diff --git a/.goreleaser.yml b/.goreleaser.yml
index 770d3e706..cb26fe766 100644
--- a/.goreleaser.yml
+++ b/.goreleaser.yml
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ builds:
         - arm64
       env:
         - CGO_ENABLED=0
+      tags:
+        # The `disable_grpc_modules` build tag excludes gRPC dependencies from cloud.google.com/go/storage,
+        # reducing binary size since we only use the REST client (storage.NewClient), not the
+        # gRPC client (storage.NewGRPCClient). Related issue: https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/issues/12343
+        - disable_grpc_modules
     id: nix
     goos:
       - linux
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c92c37ed8..48d04a053 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ gen-docs: internal/temporalcli/commands.yaml cliext/option-sets.yaml
 		-output dist/docs
 
 build:
-	go build ./cmd/temporal
+	go build -tags disable_grpc_modules ./cmd/temporal
 
 test:
 	(cd cliext && go test ./...)