diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 602ce5d..ff248db 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -55,11 +55,10 @@ jobs:
           bun build --compile --target=bun-linux-x64    ./src/index.ts --outfile release/ct-linux-x64
           chmod +x release/ct-darwin-arm64 release/ct-darwin-x64 release/ct-linux-x64
 
-      - name: Package npm-pack tarball
-        run: |
-          npm pack --pack-destination release
-          mv release/*.tgz release/ct-cli.tgz
-
+      # The release tarball is packed in the `release` job (via @semantic-release/exec)
+      # AFTER semantic-release bumps the version — packing it here would embed the
+      # placeholder 0.1.0 (see #84). The binaries + INSTALL.md below are version-agnostic
+      # assets the smoke jobs and release attach.
       - name: Write install note
         run: |
           cat > release/INSTALL.md <<'EOF'
@@ -177,5 +176,6 @@ jobs:
             -p @semantic-release/commit-analyzer@13 \
             -p @semantic-release/release-notes-generator@14 \
             -p @semantic-release/npm@12 \
+            -p @semantic-release/exec@6 \
             -p @semantic-release/github@11 \
             semantic-release
diff --git a/.releaserc.json b/.releaserc.json
index 0583a93..c7c337f 100644
--- a/.releaserc.json
+++ b/.releaserc.json
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@
     "@semantic-release/commit-analyzer",
     "@semantic-release/release-notes-generator",
     "@semantic-release/npm",
+    [
+      "@semantic-release/exec",
+      {
+        "//": "Runs AFTER @semantic-release/npm has written the bumped version into package.json, so this tarball carries the real release version (not the placeholder 0.1.0 the build job packs pre-bump). Renamed to the fixed filename the stable releases/latest/download/ct-cli.tgz URL depends on (README + INSTALL.md). See #84.",
+        "prepareCmd": "npm pack --pack-destination release && mv release/eqrm-ct-cli-${nextRelease.version}.tgz release/ct-cli.tgz"
+      }
+    ],
     [
       "@semantic-release/github",
       {