diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/docker-publish.yml
index 33d97afc41..0de5941fc3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker-publish.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ jobs:
   publish-docker:
     name: Publish Docker
     needs: publishable-packages
+    if: ${{ fromJson(needs.publishable-packages.outputs.publishable-packages)[0] != '' }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml
index 951f885b95..99e1472b83 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ jobs:
   publish-sdk:
     name: Publish NPM
     needs: publishable-packages
+    if: ${{ fromJson(needs.publishable-packages.outputs.publishable-packages)[0] != '' }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publishable-packages.yml b/.github/workflows/publishable-packages.yml
index 2ff0bf8550..e642364fd8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publishable-packages.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publishable-packages.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
   publishable-packages:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
-      publishable-packages: ${{ steps.publishable-packages.outputs.modified_packages }}
+      publishable-packages: ${{ steps.publishable-packages.outputs.publishable_packages }}
     steps:
     - name: Checkout code
       uses: actions/checkout@0ad4b8fadaa221de15dcec353f45205ec38ea70b
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ jobs:
         # Example: packages/hop-node,packages/v2-explorer-backend
         IFS=":"
         read -a input_packages <<< "${{ inputs.package-names }}"
-        modified_packages=""
+        publishable_packages=""
     
         for package in "${input_packages[@]}"; do
           package_path="packages/$package"
@@ -62,15 +62,19 @@ jobs:
             fi
           fi
     
-          modified_packages+="$package,"
+          publishable_packages+="$package,"
         done
     
         # Strip the trailing comma
         # Example: packages/hop-node,packages/v2-explorer-backend
-        modified_packages="${modified_packages%,}"
-        
+        publishable_packages="${publishable_packages%,}"
+
         # Convert from string with commas to array for consumption by matrix
         # Example: ["hop-node", "v2-explorer-backend"]
-        modified_packages=$(echo $modified_packages | tr ',' '\n' | sed 's/^ *//;s/ *$//' | jq -R -s -c 'split("\n")[:-1]')
+        if [ -z "$publishable_packages" ]; then
+          publishable_packages='[""]'
+        else
+          publishable_packages=$(echo $publishable_packages | tr ',' '\n' | sed 's/^ *//;s/ *$//' | jq -R -s -c 'split("\n")[:-1]')
+        fi
 
-        echo "modified_packages=$modified_packages" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
\ No newline at end of file
+        echo "publishable_packages=$publishable_packages" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ui-deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/ui-deploy.yml
index 14032e5181..f24f4a9e58 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ui-deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ui-deploy.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: publishable-packages
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     # If the frontend hasn't been modified, skip
-    if: ${{ fromJson(needs.publishable-packages.outputs.publishable-packages)[0] != null }}
+    if: ${{ fromJson(needs.publishable-packages.outputs.publishable-packages)[0] != '' }}
     environment: ${{ matrix.env-name }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
diff --git a/packages/sdk/src/config/index.ts b/packages/sdk/src/config/index.ts
index 2dacc8d0c6..6cec4beec7 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/src/config/index.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk/src/config/index.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { config as goerli } from './goerli.js'
 import { config as mainnet } from './mainnet.js'
 import { config as sepolia } from './sepolia.js'
 
-const cachebuster: number = 4
+const cachebuster: number = 5
 
 let sdkConfig: any = {}
 const bondableChainsSet = new Set<string>([])