diff --git a/ci/publish-gitea-release.sh b/ci/publish-gitea-release.sh
index 97f0a02..63d71ee 100644
--- a/ci/publish-gitea-release.sh
+++ b/ci/publish-gitea-release.sh
@@ -62,15 +62,16 @@ for archive in "${assets[@]}"; do
       continue
     fi
     file="$tmp/$name"
+    upload_response="$tmp/upload.json"
     curl --fail-with-body --silent --show-error --retry 3 --netrc-file "$netrc" \
       "$gitea_base/api/packages/justme/generic/monitor-node/$version/$name" -o "$file"
     status="$(curl --silent --show-error --retry 3 --netrc-file "$netrc" \
-      --header 'Content-Type: application/octet-stream' --upload-file "$file" \
-      --output /dev/null --write-out '%{http_code}' \
+      --request POST --header 'Content-Type: application/octet-stream' --data-binary "@$file" \
+      --output "$upload_response" --write-out '%{http_code}' \
       "$api/releases/$release_id/assets?name=$name")"
     case "$status" in
       2*) echo "attached $name" ;;
-      *) echo "Gitea Release asset upload failed for $name (HTTP $status)" >&2; exit 1 ;;
+      *) echo "Gitea Release asset upload failed for $name (HTTP $status)" >&2; cat "$upload_response" >&2; exit 1 ;;
     esac
   done
 done