diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index ba6747c2..4513b742 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -64,8 +64,18 @@ jobs:
           cache: false
 
       - name: install autotag binary
+        # To bump: update AUTOTAG_VERSION and fetch the new SHA from the release's
+        # checksums.txt (autotag_<version>_checksums.txt, line matching 'autotag_linux_amd64$').
+        env:
+          AUTOTAG_VERSION: 1.4.3
+          AUTOTAG_SHA256: 85e7ec97d732800bb838085fd3f2e19b2aa2ee3a8da0db7fd0aaf4113a279f3a
         run: |
-          curl -sL https://git.io/autotag-install | sh -s -- -b "${RUNNER_TEMP}/bin"
+          set -euo pipefail
+          mkdir -p "${RUNNER_TEMP}/bin"
+          curl -fsSLo "${RUNNER_TEMP}/bin/autotag" \
+            "https://github.com/autotag-dev/autotag/releases/download/v${AUTOTAG_VERSION}/autotag_linux_amd64"
+          echo "${AUTOTAG_SHA256}  ${RUNNER_TEMP}/bin/autotag" | sha256sum -c -
+          chmod +x "${RUNNER_TEMP}/bin/autotag"
           echo "${RUNNER_TEMP}/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
 
       - name: Install GoReleaser