diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 9b3a9ccdf61c9d0db59dc7ba4f23c114dd5347aa..e8905828eeb430daecfd0c08d237c16bf69f7004 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ jobs:
           sed -Eie 's#refs/tags/v##' package/metadata.json
           podman run \
             --mount type=bind,src=${GITHUB_WORKSPACE},dst=/root/,Z \
+            --workdir=/root/ \
             "$IMAGE_NAME" \
             make plasmoid