diff --git a/test/smoke/README.md b/test/smoke/README.md
index 0b12079cd1b..b213445924a 100644
--- a/test/smoke/README.md
+++ b/test/smoke/README.md
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ You must always run the smoketest version which matches the release you are test
 
 ```bash
 git checkout release/1.22
+yarn && yarn compile
 yarn --cwd test/smoke
 ```