diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 39e4fe7da..35f09eeab 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -83,6 +83,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Bootstrap environment
         uses: ./.github/actions/bootstrap
 
+      # dockers_v2 builds multi-platform manifests in a single buildx invocation, which requires a
+      # docker-container driver builder (the default builder on the runner cannot build multi-platform).
+      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@bb05f3f5519dd87d3ba754cc423b652a5edd6d2c # v4.2.0
+
       - name: Login to Docker Hub
         uses: docker/login-action@af1e73f918a031802d376d3c8bbc3fe56130a9b0 #v4.4.0
         with: