diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index ffec5f050..bf9172cae 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -102,6 +102,9 @@ jobs:
           keys:
             - slate-cli-cache-{{ checksum "./packages/slate-cli/package-lock.json" }}
             - slate-cli-cache
+      - run:
+          name: Bootstrap packages
+          command: npm run bootstrap
       - run:
           name: Create slate-theme.zip
           command: cd packages/slate-theme && ./node_modules/.bin/slate zip