diff --git a/scripts/build_release.sh b/scripts/build_release.sh
index 7949214..22b42c1 100755
--- a/scripts/build_release.sh
+++ b/scripts/build_release.sh
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ function build_target {
   target=$1
   echo "building $target"
   latest_target_tag="$base_tag-$target:latest"
+  docker pull $latest_target_tag
   docker build \
     --target "$target" \
     --tag "$latest_target_tag" \