diff --git a/scripts/build-binary.sh b/scripts/build-binary.sh
index e67e11e2371..cc757a65481 100755
--- a/scripts/build-binary.sh
+++ b/scripts/build-binary.sh
@@ -2,8 +2,11 @@
 
 set -e
 
+source ./scripts/test_lib.sh
+
 VER=$1
 PROJ="etcd"
+REPOSITORY="${REPOSITORY:-https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd.git}"
 
 if [ -z "$1" ]; then
 	echo "Usage: ${0} VERSION" >> /dev/stderr
@@ -17,13 +20,12 @@ function setup_env {
 	local ver=${2}
 
 	if [ ! -d "${proj}" ]; then
-		git clone https://github.com/etcd-io/"${proj}"
+	  log_callout "Cloning ${REPOSITORY}..."
+	  git clone "${REPOSITORY}"
 	fi
 
 	pushd "${proj}" >/dev/null
-		git checkout main
 		git fetch --all
-		git reset --hard origin/main
 		git checkout "${ver}"
 	popd >/dev/null
 }
@@ -53,7 +55,7 @@ function package {
 }
 
 function main {
-	mkdir release
+	mkdir -p release
 	cd release
 	setup_env "${PROJ}" "${VER}"
 
diff --git a/scripts/build-release.sh b/scripts/build-release.sh
index 17ed9731ef9..de7279b5a1e 100755
--- a/scripts/build-release.sh
+++ b/scripts/build-release.sh
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ fi
 ETCD_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/..
 
 pushd "${ETCD_ROOT}" >/dev/null
-	log_callout "Building etcd binary..."
+	log_callout "Building etcd binary in ${REPOSITORY}"
 	./scripts/build-binary.sh "${VERSION}"
 
 	for TARGET_ARCH in "amd64" "arm64" "ppc64le"; do
diff --git a/scripts/release.sh b/scripts/release.sh
index 1900b552425..d68f9015a7e 100755
--- a/scripts/release.sh
+++ b/scripts/release.sh
@@ -106,8 +106,9 @@ main() {
     if [[ -n $(git status -s) ]]; then
       log_callout "Committing version/version.go update."
       git add version/version.go
+      git diff --staged | cat
       git commit --signoff -m "version: bump up to ${VERSION}"
-      git diff --staged
+      git diff --staged | cat
     fi
 
     # Push the version change if it's not already been pushed.
@@ -163,7 +164,7 @@ main() {
     log_callout "Building release..."
     # Check for old and new names of the release build script.
     # TODO: Move the release script into this on as a function?
-    ./scripts/build-release.sh "${RELEASE_VERSION}"
+    REPOSITORY=$(pwd) ./scripts/build-release.sh "${RELEASE_VERSION}"
   fi
 
   # Sanity checks.