diff --git a/.github/workflows/core.yml b/.github/workflows/core.yml
index c6737d3..df0ee2c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/core.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/core.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,14 @@ jobs:
       - name: REUSE Compliance Check
         uses: fsfe/reuse-action@v2
 
+  release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    name: Release (Make)
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: release application
+        run: make release
+
   package:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     name: Package (Make)
@@ -26,5 +34,6 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: 'artifact'
-          path: 'artifact.tar'
-          if-no-files-found: error
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+          path: 'artifact.tar.gz'
+          if-no-files-found: error
+          compression-level: 0 # Already compressed
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