diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 782fc0bbb..89205f919 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ dataframe = [
 ]
 
 [profile.release]
-opt-level = "z"  # Optimize for size.
+opt-level = "s"  # Optimize for size.
 
 # Core plugins that ship with `cargo install nu` by default
 # Currently, Cargo limits us to installing only one binary