diff --git a/.goreleaser.yml b/.goreleaser.yml
index f30fbe8c2..eada4ae74 100644
--- a/.goreleaser.yml
+++ b/.goreleaser.yml
@@ -54,3 +54,10 @@ release:
     name: velero
   draft: true
   prerelease: auto
+
+git:
+  # What should be used to sort tags when gathering the current and previous
+  # tags if there are more than one tag in the same commit.
+  #
+  # Default: `-version:refname`
+  tag_sort: -version:creatordate
diff --git a/hack/build-image/Dockerfile b/hack/build-image/Dockerfile
index 3dcb51b40..b12179aa4 100644
--- a/hack/build-image/Dockerfile
+++ b/hack/build-image/Dockerfile
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ RUN wget --quiet https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases/download/v
 RUN go install github.com/golang/protobuf/protoc-gen-go@v1.4.3
 
 # get goreleaser
-RUN wget --quiet https://github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/releases/download/v1.12.3/goreleaser_Linux_x86_64.tar.gz && \
+RUN wget --quiet https://github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/releases/download/v1.15.2/goreleaser_Linux_x86_64.tar.gz && \
     tar xvf goreleaser_Linux_x86_64.tar.gz && \
     mv goreleaser /usr/bin/goreleaser && \
     chmod +x /usr/bin/goreleaser
diff --git a/hack/release-tools/goreleaser.sh b/hack/release-tools/goreleaser.sh
index 2aa4b1e9f..86235d1ec 100755
--- a/hack/release-tools/goreleaser.sh
+++ b/hack/release-tools/goreleaser.sh
@@ -48,12 +48,10 @@ if [[ "${PUBLISH:-}" != "TRUE" ]]; then
     goreleaser release \
         --clean \
         --release-notes="${RELEASE_NOTES_FILE}" \
-        --skip-publish \
-        --config goreleaser.yaml
+        --skip-publish
 else
     echo "Getting ready to publish"
     goreleaser release \
         --clean \
         --release-notes="${RELEASE_NOTES_FILE}"
-        --config goreleaser.yaml
 fi
diff --git a/hack/release-tools/goreleaser.yaml b/hack/release-tools/goreleaser.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9bbe47335..000000000
--- a/hack/release-tools/goreleaser.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-git:
-  # What should be used to sort tags when gathering the current and previous
-  # tags if there are more than one tag in the same commit.
-  #
-  # Default: `-version:refname`
-  tag_sort: -version:creatordate
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