diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
index fbfdf5c..f59f522 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
@@ -290,10 +290,18 @@ jobs:
     container:
       image: archlinux:base-devel
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
+      # actions/checkout@v4 is a Node.js action and archlinux:base-devel has
+      # no Node runtime — it fails with "node: executable file not found".
+      # This job only needs one file, so skip checkout and fetch it directly
+      # from Gitea's raw endpoint instead.
       - name: Install build tools
-        run: pacman -Syu --noconfirm --needed curl python
+        run: pacman -Sy --noconfirm --needed curl python
+
+      - name: Fetch PKGBUILD
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p packaging/pacman
+          curl -sf "$GITEA_URL/LotusGuild/cinny-desktop/raw/branch/main/packaging/pacman/PKGBUILD" \
+            -o packaging/pacman/PKGBUILD
 
       - name: Set package version
         env: