diff --git a/hack/jenkins/installers/check_install_github_release.sh b/hack/jenkins/installers/check_install_github_release.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..b03398c818
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hack/jenkins/installers/check_install_github_release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Copyright 2021 The Kubernetes Authors All rights reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+set -eux -o pipefail
+
+echo "Installing latest version of github-release"
+go install github.com/github-release/github-release@latest
diff --git a/hack/jenkins/release_github_page.sh b/hack/jenkins/release_github_page.sh
index 472682054f..ec8d85aac2 100755
--- a/hack/jenkins/release_github_page.sh
+++ b/hack/jenkins/release_github_page.sh
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ readonly GITHUB_ORGANIZATION="kubernetes"
 readonly GITHUB_REPO="minikube"
 readonly PROJECT_NAME="${GITHUB_REPO}"
 
+# installing golang to install github-release
+./hack/jenkins/installers/check_install_golang.sh "/usr/local"
+# installing latest version of github-release
+./hack/jenkins/installers/check_install_github_release.sh
+
 RELEASE_FLAGS=""
 if ! [[ ${VERSION_BUILD} =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]]; then
   RELEASE_FLAGS="-p"  # Pre-release