diff --git a/.github/workflows/showcase-deploy.yaml b/.github/workflows/showcase-deploy.yaml
index eaab3a7..511b07c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/showcase-deploy.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/showcase-deploy.yaml
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Load package
         shell: Rscript {0}
         run: |
+          if (!requireNamespace("devtools", quietly = TRUE)) install.packages("devtools")
+          devtools::build()
           devtools::load_all()
 
       - name: Install rsconnect