diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 349624688f2..a29479115dc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -559,8 +559,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Override NuGet packages
         run: |
-          dotnet pack crates/bindings-csharp/BSATN.Runtime
-          dotnet pack crates/bindings-csharp/Runtime
+          dotnet pack -c Release crates/bindings-csharp/BSATN.Runtime
+          dotnet pack -c Release crates/bindings-csharp/Runtime
 
           # Write out the nuget config file to `nuget.config`. This causes the spacetimedb-csharp-sdk repository
           # to be aware of the local versions of the `bindings-csharp` packages in SpacetimeDB, and use them if
@@ -681,8 +681,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Override NuGet packages
         run: |
-          dotnet pack crates/bindings-csharp/BSATN.Runtime
-          dotnet pack crates/bindings-csharp/Runtime
+          dotnet pack -c Release crates/bindings-csharp/BSATN.Runtime
+          dotnet pack -c Release crates/bindings-csharp/Runtime
 
           # Write out the nuget config file to `nuget.config`. This causes the spacetimedb-csharp-sdk repository
           # to be aware of the local versions of the `bindings-csharp` packages in SpacetimeDB, and use them if