diff --git a/.changeset/old-bees-heal.md b/.changeset/old-bees-heal.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..708a6eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/old-bees-heal.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@fizzbuds/ddd-toolkit-rabbit-bus": patch
+---
+
+add prepublishOnly script
diff --git a/packages/ddd-toolkit-rabbit-bus/package.json b/packages/ddd-toolkit-rabbit-bus/package.json
index cdb0dac..dee9009 100644
--- a/packages/ddd-toolkit-rabbit-bus/package.json
+++ b/packages/ddd-toolkit-rabbit-bus/package.json
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@
         "test": "jest",
         "test:ci": "jest --coverage --runInBand",
         "test:coverage": "jest --coverage",
-        "check": "cspell lint --quiet src"
+        "check": "cspell lint --quiet src",
+        "prepublishOnly": "pnpm run build"
     },
     "dependencies": {},
     "peerDependencies": {