diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-desktop.yml b/.github/workflows/build-desktop.yml
index cff78739555..42fbbc10e2e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-desktop.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-desktop.yml
@@ -263,9 +263,11 @@ jobs:
           PKG_CONFIG_ALLOW_CROSS: true
           PKG_CONFIG_ALL_STATIC: true
           TARGET: musl
+        # Note: It is important that we use the release build because some compute heavy
+        # operations such as key derivation for oo7 on linux are too slow in debug mode 
         run: |
           rustup target add x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
-          node build.js --target=x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
+          node build.js --target=x86_64-unknown-linux-musl --release
 
       - name: Build application
         run: npm run dist:lin
@@ -426,9 +428,11 @@ jobs:
           PKG_CONFIG_ALLOW_CROSS: true
           PKG_CONFIG_ALL_STATIC: true
           TARGET: musl
+        # Note: It is important that we use the release build because some compute heavy
+        # operations such as key derivation for oo7 on linux are too slow in debug mode
         run: |
           rustup target add aarch64-unknown-linux-musl
-          node build.js --target=aarch64-unknown-linux-musl
+          node build.js --target=aarch64-unknown-linux-musl --release
 
       - name: Check index.d.ts generated
         if: github.event_name == 'pull_request' && steps.cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
diff --git a/apps/desktop/desktop_native/napi/scripts/build.js b/apps/desktop/desktop_native/napi/scripts/build.js
index a6680f5d311..7b3dccf81e4 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/desktop_native/napi/scripts/build.js
+++ b/apps/desktop/desktop_native/napi/scripts/build.js
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ if (isRelease) {
   process.env.RUST_LOG = 'debug';
 }
 
-execSync(`napi build --platform --js false`, { stdio: 'inherit', env: process.env });
+execSync(`napi build --platform --js false ${isRelease ? '--release' : ''}`, { stdio: 'inherit', env: process.env });