diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-verify-release-zip.yaml b/.github/workflows/reusable-verify-release-zip.yaml
index 13dfb47494f2..fb653042ba73 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable-verify-release-zip.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-verify-release-zip.yaml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
         },
         {
           name: enterprise,
-          suffix: "+ent",
+          suffix: "\+ent",
           targets: [
             { os: "darwin", arch: "amd64" },
             { os: "darwin", arch: "arm64" },
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ jobs:
         },
         {
           name: ent-fips,
-          suffix: "+ent.fips1402",
+          suffix: "\+ent\.fips1402",
           targets: [
             { os: "linux", arch: "amd64" },
             { os: "linux", arch: "arm64" },
@@ -78,12 +78,12 @@ jobs:
       - name: verify zips - ${{ matrix.release.name }}
         if: ${{ !matrix.release.fips || (inputs.include-fips && matrix.release.fips) }}
         run: |
-          zips=$(echo '${{ toJSON(matrix.release.targets) }}' | jq -r 'map("consul" + "_" + "${{ inputs.version }}" + "${{ matrix.release.suffix }}" + "_" + .os + "_" + .arch + ".zip" )| join("|")')
+          export zips=$(echo '${{ toJSON(matrix.release.targets) }}' | jq -r 'map("consul" + "_" + "${{ inputs.version }}" + "${{ matrix.release.suffix }}" + "_" + .os + "_" + .arch + "\.zip" )| join("|")')
           echo "zips: ${zips}"
           expected=$(echo '${{ toJSON(matrix.release.targets) }}' | jq length)
           curl https://releases.hashicorp.com/consul/${{ inputs.version }}${{ matrix.release.suffix }}
           found=$(curl https://releases.hashicorp.com/consul/${{ inputs.version }}${{ matrix.release.suffix }}/ \
-          | grep -E '${zips}' \
+          | grep -E "${zips}" \
           | wc -l \
           | awk '$1=$1')
           
diff --git a/.github/workflows/verify-release-artifacts.yaml b/.github/workflows/verify-release-artifacts.yaml
index 90a8ef07fd76..5ddf6cd12fb8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/verify-release-artifacts.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/verify-release-artifacts.yaml
@@ -39,47 +39,47 @@ jobs:
       runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.compute-medium }}
       version: ${{ inputs.version }}
       include-fips: ${{ inputs.include-fips }}
-  verify-docker-images-oss:
-    needs:
-      - setup
-    runs-on: ${{ fromJSON(needs.setup.outputs.compute-small) }}
-    steps:
-      - name: docker pull OSS - docker hub
-        run: docker pull hashicorp/consul:${{ inputs.version }}
-      - name: docker pull OSS - ECR
-        run: docker pull public.ecr.aws/hashicorp/consul:${{ inputs.version }}
-  verify-docker-images-ent:
-    needs:
-      - setup
-    runs-on: ${{ fromJSON(needs.setup.outputs.compute-small) }}
-    steps:
-      - name: docker pull ENT - docker hub
-        run: docker pull hashicorp/consul-enterprise:${{ inputs.version }}-ent
-      - name: docker pull ENT - ECR
-        run: docker pull public.ecr.aws/hashicorp/consul-enterprise:${{ inputs.version }}-ent
-  verify-docker-images-ent-fips:
-    needs:
-      - setup
-    runs-on: ${{ fromJSON(needs.setup.outputs.compute-small) }}
-    if: ${{ inputs.include-fips }}
-    steps:
-      - name: docker pull ENT FIPS - docker hub
-        run: docker pull hashicorp/consul-enterprise-fips:${{ inputs.version }}-ent.fips1402
-      - name: docker pull ENT FIPS - ECR
-        run: docker pull public.ecr.aws/hashicorp/consul-enterprise-fips:${{ inputs.version }}-ent.fips1402
-  verify-linux-packages-oss:
-    needs:
-      - setup
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/reusable-verify-release-linux.yaml
-    with:
-      runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.compute-medium }}
-      package-name: consul
-      version: ${{ inputs.version }}
-  verify-linux-packages-ent:
-    needs:
-      - setup
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/reusable-verify-release-linux.yaml
-    with:
-      runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.compute-medium }}
-      package-name: consul-enterprise
-      version: ${{ inputs.version }}+ent
+#  verify-docker-images-oss:
+#    needs:
+#      - setup
+#    runs-on: ${{ fromJSON(needs.setup.outputs.compute-small) }}
+#    steps:
+#      - name: docker pull OSS - docker hub
+#        run: docker pull hashicorp/consul:${{ inputs.version }}
+#      - name: docker pull OSS - ECR
+#        run: docker pull public.ecr.aws/hashicorp/consul:${{ inputs.version }}
+#  verify-docker-images-ent:
+#    needs:
+#      - setup
+#    runs-on: ${{ fromJSON(needs.setup.outputs.compute-small) }}
+#    steps:
+#      - name: docker pull ENT - docker hub
+#        run: docker pull hashicorp/consul-enterprise:${{ inputs.version }}-ent
+#      - name: docker pull ENT - ECR
+#        run: docker pull public.ecr.aws/hashicorp/consul-enterprise:${{ inputs.version }}-ent
+#  verify-docker-images-ent-fips:
+#    needs:
+#      - setup
+#    runs-on: ${{ fromJSON(needs.setup.outputs.compute-small) }}
+#    if: ${{ inputs.include-fips }}
+#    steps:
+#      - name: docker pull ENT FIPS - docker hub
+#        run: docker pull hashicorp/consul-enterprise-fips:${{ inputs.version }}-ent.fips1402
+#      - name: docker pull ENT FIPS - ECR
+#        run: docker pull public.ecr.aws/hashicorp/consul-enterprise-fips:${{ inputs.version }}-ent.fips1402
+#  verify-linux-packages-oss:
+#    needs:
+#      - setup
+#    uses: ./.github/workflows/reusable-verify-release-linux.yaml
+#    with:
+#      runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.compute-medium }}
+#      package-name: consul
+#      version: ${{ inputs.version }}
+#  verify-linux-packages-ent:
+#    needs:
+#      - setup
+#    uses: ./.github/workflows/reusable-verify-release-linux.yaml
+#    with:
+#      runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.compute-medium }}
+#      package-name: consul-enterprise
+#      version: ${{ inputs.version }}+ent