diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 3f699ec37fc..897cd545a12 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -713,6 +713,8 @@ jobs:
   prepare_package_for_release:
     executor: reactnativeios
     steps:
+      - checkout
+      - run_yarn
       - add_ssh_keys:
           fingerprints:
             - "1c:98:e0:3a:52:79:95:29:12:cd:b4:87:5b:41:e2:bb"
diff --git a/scripts/prepare-package-for-release.js b/scripts/prepare-package-for-release.js
index 75553316ea4..529fa5e870f 100755
--- a/scripts/prepare-package-for-release.js
+++ b/scripts/prepare-package-for-release.js
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ if (!isReleaseBranch(branch)) {
 }
 
 // Progress the version by 1 using existing git tags
-const {version} = getNextVersionFromTags(branch);
+const version = getNextVersionFromTags(branch);
 
 if (exec(`node scripts/set-rn-version.js --to-version ${version}`).code) {
   echo(`Failed to set React Native version to ${version}`);