diff --git a/.github/workflows/clustertool.release.yaml b/.github/workflows/clustertool.release.yaml
index b5960ad675a..658441f841a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/clustertool.release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/clustertool.release.yaml
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ jobs:
             **/go.sum
       # - name: Install Syft
       #   run: sudo curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anchore/syft/main/install.sh | sh -s -- -b /usr/local/bin
+      - run:  |
+          cd ./clustertool
+          go mod tidy
+          cd ..
       - uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@9c156ee8a17a598857849441385a2041ef570552 # v6
         with:
           args: release --clean