diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 77f894ce7f7..6718e9dd43a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ jobs:
             -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
             -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON \
             -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=./dist \
+            -DTILEDB_INSTALL_LIBDIR=lib \
             -DTILEDB_S3=ON \
             -DTILEDB_AZURE=ON \
             -DTILEDB_GCS=ON \