diff --git a/.woodpecker/release.yaml b/.woodpecker/release.yaml
index 455e575..0eaf4f6 100644
--- a/.woodpecker/release.yaml
+++ b/.woodpecker/release.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ steps:
     image: alpine:latest
     commands:
       - apk update
-      - apk add --no-cache bash build-base words-en gdb perl pcre2 pcre2-dev db db-dev pkgconfig meson ninja
+      - apk add --no-cache bash build-base words-en gdb perl pcre2-static 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