diff --git a/berg.yaml b/berg.yaml
index ee507c54a7b..b7684f5ba8b 100644
--- a/berg.yaml
+++ b/berg.yaml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ pipeline:
   - name: Configure and build
     runs: |
       mkdir -p "${{targets.destdir}}"/usr/bin
-      cargo build --all-features
+      cargo build --all-features --release
       install -m755 target/release/berg "${{targets.destdir}}"/usr/bin/
 
   - uses: strip