diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index f1cac3441c..ae5cdbc303 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -46,8 +46,15 @@ jobs:
         with:
           toolchain: stable
 
-      - name: Install cross
-        run: cargo install cross --git https://github.com/cross-rs/cross
+      - name: Install cross-compilation deps on Ubuntu
+        if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest' && matrix.architecture == 'aarch64'
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install -y gcc-aarch64-linux-gnu
+
+      - name: Install OpenSSL dev on Ubuntu
+        if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
+        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y libssl-dev pkg-config
 
       - name: Build CLI
         run: |