diff --git a/scripts/checksums b/scripts/checksums
index 6f7565d9..248484e5 100755
--- a/scripts/checksums
+++ b/scripts/checksums
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ rancheros-proxmoxve.iso
 rancheros-proxmoxve-autoformat.iso
 rancheros-vmware.iso
 rancheros-vmware-autoformat.iso
+rancheros-vmware.vmdk
 "
 
 rm -rf dist/checksums && mkdir -p dist/checksums
diff --git a/scripts/release-vmware b/scripts/release-vmware
index 78e9fb8d..91d0b9b0 100755
--- a/scripts/release-vmware
+++ b/scripts/release-vmware
@@ -71,4 +71,5 @@ for file in $(ls dist/artifacts/); do
     esac
 done
 
-echo "github-release upload  --user rancher --repo os --tag ${VERSION} --file dist/artifacts/rancheros.iso --name rancheros-vmware.iso" > dist/publish.sh
+echo "github-release upload  --user rancher --repo os --tag ${VERSION} --file dist/artifacts/rancheros.iso --name rancheros-vmware.iso" >> dist/publish.sh
+echo "github-release upload  --user rancher --repo os --tag ${VERSION} --file dist/artifacts/rancheros.vmdk --name rancheros-vmware.vmdk" >> dist/publish.sh