diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-release-binaries.yml b/.github/workflows/build-release-binaries.yml
index 8a35a88f..29bdde64 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-release-binaries.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-release-binaries.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ jobs:
           - bin: swap
             target: x86_64-apple-darwin
             os: macos-12
+            archive_ext: tar
           - bin: swap
             target: aarch64-apple-darwin
             os: macos-latest