diff --git a/.ci/continuous.release.cloudbuild.yaml b/.ci/continuous.release.cloudbuild.yaml
index 923ec38391..e980ba6c65 100644
--- a/.ci/continuous.release.cloudbuild.yaml
+++ b/.ci/continuous.release.cloudbuild.yaml
@@ -186,7 +186,8 @@ options:
   automapSubstitutions: true
   dynamicSubstitutions: true
   logging: CLOUD_LOGGING_ONLY # Necessary for custom service account
-  machineType: 'E2_HIGHCPU_32'
+  pool:
+    name: projects/$PROJECT_ID/locations/us-central1/workerPools/run-release # to increase resource for running releases
 
 substitutions:
   _REGION: us-central1
diff --git a/.ci/versioned.release.cloudbuild.yaml b/.ci/versioned.release.cloudbuild.yaml
index 3da295f34a..8f57a2ecb0 100644
--- a/.ci/versioned.release.cloudbuild.yaml
+++ b/.ci/versioned.release.cloudbuild.yaml
@@ -233,7 +233,9 @@ options:
   automapSubstitutions: true
   dynamicSubstitutions: true
   logging: CLOUD_LOGGING_ONLY # Necessary for custom service account
-  machineType: 'E2_HIGHCPU_32'
+  pool:
+    name: projects/$PROJECT_ID/locations/us-central1/workerPools/run-release # to increase resource for running releases
+
 
 substitutions:
   _REGION: us-central1