diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 23b943422b1..fded29ca3d3 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -2690,7 +2690,6 @@ steps:
       from_secret: packages_gpg_private_key
     GPG_PUBLIC_KEY:
       from_secret: packages_gpg_public_key
-  failure: ignore
   image: grafana/grafana-build:main
   name: rgm-build
   volumes:
@@ -2748,7 +2747,6 @@ steps:
       from_secret: packages_gpg_private_key
     GPG_PUBLIC_KEY:
       from_secret: packages_gpg_public_key
-  failure: ignore
   image: grafana/grafana-build:main
   name: rgm-build
   volumes:
@@ -2785,14 +2783,12 @@ services: []
 steps:
 - commands:
   - echo $env:DRONE_RUNNER_NAME
-  failure: ignore
   image: mcr.microsoft.com/windows:1809
   name: identify-runner
 - commands:
   - $$ProgressPreference = "SilentlyContinue"
   - Invoke-WebRequest https://grafana-downloads.storage.googleapis.com/grafana-build-pipeline/v3.0.41/windows/grabpl.exe
     -OutFile grabpl.exe
-  failure: ignore
   image: grafana/ci-wix:0.1.1
   name: windows-init
 - commands:
@@ -2817,7 +2813,6 @@ steps:
       from_secret: github_token
     PRERELEASE_BUCKET:
       from_secret: prerelease_bucket
-  failure: ignore
   image: grafana/ci-wix:0.1.1
   name: build-windows-installer
 trigger:
@@ -2862,7 +2857,7 @@ steps:
   environment:
     BUCKET: grafana-prerelease
     GCP_KEY:
-      from_secret: gcp_upload_artifacts_key
+      from_secret: gcp_key_base64
   failure: ignore
   image: google/cloud-sdk:431.0.0
   name: gsutil-stat
@@ -4192,6 +4187,6 @@ kind: secret
 name: delivery-bot-app-private-key
 ---
 kind: signature
-hmac: 50e07de5e688a14cc76c3e8cc992a2c01fd6285708683ab54b9662baa6212f46
+hmac: cfd4179de22a070bc047261b534a5b070ab65e883281208bbdc56f95c0c293d9
 
 ...
diff --git a/scripts/drone/events/release.star b/scripts/drone/events/release.star
index c11df4fe4df..0740377826d 100644
--- a/scripts/drone/events/release.star
+++ b/scripts/drone/events/release.star
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ load(
     "gcp_upload_artifacts_key",
     "npm_token",
     "prerelease_bucket",
+    "rgm_gcp_key_base64",
 )
 load(
     "scripts/drone/utils/images.star",
@@ -437,7 +438,7 @@ def integration_test_pipelines():
 def verify_release_pipeline(
         name = "verify-prerelease-assets",
         bucket = from_secret(prerelease_bucket),
-        gcp_key = from_secret(gcp_upload_artifacts_key),
+        gcp_key = from_secret(rgm_gcp_key_base64),
         version = "${DRONE_TAG}",
         trigger = release_trigger,
         depends_on = [
diff --git a/scripts/drone/rgm.star b/scripts/drone/rgm.star
index e6851373103..a648de164cf 100644
--- a/scripts/drone/rgm.star
+++ b/scripts/drone/rgm.star
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ load(
 )
 load(
     "scripts/drone/utils/utils.star",
-    "ignore_failure",
     "pipeline",
 )
 load(
@@ -85,7 +84,6 @@ def rgm_build(script = "drone_publish_main.sh"):
         # The docker socket is a requirement for running dagger programs
         # In the future we should find a way to use dagger without mounting the docker socket.
         "volumes": [{"name": "docker", "path": "/var/run/docker.sock"}],
-        "failure": "ignore",
     }
 
     return [
@@ -123,11 +121,9 @@ def rgm_windows():
     return pipeline(
         name = "rgm-tag-prerelease-windows",
         trigger = tag_trigger,
-        steps = ignore_failure(
-            get_windows_steps(
-                ver_mode = "release",
-                bucket = "grafana-prerelease",
-            ),
+        steps = get_windows_steps(
+            ver_mode = "release",
+            bucket = "grafana-prerelease",
         ),
         depends_on = ["rgm-tag-prerelease"],
         platform = "windows",