diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index d29872e101d..56cc8953897 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Build ${{ matrix.asset }}
         run: |
+          ./tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/kata-deploy-copy-yq-installer.sh
           ./tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/kata-deploy-binaries-in-docker.sh --build="${KATA_ASSET}"
           build_dir=$(readlink -f build)
           # store-artifact does not work with symlink
diff --git a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/Makefile b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/Makefile
index f04d9b65812..ac3a77714a5 100644
--- a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/Makefile
+++ b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@ endef
 
 kata-tarball: | all-parallel merge-builds
 
-all-parallel:
+$(MK_DIR)/dockerbuild/install_yq.sh:
+	$(MK_DIR)/kata-deploy-copy-yq-installer.sh
+
+all-parallel: $(MK_DIR)/dockerbuild/install_yq.sh
 	${MAKE} -f $(MK_PATH) all -j$$(( $$(nproc) - 1  )) V=
 
 all: cloud-hypervisor-tarball \
@@ -26,7 +29,7 @@ all: cloud-hypervisor-tarball \
 	rootfs-initrd-tarball \
 	shim-v2-tarball
 
-%-tarball-build:
+%-tarball-build: $(MK_DIR)/dockerbuild/install_yq.sh
 	$(call BUILD,$*)
 
 cloud-hypervisor-tarball:
diff --git a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/kata-deploy-binaries-in-docker.sh b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/kata-deploy-binaries-in-docker.sh
index c1fc1538a39..4035ff9cbd4 100755
--- a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/kata-deploy-binaries-in-docker.sh
+++ b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/kata-deploy-binaries-in-docker.sh
@@ -20,10 +20,6 @@ if [ "${script_dir}" != "${PWD}" ]; then
 	ln -sf "${script_dir}/build" "${PWD}/build"
 fi
 
-install_yq_script_path="${script_dir}/../../../../ci/install_yq.sh"
-
-cp "${install_yq_script_path}" "${script_dir}/dockerbuild/install_yq.sh"
-
 docker build -q -t build-kata-deploy \
 	--build-arg IMG_USER="${USER}" \
 	--build-arg UID=${uid} \
diff --git a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/kata-deploy-copy-yq-installer.sh b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/kata-deploy-copy-yq-installer.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..1271fd88268
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/kata-deploy-copy-yq-installer.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2018-2021 Intel Corporation
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+
+set -o errexit
+set -o nounset
+set -o pipefail
+set -o errtrace
+
+script_dir=$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")
+install_yq_script_path="${script_dir}/../../../../ci/install_yq.sh"
+
+cp "${install_yq_script_path}" "${script_dir}/dockerbuild/install_yq.sh"