diff --git a/.changeset/polite-horses-serve.md b/.changeset/polite-horses-serve.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..892689f15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/polite-horses-serve.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@electric-sql/pglite-prepopulatedfs': patch
+---
+
+refer to dist folder instead of release for prepopulatedfs.tgz
diff --git a/packages/pglite-prepopulatedfs/src/index.ts b/packages/pglite-prepopulatedfs/src/index.ts
index 38271cc50..e607da5ff 100644
--- a/packages/pglite-prepopulatedfs/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/pglite-prepopulatedfs/src/index.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { pglUtils } from '@electric-sql/pglite-utils'
 
 export async function dataDir(): Promise<Blob> {
-  const moduleUrl = new URL('../release/prepopulatedfs.tgz', import.meta.url)
+  const moduleUrl = new URL('../dist/prepopulatedfs.tgz', import.meta.url)
   if (pglUtils.IN_NODE) {
     const fs = await import('fs/promises')
     const buffer = await fs.readFile(moduleUrl)