diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 28914118de94..ab67d334dd03 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -30,12 +30,14 @@ jobs:
             target: x86_64-pc-windows-msvc
             code-target: win32-x64
             pgo: clap-rs/clap@v4.5.36
+            allocator: jemalloc
           - os: windows-latest
             target: i686-pc-windows-msvc
             pgo: clap-rs/clap@v4.5.36
           - os: windows-latest
             target: aarch64-pc-windows-msvc
             code-target: win32-arm64
+            allocator: jemalloc
           - os: ubuntu-latest
             target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
             # Use a container with glibc 2.28
@@ -43,15 +45,18 @@ jobs:
             container: quay.io/pypa/manylinux_2_28_x86_64
             code-target: linux-x64
             pgo: clap-rs/clap@v4.5.36
+            allocator: jemalloc
           - os: ubuntu-24.04-arm
             target: aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
             container: quay.io/pypa/manylinux_2_28_aarch64
             code-target: linux-arm64
             pgo: clap-rs/clap@v4.5.36
+            allocator: jemalloc
           - os: ubuntu-latest
             target: arm-unknown-linux-gnueabihf
             zig_target: arm-unknown-linux-gnueabihf.2.28
             code-target: linux-armhf
+            allocator: jemalloc
           - os: macos-14
             target: x86_64-apple-darwin
             code-target: darwin-x64
@@ -67,6 +72,12 @@ jobs:
 
     env:
       RA_TARGET: ${{ matrix.target }}
+      ALLOCATOR: >-
+        ${{
+          (matrix.allocator == 'jemalloc' || matrix.allocator == 'mimalloc')
+          && format('--{0}', matrix.allocator)
+          || ''
+        }}
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
@@ -100,13 +111,16 @@ jobs:
           sudo ln -s "/usr/local/zig-linux-$(uname -m)-${ZIG_VERSION}/zig" /usr/local/bin/zig
           curl -L "https://github.com/rust-cross/cargo-zigbuild/releases/download/v${ZIGBUILD_VERSION}/cargo-zigbuild-v${ZIGBUILD_VERSION}.x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz" | tar zxC ~/.cargo/bin
 
+      - name: Debug
+        run: echo $ALLOCATOR
+
       - name: Dist (plain)
         if: ${{ !matrix.zig_target }}
-        run: cargo xtask dist --client-patch-version ${{ github.run_number }} ${{ matrix.pgo && format('--pgo {0}', matrix.pgo) || ''}}
+        run: cargo xtask dist --client-patch-version ${{ github.run_number }} ${{ matrix.pgo && format('--pgo {0}', matrix.pgo) || ''}} $ALLOCATOR
 
       - name: Dist (using zigbuild)
         if: ${{ matrix.zig_target }}
-        run: RA_TARGET=${{ matrix.zig_target}} cargo xtask dist --client-patch-version ${{ github.run_number }} --zig ${{ matrix.pgo && format('--pgo {0}', matrix.pgo) || ''}}
+        run: RA_TARGET=${{ matrix.zig_target}} cargo xtask dist --client-patch-version ${{ github.run_number }} --zig ${{ matrix.pgo && format('--pgo {0}', matrix.pgo) || ''}} $ALLOCATOR
 
       - run: npm ci
         working-directory: editors/code