diff --git a/scripts/lib/getPackageDetails.ts b/scripts/lib/getPackageDetails.ts
index 29c3ad723..283161726 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/getPackageDetails.ts
+++ b/scripts/lib/getPackageDetails.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 import fse from 'fs-extra'
 import path from 'path'
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'url'
+
+const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)
+const __dirname = path.dirname(__filename)
 
 const packagesDir = path.resolve(__dirname, '../../packages')
 
diff --git a/scripts/release.ts b/scripts/release.ts
index 945dfa5d4..f88227ad2 100755
--- a/scripts/release.ts
+++ b/scripts/release.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import type { ExecSyncOptions } from 'child_process'
+import { execSync } from 'child_process'
 
 import chalk from 'chalk'
-import { execSync } from 'child_process'
 import execa from 'execa'
 import fse from 'fs-extra'
 import minimist from 'minimist'
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import simpleGit from 'simple-git'
 
 import { getPackageDetails } from './lib/getPackageDetails'
 import { updateChangelog } from './utils/updateChangelog'
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'url'
 
 // Update this list with any packages to publish
 const packageWhitelist = [
@@ -20,14 +21,20 @@ const packageWhitelist = [
   'ui',
   'next',
   'graphql',
-
   'db-mongodb',
+  'db-postgres',
   'richtext-slate',
+  'richtext-lexical',
+  'plugin-cloud',
+  'plugin-cloud-storage',
+  'plugin-seo',
 ]
 
-const rootPath = path.resolve(__dirname, '..')
+const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)
+const __dirname = path.dirname(__filename)
+const cwd = path.resolve(__dirname, '..')
 
-const git = simpleGit(rootPath)
+const git = simpleGit(cwd)
 
 const execOpts: ExecSyncOptions = { stdio: 'inherit' }
 const args = minimist(process.argv.slice(2))
@@ -120,16 +127,12 @@ async function main() {
 
   // Prebuild all packages
   header(`\n🔨 Prebuilding all packages...`)
-  await execa('pnpm', ['install'], {
-    cwd: rootPath,
-    stdio: 'inherit',
-  })
 
-  const buildResult = await execa('pnpm', ['build:core', '--output-logs=errors-only'], {
-    cwd: rootPath,
-    // stdio: ['ignore', 'ignore', 'pipe'],
-    stdio: 'inherit',
-  })
+  const execaOpts: execa.Options = { ...execOpts, stdio: 'inherit' }
+
+  await execa('pnpm', ['install'], execaOpts)
+
+  const buildResult = await execa('pnpm', ['build:core', '--output-logs=errors-only'], execaOpts)
   // const buildResult = execSync('pnpm build:all', execOpts)
   if (buildResult.exitCode !== 0) {
     console.error(chalk.bold.red('Build failed'))
@@ -137,10 +140,22 @@ async function main() {
     abort('Build failed')
   }
 
+  const buildPluginsResult = await execa(
+    'pnpm',
+    ['build:plugins', '--output-logs=errors-only'],
+    execaOpts,
+  )
+
+  if (buildPluginsResult.exitCode !== 0) {
+    console.error(chalk.bold.red('Build failed'))
+    console.log(buildPluginsResult.stderr)
+    abort('Build failed')
+  }
+
   // Update changelog
   if (changelog) {
     header(`${logPrefix}📝 Updating changelog...`)
-    await updateChangelog({ newVersion: nextReleaseVersion, dryRun })
+    await updateChangelog({ dryRun, newVersion: nextReleaseVersion })
   } else {
     console.log(chalk.bold.yellow('📝 Skipping changelog update'))
   }
@@ -191,7 +206,7 @@ async function main() {
           cmdArgs.push('--otp', otp)
         }
         const { exitCode } = await execa('pnpm', cmdArgs, {
-          cwd: rootPath,
+          cwd,
           stdio: ['ignore', 'ignore', 'pipe'],
           // stdio: 'inherit',
         })
diff --git a/scripts/utils/updateChangelog.ts b/scripts/utils/updateChangelog.ts
index 286fba29d..5f9c63f62 100755
--- a/scripts/utils/updateChangelog.ts
+++ b/scripts/utils/updateChangelog.ts
@@ -9,11 +9,13 @@ import addStream from 'add-stream'
 import conventionalChangelog from 'conventional-changelog'
 import { default as getConventionalPreset } from 'conventional-changelog-conventionalcommits'
 import { once } from 'events'
-import fse, { createReadStream, createWriteStream } from 'fs-extra'
+import fse from 'fs-extra'
 import minimist from 'minimist'
 import simpleGit from 'simple-git'
 import tempfile from 'tempfile'
 
+const { createReadStream, createWriteStream } = fse
+
 const octokit = new Octokit({ auth: process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN })
 const git = simpleGit()
 
@@ -105,8 +107,9 @@ export const updateChangelog = async ({ newVersion, dryRun }: Args) => {
   await once(emitter, 'finish')
 }
 
-// If file is executed directly, run the function
-if (require.main === module) {
+// module import workaround for ejs
+if (import.meta.url === `file://${process.argv[1]}`) {
+  // This module is being run directly
   const { newVersion } = minimist(process.argv.slice(2))
   updateChangelog({ dryRun: true, newVersion })
     .then(() => {