diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_build_infisical_cli.yml b/.github/workflows/release_build_infisical_cli.yml
index d388356a..e29faaa5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release_build_infisical_cli.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_build_infisical_cli.yml
@@ -218,83 +218,39 @@ jobs:
             mkdir -p "$target_dir"
             cp "/tmp/rdp-bridge-artifacts/rdp-bridge-$triple/libinfisical_rdp_bridge.a" "$target_dir/"
           done
-      - name: GoReleaser (build, no publish)
+      - name: GoReleaser (dry-run snapshot)
+        if: github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.dry_run
         uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@v4
         with:
           distribution: goreleaser-pro
           version: v1.26.2-pro
-          args: >-
-            release --clean --skip=publish,announce
-            ${{ (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.dry_run) && '--snapshot' || '' }}
+          args: release --clean --snapshot --skip=publish
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GO_RELEASER_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           POSTHOG_API_KEY_FOR_CLI: ${{ secrets.POSTHOG_API_KEY_FOR_CLI }}
           FURY_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.FURYPUSHTOKEN }}
           AUR_KEY: ${{ secrets.AUR_KEY }}
           GORELEASER_KEY: ${{ secrets.GORELEASER_KEY }}
-      - name: Upload dry-run dist as workflow artifact
-        if: github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.dry_run
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          name: goreleaser-dist-linux
-          path: dist/
-          retention-days: 7
-      - name: Smoke test linux binary across supported distros
-        run: |
-          set -uo pipefail
-          fail=0
-          echo "::group::Static-link assertion (file)"
-          for d in dist/linux-*-rdp_linux_*; do
-            bin="$d/infisical"
-            [ -f "$bin" ] || continue
-            info=$(file "$bin")
-            echo "$info"
-            if ! echo "$info" | grep -q "statically linked"; then
-              echo "::error file=$bin::not statically linked"
-              fail=1
-            fi
-          done
-          echo "::endgroup::"
-
-          BIN=dist/linux-amd64-rdp_linux_amd64_v1/infisical
-          if [ ! -f "$BIN" ]; then
-            echo "::error::expected $BIN missing from dist/"
-            exit 1
-          fi
-          echo "::group::Smoke test linux-amd64 binary across distro floor"
-          for img in \
-              ubuntu:22.04 \
-              ubuntu:20.04 \
-              rockylinux:9 \
-              rockylinux:8 \
-              amazonlinux:2023 \
-              amazonlinux:2 \
-              alpine:3.19 \
-              gcr.io/distroless/static-debian12; do
-            echo "--- $img ---"
-            if ! docker run --rm --platform linux/amd64 \
-                    -v "$PWD/$BIN":/infisical:ro \
-                    "$img" /infisical --version; then
-              echo "::error::binary failed to run on $img"
-              fail=1
-            fi
-          done
-          echo "::endgroup::"
-
-          [ "$fail" -eq 0 ] || exit 1
-      - name: GoReleaser (publish)
+      - name: GoReleaser (release)
         if: github.event_name == 'push' || (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && !inputs.dry_run)
         uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@v4
         with:
           distribution: goreleaser-pro
           version: v1.26.2-pro
-          args: release --skip=build,validate,before
+          args: release --clean
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GO_RELEASER_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           POSTHOG_API_KEY_FOR_CLI: ${{ secrets.POSTHOG_API_KEY_FOR_CLI }}
           FURY_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.FURYPUSHTOKEN }}
           AUR_KEY: ${{ secrets.AUR_KEY }}
           GORELEASER_KEY: ${{ secrets.GORELEASER_KEY }}
+      - name: Upload dry-run dist as workflow artifact
+        if: github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.dry_run
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: goreleaser-dist-linux
+          path: dist/
+          retention-days: 7
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
           python-version: "3.12"