diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-prod.yaml b/.github/workflows/release-prod.yaml
index 8e5b26ab4..91a2f3eba 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-prod.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-prod.yaml
@@ -315,6 +315,32 @@ jobs:
           export APP_VERSION="appver-${{ needs.get-tag.outputs.tag-name }}-upgrade"	
           export RELEASE_YAML_DIR=e2e/kots-release-upgrade
           ./scripts/ci-release-app.sh
+
+  build-current:
+    name: Download the current release binary
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs:
+      - release-app
+      - get-tag
+    steps:
+      - name: Download current binary
+        env:
+          LICENSE_ID: ${{ secrets.STAGING_EMBEDDED_CLUSTER_LICENSE_ID }}
+        run: |
+          export APP_VERSION="appver-${{ needs.get-tag.outputs.tag-name }}"	
+          curl -L "https://staging.replicated.app/embedded/embedded-cluster-smoke-test-staging-app/ci/${APP_VERSION}" -H "Authorization: $LICENSE_ID" -o embedded-cluster-smoke-test-staging-app-ci.tgz
+          tar -xzf embedded-cluster-smoke-test-staging-app-ci.tgz
+          mv embedded-cluster-smoke-test-staging-app-ci embedded-cluster
+          mkdir -p output/bin
+          mv embedded-cluster output/bin
+
+      - name: Upload release
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: current-release
+          path: |
+            output/bin/embedded-cluster
+
   e2e:
     name: E2E
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.runner || 'ubuntu-22.04' }}
@@ -322,6 +348,7 @@ jobs:
       - release
       - release-app
       - get-tag
+      - build-current
       - build-previous-stable
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
@@ -329,6 +356,7 @@ jobs:
         test:
           - TestResetAndReinstallAirgap
           - TestSingleNodeAirgapUpgrade
+          - TestProxiedCustomCIDR
         include:
           - test: TestMultiNodeAirgapUpgrade
             runner: embedded-cluster
@@ -360,7 +388,6 @@ jobs:
           upgrade-target-ec-version: ${{ needs.get-tag.outputs.tag-name }}
 
   # this job will validate that all the tests passed
-  # it is used for the github branch protection rule
   validate-release-success:
     name: Validate success
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04