diff --git a/.woodpecker/.release.yml b/.woodpecker/.release.yml
index d239bd539..1790ebe81 100644
--- a/.woodpecker/.release.yml
+++ b/.woodpecker/.release.yml
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ pipeline:
       - mix deps.get --only prod
       - mkdir release
       - export PLEROMA_BUILD_BRANCH=develop
+      - rm -rf release || true
+      - rm -rf _build || true
       - mix release --path release
       - zip akkoma-${tag}.zip -r release
       - rclone copyto akkoma-${tag}.zip scaleway:akkoma-updates/$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH/akkoma-${tag}.zip