diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 6c7cd58833b83b5b7d7d0547c1222d5c40a3242b..8363e5643be240b1580349dcede88abdaa66160d 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -383,6 +383,7 @@ gitlab-opentofu-image:verify-signature:
   stage: release
   image: registry.gitlab.com/gitlab-org/release-cli:v0.21.0
   before_script:
+    - *install-custom-ca-alpine
     - apk add --update yq envsubst
   script:
     - echo "Creating release $RELEASE_TAG_NAME"
diff --git a/.gitlab/README.md.template b/.gitlab/README.md.template
index 357eacb23a7fdf987f6d77941fbeb0ce6ef7cf2a..53feabfa637d99881edb8860458d0ab3dbab0151 100644
--- a/.gitlab/README.md.template
+++ b/.gitlab/README.md.template
@@ -554,6 +554,7 @@ certificate needs to be in the PEM format. Currently the certificate is applied
 - `gitlab-opentofu-image:build`
 - `gitlab-opentofu-image:deploy`
 - `gitlab-opentofu-image:verify-signature`
+- `release:base`
 
 ## Migrating from the Terraform CI/CD templates
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 09d1927244cf33a789b9dbba4d3cdbaf0c2227ec..88d55c01c420caee75d7b77d8b369d36ad4cadda 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -628,6 +628,7 @@ certificate needs to be in the PEM format. Currently the certificate is applied
 - `gitlab-opentofu-image:build`
 - `gitlab-opentofu-image:deploy`
 - `gitlab-opentofu-image:verify-signature`
+- `release:base`
 
 ## Migrating from the Terraform CI/CD templates