diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 497d804e64..f683c85b0a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ jobs:
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.node }}-${{ hashFiles('**/yarn.lock') }}
 
       - run: yarn install --frozen-lockfile
+      - name: Build TypeScript packages # for lint we need to build ts, for rules checking if paths exist
+        run: yarn build:ts
       - name: Run lint
         run: yarn run -s lint
 
@@ -55,6 +57,8 @@ jobs:
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.node }}-${{ hashFiles('**/yarn.lock') }}
 
       - run: yarn install --frozen-lockfile
+      - name: Build TypeScript packages # for unit tests we need to build ts, for finding and mocking ts packages
+        run: yarn build:ts
       - name: Run tests
         run: yarn run -s test:unit --coverage
       - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
@@ -231,6 +235,7 @@ jobs:
           SQLITE_PKG: ${{ matrix.sqlite_pkg }}
         with:
           dbOptions: '--dbclient=sqlite-legacy --dbfile=./tmp/data.db'
+
   # EE
   api_ee_pg:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -275,6 +280,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           dbOptions: '--dbclient=postgres --dbhost=localhost --dbport=5432 --dbname=strapi_test --dbusername=strapi --dbpassword=strapi'
           runEE: true
+
   api_ee_mysql:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: [lint, unit_back, unit_front]
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 77306117f0..5e05b1bda3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
     "clean": "lerna run --stream clean --no-private",
     "watch": "lerna run --stream watch --no-private --parallel",
     "build": "lerna run --stream build --no-private",
+    "build:ts": "lerna run --stream build:ts --no-private",
     "generate": "plop --plopfile ./packages/generators/admin/plopfile.js",
     "lint": "npm-run-all -p lint:code lint:css",
     "lint:code": "eslint .",
diff --git a/packages/core/data-transfer/package.json b/packages/core/data-transfer/package.json
index 88a1808c94..54eacfa0af 100644
--- a/packages/core/data-transfer/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/data-transfer/package.json
@@ -27,11 +27,13 @@
   "main": "./lib/index.js",
   "types": "./lib/index.d.ts",
   "scripts": {
-    "build": "tsc -p tsconfig.json",
-    "clean": "rimraf ./lib",
+    "build": "yarn build:ts",
+    "build:ts": "tsc -p tsconfig.json",
     "build:clean": "yarn clean && yarn build",
-    "watch": "yarn build -w --preserveWatchOutput",
-    "test:unit": "jest --verbose"
+    "clean": "rimraf ./dist",
+    "prepublishOnly": "yarn build:clean",
+    "test:unit": "jest --verbose",
+    "watch": "yarn build:ts -w --preserveWatchOutput"
   },
   "directories": {
     "lib": "./lib"