diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 378f880..f4bb6c4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -16,9 +16,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   prepare:
     if: github.repository_owner == 'viamrobotics'
-    runs-on: [buildjet-8vcpu-ubuntu-2204-arm]
-    container:
-      image: ghcr.io/viamrobotics/canon:arm64
+    runs-on: buildjet-2vcpu-ubuntu-2204-arm
     outputs:
       version: ${{ steps.which_version.outputs.version }}
       sha: ${{ steps.commit.outputs.commit_long_sha }}
@@ -118,24 +116,45 @@ jobs:
           name: builds
           path: builds
 
-  # build_linux builds all but aarch64.
   build_linux:
     if: github.repository_owner == 'viamrobotics'
     needs: [prepare]
-    runs-on: [self-hosted, x64]
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.runs-on }}
     container:
-      image: ghcr.io/cross-rs/${{ matrix.image }}
+      image: ${{ matrix.image }}
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         include:
+          - target: aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
+            platform: linux_aarch64
+            image: ubuntu:20.04
+            runs-on: buildjet-8vcpu-ubuntu-2204-arm
           - target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
             platform: linux_x86_64
-            image: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu:main-centos
+            image: ghcr.io/cross-rs/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu:main-centos
+            runs-on: buildjet-4vcpu-ubuntu-2204
           - target: arm-unknown-linux-gnueabihf
             platform: linux_armv6l
-            image: arm-unknown-linux-gnueabihf:main
+            image: ghcr.io/cross-rs/arm-unknown-linux-gnueabihf:main
+            runs-on: buildjet-4vcpu-ubuntu-2204
     steps:
+      - name: Setup dependencies
+        if: ${{ startsWith(matrix.image, 'ubuntu') }}
+        shell: bash
+        run: |  # (njooma) These are the deps that cross uses. I haven't tried pruning/optimizing
+          apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y
+          apt-get install -y autoconf \
+            automake \
+            binutils \
+            ca-certificates \
+            curl \
+            file \
+            gcc \
+            git \
+            libtool \
+            m4 \
+            make
       - name: Checkout Code
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
@@ -152,7 +171,7 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash
         run: |
           source "$HOME/.cargo/env"
-          cargo build --release --target=${{ matrix.target }}
+          cargo build --release --locked --target=${{ matrix.target }}
       - name: Copy
         run: |
           cp target/${{ matrix.target }}/release/libviam_rust_utils.so builds/libviam_rust_utils-${{ matrix.platform }}.so
@@ -163,46 +182,10 @@ jobs:
           name: builds
           path: builds
 
-  build_aarch64_linux:
-    if: github.repository_owner == 'viamrobotics'
-    needs: [prepare]
-    runs-on: [buildjet-8vcpu-ubuntu-2204-arm]
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-    steps:
-    - name: Checkout Code
-      uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      with:
-        ref: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.sha }}
-    # Variables for rust toolchain setup copied from the micro-rdk release
-    # process.
-    - name: Setup rust toolchain
-      uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
-      with:
-        profile: minimal
-        toolchain: 1.70.0
-        override: true
-        target: aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
-        default: true
-    - name: Setup build directory
-      run: mkdir builds
-    - name: Build
-      run: |
-        cargo build --release --locked --target aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
-        cp target/aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu/release/libviam_rust_utils.so builds/libviam_rust_utils-linux_aarch64.so
-        cp target/aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu/release/libviam_rust_utils.a builds/libviam_rust_utils-linux_aarch64.a
-    - name: Upload artifacts
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
-      with:
-        name: builds
-        path: builds
-
   release:
-    needs: [prepare, build_macos, build_linux, build_aarch64_linux]
+    needs: [prepare, build_macos, build_linux]
     if: github.repository_owner == 'viamrobotics'
-    runs-on: [self-hosted, x64]
-    container:
-      image: ghcr.io/viamrobotics/canon:amd64
+    runs-on: buildjet-2vcpu-ubuntu-2204
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3