diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4d2f84e8ce55..c435d035f8c6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1049,7 +1049,10 @@ release-binary: $(RELEASE_DIR)
 
 .PHONY: release-staging
 release-staging: ## Build and push container images to the staging bucket
-	REGISTRY=$(STAGING_REGISTRY) $(MAKE) docker-build-all docker-image-verify docker-push-all release-alias-tag
+	REGISTRY=$(STAGING_REGISTRY) $(MAKE) docker-build-all
+	REGISTRY=$(STAGING_REGISTRY) $(MAKE) docker-image-verify
+	REGISTRY=$(STAGING_REGISTRY) $(MAKE) docker-push-all
+	REGISTRY=$(STAGING_REGISTRY) $(MAKE) release-alias-tag
 
 .PHONY: release-staging-nightly
 release-staging-nightly: ## Tag and push container images to the staging bucket. Example image tag: cluster-api-controller:nightly_main_20210121
diff --git a/cloudbuild.yaml b/cloudbuild.yaml
index 66e3418801f4..1ef17030d2e2 100644
--- a/cloudbuild.yaml
+++ b/cloudbuild.yaml
@@ -12,10 +12,9 @@ steps:
     - TAG=$_GIT_TAG
     - PULL_BASE_REF=$_PULL_BASE_REF
     - DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1
-    args:
-    - release-staging
+    args: ['release-staging', '-j', '8', '-O']
 substitutions:
   # _GIT_TAG will be filled with a git-based tag for the image, of the form vYYYYMMDD-hash, and
   # can be used as a substitution
   _GIT_TAG: '12345'
-  _PULL_BASE_REF: 'dev'
+  _PULL_BASE_REF: 'dev'
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