diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-tag.yml b/.github/workflows/release-tag.yml
index f385732c7..507bb7b4e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-tag.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-tag.yml
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ jobs:
           authToken: "${{ secrets.CACHIX_AUTH_TOKEN }}"
 
       - name: Create Tarball
-        run: git archive --format=tgz -o ghostty-source.tar.gz HEAD
+        run: git archive --format=tgz --prefix=ghostty-source/ -o ghostty-source.tar.gz HEAD
 
       - name: Sign Tarball
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-tip.yml b/.github/workflows/release-tip.yml
index 8370fbff4..d4524d1df 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-tip.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-tip.yml
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ jobs:
           name: ghostty
           authToken: "${{ secrets.CACHIX_AUTH_TOKEN }}"
       - name: Create Tarball
-        run: git archive --format=tgz -o ghostty-source.tar.gz HEAD
+        run: git archive --format=tgz --prefix=ghostty-source/ -o ghostty-source.tar.gz HEAD
       - name: Sign Tarball
         run: |
           echo -n "${{ secrets.MINISIGN_KEY }}" > minisign.key