diff --git a/.builds/publish.yml b/.builds/publish.yml
index 5128cf6b614e450ddb2eb9ef504f441dcd1e44b1..ce3a3b4bad440ba134b903c92473919212f0dbff 100644
--- a/.builds/publish.yml
+++ b/.builds/publish.yml
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@   - install_goreleaser: |
       # Pinned binary release, not `go install` — goreleaser's release
       # binaries are stripped + statically linked and ~10x smaller than
       # a from-source build.
+      mkdir -p ~/.local/bin
       curl -sSL "https://github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/releases/download/${GORELEASER_VERSION}/goreleaser_Linux_x86_64.tar.gz" \
         | tar -xz -C ~/.local/bin goreleaser
       goreleaser --version