diff --git a/web3.js/package.json b/web3.js/package.json
index fdbccf0aa6..40245cd50f 100644
--- a/web3.js/package.json
+++ b/web3.js/package.json
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
     "localnet:update": "bin/localnet.sh update",
     "localnet:logs": "bin/localnet.sh logs -f",
     "ok": "npm run lint && npm run flow && npm run test && npm run doc",
-    "prepare": "npm run clean && npm run ok && npm run build",
+    "prepare": "npm run clean && npm run ok &&  npm run fetch-bpf-sdk && npm run build",
     "examples": "set -ex; for example in examples/*.js; do node $example; done",
     "re": "semantic-release --repository-url git@github.com:solana-labs/solana-web3.js.git"
   },