diff --git a/.github/workflows/consistency-test.yml b/.github/workflows/consistency-test.yml
index 602740722447..b913eea0bec4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/consistency-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/consistency-test.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name: consistency_testing
 on:
   repository_dispatch:
-    types: [chaos-test-command]
+    types: [chaos-test-command, release-uploaded]
 
 jobs:
   run_consistency_tests:
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ jobs:
           echo "upload_dir=redpanda/pr-${{ github.event.client_payload.pull_request.number }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
         if: ${{ github.event.action == 'chaos-test-command' }}
 
+      - name: setup env release
+        run: |
+          echo "Populating env from release context"
+
+          # Make env available to next steps
+          echo "deb_pkg_url=${{ github.event.client_payload.deb_pkg }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "upload_dir=redpanda/${{ github.event.client_payload.tag }}-${{ github.event.client_payload.ref }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        if: ${{ github.event.action == 'release-uploaded' }}
+
       - name: fetch release from gcb
         run: |
           # check if the file exists
diff --git a/tests/ci/build-release.yaml b/tests/ci/build-release.yaml
index f06a96c61b82..7e97a2571548 100644
--- a/tests/ci/build-release.yaml
+++ b/tests/ci/build-release.yaml
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ steps:
     ./build/venv/v/bin/vtools build redpanda-dashboard --conf=vtools/vtools/artifacts/ci/vtools-$_COMPILER-$_BUILD_TYPE.yml
     ./build/venv/v/bin/vtools build pkg --conf=vtools/vtools/artifacts/ci/vtools-$_COMPILER-$_BUILD_TYPE.yml --format=rpm --format=deb --format=tar
     ./build/venv/v/bin/vtools publish --conf=vtools/vtools/artifacts/ci/vtools-$_COMPILER-$_BUILD_TYPE.yml
-    ./build/venv/v/bin/vtools ci github-event --event-type packages-created || true # let's not mess with the release pipeline yet
+    ./build/venv/v/bin/vtools ci github-event --event-type release-uploaded || true # let's not mess with the release pipeline yet
   env:
   - SHORT_SHA=$SHORT_SHA
   - TAG_NAME=$TAG_NAME