diff --git a/hack/get-krel b/hack/get-krel
index 5a53081a239..461a0d597e2 100755
--- a/hack/get-krel
+++ b/hack/get-krel
@@ -33,18 +33,18 @@ KREL_OUTPUT_PATH=${KREL_OUTPUT_PATH:-bin/krel}
 echo "Using output path: $KREL_OUTPUT_PATH"
 mkdir -p "$(dirname "$KREL_OUTPUT_PATH")"
 
-if [[ "$TOOL_ORG" == "$DEFAULT_TOOL_ORG" && "$TOOL_REPO" == "$DEFAULT_TOOL_REPO" && "$TOOL_REF" == "$DEFAULT_TOOL_REF" ]]; then
-    LATEST_RELEASE=$(curl_retry https://api.github.com/repos/kubernetes/release/releases/latest | jq -r .tag_name)
-    echo "Using krel release: $LATEST_RELEASE"
-
-    echo "Downloading krel from GCB bucket…"
-    GCB_URL="https://storage.googleapis.com/k8s-artifacts-sig-release/kubernetes/release/$LATEST_RELEASE/krel-amd64-linux"
-    curl_retry "$GCB_URL" -o "$KREL_OUTPUT_PATH"
-    chmod +x "$KREL_OUTPUT_PATH"
-else
-    echo "Building krel from sources"
-    go build -o "$KREL_OUTPUT_PATH" ./cmd/krel
-fi
+#if [[ "$TOOL_ORG" == "$DEFAULT_TOOL_ORG" && "$TOOL_REPO" == "$DEFAULT_TOOL_REPO" && "$TOOL_REF" == "$DEFAULT_TOOL_REF" ]]; then
+#    LATEST_RELEASE=$(curl_retry https://api.github.com/repos/kubernetes/release/releases/latest | jq -r .tag_name)
+#    echo "Using krel release: $LATEST_RELEASE"
+#
+#    echo "Downloading krel from GCB bucket…"
+#    GCB_URL="https://storage.googleapis.com/k8s-artifacts-sig-release/kubernetes/release/$LATEST_RELEASE/krel-amd64-linux"
+#    curl_retry "$GCB_URL" -o "$KREL_OUTPUT_PATH"
+#    chmod +x "$KREL_OUTPUT_PATH"
+#else
+echo "Building krel from sources"
+go build -o "$KREL_OUTPUT_PATH" ./cmd/krel
+#fi
 
 echo "Done, output of 'krel version':"
 "$KREL_OUTPUT_PATH" version
diff --git a/pkg/release/publish.go b/pkg/release/publish.go
index 3a7b001d4af..1ae552ebbd6 100644
--- a/pkg/release/publish.go
+++ b/pkg/release/publish.go
@@ -341,10 +341,12 @@ func (p *Publisher) PublishToGcs(
 		return fmt.Errorf("get marker file destination: %w", publishFileDstErr)
 	}
 
+	logrus.Infof("Using marker path: %s", markerPath)
 	publicLink := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", URLPrefixForBucket(markerPath), publishFile)
-	if strings.HasPrefix(markerPath, ProductionBucket) {
-		publicLink = fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", ProductionBucketURL, publishFile)
+	if strings.HasSuffix(markerPath, ProductionBucket+"/release") {
+		publicLink = fmt.Sprintf("%s/release/%s", ProductionBucketURL, publishFile)
 	}
+	logrus.Infof("Using public link: %s", publicLink)
 
 	uploadDir := filepath.Join(releaseStage, "upload")
 	if err := os.MkdirAll(uploadDir, os.FileMode(0o755)); err != nil {