diff --git a/Makefile-tools.mk b/Makefile-tools.mk
index c74ee2d54e..1c216d96a3 100644
--- a/Makefile-tools.mk
+++ b/Makefile-tools.mk
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ $(MYGOBIN)/addlicense:
 $(MYGOBIN)/statik:
 	go install github.com/rakyll/statik@latest
 
+$(MYGOBIN)/goreleaser:
+	go install github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser@v0.179.0 # https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize/issues/4542
+
 $(MYGOBIN)/kind:
 	( \
         set -e; \
diff --git a/releasing/cloudbuild.sh b/releasing/cloudbuild.sh
index 7d5b1936ea..2b2836de89 100755
--- a/releasing/cloudbuild.sh
+++ b/releasing/cloudbuild.sh
@@ -9,27 +9,41 @@
 #
 # To test it locally, run it in a goreleaser container:
 #
-#   # Get goreleaser image from cloudbuild.yaml
-#   export GORELEASER_IMAGE=goreleaser/goreleaser:v0.179.0
+#   # Get build image from cloudbuild.yaml
+#   export GOLANG_IMAGE=golang:1.18
 #
 #   # Drop into a shell
-#   docker run -it --entrypoint=/bin/bash  -v $(pwd):/go/src/github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize -w /go/src/github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize $GORELEASER_IMAGE
+#   docker run -it --entrypoint=/bin/bash -v $(pwd):/go/src/github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize -w /go/src/github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize $GOLANG_IMAGE
 #
 #   # Run this script in the container, where $TAG is the tag to "release" (e.g. kyaml/v0.13.4)
 #   ./releasing/cloudbuild.sh $TAG --snapshot
 #
 
-set -e
-set -x
+set -o errexit
+set -o nounset
+set -o pipefail
+
+if [[ -z "${1-}" ]] ; then
+  echo "Usage: $0 <fullTag> [--snapshot]"
+  echo "Example: $0 kyaml/v0.13.4"
+  exit 1
+fi
 
+set -x
 fullTag=$1
 shift
 
 if ! command -v jq &> /dev/null
 then
-    # This assumes we are in an alpine container (which is the case for goreleaser images)
+    # This is expecting to be run from Cloud Build, in a Debian-based official golang container
     echo "Installing jq."
-    apk add jq --no-cache
+    apt-get update && apt-get install -y jq
+fi
+
+if ! command -v goreleaser &> /dev/null
+then
+    echo "Installing goreleaser."
+    make --file Makefile-tools.mk "$(go env GOPATH)/bin/goreleaser"
 fi
 
 ./releasing/run-goreleaser.sh "$fullTag" release "$@"
diff --git a/releasing/cloudbuild.yaml b/releasing/cloudbuild.yaml
index 3349ecc6cb..6f75df8ff7 100644
--- a/releasing/cloudbuild.yaml
+++ b/releasing/cloudbuild.yaml
@@ -39,9 +39,8 @@ steps:
 
 # Run goreleaser indirectly via a shell script
 # to configure it properly.
-- name: goreleaser/goreleaser:v0.179.0
-  timeout: 12m
-  entrypoint: /bin/sh
+- name: golang:1.18
+  entrypoint: /bin/bash
   dir: myClone
   secretEnv: ['GITHUB_TOKEN']
   args:
diff --git a/releasing/run-goreleaser.sh b/releasing/run-goreleaser.sh
index 8d8a6b621e..4367108310 100755
--- a/releasing/run-goreleaser.sh
+++ b/releasing/run-goreleaser.sh
@@ -54,16 +54,6 @@ echo "module=$module"
 semVer=${fullTag#$module/}
 echo "semVer=$semVer"
 
-# Because of https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize/issues/4542
-# we need to manually install a newer version of Go into an older goreleaser image.
-# This points goreleaser to that version of Go, or the version discovered from PATH if unspecified.
-goBinary="go"
-if [[ -n "${GO_BINARY_PATH:-}" ]]; then
-    echo "GO_BINARY_PATH is set, using go version from $GO_BINARY_PATH"
-    goBinary="$GO_BINARY_PATH"
-fi
-sh -c "$goBinary version"
-
 # Generate the changelog for this release
 # using the last two tags for the module
 changeLogFile=$(mktemp)
@@ -114,8 +104,6 @@ builds:
     -X sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/provenance.gitCommit={{.Commit}}
     -X sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/provenance.buildDate={{.Date}}
 
-  gobinary: ${goBinary}
-
   goos:
   - linux
   - darwin