diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index e54c356f2b..b52c9e64f7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -33,24 +33,28 @@ jobs:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
 
   build-and-push-assets-amd64:
+    needs: release
     uses: ./.github/workflows/release-amd64.yaml
     with:
       target-arch: amd64
     secrets: inherit
 
   build-and-push-assets-arm64:
+    needs: release
     uses: ./.github/workflows/release-arm64.yaml
     with:
       target-arch: arm64
     secrets: inherit
 
   build-and-push-assets-s390x:
+    needs: release
     uses: ./.github/workflows/release-s390x.yaml
     with:
       target-arch: s390x
     secrets: inherit
 
   build-and-push-assets-ppc64le:
+    needs: release
     uses: ./.github/workflows/release-ppc64le.yaml
     with:
       target-arch: ppc64le
@@ -86,7 +90,7 @@ jobs:
           KATA_DEPLOY_REGISTRIES: "quay.io/kata-containers/kata-deploy docker.io/katadocker/kata-deploy"
 
   upload-multi-arch-static-tarball:
-    needs: publish-multi-arch-images
+    needs: [build-and-push-assets-amd64, build-and-push-assets-arm64, build-and-push-assets-s390x, build-and-push-assets-ppc64le]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -141,6 +145,7 @@ jobs:
           ARCHITECTURE: ppc64le
 
   upload-versions-yaml:
+    needs: release
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -151,7 +156,7 @@ jobs:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
 
   upload-cargo-vendored-tarball:
-    needs: upload-multi-arch-static-tarball
+    needs: release
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -162,7 +167,7 @@ jobs:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
 
   upload-libseccomp-tarball:
-    needs: upload-cargo-vendored-tarball
+    needs: release
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4