diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 07e691d9..62e66cd2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -50,6 +50,13 @@ jobs:
           owner: defenseunicorns
           repositories: homebrew-tap
 
+      - name: Download Runtime binaries for embedding
+        run: |
+            ./hack/update-uds-runtime-binaries.sh uds-runtime-linux-amd64
+            ./hack/update-uds-runtime-binaries.sh uds-runtime-linux-arm64
+            ./hack/update-uds-runtime-binaries.sh uds-runtime-darwin-amd64
+            ./hack/update-uds-runtime-binaries.sh uds-runtime-darwin-arm64
+
       - name: Run GoReleaser
         uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@286f3b13b1b49da4ac219696163fb8c1c93e1200 # v6.0.0
         with: