diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 5f5bcf3ce7..a420306a36 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ jobs:
           echo 'Zip and tar...'
           zip -rq $zipName . -x "*.git*" "*.ci*" "*.github*" "*node_modules*" "*output.txt*"
           touch $tarName
-          tar --exclude=$tarName --exclude='./.git' --exclude='./.ci' --exclude='./.github' --exclude='./node_modules' --exclude='./output.txt' -czf $tarName .
+          tar --exclude=$tarName --exclude=$zipName --exclude='./.git' --exclude='./.ci' --exclude='./.github' --exclude='./node_modules' --exclude='./output.txt' -czf $tarName .
 
           # add sha256 sum
           echo 'Sha sum ...'