diff --git a/.github/workflows/README.md b/.github/workflows/README.md
index 958745bfc..a60d66a7e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/README.md
+++ b/.github/workflows/README.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ This document describes the CI/CD workflows for OSPOS.
 - Build frontend assets with Gulp
 
 ### Testing
-- Run PHPUnit tests with MariaDB service container
+- Run PHPUnit tests with MariaDB started via Docker
 
 ### Docker Images
 - Build `ospos:latest` Docker image for multiple architectures (linux/amd64, linux/arm64)
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-release.yml b/.github/workflows/build-release.yml
index 856e32516..44175eb3f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-release.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ on:
       - master
 
 concurrency:
-  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.run_id }}
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.ref }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 permissions:
@@ -106,12 +106,12 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Create distribution archives
         run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
           gulp compress
           VERSION="${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}"
           SHORT_SHA="${{ steps.version.outputs.short-sha }}"
-          mv dist/opensourcepos.tar.gz "dist/opensourcepos.$VERSION.$SHORT_SHA.tgz" || true
-          mv dist/opensourcepos.zip "dist/opensourcepos.$VERSION.$SHORT_SHA.zip" || true
-        continue-on-error: true
+          mv dist/opensourcepos.tar.gz "dist/opensourcepos.$VERSION.$SHORT_SHA.tgz"
+          mv dist/opensourcepos.zip "dist/opensourcepos.$VERSION.$SHORT_SHA.zip"
 
       - name: Upload build artifacts
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
@@ -142,6 +142,16 @@ jobs:
           name: build-context-${{ needs.build.outputs.short-sha }}
           path: .
 
+      - name: Setup PHP
+        uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
+        with:
+          php-version: '8.2'
+          extensions: intl, mbstring, mysqli, gd, bcmath, zip
+          coverage: none
+
+      - name: Install dev dependencies
+        run: composer install --no-interaction --optimize-autoloader
+
       - name: Start MariaDB
         run: |
           docker run -d --name mysql \
@@ -158,7 +168,7 @@ jobs:
           done
 
       - name: Initialize database
-        run: docker exec -i mysql mysql -u root -proot ospos < app/Database/database.sql || true
+        run: docker exec -i mysql mysql -u root -proot ospos < app/Database/database.sql
 
       - name: Run PHPUnit tests
         run: vendor/bin/phpunit --testdox
@@ -228,7 +238,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "short-sha=$SHORT_SHA" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
       - name: Create/Update unstable release
-        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
         with:
           tag_name: unstable
           name: Unstable OpenSourcePOS