diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 2e97415b..dcfadc55 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -66,6 +66,11 @@ jobs:
             platform-label: linux-x86_64
             binary: rmux
             archive: tar.gz
+          - os: ubuntu-22.04-arm
+            target: aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
+            platform-label: linux-aarch64
+            binary: rmux
+            archive: tar.gz
           - os: macos-15-intel
             target: x86_64-apple-darwin
             platform-label: macos-x86_64
@@ -123,7 +128,7 @@ jobs:
           if [[ "$RUNNER_OS" != "Windows" ]]; then
             file "$bin"
           fi
-          if [[ "$TARGET" == "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu" ]]; then
+          if [[ "$TARGET" == *-unknown-linux-gnu ]]; then
             max_glibc="$(strings "$bin" | grep -o 'GLIBC_[0-9.]*' | sort -V | tail -n 1 || true)"
             echo "max GLIBC symbol: ${max_glibc:-none}"
             if [[ -n "$max_glibc" ]] && [[ "$(printf '%s\n' "$max_glibc" "GLIBC_2.35" | sort -V | tail -n 1)" != "GLIBC_2.35" ]]; then
@@ -148,7 +153,7 @@ jobs:
           grep -F "rmux $VERSION" version.txt
 
       - name: Install Linux package tooling
-        if: matrix.target == 'x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu'
+        if: runner.os == 'Linux'
         shell: bash
         run: |
           sudo apt-get update
@@ -179,7 +184,7 @@ jobs:
           scripts/verify-package.sh "$archive" --checksums dist/SHA256SUMS.txt --run-binary --require-release-artifact
 
       - name: Create Linux distro packages
-        if: matrix.target == 'x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu'
+        if: runner.os == 'Linux'
         shell: bash
         run: |
           scripts/package-debian.sh \