diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate-release.yml b/.github/workflows/validate-release.yml
index 52a54444f86..041c60e6c99 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate-release.yml
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Check Signature
         run: |
-          cosign verify ghcr.io/gythialy/golang-cross:v1.21.3-0@sha256:6e2c885532ad276195d3e3f269055fb2742c8963b231d097c467758dd425a632 \
+          cosign verify ghcr.io/gythialy/golang-cross:v1.21.4-0@sha256:d18679c199db258cac9876a80abf9aff69485cf8a324bf547521f3de4cf3a366 \
           --certificate-oidc-issuer https://token.actions.githubusercontent.com \
-          --certificate-identity "https://github.com/gythialy/golang-cross/.github/workflows/release-golang-cross.yml@refs/tags/v1.21.3-0"
+          --certificate-identity "https://github.com/gythialy/golang-cross/.github/workflows/release-golang-cross.yml@refs/tags/v1.21.4-0"
         env:
           TUF_ROOT: /tmp
 
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
       - check-signature
 
     container:
-      image: ghcr.io/gythialy/golang-cross:v1.21.3-0@sha256:6e2c885532ad276195d3e3f269055fb2742c8963b231d097c467758dd425a632
+      image: ghcr.io/gythialy/golang-cross:v1.21.4-0@sha256:d18679c199db258cac9876a80abf9aff69485cf8a324bf547521f3de4cf3a366
 
     permissions: {}
 
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ jobs:
         run: make snapshot
         env:
           PROJECT_ID: honk-fake-project
-          RUNTIME_IMAGE: gcr.io/distroless/static:debug-nonroot
+          RUNTIME_IMAGE: gcr.io/distroless/static-debian12:nonroot
 
       - name: check binaries
         run: |
diff --git a/.goreleaser.yml b/.goreleaser.yml
index 01da07202bc..f0da7efa543 100644
--- a/.goreleaser.yml
+++ b/.goreleaser.yml
@@ -12,10 +12,6 @@ before:
   hooks:
     - go mod tidy
     - /bin/bash -c 'if [ -n "$(git --no-pager diff --exit-code go.mod go.sum)" ]; then exit 1; fi'
-  # if running a release we will generate the images in this step
-  # if running in the CI the CI env va is set and we dont run the ko steps
-  # this is needed because we are generating files that goreleaser was not aware to push to GH project release
-    - /bin/bash -c 'if [ -z "$CI" ]; then make sign-release-images; fi'
 
 gomod:
   proxy: true
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 91e9a4d9380..76671f60936 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ cross:
 golangci-lint:
 	rm -f $(GOLANGCI_LINT_BIN) || :
 	set -e ;\
-	GOBIN=$(GOLANGCI_LINT_DIR) $(GOEXE) install github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/cmd/golangci-lint@v1.53.2	 ;\
+	GOBIN=$(GOLANGCI_LINT_DIR) $(GOEXE) install github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/cmd/golangci-lint@v1.55.2	 ;\
 
 lint: golangci-lint ## Run golangci-lint linter
 	$(GOLANGCI_LINT_BIN) run -n
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ endef
 # ko build
 ##########
 .PHONY: ko
-ko: ko-cosign
+ko: ko-cosign ko-cosign-dev
 
 .PHONY: ko-cosign
 ko-cosign:
@@ -139,6 +139,15 @@ ko-cosign:
 		$(ARTIFACT_HUB_LABELS) --image-refs cosignImagerefs \
 		github.com/sigstore/cosign/v2/cmd/cosign
 
+.PHONY: ko-cosign-dev
+ko-cosign-dev:
+	$(create_kocache_path)
+	LDFLAGS="$(LDFLAGS)" GIT_HASH=$(GIT_HASH) GIT_VERSION=$(GIT_VERSION) \
+	KOCACHE=$(KOCACHE_PATH) KO_DEFAULTBASEIMAGE=gcr.io/distroless/static-debian12:debug-nonroot ko build --base-import-paths \
+		--platform=all --tags $(GIT_VERSION)-dev --tags $(GIT_HASH)-dev \
+		$(ARTIFACT_HUB_LABELS) --image-refs cosignDevImagerefs \
+		github.com/sigstore/cosign/v2/cmd/cosign
+
 .PHONY: ko-local
 ko-local:
 	$(create_kocache_path)
@@ -148,6 +157,15 @@ ko-local:
 		$(ARTIFACT_HUB_LABELS) \
 		github.com/sigstore/cosign/v2/cmd/cosign
 
