diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index ea8ed56..b7c9af4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ jobs:
           binary_name: "cronitor"
           sha256sum: true
           overwrite: true
-          pre_command: 'export CGO_ENABLED=1'
+          pre_command: 'export CGO_ENABLED=0'
           ldflags: '-linkmode external -w -extldflags "-static"'
 
   build-binaries: