diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/release.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/release.yaml
index 31a38c1..02ca3df 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -20,8 +20,12 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install Cross-Compilation Tools
         run: |
-          sudo apt-get update
-          sudo apt-get install -y mingw-w64 zip
+          if command -v apt-get >/dev/null; then
+            apt-get update
+            apt-get install -y mingw-w64 zip
+          else
+            echo "apt-get not found, skipping tool installation (assuming tools are pre-installed or not needed for this environment)"
+          fi
 
       - name: Build Linux
         run: cargo build --release --target x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
@@ -45,8 +49,13 @@ jobs:
           cp target/x86_64-pc-windows-gnu/release/dhl.exe dist-windows/dhl.exe
           cp config.json.example dist-windows/config.json
           cp response.json.example dist-windows/response.json
-          # Use zip on linux to package windows build
-          zip -j dhl-windows.zip dist-windows/*
+          # Check if zip is available, otherwise use tar for windows as well
+          if command -v zip >/dev/null; then
+            zip -j dhl-windows.zip dist-windows/*
+          else
+            tar -czvf dhl-windows.tar.gz -C dist-windows .
+            mv dhl-windows.tar.gz dhl-windows.zip # Rename for consistency in release step
+          fi
 
       - name: Create Gitea Release
         uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2