diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index 0bdaac5..f45f9cb 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -487,16 +487,16 @@ bump_version:
 
 
 ## Create python sdist and bdist_wheel files
-.PHONY: build_dists
-build_dists:
+.PHONY: dist_build
+dist_build:
 	$(DEV_ENV_PY) setup.py sdist;
 	$(DEV_ENV_PY) setup.py bdist_wheel --python-tag=$(BDIST_WHEEL_PYTHON_TAG);
 	@rm -rf src/*.egg-info
 
 
 ## Upload sdist and bdist files to pypi
-.PHONY: upload_dists
-upload_dists:
+.PHONY: dist_upload
+dist_upload:
 	@if [[ "1" != "1" ]]; then \
 		echo "FAILSAFE! Not publishing a private package."; \
 		echo "  To avoid this set IS_PUBLIC=1 in bootstrap.sh and run it."; \
@@ -508,9 +508,9 @@ upload_dists:
 	$(DEV_ENV)/bin/twine upload $$($(SDIST_FILE_CMD)) $$($(BDIST_WHEEL_FILE_CMD));
 
 
-## bump_version build_dists upload_dists
-.PHONY: publish
-publish: bump_version build_dists upload_dists
+## bump_version dist_build dist_upload
+.PHONY: dist_publish
+dist_publish: bump_version dist_build dist_upload
 
 
 ## Build docker images. Must be run when dependencies are added