diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_build_artifacts.yaml b/.github/workflows/release_build_artifacts.yaml
index ca2cdcdbe7..073c863237 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release_build_artifacts.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_build_artifacts.yaml
@@ -55,20 +55,11 @@ jobs:
             runner: macos-15-intel
           - triple: x86_64-pc-windows-msvc
             runner: windows-2022
-          - triple: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
-            runner: ubuntu-24.04
-          # Cross-compiled; see dev/platforms/BUILD.bazel.
-          - triple: aarch64-unknown-linux-musl
-            runner: ubuntu-24.04
-          - triple: armv7-unknown-linux-musleabihf
-            runner: ubuntu-24.04
+          # Cross-compiled; see dev/platforms/BUILD.bazel and
+          # dev/release_artifacts/BUILD.bazel.
           - triple: i686-pc-windows-msvc
             runner: windows-2022
-          - triple: i686-unknown-linux-musl
-            runner: ubuntu-24.04
-          - triple: powerpc64le-unknown-linux-musl
-            runner: ubuntu-24.04
-          - triple: riscv64gc-unknown-linux-musl
+          - triple: linux
             runner: ubuntu-24.04
     env:
       REF: ${{ inputs.ref || github.sha }}
@@ -198,7 +189,7 @@ jobs:
         if: hashFiles('artifacts_manifest.json') != ''
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
         with:
-          name: release-artifacts-manifest
+          name: release-manifest
           path: artifacts_manifest.json
           if-no-files-found: error
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_publish.yaml b/.github/workflows/release_publish.yaml
index 0e17bbb8ce..49bb174f42 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release_publish.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_publish.yaml
@@ -72,9 +72,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Download built artifacts
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
         with:
-          # Match platform triples (<cpu>-<vendor>-<os>), excluding
-          # release-artifacts-manifest.
-          pattern: release-artifacts-*-*
+          pattern: release-artifacts-*
           path: release-artifacts
           merge-multiple: true
 
diff --git a/dev/release_artifacts/BUILD.bazel b/dev/release_artifacts/BUILD.bazel
index 8f5f0c673e..26895e1190 100644
--- a/dev/release_artifacts/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/dev/release_artifacts/BUILD.bazel
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ cross_compiled_files(
             "//dev/platforms:i686-unknown-linux-musl",
             "//dev/platforms:powerpc64le-unknown-linux-musl",
             "//dev/platforms:riscv64gc-unknown-linux-musl",
+            "//dev/platforms:x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu",
         ],
         ":is_macos_aarch64": ["//dev/platforms:x86_64-apple-darwin"],
         ":is_windows_x86_64": ["//dev/platforms:i686-pc-windows-msvc"],
diff --git a/dev/release_artifacts/build.sh b/dev/release_artifacts/build.sh
index 3ceb0c8b03..b84d128d2f 100755
--- a/dev/release_artifacts/build.sh
+++ b/dev/release_artifacts/build.sh
@@ -14,29 +14,40 @@ triple="$2"
 # The paths below are relative to the workspace root.
 cd "$(dirname "$0")/../.."
 
-# Fail for a triple without a platform: it's the caller's mistake, unlike a
-# failed build, which only warns.
-if ! grep -qF "name = \"$triple\"," dev/platforms/BUILD.bazel; then
+if [[ "$triple" == "linux" ]]; then
+  build_args=(//dev/release_artifacts:cross_compiled_artifacts)
+  manifest="bazel-bin/dev/release_artifacts/cross_compiled_artifacts.txt"
+elif ! grep -qF "name = \"$triple\"," dev/platforms/BUILD.bazel; then
+  # Fail for a triple without a platform: it's the caller's mistake, unlike a
+  # failed build, which only warns.
   echo "::error::dev/platforms has no $triple platform"
   exit 1
+else
+  build_args=(
+    --platforms="//dev/platforms:$triple"
+    //dev/release_artifacts:artifacts_for_release
+  )
+  manifest="bazel-bin/dev/release_artifacts/artifacts_for_release.txt"
 fi
 
 # Keep Git Bash on Windows from rewriting `//foo` labels into paths.
 export MSYS_NO_PATHCONV=1 MSYS2_ARG_CONV_EXCL="*"
 
 if ! bazel build --verbose_failures --compilation_mode=opt --stamp \
-    --embed_label="$embed_label" --platforms="//dev/platforms:$triple" \
-    //dev/release_artifacts:artifacts_for_release; then
+    --embed_label="$embed_label" "${build_args[@]}"; then
   # Releases don't use the files yet, so don't fail the release over them.
   echo "::warning::Building the release artifacts failed. Releases don't use them yet."
   exit 0
 fi
 
