diff --git a/.github/workflows/check.yml b/.github/workflows/check.yml
index 5d0b453..2026395 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check.yml
@@ -9,5 +9,9 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: build
+        run: docker compose build
+      - name: pull
+        run: docker compose pull --quiet
       - name: run checks
         run: docker compose run --rm django-pg-zero-downtime-migrations-tests tox
diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index f13e4bf..8dac3e3 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # django-pg-zero-downtime-migrations Changelog
 
+## 0.18
+- split CI into smaller jobs
+
 ## 0.17
 - added django 5.1 support
 - added python 3.13 support