diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
index 94db45e..ef9480f 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
@@ -140,14 +140,48 @@ jobs:
           echo "Release notes extracted"
 
       - name: Create Gitea Release
-        uses: actions/gitea-release-action@v1
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITEA_TOKEN }}
-          tag_name: ${{ github.ref_name }}
-          release_name: "Release ${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}"
-          body_path: release_notes.txt
-          draft: false
-          prerelease: ${{ contains(github.ref_name, '-') }}
-          files: |
-            releases/wp-fedistream-${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}.zip
-            releases/wp-fedistream-${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}.zip.sha256
+        env:
+          GITEA_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITEA_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          VERSION=${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}
+          TAG_NAME=${{ github.ref_name }}
+          PRERELEASE="false"
+          if [[ "$TAG_NAME" == *-* ]]; then
+            PRERELEASE="true"
+          fi
+
+          # Read release notes
+          BODY=$(cat release_notes.txt)
+
+          # Create release via Gitea API
+          RELEASE_RESPONSE=$(curl -s -X POST \
+            -H "Authorization: token ${GITEA_TOKEN}" \
+            -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+            -d "{\"tag_name\": \"${TAG_NAME}\", \"name\": \"Release ${VERSION}\", \"body\": $(echo "$BODY" | jq -Rs .), \"draft\": false, \"prerelease\": ${PRERELEASE}}" \
+            "${GITHUB_SERVER_URL}/api/v1/repos/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}/releases")
+
+          RELEASE_ID=$(echo "$RELEASE_RESPONSE" | jq -r '.id')
+
+          if [ "$RELEASE_ID" == "null" ] || [ -z "$RELEASE_ID" ]; then
+            echo "Failed to create release:"
+            echo "$RELEASE_RESPONSE"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          echo "Created release ID: $RELEASE_ID"
+
+          # Upload attachments
+          for file in "releases/wp-fedistream-${VERSION}.zip" "releases/wp-fedistream-${VERSION}.zip.sha256"; do
+            if [ -f "$file" ]; then
+              FILENAME=$(basename "$file")
+              echo "Uploading $FILENAME..."
+              curl -s -X POST \
+                -H "Authorization: token ${GITEA_TOKEN}" \
+                -H "Content-Type: application/octet-stream" \
+                --data-binary "@$file" \
+                "${GITHUB_SERVER_URL}/api/v1/repos/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}/releases/${RELEASE_ID}/assets?name=${FILENAME}"
+              echo "Uploaded $FILENAME"
+            fi
+          done
+
+          echo "Release created successfully: ${GITHUB_SERVER_URL}/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}/releases/tag/${TAG_NAME}"