diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 87a5992c1b..80be95daf4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -5,69 +5,18 @@ on:
       - '[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+*'
 
 jobs:
-  build-asset:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        asset:
-          - cloud-hypervisor
-          - firecracker
-          - kernel
-          - kernel-dragonball-experimental
-          - nydus
-          - qemu
-          - rootfs-image
-          - rootfs-initrd
-          - shim-v2
-          - virtiofsd
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - name: Build ${{ matrix.asset }}
-        run: |
-          ./tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/kata-deploy-copy-yq-installer.sh
-          ./tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/kata-deploy-binaries-in-docker.sh --build="${KATA_ASSET}"
-          build_dir=$(readlink -f build)
-          # store-artifact does not work with symlink
-          sudo cp -r "${build_dir}" "kata-build"
-        env:
-          KATA_ASSET: ${{ matrix.asset }}
-          TAR_OUTPUT: ${{ matrix.asset }}.tar.gz
-
-      - name: store-artifact ${{ matrix.asset }}
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
-        with:
-          name: kata-artifacts
-          path: kata-build/kata-static-${{ matrix.asset }}.tar.xz
-          if-no-files-found: error
-
-  create-kata-tarball:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: build-asset
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - name: get-artifacts
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
-        with:
-          name: kata-artifacts
-          path: kata-artifacts
-      - name: merge-artifacts
-        run: |
-          ./tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/kata-deploy-merge-builds.sh kata-artifacts
-      - name: store-artifacts
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
-        with:
-          name: kata-static-tarball
-          path: kata-static.tar.xz
+  build-kata-static-tarball-amd64:
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-amd64.yaml
 
   kata-deploy:
-    needs: create-kata-tarball
+    needs: build-kata-static-tarball-amd64
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - name: get-kata-tarball
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
         with:
-          name: kata-static-tarball
+          name: kata-static-tarball-amd64
       - name: build-and-push-kata-deploy-ci
         id: build-and-push-kata-deploy-ci
         run: |