diff --git a/.changeset/cli-bundle-dockerfile-utils-src.md b/.changeset/cli-bundle-dockerfile-utils-src.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..266dc99a03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/cli-bundle-dockerfile-utils-src.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@e2b/cli': patch
+---
+
+Bundle `@e2b/dockerfile-utils` from source so the CLI build no longer races with concurrent workspace package rebuilds during release
diff --git a/packages/cli/tsconfig.json b/packages/cli/tsconfig.json
index ae2834dc28..d4cb3637bc 100644
--- a/packages/cli/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/cli/tsconfig.json
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
     "paths": {
       "src": ["./src/index.ts"],
       "src/*": ["./src/*"],
-      "e2b": ["../js-sdk/src"]
+      "e2b": ["../js-sdk/src"],
+      "@e2b/dockerfile-utils": ["../dockerfile-utils-js/src"]
     }
   },
   "exclude": ["dist", "node_modules"]
diff --git a/packages/cli/tsdown.config.ts b/packages/cli/tsdown.config.ts
index bf4ccffa67..70682681ce 100644
--- a/packages/cli/tsdown.config.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/tsdown.config.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { createRequire } from 'node:module'
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url'
 
 import { defineConfig } from 'tsdown'
 
@@ -21,6 +22,13 @@ export default defineConfig({
   dts: false,
   sourcemap: true,
   clean: true,
+  // Bundle from source rather than dist: during a release `changeset publish`
+  // rebuilds workspace packages concurrently, and their `clean` wipes dist.
+  alias: {
+    '@e2b/dockerfile-utils': fileURLToPath(
+      new URL('../dockerfile-utils-js/src/index.ts', import.meta.url)
+    ),
+  },
   deps: {
     // Bundle all runtime dependencies (except those that must stay external)
     alwaysBundle: Object.keys(packageJSON.dependencies).filter(
diff --git a/packages/cli/vitest.config.ts b/packages/cli/vitest.config.ts
index d7ea506624..3cff84e768 100644
--- a/packages/cli/vitest.config.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/vitest.config.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ export default defineConfig({
       // already resolve to. Without it `e2b` resolves to the workspace package's
       // `main`, which only exists once the SDK has been built.
       e2b: path.resolve(__dirname, '../js-sdk/src'),
+      '@e2b/dockerfile-utils': path.resolve(
+        __dirname,
+        '../dockerfile-utils-js/src/index.ts'
+      ),
     },
   },
 })