diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 5500978bd4..481abdfbf8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ jobs:
             fi
             mv ${p}/*.whl dist/
           done
-          rmdir ${{ inputs.component }}*
+          rm -rf ${{ inputs.component }}*
 
       - name: Publish package distributions to PyPI
         if: ${{ inputs.wheel-dst == 'pypi' }}