diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
index 987ef1f..1642088 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
@@ -184,21 +184,13 @@ jobs:
           VERSION=$(echo "$RELEASE" | python3 -c "import sys,json; print(json.load(sys.stdin)['name'].split()[-1])")
           DATE=$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)
 
-          python3 -c "
-import json, sys
-manifest = {
-    'version': '$VERSION',
-    'notes': 'Latest Lotus Chat release',
-    'pub_date': '$DATE',
-    'platforms': {
-        'windows-x86_64': {
-            'url': '$BASE/LotusChat-x86_64-setup.nsis.zip',
-            'signature': '''$WIN_SIG'''
-        }
-    }
-}
-print(json.dumps(manifest, indent=2))
-" > release.json
+          jq -n \
+            --arg version "$VERSION" \
+            --arg date "$DATE" \
+            --arg url "$BASE/LotusChat-x86_64-setup.nsis.zip" \
+            --arg sig "$WIN_SIG" \
+            '{"version":$version,"notes":"Latest Lotus Chat release","pub_date":$date,"platforms":{"windows-x86_64":{"url":$url,"signature":$sig}}}' \
+            > release.json
 
           cat release.json