diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index df8f0295..4a8adf14 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ jobs:
     environment:
       LEIN_ROOT: "true"
       GRAALVM_HOME: /home/circleci/graalvm-ce-java11-21.0.0
-      BABASHKA_PLATFORM: linux-static # used in release script
+      BABASHKA_PLATFORM: linux # used in release script
       BABASHKA_TEST_ENV: native
       BABASHKA_STATIC: "true"
       BABASHKA_XMX: "-J-Xmx6500m"
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ jobs:
     environment:
       LEIN_ROOT: "true"
       GRAALVM_HOME: /home/circleci/graalvm-ce-java11-21.0.0
-      BABASHKA_PLATFORM: linux-static # used in release script
+      BABASHKA_PLATFORM: linux # used in release script
       BABASHKA_ARCH: aarch64
       BABASHKA_TEST_ENV: native
       BABASHKA_XMX: "-J-Xmx6500m"
diff --git a/.circleci/script/release b/.circleci/script/release
index 092d7931..376c5616 100755
--- a/.circleci/script/release
+++ b/.circleci/script/release
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ mkdir -p /tmp/bb_size
 
 arch=${BABASHKA_ARCH:-amd64}
 
+if [ "$BABASHKA_STATIC" = "true" ]; then
+    arch="$arch-static"
+fi
+
 tar zcvf "babashka-$VERSION-$BABASHKA_PLATFORM-$arch.tar.gz" bb # bbk
 
 ## cleanup