diff --git a/CMakePresets.json b/CMakePresets.json
index 6f20cc4885f..984fc39dc69 100644
--- a/CMakePresets.json
+++ b/CMakePresets.json
@@ -100,9 +100,9 @@
     },
     {
       "name": "Sanitizer",
-      "inherits": "Debug",
+      "inherits": "default",
       "displayName": "Sanitizer Config",
-      "description": "Debug build using Sanitizers",
+      "description": "Sanitizer build using Ninja generator",
       "binaryDir": "${fileDir}/Build/ladybird-sanitizers",
       "cacheVariables": {
         "ENABLE_UNDEFINED_SANITIZER": "ON",
diff --git a/Meta/CMake/vcpkg/sanitizer-triplets/sanitizer.cmake b/Meta/CMake/vcpkg/sanitizer-triplets/sanitizer.cmake
index b0ebad018f9..1eca4ceee3e 100644
--- a/Meta/CMake/vcpkg/sanitizer-triplets/sanitizer.cmake
+++ b/Meta/CMake/vcpkg/sanitizer-triplets/sanitizer.cmake
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+set(VCPKG_BUILD_TYPE release)
 set(VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE static)
 
 set(VCPKG_C_FLAGS "")