diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 5af1771..4b36e22 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -127,6 +127,10 @@ jobs:
             curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh -s -- -y
             echo "$HOME/.cargo/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
           fi
+      - uses: swatinem/rust-cache@v2
+        with:
+          key: ${{ join(matrix.targets, '-') }}
+          cache-provider: ${{ matrix.cache_provider }}
       - name: Install dist
         run: ${{ matrix.install_dist.run }}
       # Get the dist-manifest
diff --git a/Justfile b/Justfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0fc04fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Justfile
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+# Test cargo-dist release build by creating a PR
+dist-test-pr:
+    #!/usr/bin/env bash
+    set -euo pipefail
+
+    # Checkout new branch
+    BRANCH_NAME="dist-test-$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S)"
+    echo "Creating new branch: $BRANCH_NAME"
+    git checkout -b "$BRANCH_NAME"
+
+    # Patch dist-workspace.toml to set pr-run-mode = "upload"
+    echo "Patching dist-workspace.toml..."
+    sed -i.bak 's/pr-run-mode = "plan"/pr-run-mode = "upload"/' dist-workspace.toml
+    rm -f dist-workspace.toml.bak
+
+    # Run dist generate to generate updated workflow
+    echo "Running cargo dist generate..."
+    dist generate
+
+    # Check if there are changes to commit
+    if ! git diff --quiet; then
+        echo "Committing changes..."
+        git add .
+        git commit -m "test: cargo-dist release artifact build"
+
+        echo "Pushing branch and creating PR..."
+        git push -u origin "$BRANCH_NAME"
+
+        gh pr create \
+            --title "test: cargo-dist release artifact build" \
+            --body "Test cargo-dist release build process"
+
+        echo "PR created successfully!"
+    else
+        echo "No changes to commit. Cleaning up branch..."
+        git checkout -
+        git branch -D "$BRANCH_NAME"
+    fi
diff --git a/dist-workspace.toml b/dist-workspace.toml
index 98ba886..3d5fb40 100644
--- a/dist-workspace.toml
+++ b/dist-workspace.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ installers = []
 # Target platforms to build apps for (Rust target-triple syntax)
 targets = ["aarch64-apple-darwin", "aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu", "aarch64-pc-windows-msvc", "x86_64-apple-darwin", "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu", "x86_64-unknown-linux-musl", "x86_64-pc-windows-msvc"]
 # Which actions to run on pull requests
-pr-run-mode = "plan"
+pr-run-mode = "upload"
 
 [dist.github-custom-runners]
 global = "ubuntu-22.04"