diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yaml b/.github/workflows/main.yaml
index 0e80884b..32ee193f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yaml
@@ -98,3 +98,12 @@ jobs:
         run: curl -fsSL https://dl.dagger.io/dagger/install.sh | sudo BIN_DIR=/usr/local/bin sh
       - name: Dagger build
         run: make dagger-build
+
+  # dagger-goreleaser-dryrun:
+  #   runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+  #   steps:
+  #     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+  #     - name: Install Dagger
+  #       run: curl -fsSL https://dl.dagger.io/dagger/install.sh | sudo BIN_DIR=/usr/local/bin sh
+  #     - name: Goreleaser dryrun
+  #       run: make dagger-goreleaser-dryrun
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 94a45ca1..7190fbf9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -95,6 +95,10 @@ build:
 dagger-build:
 	dagger call build --progress plain export --path bin/replicated
 
+.PHONY: dagger-goreleaser-dryrun
+dagger-goreleaser-dryrun:
+	dagger call goreleaser-dryrun --progress plain
+
 .PHONY: release
 release:
 	dagger call release \
diff --git a/dagger.json b/dagger.json
index c84269c1..bc88cf95 100644
--- a/dagger.json
+++ b/dagger.json
@@ -5,11 +5,6 @@
     "source": "go"
   },
   "dependencies": [
-    {
-      "name": "goreleaser",
-      "source": "github.com/developer-guy/excoriate-daggerverse/goreleaser@b4bc20faec104b7f45c9a429b20f7d39d1531b79",
-      "pin": "b4bc20faec104b7f45c9a429b20f7d39d1531b79"
-    },
     {
       "name": "onepassword",
       "source": "github.com/replicatedhq/daggerverse/onepassword@0b03c8c560c2067f34dab800c92154abc3834841",
diff --git a/dagger/release.go b/dagger/release.go
index 3bf76aaf..170ec8a6 100644
--- a/dagger/release.go
+++ b/dagger/release.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
 
-var goreleaserVersion = "v2.10.2"
+var goreleaserVersion = "v2.14.3"
 
 func (r *Replicated) Release(
 	ctx context.Context,
@@ -175,39 +175,68 @@ func (r *Replicated) Release(
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "failed to publish patch docker container")
 	}
 
-	goreleaserContainer := dag.Goreleaser(dagger.GoreleaserOpts{
-		Version: goreleaserVersion,
-	}).Ctr().
+	args := []string{"goreleaser"}
+	if snapshot {
+		args = append(args, "release", "--snapshot")
+	} else {
+		args = append(args, "release")
+	}
+	if clean {
+		args = append(args, "--clean")
+	}
+
+	ctr := newGoreleaserContainer(ctx, updatedSource).
 		WithSecretVariable("GITHUB_TOKEN", githubToken).
 		WithEnvVariable("GORELEASER_CURRENT_TAG", nextVersionTag).
-		WithEnvVariable("GORELEASER_PREVIOUS_TAG", previousVersionTag)
+		WithEnvVariable("GORELEASER_PREVIOUS_TAG", previousVersionTag).
+		With(CacheBustingExec(args))
 
-	if snapshot {
-		_, err := dag.
-			Goreleaser(dagger.GoreleaserOpts{
-				Version: goreleaserVersion,
-				Ctr:     goreleaserContainer,
-			}).
-			WithSource(updatedSource).
-			Snapshot(ctx, dagger.GoreleaserSnapshotOpts{
-				Clean: clean,
-			})
-		if err != nil {
-			return errors.Wrap(err, "failed to snapshot goreleaser")
-		}
-	} else {
-		_, err := dag.
-			Goreleaser(dagger.GoreleaserOpts{
-				Version: goreleaserVersion,
-				Ctr:     goreleaserContainer,
-			}).
-			WithSource(updatedSource).
-			Release(ctx, dagger.GoreleaserReleaseOpts{
-				Clean: clean,
-			})
-		if err != nil {
-			return errors.Wrap(err, "failed to release goreleaser")
-		}
+	_, err = ctr.Stdout(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "failed to run goreleaser")
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// newGoreleaserContainer returns a Go container with goreleaser installed and
+// the source mounted, ready to run goreleaser commands.
+func newGoreleaserContainer(ctx context.Context, source *dagger.Directory) *dagger.Container {
+	image, err := goImage(ctx, source)
+	if err != nil {
+		image = "golang:latest"
+	}
+	goModCache, goBuildCache, err := goCacheVolumes(ctx, source)
+	if err != nil {
+		goModCache = dag.CacheVolume("replicated-go-mod")
+		goBuildCache = dag.CacheVolume("replicated-go-build")
+	}
+
+	return dag.Container().
+		From(image).
+		WithExec([]string{"go", "install", "github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/v2@" + goreleaserVersion}).
+		WithMountedDirectory("/src", source).
+		WithWorkdir("/src").
+		WithMountedCache("/go/pkg/mod", goModCache).
+		WithEnvVariable("GOMODCACHE", "/go/pkg/mod").
+		WithMountedCache("/go/build-cache", goBuildCache).
+		WithEnvVariable("GOCACHE", "/go/build-cache")
+}
+
+// GoreleaserDryrun runs a goreleaser snapshot build to verify the release
+// configuration works. This is intended to be used as a PR check.
+func (r *Replicated) GoreleaserDryrun(
+	ctx context.Context,
+
+	// +defaultPath="./"
+	source *dagger.Directory,
+) error {
+	ctr := newGoreleaserContainer(ctx, source).
+		With(CacheBustingExec([]string{"goreleaser", "release", "--snapshot", "--clean"}))
+
+	_, err := ctr.Stdout(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "failed to run goreleaser dryrun")
 	}
 
 	return nil