diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index d9afd90..351a915 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -121,15 +121,16 @@ build:
 
 release_dev:
   stage: deploy
-  image: registry.gitlab.com/gitlab-org/release-cli:latest
+#  image: registry.gitlab.com/gitlab-org/release-cli:latest # this image currently is amd64 only
+  image: alpine:latest
 #  rules:
 #    - if: $CI_COMMIT_TAG
 #      when: never                                  # Do not run this job when a tag is created manually
 #    - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == "ci-test"           # Run this job when commits are pushed or merged to the dev branch
   script:
-    - 'echo "running release_job for $CI_COMMIT_SHA"'
-#  release:                                         # See https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/yaml/#release for available properties
-#    tag_name: 'test-build-$CI_PIPELINE_IID'        # The version is incremented per pipeline.
-#    description: 'Automated release based on commit CI_COMMIT_SHA'
-#    ref: '$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH'                          # The tag is created from the pipeline SHA.
+    - 'apk add gitlab-release-cli'
+  release:                                         # See https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/yaml/#release for available properties
+    tag_name: 'test-build-$CI_PIPELINE_IID'        # The version is incremented per pipeline.
+    description: 'Automated release based on commit CI_COMMIT_SHA'
+    ref: '$CI_COMMIT_SHA'                          # The tag is created from the pipeline SHA.