diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/release.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/release.yaml
index ec4dca0..29bf32c 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -83,17 +83,19 @@ jobs:
           tar_file=$(ls plugin/dist/*.tar.gz | head -n 1)
           api_url="${{ github.server_url }}/api/v1/repos/${{ github.repository }}"
 
-          # server_url may be http while Gitea redirects (308) to https:
-          # curl needs -L or the POST returns an empty body. Release may also
-          # already exist (retried run) — reuse it instead of failing.
+          # server_url is http and Gitea answers with a 308 redirect to https.
+          # curl needs -L to follow, AND --location-trusted: without it curl
+          # drops the Authorization header on the scheme-changing redirect and
+          # Gitea replies "token is required". Release may already exist
+          # (retried run) — reuse it instead of failing.
           fetch_id() { python3 -c "import json,sys;print(json.load(sys.stdin).get('id') or '')" 2>/dev/null; }
 
-          response=$(curl -s -k -L -H "Authorization: token $GITEA_TOKEN" \
+          response=$(curl -s -k -L --location-trusted -H "Authorization: token $GITEA_TOKEN" \
             "$api_url/releases/tags/$tag_name")
           release_id=$(printf '%s' "$response" | fetch_id)
 
           if [ -z "$release_id" ]; then
-            response=$(curl -s -k -L -X POST "$api_url/releases" \
+            response=$(curl -s -k -L --location-trusted -X POST "$api_url/releases" \
               -H "Authorization: token $GITEA_TOKEN" \
               -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
               -d "{\"tag_name\": \"$tag_name\", \"name\": \"$tag_name\", \"body\": \"Release $tag_name for hermes-meshtastic plugin\"}")
@@ -101,11 +103,11 @@ jobs:
           fi
 
           if [ -n "$release_id" ]; then
-            curl -s -k -L -X POST "$api_url/releases/$release_id/assets?name=$(basename "$wheel_file")" \
+            curl -s -k -L --location-trusted -X POST "$api_url/releases/$release_id/assets?name=$(basename "$wheel_file")" \
               -H "Authorization: token $GITEA_TOKEN" \
               -H "Content-Type: application/octet-stream" \
               --data-binary "@$wheel_file"
-            curl -s -k -L -X POST "$api_url/releases/$release_id/assets?name=$(basename "$tar_file")" \
+            curl -s -k -L --location-trusted -X POST "$api_url/releases/$release_id/assets?name=$(basename "$tar_file")" \
               -H "Authorization: token $GITEA_TOKEN" \
               -H "Content-Type: application/octet-stream" \
               --data-binary "@$tar_file"