diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-build-test.yml b/.github/workflows/python-build-test.yml
index 34fc4013..ca193865 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-build-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-build-test.yml
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        python -m pip install ".[test,development,documentation]"
+        python -m pip install ".[build,test,development,documentation]"
     - name: Test with pytest
       run: |
         pytest
     - name: Build
       run: |
         inv build
-        inv mkdocs
+        inv build.mkdocs
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 5d087a51..8ac8ffbe 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -57,12 +57,13 @@ console_scripts =
     bumble-link-relay = bumble.apps.link_relay.link_relay:main
 
 [options.extras_require]
+build = 
+    build >= 0.7
 test =
     pytest >= 6.2
     pytest-asyncio >= 0.17
 development =
     invoke >= 1.4
-    build >= 0.7
     nox >= 2022
 documentation =
     mkdocs >= 1.2.3
diff --git a/tasks.py b/tasks.py
index c368291b..46577bf4 100644
--- a/tasks.py
+++ b/tasks.py
@@ -24,34 +24,48 @@ ROOT_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
 ns = Collection()
 
 build_tasks = Collection()
-ns.add_collection(build_tasks, name='build')
+ns.add_collection(build_tasks, name="build")
 
 
 @task
 def build(ctx):
-    ctx.run('python -m build')
+    ctx.run("python -m build")
 
-build_tasks.add_task(build, default=True, name='build')
 
-test_tasks = Collection()
-ns.add_collection(test_tasks, name='test')
+build_tasks.add_task(build, default=True, name="build")
+
 
 @task
-def test(ctx, filter=None, junit=False):
+def release_build(ctx):
+    ctx.run('python -m pip install .[build]')
+    build(ctx)
+
+
+build_tasks.add_task(release_build, name="release")
+
+
+@task
+def mkdocs(ctx):
+    ctx.run("mkdocs build -f docs/mkdocs/mkdocs.yml")
+
+
+build_tasks.add_task(mkdocs, name="mkdocs")
+
+test_tasks = Collection()
+ns.add_collection(test_tasks, name="test")
+
+
+@task
+def test(ctx, filter=None, junit=False, install=False):
+    # Install the package before running the tests
+    if install:
+        ctx.run("python -m pip install .[test]")
     args = ""
     if junit:
         args += "--junit-xml test-results.xml"
     if filter is not None:
         args += " -k '{}'".format(filter)
-    ctx.run('python -m pytest {} {}'
-            .format(os.path.join(ROOT_DIR, "tests"), args))
-
-test_tasks.add_task(test, name='test', default=True)
+    ctx.run("python -m pytest {} {}".format(os.path.join(ROOT_DIR, "tests"), args))
 
 
-@task
-def mkdocs(ctx):
-    ctx.run('mkdocs build -f docs/mkdocs/mkdocs.yml')
-
-
-ns.add_task(mkdocs)
+test_tasks.add_task(test, name="test", default=True)