diff --git a/.github/workflows/tauri-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/tauri-publish.yml
index b6887ae..8ef7563 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tauri-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tauri-publish.yml
@@ -93,6 +93,11 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash
         run: pnpm tauri signer sign --private-key "${{ secrets.TAURI_PRIVATE_KEY }}" --password "${{ secrets.TAURI_PRIVATE_KEY_PASSWORD }}" artifacts/Lichess-Broadcaster-windows.msi
 
+      - name: zip msi for auto-updater (windows)
+        if: matrix.platform == 'windows-latest'
+        shell: pwsh
+        run: Compress-Archive artifacts/Lichess-Broadcaster-windows.msi artifacts/Lichess-Broadcaster-windows.msi.zip
+
       - name: upload release artifacts
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
diff --git a/updater/version.json b/updater/version.json
index 54e6ca8..fe1272e 100644
--- a/updater/version.json
+++ b/updater/version.json
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     },
     "windows-x86_64": {
       "signature": "dW50cnVzdGVkIGNvbW1lbnQ6IHNpZ25hdHVyZSBmcm9tIHRhdXJpIHNlY3JldCBrZXkKUlVTMGJHU1g4RXlreFMzNk4zRDdWeHBQejArWDA4Z2RWL0xtQkZOTTIxYWl6RUtSajladk4xeGFXWmFBYXMrL0E5NFc4OG5SS2o4STFmTnRoRWMyVkhQNkdQYzgzckRUVFFVPQp0cnVzdGVkIGNvbW1lbnQ6IHRpbWVzdGFtcDoxNzIzNjc0ODY1CWZpbGU6TGljaGVzcy1Ccm9hZGNhc3Rlci13aW5kb3dzLm1zaQpIVGRxNDZ2d0FkTHhnUHovZWJzNGF2bHZocTI2RXVpcG91VzgrRHlzL1VXMHJscnJCejgzbldkQWJ2NnA0WVpWckVoS3hreUF6VFRTMjhvd09YYXNCZz09Cg==",
-      "url": "https://github.com/lichess-org/broadcaster/releases/latest/download/Lichess-Broadcaster-windows.msi"
+      "url": "https://github.com/lichess-org/broadcaster/releases/latest/download/Lichess-Broadcaster-windows.msi.zip"
     }
   }
 }