diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 7c7424bfe..7c164000e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -463,6 +463,12 @@ jobs:
         uses: pnpm/action-setup@v3
         with:
           version: 9
+      - name: Install wails3 CLI
+        # Version derived from go.mod so the binding generator always matches
+        # the wails runtime the binary links against.
+        run: |
+          WAILS_VERSION=$(go list -m -f '{{.Version}}' github.com/wailsapp/wails/v3)
+          go install github.com/wailsapp/wails/v3/cmd/wails3@$WAILS_VERSION
       - name: Run GoReleaser
         id: goreleaser
         uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@v4
diff --git a/.goreleaser_ui_darwin.yaml b/.goreleaser_ui_darwin.yaml
index 441269aa8..96e15371a 100644
--- a/.goreleaser_ui_darwin.yaml
+++ b/.goreleaser_ui_darwin.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ project_name: netbird-ui
 
 before:
   hooks:
+    # Bindings are gitignored; regenerate before the frontend build so
+    # the @wailsio/runtime Vite plugin can resolve them (vite refuses to
+    # build without them).
+    - sh -c 'cd client/ui && wails3 generate bindings -clean=true -ts'
     - sh -c 'cd client/ui/frontend && pnpm install --frozen-lockfile && pnpm build'
 
 builds: