diff --git a/Taskfile.yml b/Taskfile.yml
index 1b897bfda..edc03e50c 100644
--- a/Taskfile.yml
+++ b/Taskfile.yml
@@ -59,8 +59,13 @@ tasks:
         status:
             - ./check_yalc_dep.sh @hashgraph/proto
 
+    "build:proto":
+        cmds:
+            - task: "proto:build"
+
     install:
         deps:
+            - "build:proto"
             - "install:cryptography:local"
             - "install:proto:local"
         cmds:
diff --git a/packages/proto/Taskfile.yml b/packages/proto/Taskfile.yml
index 5c5bc7257..01074a554 100644
--- a/packages/proto/Taskfile.yml
+++ b/packages/proto/Taskfile.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ tasks:
             # TODO: How do we support this build step when we update the
             # protobufs? Currently, this step results in reseting any protobuf
             # updates we may have.
-            # - git submodule update --init
+            - git submodule update --init
         status:
             - test -d packages/proto/src/proto
 
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ tasks:
             - ./node_modules/.bin/babel src -d lib
             - ./node_modules/.bin/copyfiles -u 1 src/index.d.ts src/proto.d.ts lib/ > /dev/null
             # This is necessary to correctly run browser tests with an unpublished proto package
-            - ../../node_modules/.bin/yalc publish > /dev/null
+            # - ../../node_modules/.bin/yalc publish > /dev/null
 
     clean:
         cmds: