diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index dfb2238822..c203446000 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 temp/
 build/
-dist/
 *.md
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/goreleaser-latest.yml b/.github/workflows/goreleaser-latest.yml
index 0421501caf..0edfaef3ee 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/goreleaser-latest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/goreleaser-latest.yml
@@ -37,16 +37,6 @@ jobs:
           username: ${{ github.actor }}
           password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
-      - name: "Move dist to prevent dockerignore"
-        run: |
-          echo "dist contents: $(ls dist)"
-          if [ ! -d "dist" ]; then 
-            echo "❌ expected dist dir to be generated from make release-snapshot" && exit 1
-          else echo "dist dir exists as expected."
-          fi
-          rm -rf dist-temp
-          cp -r dist dist-temp
-
       - name: Build and push versioned image
         uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
         with:
diff --git a/contrib/docker/goreleaser.Dockerfile b/contrib/docker/goreleaser.Dockerfile
index baac3233e4..8d9c5432fe 100644
--- a/contrib/docker/goreleaser.Dockerfile
+++ b/contrib/docker/goreleaser.Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 FROM golang:1.21 AS builder
 
 WORKDIR /root
-COPY ./dist-temp/ /root/
+COPY ./dist/ /root/
 
 ARG TARGETARCH
 RUN if [ "${TARGETARCH}" = "arm64" ]; then \
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ RUN if [ "${TARGETARCH}" = "arm64" ]; then \
   cp linux_linux_amd64_v1/nibid /root/nibid; \
   fi
 
-FROM alpine
+FROM alpine:latest
 
 WORKDIR /root
 RUN apk --no-cache add ca-certificates
diff --git a/contrib/make/release.mk b/contrib/make/release.mk
index cf9bfe0f4b..e0b2949088 100644
--- a/contrib/make/release.mk
+++ b/contrib/make/release.mk
@@ -5,16 +5,10 @@
 PACKAGE_NAME		  := github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru
 GOLANG_CROSS_VERSION  ?= v1.21.5
 
-verify-dist-temp:
-	@if [ ! -d "dist-temp" ]; then \
-		echo "dist-temp does not exist, please run release-snapshot first"; \
-		exit 1; \
-	fi
-
 # The `make release` command is running a Docker container with the image 
 # `gorelease/goreleaser-cross:${GOLANG_CROSS_VERSION}`. This command:
 # `-v "$(CURDIR)":/go/src/$(PACKAGE_NAME)`: mounts the current directory 
-# `release --rm-dist`: executes the release inside the directory
+# `release --clean`: executes the release inside the directory
 release: verify-dist-temp
 	docker run \
 		--rm \
@@ -24,7 +18,7 @@ release: verify-dist-temp
 		-e CGO_ENABLED=1 \
 		-e GITHUB_TOKEN=${GITHUB_TOKEN} \
 		goreleaser/goreleaser-cross:${GOLANG_CROSS_VERSION} \
-		release --rm-dist
+		release --clean
 
 release-snapshot:
 	docker run \
@@ -35,6 +29,4 @@ release-snapshot:
 		-w /go/src/$(PACKAGE_NAME) \
 		-e CGO_ENABLED=1 \
 		goreleaser/goreleaser-cross:${GOLANG_CROSS_VERSION} \
-		release --clean --snapshot
-	rm -rf dist-temp
-	cp -r dist dist-temp
+		release --clean --snapshot
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