diff --git a/.cargo/config.toml b/.cargo/config.toml
index 35049cbcb..e11d56a31 100644
--- a/.cargo/config.toml
+++ b/.cargo/config.toml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 [alias]
-xtask = "run --package xtask --"
+xtask = "run --release --package xtask --"