diff --git a/.github/workflows/android-release.yml b/.github/workflows/android-release.yml
index 7080780f7..b54f21db9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/android-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/android-release.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ jobs:
       BUILDTYPE: Release
       IS_LOCAL_DEVELOPMENT: false
     steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          submodules: recursive
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
       - name: Map renderer input
         id: backend_lowercase
         run: |
@@ -32,11 +37,6 @@ jobs:
             echo "backend_lowercase=vulkan" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
           fi
 
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          submodules: recursive
-          fetch-depth: 0
-
       - run: echo "cmake.dir=$(dirname "$(dirname "$(command -v cmake)")")" >> local.properties
 
       - uses: actions/setup-java@v4
@@ -204,3 +204,4 @@ jobs:
           SIGNING_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.SIGNING_KEY_ID }}
           SIGNING_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.SIGNING_PASSWORD }}
           SONATYPE_STAGING_PROFILE_ID: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_STAGING_PROFILE_ID }}
+          RENDERER: ${{ env.backend_lowercase }}
diff --git a/platform/android/gradle/gradle-publish.gradle b/platform/android/gradle/gradle-publish.gradle
index cd38bcd6b..735d9cd65 100644
--- a/platform/android/gradle/gradle-publish.gradle
+++ b/platform/android/gradle/gradle-publish.gradle
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ afterEvaluate {
                 artifactId project.ext.mapLibreArtifactId
                 version this.version
                 
-                from components.drawableRelease               
+                from components."${System.getenv('RENDERER')?.toLowerCase() == 'vulkan' ? 'vulkanRelease' : 'drawableRelease'}"
 
                 pom {
                     name = project.ext.mapLibreArtifactTitle