diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index b43be1b..0ebc985 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ jobs:
           enable-cache: true
           cache-dependency-glob: |
             pyproject.toml
+      - name: Compile translations
+        run: uv run pybabel compile -d invenio_theme_iform/translations/
       - name: Build package
         run: uv build
       - name: Publish to PyPI