diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
index 1bf69cc..7a72f0b 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
@@ -342,7 +342,10 @@ jobs:
               my @cmd = (q{curl}, q{-sS}, q{-o}, q{/dev/null}, q{-w}, q{%{http_code}},
                 q{-H}, qq{Authorization: token $ENV{GITEA_TOKEN}},
                 q{-H}, q{Content-Type: application/octet-stream},
-                q{-X}, q{POST}, q{--data-binary}, qq{@$path},
+                # The @ must not sit inside a qq{} string: there it starts an
+                # array interpolation and the upload body collapses to empty,
+                # which Gitea stores as a 201-created zero-byte attachment.
+                q{-X}, q{POST}, q{--data-binary}, q{@} . $path,
                 qq{$ENV{GITEA_SERVER_URL}/api/v1/repos/$ENV{GITEA_REPOSITORY}/releases/$id/assets?name=$name});
               open(my $curl, q{-|}, @cmd) or die qq{curl: $!};
               my $code = <$curl>;