diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-desktop.yml b/.github/workflows/build-desktop.yml
index 5a7703adb78..222898b8193 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-desktop.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-desktop.yml
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ jobs:
         # 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: |
-          node build.js --release
+          node build.js --target=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu --release
 
       - name: Build application
         run: npm run dist:lin
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ jobs:
         # 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: |
-          node build.js --release
+          node build.js --target=aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu --release
 
       - name: Check index.d.ts generated
         if: github.event_name == 'pull_request' && steps.cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'