diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 827576de..c2ed6388 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@
 
 - **patch-detail:** restore showing reactions to comments and revisions. Addresses regression caused due to a breaking change in Radicle HTTP API (httpd).
 
+### 🏡 Chores
+
+- **scripts:** parallelize verifying extension and webview dependencies (runs before each dev/build script)
+
 -----
 
 ## **v0.4.0** (Feb 28th, 2023)
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 713bc6ac..784ec369 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
   "scripts": {
     "preinstall": "npx -y only-allow pnpm",
     "vscode:prepublish": "npm run verify-deps && npm run lint && npm run test && npm run build",
-    "verify-deps": "npx npm-run-all -l verify-deps:*",
+    "verify-deps": "npx npm-run-all -pl verify-deps:*",
     "verify-deps:extension": "npx pnpm i --frozen-lockfile --prefer-offline",
     "verify-deps:webviews": "cd ./src/webviews && npm run verify-deps",
     "compile:extension": "esbuild ./src/extension.ts --bundle --outfile=./dist/extension.js --external:vscode --format=cjs --platform=node --target=es2020",