diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2a8c4654a1..7d7c0b98e3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,3 +14,5 @@ run.sh
 testing/e2e/networks/*/
 square/testdata
 **/*.html
+.release-env
+**/*.DS_Store
diff --git a/.goreleaser.yaml b/.goreleaser.yaml
index ae0c789a45..47d76e8947 100644
--- a/.goreleaser.yaml
+++ b/.goreleaser.yaml
@@ -1,40 +1,80 @@
-# This is an example .goreleaser.yml file with some sensible defaults.
-# Make sure to check the documentation at https://goreleaser.com
-
-# NOTE: CGO is required for ledger support to work, however goreleaser
-# technically doesn't support CGO. But it seems to work so that's cool. This
-# only seems to work because we are building for a single binary. Cross
-# compiling binaries for multiple distributions doesn't work and a proper
-# workaround will be needed.
-#
-# REF: https://goreleaser.com/limitations/cgo/
-
+# Ledger support is only available if the binary is built with CGO enabled.
+# Since GoReleaser doesn't support CGO natively, our GoReleaser process builds
+# binaries in a Docker image maintained by goreleaser-cross that has CGO support
+# for multiple platforms. See https://github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser-cross
 before:
   hooks:
     - go mod tidy
 builds:
-  - main: ./cmd/celestia-appd
+  - id: darwin-amd64
+    main: ./cmd/celestia-appd
     binary: celestia-appd
     env:
       - SDKPath={{ "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/version" }}
+      - CGO_ENABLED=1
+      # CC and CXX are required for CGO to work. See
+      # https://github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser-cross#supported-toolchainsplatforms
+      - CC=o64-clang
+      - CXX=o64-clang++
     goarch:
       - amd64
-      - arm64
     goos:
       - darwin
-      - linux
     tags:
       - ledger
     ldflags:
       # Ref: https://goreleaser.com/customization/templates/#common-fields
-      #
+      # .Version is the version being released
       # .FullCommit is git commit hash goreleaser is using for the release
-      #
+      - -X "{{ .Env.SDKPath }}.Name=celestia-app"
+      - -X "{{ .Env.SDKPath }}.AppName=celestia-appd"
+      - -X "{{ .Env.SDKPath }}.Version={{ .Version }}"
+      - -X "{{ .Env.SDKPath }}.Commit={{ .FullCommit }}"
+  - id: darwin-arm64
+    main: ./cmd/celestia-appd
+    binary: celestia-appd
+    env:
+      - SDKPath={{ "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/version" }}
+      - CGO_ENABLED=1
+      # CC and CXX are required for CGO to work. See
+      # https://github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser-cross#supported-toolchainsplatforms
+      - CC=oa64-clang
+      - CXX=oa64-clang++
+    goarch:
+      - arm64
+    goos:
+      - darwin
+    tags:
+      - ledger
+    ldflags:
+      # Ref: https://goreleaser.com/customization/templates/#common-fields
       # .Version is the version being released
+      # .FullCommit is git commit hash goreleaser is using for the release
       - -X "{{ .Env.SDKPath }}.Name=celestia-app"
       - -X "{{ .Env.SDKPath }}.AppName=celestia-appd"
       - -X "{{ .Env.SDKPath }}.Version={{ .Version }}"
       - -X "{{ .Env.SDKPath }}.Commit={{ .FullCommit }}"
+
+  # - main: ./cmd/celestia-appd
+  #   binary: celestia-appd
+  #   env:
+  #     - SDKPath={{ "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/version" }}
+  #   goarch:
+  #     - amd64
+  #     - arm64
+  #   goos:
+  #     - darwin
+  #     - linux
+  #   tags:
+  #     - ledger
+  #   ldflags:
+  #     # Ref: https://goreleaser.com/customization/templates/#common-fields
+  #     # .Version is the version being released
+  #     # .FullCommit is git commit hash goreleaser is using for the release
+  #     - -X "{{ .Env.SDKPath }}.Name=celestia-app"
+  #     - -X "{{ .Env.SDKPath }}.AppName=celestia-appd"
+  #     - -X "{{ .Env.SDKPath }}.Version={{ .Version }}"
+  #     - -X "{{ .Env.SDKPath }}.Commit={{ .FullCommit }}"
 dist: ./build/goreleaser
 archives:
   - format: tar.gz
@@ -47,20 +87,21 @@ archives:
       {{- else if eq .Arch "386" }}i386
       {{- else }}{{ .Arch }}{{ end }}
       {{- if .Arm }}v{{ .Arm }}{{ end }}
-checksum:
-  name_template: "checksums.txt"
-signs:
-  - artifacts: checksum
-    args:
-      [
-        "--batch",
-        "-u",
-        "{{ .Env.GPG_FINGERPRINT }}",
-        "--output",
-        "${signature}",
-        "--detach-sign",
-        "${artifact}",
-      ]
+# Disable checksum and signing for now
+# checksum:
+#   name_template: "checksums.txt"
+# signs:
+#   - artifacts: checksum
+#     args:
+#       [
+#         "--batch",
+#         "-u",
+#         "{{ .Env.GPG_FINGERPRINT }}",
+#         "--output",
+#         "${signature}",
+#         "--detach-sign",
+#         "${artifact}",
+#       ]
 snapshot:
   name_template: "{{ incpatch .Version }}-next"
 changelog:
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9f66f9035d..6c41170f7d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -188,3 +188,33 @@ goreleaser-build:
 goreleaser-release:
 	goreleaser release --clean --fail-fast --skip-publish
 .PHONY: goreleaser-release
+
+PACKAGE_NAME          := github.com/rootulp/celestia-app
+GOLANG_CROSS_VERSION  ?= v1.21.4
+
+release-dry-run:
+	@docker run \
+		--rm \
+		-e CGO_ENABLED=1 \
+		-v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
+		-v `pwd`:/go/src/$(PACKAGE_NAME) \
+		-w /go/src/$(PACKAGE_NAME) \
+		ghcr.io/goreleaser/goreleaser-cross:${GOLANG_CROSS_VERSION} \
+		--clean --skip=validate --skip=publish
+.PHONY: release-dry-run
+
+release:
+	@if [ ! -f ".release-env" ]; then \
+		echo "\033[91m.release-env is required for release\033[0m";\
+		exit 1;\
+	fi
+	docker run \
+		--rm \
+		-e CGO_ENABLED=1 \
+		--env-file .release-env \
+		-v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
+		-v `pwd`:/go/src/$(PACKAGE_NAME) \
+		-w /go/src/$(PACKAGE_NAME) \
+		ghcr.io/goreleaser/goreleaser-cross:${GOLANG_CROSS_VERSION} \
+		release --clean
+.PHONY: release