diff --git a/build/release/create-package.sh b/build/release/create-package.sh
index c60014204..7c81a781d 100755
--- a/build/release/create-package.sh
+++ b/build/release/create-package.sh
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ package_source() {
   if [ "$SKIP_GPG" == "false" ] ; then
     gpg --armor --detach-sig "${SRC_TGZ}"
   fi
-  $SHASUM "${SRC_TGZ}" > "${SRC_TGZ}.sha512"
+  (cd "${RELEASE_DIR}" && $SHASUM "${SRC_TGZ_FILE}" > "${SRC_TGZ_FILE}.sha512")
 }
 
 package_binary() {
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ package_binary() {
   if [ "$SKIP_GPG" == "false" ] ; then
     gpg --armor --detach-sig "${BIN_TGZ}"
   fi
-  $SHASUM "${BIN_TGZ}" > "${BIN_TGZ}.sha512"
+  (cd "${RELEASE_DIR}" && $SHASUM "${BIN_TGZ_FILE}" > "${BIN_TGZ_FILE}.sha512")
 }
 
 if [[ "$1" == "source" ]]; then