diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index acafbc3980e28f38568b0f38ab6fc0a6d62b4c9f..3a44e2dc00ef72db3e692d5cf41fe5288e0e366f 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ include:
       platform: 'aarch64'
       tagname: 'macOS-aarch64'
       gnu_make: 'make'
-      build_flags: ''
+      build_flags: 'RELEASE=1'
 
 smoketest-jsexec-linux:
   tags: [Linux]