diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index d88d70dbbf..bfe6202728 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -145,21 +145,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: download-and-upload-tarball
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GIT_UPLOAD_TOKEN }}
-          GOPATH: ${HOME}/go
         run: |
-          pushd $GITHUB_WORKSPACE
-          ./ci/install_yq.sh
-          tag=$(echo $GITHUB_REF | cut -d/ -f3-)
-          versions_yaml="versions.yaml"
-          version=$(${GOPATH}/bin/yq read ${versions_yaml} "externals.libseccomp.version")
-          repo_url=$(${GOPATH}/bin/yq read ${versions_yaml} "externals.libseccomp.url")
-          download_url="${repo_url}/releases/download/v${version}"
-          tarball="libseccomp-${version}.tar.gz"
-          asc="${tarball}.asc"
-          curl -sSLO "${download_url}/${tarball}"
-          curl -sSLO "${download_url}/${asc}"
-          gh release upload "${tag}" "${tarball}"
-          gh release upload "${tag}" "${asc}"
-          popd
+          ./tools/packaging/release/release.sh upload-libseccomp-tarball
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
diff --git a/tools/packaging/release/release.sh b/tools/packaging/release/release.sh
index ea13ec7a93..b4ccb4fcae 100755
--- a/tools/packaging/release/release.sh
+++ b/tools/packaging/release/release.sh
@@ -94,6 +94,26 @@ function _upload_vendored_code_tarball()
 	gh release upload "${RELEASE_VERSION}" "${vendored_code_tarball}"
 }
 
+function _upload_libseccomp_tarball()
+{
+	_check_required_env_var "GH_TOKEN"
+
+	[ -z "${RELEASE_VERSION}" ] && RELEASE_VERSION=$(cat "${repo_root_dir}/VERSION")
+
+	INSTALL_IN_GO_PATH=false ${repo_root_dir}/ci/install_yq.sh
+
+	versions_yaml="versions.yaml"
+	version=$(/usr/local/bin/yq read ${versions_yaml} "externals.libseccomp.version")
+	repo_url=$(/usr/local/bin/yq read ${versions_yaml} "externals.libseccomp.url")
+	download_url="${repo_url}releases/download/v${version}"
+	tarball="libseccomp-${version}.tar.gz"
+	asc="${tarball}.asc"
+	curl -sSLO "${download_url}/${tarball}"
+	curl -sSLO "${download_url}/${asc}"
+	gh release upload "${RELEASE_VERSION}" "${tarball}"
+	gh release upload "${RELEASE_VERSIOB}" "${asc}"
+}
+
 function main()
 {
 	action="${1:-}"
@@ -103,6 +123,7 @@ function main()
 		upload-kata-static-tarball) _upload_kata_static_tarball ;;
 		upload-versions-yaml-file) _upload_versions_yaml_file ;;
 		upload-vendored-code-tarball) _upload_vendored_code_tarball ;;
+		upload-libseccomp-tarball) _upload_libseccomp_tarball ;;
 		*) >&2 _die "Invalid argument" ;;
 	esac
 }