diff --git a/.github/actions/artifacts_build/action.yml b/.github/actions/artifacts_build/action.yml
index f75a8bf5..3dc7b3c6 100644
--- a/.github/actions/artifacts_build/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/artifacts_build/action.yml
@@ -94,8 +94,7 @@ runs:
         load: ${{ inputs.load_image }}
 
     - name: Perform image scan
-      if: ${{ inputs.push_image == true || inputs.push_image == 'true' }}
       uses: ./.github/actions/image_scan
       with:
         image-ref: ${{ inputs.image_uri_with_tag }}
-        severity: 'CRITICAL,HIGH,MEDIUM,LOW,UNKNOWN'
+        severity: 'CRITICAL,HIGH,MEDIUM,LOW,UNKNOWN'
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_build.yml b/.github/workflows/release_build.yml
index c23c66ef..0765f45b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release_build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_build.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           image_uri_with_tag: "adot-autoinstrumentation-python:test"
           push_image: false
-          load_image: false
+          load_image: true
           python_version: "3.10"
           package_name: aws-opentelemetry-distro
           os: ubuntu-latest