diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/release.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/release.yaml
index bdd3e93..92972b2 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ jobs:
           cp src-tauri/target/x86_64-pc-windows-msvc/release/gites.exe "release/gites_${GITHUB_REF_NAME#v}_x64_portable.exe"
           ls -la release
       - name: Publish release
-        uses: https://gitea.com/actions/release-action@main
-        with:
-          files: release/*
-          api_key: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
+        env:
+          GITEA_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        run: scripts/publish-release.sh release/*
diff --git a/scripts/publish-release.sh b/scripts/publish-release.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..c866f5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/publish-release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Creates the Gitea release for the current tag (or reuses it) and uploads every file
+# given as an argument, replacing files of the same name from an earlier run.
+# Needs GITEA_TOKEN plus the GITHUB_* variables every Actions job gets.
+set -euo pipefail
+
+api="$GITHUB_SERVER_URL/api/v1/repos/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY"
+tag="$GITHUB_REF_NAME"
+auth=(-H "Authorization: token $GITEA_TOKEN")
+json() { node -e "let s='';process.stdin.on('data',d=>s+=d).on('end',()=>{const v=JSON.parse(s);console.log($1)})"; }
+
+if release=$(curl -sf "${auth[@]}" "$api/releases/tags/$tag"); then
+  echo "Using the existing release for $tag"
+else
+  echo "Creating the release for $tag"
+  release=$(curl -sf "${auth[@]}" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+    -d "{\"tag_name\": \"$tag\", \"name\": \"$tag\"}" "$api/releases")
+fi
+id=$(echo "$release" | json 'v.id')
+
+for file in "$@"; do
+  name=$(basename "$file")
+  old=$(echo "$release" | NAME="$name" json "(v.assets||[]).filter(a=>a.name===process.env.NAME).map(a=>a.id).join(' ')")
+  for asset in $old; do
+    curl -sf "${auth[@]}" -X DELETE "$api/releases/$id/assets/$asset"
+  done
+  echo "Uploading $name"
+  curl -sf "${auth[@]}" -F "attachment=@$file" "$api/releases/$id/assets?name=$name" >/dev/null
+done