diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
index ac01a36..873f7a3 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
@@ -59,13 +59,18 @@ jobs:
             -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
             -d "{\"tag_name\":\"v$VERSION\",\"name\":\"LinkLog $VERSION\",\"draft\":false,\"prerelease\":false}" \
             https://git.kolkman.org/api/v1/repos/olaf/Link-Log/releases)
+          if [ "$response_status" = 409 ]; then
+            response_status=$(curl --silent --show-error -o "$response_file" -w '%{http_code}' \
+              -H "Authorization: token $RELEASE_TOKEN" \
+              "https://git.kolkman.org/api/v1/repos/olaf/Link-Log/releases/tags/v$VERSION")
+          fi
           if [ "$response_status" -lt 200 ] || [ "$response_status" -ge 300 ]; then
             cat "$response_file" >&2
             exit 1
           fi
           response=$(cat "$response_file")
           rm -f "$response_file"
-          release_id=$(printf '%s' "$response" | jq -r '.id')
+          release_id=$(printf '%s' "$response" | python3 -c 'import json, sys; print(json.load(sys.stdin)["id"])')
           test "$release_id" != null
           test "$release_id" != 0
           upload_url="https://git.kolkman.org/api/v1/repos/olaf/Link-Log/releases/$release_id/assets"