diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index da1363a798..9e064ae1db 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           cp LICENSE ./build/bin/
           zip -y -r llama-${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}-bin-macos-arm64.zip ./build/bin/*
-          tar -czvf llama-${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}-bin-macos-arm64.tar.gz -C ./build/bin .
+          tar -czvf llama-${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}-bin-macos-arm64.tar.gz -s ",./,llama-${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}/," -C ./build/bin .
 
       - name: Upload artifacts (zip)
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           cp LICENSE ./build/bin/
           zip -y -r llama-${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}-bin-macos-x64.zip ./build/bin/*
-          tar -czvf llama-${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}-bin-macos-x64.tar.gz -C ./build/bin .
+          tar -czvf llama-${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}-bin-macos-x64.tar.gz -s ",./,llama-${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}/," -C ./build/bin .
 
       - name: Upload artifacts (zip)
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           cp LICENSE ./build/bin/
           zip -y -r llama-${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}-bin-ubuntu-${{ matrix.build }}.zip ./build/bin/*
-          tar -czvf llama-${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}-bin-ubuntu-${{ matrix.build }}.tar.gz -C ./build/bin .
+          tar -czvf llama-${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}-bin-ubuntu-${{ matrix.build }}.tar.gz --transform "s,./,llama-${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}/," -C ./build/bin .
 
       - name: Upload artifacts (zip)
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           cp LICENSE ./build/bin/
           zip -y -r llama-${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}-bin-ubuntu-vulkan-x64.zip ./build/bin/*
-          tar -czvf llama-${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}-bin-ubuntu-vulkan-x64.tar.gz -C ./build/bin .
+          tar -czvf llama-${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}-bin-ubuntu-vulkan-x64.tar.gz --transform "s,./,llama-${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}/," -C ./build/bin .
 
       - name: Upload artifacts (zip)
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4