diff --git a/tools/release/make-release.sh b/tools/release/make-release.sh
index 781ac9bd..b2f42ecf 100755
--- a/tools/release/make-release.sh
+++ b/tools/release/make-release.sh
@@ -39,4 +39,5 @@ gcloud compute instances create "v2raycore-${RAND}" \
     --metadata=release_tag=v${VER},prerelease=${PRE} \
     --metadata-from-file=startup-script=${DIR}/release-ci.sh \
     --zone=us-west1-a \
+    --preemptible \
     --project ${PROJECT}