diff --git a/.woodpecker/release.yaml b/.woodpecker/release.yaml
index 62466a5..455e575 100644
--- a/.woodpecker/release.yaml
+++ b/.woodpecker/release.yaml
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ steps:
     image: alpine:latest
     commands:
       - apk update
-      - apk add --no-cache bash build-base words-en gdb perl pcre2 pcre2-dev gdbm gdbm-dev pkgconfig meson ninja
-      - meson setup --reconfigure --prefer-static build
+      - apk add --no-cache bash build-base words-en gdb perl pcre2 pcre2-dev db db-dev pkgconfig meson ninja
+      - meson setup --reconfigure --prefer-static  -Dcpp_link_args="-static" --buildtype=release build
       - ninja -C build
       - file build/dbtool
       - mv build/dbtool dbtool-linux-amd64