diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 2d120e6158d0..810a41d19358 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# This file was autogenerated by cargo-dist: https://opensource.axo.dev/cargo-dist/
+#
 # Copyright 2022-2024, axodotdev
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT or Apache-2.0
 #
@@ -12,9 +14,8 @@
 # with the appropriate title/body, and will be undrafted for you.
 
 name: Release
-
 permissions:
-  contents: write
+  "contents": "write"
 
 # This task will run whenever you push a git tag that looks like a version
 # like "1.0.0", "v0.1.0-prerelease.1", "my-app/0.1.0", "releases/v1.0.0", etc.
@@ -38,15 +39,15 @@ permissions:
 # If there's a prerelease-style suffix to the version, then the release(s)
 # will be marked as a prerelease.
 on:
+  pull_request:
   push:
     tags:
       - '**[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+*'
-  pull_request:
 
 jobs:
   # Run 'cargo dist plan' (or host) to determine what tasks we need to do
   plan:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: "ubuntu-20.04"
     outputs:
       val: ${{ steps.plan.outputs.manifest }}
       tag: ${{ !github.event.pull_request && github.ref_name || '' }}
@@ -62,7 +63,12 @@ jobs:
         # we specify bash to get pipefail; it guards against the `curl` command
         # failing. otherwise `sh` won't catch that `curl` returned non-0
         shell: bash
-        run: "curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/axodotdev/cargo-dist/releases/download/v0.14.1/cargo-dist-installer.sh | sh"
+        run: "curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/axodotdev/cargo-dist/releases/download/v0.21.1/cargo-dist-installer.sh | sh"
+      - name: Cache cargo-dist
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: cargo-dist-cache
+          path: ~/.cargo/bin/cargo-dist
       # sure would be cool if github gave us proper conditionals...
       # so here's a doubly-nested ternary-via-truthiness to try to provide the best possible
       # functionality based on whether this is a pull_request, and whether it's from a fork.
@@ -111,9 +117,6 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           submodules: recursive
-      - uses: swatinem/rust-cache@v2
-        with:
-          key: ${{ join(matrix.targets, '-') }}
       - name: Install cargo-dist
         run: ${{ matrix.install_dist }}
       # Get the dist-manifest
@@ -165,9 +168,12 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           submodules: recursive
-      - name: Install cargo-dist
-        shell: bash
-        run: "curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/axodotdev/cargo-dist/releases/download/v0.14.1/cargo-dist-installer.sh | sh"
+      - name: Install cached cargo-dist
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: cargo-dist-cache
+          path: ~/.cargo/bin/
+      - run: chmod +x ~/.cargo/bin/cargo-dist
       # Get all the local artifacts for the global tasks to use (for e.g. checksums)
       - name: Fetch local artifacts
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
@@ -211,8 +217,12 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           submodules: recursive
-      - name: Install cargo-dist
-        run: "curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/axodotdev/cargo-dist/releases/download/v0.14.1/cargo-dist-installer.sh | sh"
+      - name: Install cached cargo-dist
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: cargo-dist-cache
+          path: ~/.cargo/bin/
+      - run: chmod +x ~/.cargo/bin/cargo-dist
       # Fetch artifacts from scratch-storage
       - name: Fetch artifacts
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
@@ -220,7 +230,6 @@ jobs:
           pattern: artifacts-*
           path: target/distrib/
           merge-multiple: true
-      # This is a harmless no-op for GitHub Releases, hosting for that happens in "announce"
       - id: host
         shell: bash
         run: |
@@ -234,8 +243,27 @@ jobs:
           # Overwrite the previous copy
           name: artifacts-dist-manifest
           path: dist-manifest.json
+      # Create a GitHub Release while uploading all files to it
+      - name: "Download GitHub Artifacts"
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          pattern: artifacts-*
+          path: artifacts
+          merge-multiple: true
+      - name: Cleanup
+        run: |
+          # Remove the granular manifests
+          rm -f artifacts/*-dist-manifest.json
+      - name: Create GitHub Release
+        env:
+          PRERELEASE_FLAG: "${{ fromJson(steps.host.outputs.manifest).announcement_is_prerelease && '--prerelease' || '' }}"
+          RELEASE_COMMIT: "${{ github.sha }}"
+        run: |
+          # If we're editing a release in place, we need to upload things ahead of time
+          gh release upload "${{ needs.plan.outputs.tag }}" artifacts/*
+
+          gh release edit "${{ needs.plan.outputs.tag }}" --target "$RELEASE_COMMIT" $PRERELEASE_FLAG --draft=false
 
-  # Create a GitHub Release while uploading all files to it
   announce:
     needs:
       - plan
@@ -251,23 +279,3 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           submodules: recursive
-      - name: "Download GitHub Artifacts"
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          pattern: artifacts-*
-          path: artifacts
-          merge-multiple: true
-      - name: Cleanup
-        run: |
-          # Remove the granular manifests
-          rm -f artifacts/*-dist-manifest.json
-      - name: Create GitHub Release
-        uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
-        with:
-          tag: ${{ needs.plan.outputs.tag }}
-          allowUpdates: true
-          updateOnlyUnreleased: true
-          omitBodyDuringUpdate: true
-          omitNameDuringUpdate: true
-          prerelease: ${{ fromJson(needs.host.outputs.val).announcement_is_prerelease }}
-          artifacts: "artifacts/*"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d9ba34350fea..6156c500b95a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -40,19 +40,21 @@ libsqlite3-sys = "0.30"
 # Config for 'cargo dist'
 [workspace.metadata.dist]
 # The preferred cargo-dist version to use in CI (Cargo.toml SemVer syntax)
-cargo-dist-version = "0.14.1"
+cargo-dist-version = "0.21.1"
 # CI backends to support
 ci = "github"
 # The installers to generate for each app
 installers = ["shell", "powershell"]
 # Target platforms to build apps for (Rust target-triple syntax)
 targets = ["aarch64-apple-darwin", "x86_64-apple-darwin", "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu", "x86_64-pc-windows-msvc"]
-# Publish jobs to run in CI
+# Which actions to run on pull requests
 pr-run-mode = "plan"
 # Whether cargo-dist should create a Github Release or use an existing draft
 create-release = false
 # Whether to install an updater program
 install-updater = false
+# Path that installers should place binaries in
+install-path = "CARGO_HOME"
 
 [workspace.metadata.dist.github-custom-runners]
 aarch64-apple-darwin = "macos-14"