 # The target lists the paths of its files in a manifest; see release_files.bzl.
+# Copy them into a single directory so upload-artifact strips the directory
+# prefix instead of preserving per-platform bazel-out/<cfg> subdirectories.
 if [[ -n "${GITHUB_OUTPUT:-}" ]]; then
-  {
-    echo "files<<EOF"
-    cat bazel-bin/dev/release_artifacts/artifacts_for_release.txt
-    echo "EOF"
-  } >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+  rm -rf release-artifacts
+  mkdir -p release-artifacts
+  while IFS= read -r file; do
+    cp "$file" release-artifacts/
+  done < "$manifest"
+  echo "files=release-artifacts/*" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 fi
diff --git a/dev/release_artifacts/release_files.bzl b/dev/release_artifacts/release_files.bzl
index 32a84b3c91..e9604cd9a3 100644
--- a/dev/release_artifacts/release_files.bzl
+++ b/dev/release_artifacts/release_files.bzl
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ load("//python/private:common_labels.bzl", "labels")  # buildifier: disable=bzl-
 _FEATURES = "//command_line_option:features"
 _RUSTC_FLAGS = "@rules_rust//rust/settings:extra_rustc_flags"
 
+_ReleaseFilesInfo = provider(
+    doc = "Files built by _release_files, excluding the .txt manifest.",
+    fields = ["files"],
+)
+
 def _release_transition_impl(settings, attr):
     features = []
     rustc_flags = []
@@ -82,7 +87,10 @@ def _release_files_impl(ctx):
         # an unterminated last line, and build.sh adds a line after the paths.
         content = "".join([file.path + "\n" for file in files]),
     )
-    return [DefaultInfo(files = depset([manifest] + files))]
+    return [
+        DefaultInfo(files = depset([manifest] + files)),
+        _ReleaseFilesInfo(files = files),
+    ]
 
 _release_files = rule(
     implementation = _release_files_impl,
@@ -168,8 +176,17 @@ def _cross_compiled_files_impl(ctx):
         return [DefaultInfo()]
 
     # With a transition, ctx.attr.src is a list: one target per platform.
-    files = [src[DefaultInfo].files for src in ctx.attr.src]
-    return [DefaultInfo(files = depset(transitive = files))]
+    files = []
+    for src in ctx.attr.src:
+        files.extend(src[_ReleaseFilesInfo].files)
+    manifest = ctx.actions.declare_file(ctx.label.name + ".txt")
+    ctx.actions.write(
+        output = manifest,
+        # End every line with "\n", including the last: `while read` loops skip
+        # an unterminated last line, and build.sh adds a line after the paths.
+        content = "".join([file.path + "\n" for file in files]),
+    )
+    return [DefaultInfo(files = depset([manifest] + files))]
 
 cross_compiled_files = rule(
     implementation = _cross_compiled_files_impl,
@@ -188,6 +205,7 @@ this builds nothing.
             cfg = _platforms_transition,
             doc = "The target to build.",
             mandatory = True,
+            providers = [_ReleaseFilesInfo],
         ),
     },
 )
diff --git a/dev/release_artifacts/verify.sh b/dev/release_artifacts/verify.sh
index 0c55db7caa..bce09cf97a 100755
--- a/dev/release_artifacts/verify.sh
+++ b/dev/release_artifacts/verify.sh
@@ -7,13 +7,25 @@
 # Usage: dev/release_artifacts/verify.sh TRIPLE
 set -euo pipefail
 
-triple="$1"
+triple_arg="$1"
 
 # The paths below are relative to the workspace root.
 cd "$(dirname "$0")/../.."
 
+if [[ "$triple_arg" == "linux" ]]; then
+  manifest="bazel-bin/dev/release_artifacts/cross_compiled_artifacts.txt"
+else
+  manifest="bazel-bin/dev/release_artifacts/artifacts_for_release.txt"
+fi
+
 # The target lists the paths of its files in a manifest; see release_files.bzl.
 while IFS= read -r bin; do
+  if [[ "$triple_arg" == "linux" ]]; then
+    name="${bin##*/}"
+    triple="${name#*-}"
+  else
+    triple="$triple_arg"
+  fi
   case "$triple" in
     *-linux-*)
       info="$(file -L -b "$bin")"
@@ -84,4 +96,4 @@ while IFS= read -r bin; do
       exit 1
       ;;
   esac
-done < bazel-bin/dev/release_artifacts/artifacts_for_release.txt
+done < "$manifest"
diff --git a/tests/workflows/release_build_artifacts_test.py b/tests/workflows/release_build_artifacts_test.py
index c3306b2bac..de4dd35fde 100644
--- a/tests/workflows/release_build_artifacts_test.py
+++ b/tests/workflows/release_build_artifacts_test.py
@@ -39,8 +39,11 @@ def test_matrix_matches_dev_platforms():
     # e.g. because of a comment.
     calls = re.findall(r"^platform\(", build_file, re.MULTILINE)
     assert len(platforms) == len(calls), "Couldn't parse every platform's name"
+    expected = {
+        "linux" if "-linux-" in platform else platform for platform in platforms
+    }
     # Sets, so that failures list the triples that differ.
-    assert set(triples) == set(platforms), "Matrix (left) vs. dev/platforms (right)"
+    assert set(triples) == expected, "Matrix (left) vs. dev/platforms (right)"
     duplicates = sorted({triple for triple in triples if triples.count(triple) > 1})
     assert not duplicates, f"Triples with more than one job: {duplicates}"