diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 011a5abab..2c07166ec 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ jobs:
       - run: ls -alt artifacts/
 
       - run: |
-          tar -cvzf featurebase-${{needs.meta.outputs.version}}.tar.gz -C artifacts *
+          tar -cvz -C artifacts -f featurebase-${{needs.meta.outputs.version}}.tar.gz  *
           tar -tf featurebase-${{needs.meta.outputs.version}}.tar.gz
 
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3