diff --git a/.goreleaser.yaml b/.goreleaser.yaml
index afc70dc8..f16c5425 100644
--- a/.goreleaser.yaml
+++ b/.goreleaser.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ before:
 builds:
   - env:
       - CGO_ENABLED=1
+      - CC=x86_64-linux-musl-gcc
     goos:
       - linux
     goarch:
@@ -24,6 +25,9 @@ builds:
       pre: make frontend
   - env:
       - CGO_ENABLED=0
+      - CC=x86_64-linux-musl-gcc
+    ldflags:
+      - -linkmode external -extldflags -static
     goos:
       - linux
     goarch:
@@ -37,6 +41,9 @@ builds:
       - static_build
   - env:
       - CGO_ENABLED=0
+      - CC=x86_64-linux-musl-gcc
+    ldflags:
+      - -linkmode external -extldflags -static
     goos:
       - linux
     goarch:
@@ -50,6 +57,9 @@ builds:
       - static_build
   - env:
       - CGO_ENABLED=0
+      - CC=x86_64-linux-musl-gcc
+    ldflags:
+      - -linkmode external -extldflags -static
     goos:
       - linux
     goarch:
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 4006036e..9a68b179 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -4,10 +4,6 @@ github.com/99designs/gqlgen v0.17.88 h1:neMQDgehMwT1vYIOx/w5ZYPUU/iMNAJzRO44I5In
 github.com/99designs/gqlgen v0.17.88/go.mod h1:qeqYFEgOeSKqWedOjogPizimp2iu4E23bdPvl4jTYic=
 github.com/Azure/go-ntlmssp v0.1.0 h1:DjFo6YtWzNqNvQdrwEyr/e4nhU3vRiwenz5QX7sFz+A=
 github.com/Azure/go-ntlmssp v0.1.0/go.mod h1:NYqdhxd/8aAct/s4qSYZEerdPuH1liG2/X9DiVTbhpk=
-github.com/ClusterCockpit/cc-lib/v2 v2.8.2 h1:rCLZk8wz8yq8xBnBEdVKigvA2ngR8dPmHbEFwxxb3jw=
-github.com/ClusterCockpit/cc-lib/v2 v2.8.2/go.mod h1:FwD8vnTIbBM3ngeLNKmCvp9FoSjQZm7xnuaVxEKR23o=
-github.com/ClusterCockpit/cc-lib/v2 v2.9.0 h1:mzUYakcjwb+UP5II4jOvr36rSYct90gXBbtUg+nvm9c=
-github.com/ClusterCockpit/cc-lib/v2 v2.9.0/go.mod h1:FwD8vnTIbBM3ngeLNKmCvp9FoSjQZm7xnuaVxEKR23o=
 github.com/ClusterCockpit/cc-lib/v2 v2.9.1 h1:eplKhXQyGAElBGCEGdmxwj7fLv26Op16uK0KxUePDak=
 github.com/ClusterCockpit/cc-lib/v2 v2.9.1/go.mod h1:FwD8vnTIbBM3ngeLNKmCvp9FoSjQZm7xnuaVxEKR23o=
 github.com/ClusterCockpit/cc-line-protocol/v2 v2.4.0 h1:hIzxgTBWcmCIHtoDKDkSCsKCOCOwUC34sFsbD2wcW0Q=