diff --git a/bin/release-_pre.sh b/bin/release-_pre.sh
index c7d3b3a9..1eb3981b 100755
--- a/bin/release-_pre.sh
+++ b/bin/release-_pre.sh
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@ set -e
 git pull
 npm run update-authors
 git diff --exit-code
+rm -rf node_modules/
 npm install
 npm test