diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 5f54eb843f..077469a487 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -499,8 +499,7 @@ jobs:
           node --test ../.github/scripts/bump-agent-versions.test.mjs
 
       - name: DuckDB driver tests
-        working-directory: ..
-        run: cargo test --manifest-path agents/drivers/duckdb/Cargo.toml --locked
+        run: cargo test --manifest-path drivers/duckdb/Cargo.toml --locked
 
       - name: Agent validation
         run: python3 scripts/validate_agents.py
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 2161750565..37d390c3c9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ jobs:
     # Fully static musl builds of the browser (dbx-web) variant. No glibc
     # dependency, so the tarball runs on any Linux distribution (verified in
     # the oldest pullable Ubuntu container for each arch).
-    needs: build
+    needs: release-ready
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix: