diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 7b6c1356..2188ec25 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Download kpt CLI
-        run: mkdir -p bin && curl -v -o bin/kpt https://github.com/kptdev/kpt/releases/download/v1.0.0-beta.55/kpt_linux_amd64 && chmod +x bin/kpt
+        run: mkdir -p bin && wget -O bin/kpt https://github.com/kptdev/kpt/releases/download/v1.0.0-beta.55/kpt_linux_amd64 && chmod +x bin/kpt
 
       - name: Build porch blueprint
         run: PATH=./bin:$PATH IMAGE_REPO=docker.io/nephio IMAGE_TAG=${{ github.ref_name }} make deployment-config