diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 437a7812e..7cd7ef531 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   nuget:
-    if: false
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -27,20 +26,19 @@ jobs:
         run: nuget push *.nupkg -Source 'https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json'
         
   release-asset:
+    if: github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    env:
-      NAME: jwt-cpp-${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - run: tar -czf /tmp/$NAME.tar.gz .
+      - run: tar --exclude='./.git' -vczf /tmp/jwt-cpp-${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}.tar.gz .
       - uses: shogo82148/actions-upload-release-asset@v1
         with:
           upload_url: ${{ github.event.release.upload_url }}
-          asset_path: /tmp/$NAME.tar.gz
+          asset_path: /tmp/jwt-cpp-${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}.tar.gz
           
-      - run: zip -r /tmp/$NAME.zip .
+      - run: zip -x './.git/*' -r /tmp/jwt-cpp-${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}.zip .
       - uses: shogo82148/actions-upload-release-asset@v1
         with:
           upload_url: ${{ github.event.release.upload_url }}
-          asset_path: /tmp/$NAME.zip
+          asset_path: /tmp/jwt-cpp-${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}.zip