diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-automation.yaml b/.github/workflows/release-automation.yaml
index 6ebc4ef2..2049072e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-automation.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-automation.yaml
@@ -50,8 +50,14 @@ jobs:
         run: go install github.com/google/go-licenses@latest
       - name: Create Third Party Licences File
         run: make licenses
-      - name: setup static dependecies
-        run: sudo apt-get install glibc-static libstdc++-static
+      - name: Install Dependencies for e2e Testing
+        run: ./setup-test-env.sh
+      # - name: setup static dependecies
+      #   run: |
+      #     sudo apt-get update
+      #     sudo apt-get install glibc-static libstdc++-static
+      #     sudo apt install libstdc++-12-dev
+      #     sudo apt-get install libc6-dev
       - name: Create release binaries
         run: make RELEASE_TAG=${{ env.RELEASE_TAG }} release
       - name: Verify Release version
diff --git a/setup-test-env.sh b/setup-test-env.sh
index 6b8387fc..2285a10d 100755
--- a/setup-test-env.sh
+++ b/setup-test-env.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ NERDCTL_VERSION=1.7.6
 BUILDKIT_VERSION=0.15.2
 CNI_VERSION=1.5.1
 
-apt update && apt install -y make gcc linux-libc-dev libseccomp-dev pkg-config git
+apt update && apt install -y make gcc linux-libc-dev libseccomp-dev pkg-config git libc6-compat zlib-dev
 
 # Download and install containerd
 curl -sSL --output /tmp/containerd.tgz https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/download/v${CONTAINERD_VERSION}/containerd-${CONTAINERD_VERSION}-linux-${TARGETARCH:-amd64}.tar.gz