lint:type-deps