diff --git a/CMake/resolve_dependency_modules/duckdb.cmake b/CMake/resolve_dependency_modules/duckdb.cmake
index 1f34d7ddb9cf9..cb688ad1ee45b 100644
--- a/CMake/resolve_dependency_modules/duckdb.cmake
+++ b/CMake/resolve_dependency_modules/duckdb.cmake
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ set(BUILD_SHELL OFF)
 set(EXPORT_DLL_SYMBOLS OFF)
 set(BUILD_EXTENSIONS "tpch")
 set(SKIP_EXTENSIONS "parquet;jemalloc")
+set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE "Release")
 
 if("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" MATCHES "GNU")
   add_compile_options(-Wno-nonnull-compare)