diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 84113cffe1..7d1c4f57cb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       tag:
-        description: "Tag to include in artifact name"
+        description: "Tag to checkout & release"
         required: true
   push:
     tags:
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
           path: subnet-evm
+          ref: ${{ github.event.inputs.tag }}
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
diff --git a/.goreleaser.yml b/.goreleaser.yml
index bec5952578..62808b512d 100644
--- a/.goreleaser.yml
+++ b/.goreleaser.yml
@@ -18,10 +18,12 @@ builds:
     overrides:
       - goos: linux
         goarch: arm64
+        goarm64: v8.0
         env:
           - CC=aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc
       - goos: darwin
         goarch: arm64
+        goarm64: v8.0
         env:
           - CC=oa64-clang
       - goos: darwin