diff --git a/.gitlab/Fedora-Linux-CI.yml b/.gitlab/Fedora-Linux-CI.yml
index 4c439298e6..02f5f2cf25 100644
--- a/.gitlab/Fedora-Linux-CI.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/Fedora-Linux-CI.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ fedora_build_linux:
     - cd build/linux
     - cmake
       -G Ninja
-      -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug
+      -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
       -DKICAD_STDLIB_LIGHT_DEBUG=ON
       -DKICAD_USE_OCC=ON
       -DKICAD_SPICE=ON
diff --git a/.gitlab/Ubuntu-20.04-CI.yml b/.gitlab/Ubuntu-20.04-CI.yml
index e4deead046..b32d499fdf 100644
--- a/.gitlab/Ubuntu-20.04-CI.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/Ubuntu-20.04-CI.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ ubuntu20.04_build:
       -G Ninja
       -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache
       -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache
-      -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug
+      -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
       -DKICAD_STDLIB_LIGHT_DEBUG=ON
       -DKICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=ON
       -DKICAD_USE_OCC=ON