diff --git a/ci/cloud_build_release.sh b/ci/cloud_build_release.sh
index 69b32c7fe5b..0680db321da 100755
--- a/ci/cloud_build_release.sh
+++ b/ci/cloud_build_release.sh
@@ -36,10 +36,11 @@ fi
 echo "The image tag is: ${release_tag}"
 image_repo="gcr.io/pixie-oss/pixie-prod"
 
-all_licenses_opts=("//tools/licenses:all_licenses" "--config=stamp" "--action_env=GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS" "--remote_download_outputs=toplevel")
-all_licenses_path="$(bazel cquery "//tools/licenses:go_licenses"  --output starlark --starlark:expr "target.files.to_list()[0].path" 2> /dev/null)"
-deps_missing_licenses_path="$(bazel cquery "//tools/licenses:deps_licenses"  --output starlark --starlark:expr "[f.path for f in target.files.to_list() if f.basename == 'deps_licenses_missing.json'][0]" 2> /dev/null)"
-go_missing_licenses_path="$(bazel cquery "${all_licenses_opts[@]}"  --output starlark --starlark:expr "[f.path for f in target.files.to_list() if f.basename == 'go_licenses_missing.json'][0]" 2> /dev/null)"
+shared_opts=("--config=stamp" "--action_env=GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS" "--remote_download_outputs=toplevel")
+all_licenses_opts=("//tools/licenses:all_licenses" "${shared_opts[@]}")
+all_licenses_path="$(bazel cquery "${all_licenses_opts[@]}"  --output starlark --starlark:expr "target.files.to_list()[0].path" 2> /dev/null)"
+deps_missing_licenses_path="$(bazel cquery "//tools/licenses:deps_licenses" "${shared_opts[@]}" --output starlark --starlark:expr "[f.path for f in target.files.to_list() if f.basename == 'deps_licenses_missing.json'][0]" 2> /dev/null)"
+go_missing_licenses_path="$(bazel cquery "//tools/licenses:go_licenses" "${shared_opts[@]}" --output starlark --starlark:expr "[f.path for f in target.files.to_list() if f.basename == 'go_licenses_missing.json'][0]" 2> /dev/null)"
 
 print_missing_licenses() {
   cat "${deps_missing_licenses_path}" || true