diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
index 1b1f180..00f51fb 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
@@ -44,7 +44,11 @@ jobs:
         env:
           TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_TOKEN }}
         run: |
-          $VERSION = (Get-Content src-tauri\tauri.conf.json | ConvertFrom-Json).version
+          # Extract version from built artifact filename
+          $nsis = "src-tauri\target\release\bundle\nsis"
+          $setupExe = Get-ChildItem "$nsis\Cinny_*_x64-setup.exe" | Select-Object -First 1
+          $VERSION = $setupExe.Name -replace 'Cinny_(.+)_x64-setup\.exe','$1'
+          Write-Host "Version: $VERSION"
 
           # Get or create the latest release
           $release = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri "$env:GITEA_URL/api/v1/repos/$env:REPO/releases/tags/latest" `
@@ -119,32 +123,35 @@ jobs:
         env:
           TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_TOKEN }}
         run: |
-          VERSION=$(python3 -c "import json; print(json.load(open('src-tauri/tauri.conf.json'))['version'])")
+          # Extract version from built artifact filename — no file reads needed
+          DEB=$(ls src-tauri/target/release/bundle/deb/Cinny_*_amd64.deb | head -1)
+          VERSION=$(basename "$DEB" | sed 's/Cinny_\(.*\)_amd64\.deb/\1/')
+          echo "Version: $VERSION"
+
           # Get or create the latest release
           RELEASE=$(curl -sf "$GITEA_URL/api/v1/repos/$REPO/releases/tags/latest" \
-            -H "Authorization: token $env:TOKEN" 2>/dev/null || true)
+            -H "Authorization: token $TOKEN" 2>/dev/null || true)
           RELEASE_ID=$(echo "$RELEASE" | python3 -c "import sys,json; print(json.load(sys.stdin).get('id',''))" 2>/dev/null || true)
           if [ -z "$RELEASE_ID" ] || [ "$RELEASE_ID" = "None" ]; then
             RELEASE_ID=$(curl -sf -X POST "$GITEA_URL/api/v1/repos/$REPO/releases" \
-              -H "Authorization: token $env:TOKEN" \
+              -H "Authorization: token $TOKEN" \
               -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
               -d "{\"tag_name\":\"latest\",\"name\":\"Lotus Chat $VERSION\",\"prerelease\":true,\"body\":\"Built from ${{ github.sha }}\"}" \
               | python3 -c "import sys,json; print(json.load(sys.stdin)['id'])")
           fi
 
-          deb="src-tauri/target/release/bundle/deb/Cinny_${VERSION}_amd64.deb"
-          appimage="src-tauri/target/release/bundle/appimage/Cinny_${VERSION}_amd64.AppImage"
-          declare -A uploads=(
-            ["LotusChat-x86_64.deb"]="$deb"
-            ["LotusChat-x86_64.AppImage"]="$appimage"
-            ["LotusChat-x86_64.AppImage.tar.gz"]="${appimage}.tar.gz"
-            ["LotusChat-x86_64.AppImage.tar.gz.sig"]="${appimage}.tar.gz.sig"
-          )
-          for name in "${!uploads[@]}"; do
+          APPIMAGE="src-tauri/target/release/bundle/appimage/Cinny_${VERSION}_amd64.AppImage"
+          for file in \
+            "LotusChat-x86_64.deb|$DEB" \
+            "LotusChat-x86_64.AppImage|${APPIMAGE}" \
+            "LotusChat-x86_64.AppImage.tar.gz|${APPIMAGE}.tar.gz" \
+            "LotusChat-x86_64.AppImage.tar.gz.sig|${APPIMAGE}.tar.gz.sig"; do
+            name="${file%%|*}"
+            path="${file##*|}"
             echo "Uploading $name"
             curl -sf -X POST \
               "$GITEA_URL/api/v1/repos/$REPO/releases/$RELEASE_ID/assets?name=$name" \
-              -H "Authorization: token $env:TOKEN" \
+              -H "Authorization: token $TOKEN" \
               -H "Content-Type: application/octet-stream" \
-              --data-binary @"${uploads[$name]}"
+              --data-binary @"$path"
           done