diff --git a/CHANGELOG.adoc b/CHANGELOG.adoc
index ed9db22ea1..2d8b867727 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.adoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.adoc
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@
 
 = UNRELEASED
 
+== BUILD PROCESS
+
+The build process temporarily obtains the icx-proxy binary from the dfx 0.10.0 release binary.
+Once icx-proxy releases are once again available on github, we will revert this change.
+Do not release dfx until this is reverted.
+
 == DFX
 
 === fix: HSMs are once again supported on Linux
diff --git a/scripts/prepare-dfx-assets.sh b/scripts/prepare-dfx-assets.sh
index e785ef8ce3..5b86c81c5c 100755
--- a/scripts/prepare-dfx-assets.sh
+++ b/scripts/prepare-dfx-assets.sh
@@ -92,8 +92,30 @@ download_ic_ref() {
     chmod 0500 "$BINARY_CACHE_TEMP_DIR/ic-ref"
 }
 
+# This is a temporary hack while icx-proxy releases are not available from github releases.
+# To be reverted: https://dfinity.atlassian.net/browse/SDK-498
+get_icx_proxy_from_dfx_release() {
+    case "$OSTYPE" in
+        darwin*)
+            URL="https://github.com/dfinity/sdk/releases/download/0.10.0/dfx-0.10.0-x86_64-darwin.tar.gz"
+            SHA256="7a4d49eeb004e9c5c2ac20891b95564cbe728f0ee7a9fa8579dc4e0022339d79"
+            ;;
+        linux*)
+            URL="https://github.com/dfinity/sdk/releases/download/0.10.0/dfx-0.10.0-x86_64-linux.tar.gz"
+            SHA256="f6ae43098b676da87503e627cc6f8820d0a0ff9f9beac0da2cc884598216b996"
+            ;;
+        *)        echo "Unsupported OS type: $OSTYPE"  ; exit 1;;
+    esac
+    download_url_and_check_sha "$URL" "$SHA256" "$DOWNLOAD_TEMP_DIR/dfx.tar.gz"
+    tar -xkvf "$DOWNLOAD_TEMP_DIR/dfx.tar.gz" -C "$DOWNLOAD_TEMP_DIR"
+    DFX_CACHE_ROOT="$DOWNLOAD_TEMP_DIR/dfx-cache" "$DOWNLOAD_TEMP_DIR/dfx" cache install
+    cp "$DOWNLOAD_TEMP_DIR/dfx-cache/.cache/dfinity/versions/0.10.0/icx-proxy" "$BINARY_CACHE_TEMP_DIR"
+}
+
 download_icx_proxy() {
-    download_tarball "icx-proxy"
+    # download_tarball "icx-proxy"
+    get_icx_proxy_from_dfx_release
+
     chmod 0500 "$BINARY_CACHE_TEMP_DIR/icx-proxy"
 }