diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 3a2aa05..3c09ab8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -15,11 +15,20 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          sparse-checkout-cone-mode: false
+          sparse-checkout: |
+            CMake*
+            Config.cmake.in
+            cmake/*
+            README.md
+            LICENSE
+            Makefile
+            str_view/*
 
       - name: Create Release Zip
         run: |
-          git rm -r --cached tests samples images res vcpkg etc || true
-          git archive $( git write-tree ) --format=zip --output=str_view-${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}.zip
+          git archive HEAD --format=zip --output=str_view-${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}.zip
           echo "ZIP_FILE=str_view-${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}.zip" >> $GITHUB_ENV 
 
       - name: Create Release