diff --git a/release/cloudbuild.yaml b/release/cloudbuild.yaml
index 5dc42835329..3cffaaed451 100644
--- a/release/cloudbuild.yaml
+++ b/release/cloudbuild.yaml
@@ -32,10 +32,9 @@ steps:
     echo "Checking out ${_GIT_TAG}"
     git checkout ${_GIT_TAG}
 
-- name: 'gcr.io/projectsigstore/cosign:v1.13.1@sha256:fd5b09be23ef1027e1bdd490ce78dcc65d2b15902e1f4ba8e04f3b4019cc1057'
+- name: 'gcr.io/projectsigstore/cosign:v2.0.0-rc.0@sha256:e00fc7df9a494b5060c409d7cefab899c8a6e7283a42497a76f5eb3ac57a0450'
   dir: "go/src/sigstore/cosign"
   env:
-  - COSIGN_YES=true
   - TUF_ROOT=/tmp
   args:
   - 'verify'