diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 9e99f48f6c..f62348813b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -76,8 +76,6 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: ui-tar
-      - name: install-upx
-        run: brew install upx
       - name: Compile binaries
         run: ./hack/build-all.bash
         env:
diff --git a/hack/build-all.bash b/hack/build-all.bash
index 319771532a..c537502347 100755
--- a/hack/build-all.bash
+++ b/hack/build-all.bash
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ shasum -a 256 "${DEVSPACE_ROOT}/release/ui.tar.gz" > "${DEVSPACE_ROOT}/release/u
 # build devspace helper
 echo "Building devspace helper"
 GOARCH=amd64 GOOS=linux go build -ldflags "-s -w -X github.com/loft-sh/devspace/helper/cmd.version=${VERSION}" -o "${DEVSPACE_ROOT}/release/devspacehelper" helper/main.go
-upx "${DEVSPACE_ROOT}/release/devspacehelper" #compress devspacehelper
+# upx "${DEVSPACE_ROOT}/release/devspacehelper" #compress devspacehelper
 shasum -a 256 "${DEVSPACE_ROOT}/release/devspacehelper" > "${DEVSPACE_ROOT}/release/devspacehelper".sha256
 
 GOARCH=arm64 GOOS=linux go build -ldflags "-s -w -X github.com/loft-sh/devspace/helper/cmd.version=${VERSION}" -o "${DEVSPACE_ROOT}/release/devspacehelper-arm64" helper/main.go