diff --git a/.buildkite/common.py b/.buildkite/common.py
index a84e73f41da..fc74a32e65f 100644
--- a/.buildkite/common.py
+++ b/.buildkite/common.py
@@ -275,8 +275,8 @@ def __init__(self, with_build_step=True, **kwargs):
 self.per_arch["instances"] = ["m6i.metal", "m7g.metal"]
 self.per_arch["platforms"] = [("al2023", "linux_6.1")]
 self.binary_dir = args.binary_dir
- # Build sharing
- if with_build_step:
+ # Build sharing, if a binary dir wasn't already supplied
+ if not args.binary_dir and with_build_step:
 build_cmds, self.shared_build = shared_build()
 self.build_group_per_arch(
 "🏗️ Build", build_cmds, depends_on_build=False, set_key=self.shared_build
diff --git a/.buildkite/pipeline_release_qa.py b/.buildkite/pipeline_release_qa.py
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..7b25021812f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.buildkite/pipeline_release_qa.py
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# Copyright 2025 Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+"""
+Buildkite pipeline for release QA
+"""
+
+from common import BKPipeline
+
+pipeline = BKPipeline(with_build_step=False)
+
+# NOTE: we need to escape $ using $$ otherwise buildkite tries to replace it instead of the shell
+
+pipeline.add_step(
+ {
+ "label": "Download release",
+ "if": 'build.env("VERSION") != "dev"',
+ "command": [
+ "aws s3 sync --no-sign-request s3://spec.ccfc.min/firecracker-ci/firecracker/$$VERSION release-$$VERSION",
+ 'buildkite-agent artifact upload "release-$$VERSION/**/*"',
+ ],
+ },
+ depends_on_build=False,
+)
+
+pipeline.build_group_per_arch(
+ ":building_construction: Make release",
+ # if is a keyword for python, so we need this workaround to expand it as a kwarg
+ **{"if": 'build.env("VERSION") == "dev"'},
+ command=[
+ "./tools/devtool -y make_release",
+ "RELEASE_DIR=$$(echo release-*dev-$$(uname -m))",
+ "RELEASE_SUFFIX=$${{RELEASE_DIR#release}}",
+ "OUT_DIR=release-$$VERSION/$$(uname -m)",
+ "mkdir -p $$OUT_DIR",
+ (
+ "for f in $$RELEASE_DIR/*-$$(uname -m); do"
+ " mv $$f $$OUT_DIR/$$(basename $$f $$RELEASE_SUFFIX);"
+ " mv $$f.debug $$OUT_DIR/$$(basename $$f $$RELEASE_SUFFIX).debug;"
+ "done"
+ ),
+ 'buildkite-agent artifact upload "release-$$VERSION/**/*"',
+ ],
+ depends_on_build=False,
+)
+
+# The devtool expects the examples to be in the same folder as the binaries to run some tests
+# (for example, uffd handler tests). Build them and upload them in the same folder.
+pipeline.build_group_per_arch(
+ ":hammer_and_wrench: Build examples",
+ command=[
+ "CARGO_TARGET=$$(uname -m)-unknown-linux-musl",
+ "./tools/devtool -y sh cargo build --target $$CARGO_TARGET --release --examples",
+ "mkdir -p release-$$VERSION/$$(uname -m)/",
+ "cp -R build/cargo_target/$$CARGO_TARGET/release/examples release-$$VERSION/$$(uname -m)/",
+ 'buildkite-agent artifact upload "release-$$VERSION/**/*"',
+ ],
+ depends_on_build=False,
+)
+
+pipeline.add_step("wait", depends_on_build=False)
+
+pipeline.add_step(
+ {
+ "label": ":pipeline: PR",
+ "command": (
+ ".buildkite/pipeline_pr.py --binary-dir release-$$VERSION "
+ "| jq '(..|select(.priority? != null).priority) += 100' "
+ "| buildkite-agent pipeline upload"
+ ),
+ },
+ depends_on_build=False,
+)
+
+print(pipeline.to_json())
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