+.PHONY: ko-local-dev
+ko-local-dev:
+	$(create_kocache_path)
+	KO_DOCKER_REPO=ko.local/cosign-dev LDFLAGS="$(LDFLAGS)" GIT_HASH=$(GIT_HASH) GIT_VERSION=$(GIT_VERSION) \
+	KOCACHE=$(KOCACHE_PATH) KO_DEFAULTBASEIMAGE=gcr.io/distroless/static-debian12:debug-nonroot ko build --base-import-paths \
+		--tags $(GIT_VERSION) --tags $(GIT_HASH) \
+		$(ARTIFACT_HUB_LABELS) \
+		github.com/sigstore/cosign/v2/cmd/cosign
+
 ##################
 # help
 ##################
diff --git a/release/cloudbuild.yaml b/release/cloudbuild.yaml
index 83754794cda..22f3ffcae67 100644
--- a/release/cloudbuild.yaml
+++ b/release/cloudbuild.yaml
@@ -38,14 +38,14 @@ steps:
       - TUF_ROOT=/tmp
     args:
       - 'verify'
-      - 'ghcr.io/gythialy/golang-cross:v1.21.3-0@sha256:6e2c885532ad276195d3e3f269055fb2742c8963b231d097c467758dd425a632'
+      - 'ghcr.io/gythialy/golang-cross:v1.21.4-0@sha256:d18679c199db258cac9876a80abf9aff69485cf8a324bf547521f3de4cf3a366'
       - '--certificate-oidc-issuer'
       - "https://token.actions.githubusercontent.com"
       - '--certificate-identity'
-      - "https://github.com/gythialy/golang-cross/.github/workflows/release-golang-cross.yml@refs/tags/v1.21.3-0"
+      - "https://github.com/gythialy/golang-cross/.github/workflows/release-golang-cross.yml@refs/tags/v1.21.4-0"
 
   # maybe we can build our own image and use that to be more in a safe side
-  - name: ghcr.io/gythialy/golang-cross:v1.21.3-0@sha256:6e2c885532ad276195d3e3f269055fb2742c8963b231d097c467758dd425a632
+  - name: ghcr.io/gythialy/golang-cross:v1.21.4-0@sha256:d18679c199db258cac9876a80abf9aff69485cf8a324bf547521f3de4cf3a366
     entrypoint: /bin/sh
     dir: "go/src/sigstore/cosign"
     env:
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ steps:
         gcloud auth configure-docker \
         && make release
 
-  - name: ghcr.io/gythialy/golang-cross:v1.21.3-0@sha256:6e2c885532ad276195d3e3f269055fb2742c8963b231d097c467758dd425a632
+  - name: ghcr.io/gythialy/golang-cross:v1.21.4-0@sha256:d18679c199db258cac9876a80abf9aff69485cf8a324bf547521f3de4cf3a366
     entrypoint: 'bash'
     dir: "go/src/sigstore/cosign"
     env:
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ steps:
       - '-c'
       - |
         echo $$GITHUB_TOKEN | docker login ghcr.io -u $$GITHUB_USER --password-stdin \
-        && make copy-signed-release-to-ghcr || true
+        && make sign-release-images && make copy-signed-release-to-ghcr || true
 
 availableSecrets:
   secretManager:
diff --git a/release/ko-sign-release-images.sh b/release/ko-sign-release-images.sh
index c9cd94c12b9..e2e9ea081e5 100755
--- a/release/ko-sign-release-images.sh
+++ b/release/ko-sign-release-images.sh
@@ -32,8 +32,19 @@ if [[ ! -f cosignImagerefs ]]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
+if [[ ! -f cosignDevImagerefs ]]; then
+    echo "cosignDevImagerefs not found"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
 echo "Signing cosign images with GCP KMS Key..."
 cosign sign --yes --key "gcpkms://projects/$PROJECT_ID/locations/$KEY_LOCATION/keyRings/$KEY_RING/cryptoKeys/$KEY_NAME/versions/$KEY_VERSION" -a GIT_HASH="$GIT_HASH" -a GIT_VERSION="$GIT_VERSION" $(cat cosignImagerefs)
 
 echo "Signing images with Keyless..."
 cosign sign --yes -a GIT_HASH="$GIT_HASH" -a GIT_VERSION="$GIT_VERSION" $(cat cosignImagerefs)
+
+echo "Signing cosign images with GCP KMS Key..."
+cosign sign --yes --key "gcpkms://projects/$PROJECT_ID/locations/$KEY_LOCATION/keyRings/$KEY_RING/cryptoKeys/$KEY_NAME/versions/$KEY_VERSION" -a GIT_HASH="$GIT_HASH" -a GIT_VERSION="$GIT_VERSION" $(cat cosignDevImagerefs)
+
+echo "Signing images with Keyless..."
+cosign sign --yes -a GIT_HASH="$GIT_HASH" -a GIT_VERSION="$GIT_VERSION" $(cat cosignDevImagerefs)
diff --git a/release/release.mk b/release/release.mk
index e30117180d6..cd84c3c224d 100644
--- a/release/release.mk
+++ b/release/release.mk
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ sign-release-images: ko
 # used when need to validate the goreleaser
 .PHONY: snapshot
 snapshot:
-	LDFLAGS="$(LDFLAGS)" goreleaser release --skip-sign --skip-publish --snapshot --clean --timeout 120m --parallelism 1
+	LDFLAGS="$(LDFLAGS)" goreleaser release --skip=sign,publish --snapshot --clean --timeout 120m --parallelism 1
 
 ####################
 # copy image to GHCR
@@ -27,3 +27,4 @@ snapshot:
 .PHONY: copy-signed-release-to-ghcr
 copy-signed-release-to-ghcr:
 	cosign copy $(KO_PREFIX)/cosign:$(GIT_VERSION) $(GHCR_PREFIX)/cosign:$(GIT_VERSION)
+	cosign copy $(KO_PREFIX)/cosign:$(GIT_VERSION)-dev $(GHCR_PREFIX)/cosign:$(GIT_VERSION)-dev