diff --git a/.github/scripts/package-cli.sh b/.github/scripts/package-cli.sh
index 4eb51afd70..7e17c1c38d 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/package-cli.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/package-cli.sh
@@ -37,4 +37,4 @@ cp bin/lff.ps1 "${outname}/bin/lff.ps1"
 # zip/tar everything - the files will be put into the build_upload directory
 mkdir -p build_upload
 zip --symlinks -r "build_upload/${outname}.zip" "${outname}"
-tar cvf "build_upload/${outname}.tar.gz" "${outname}"
+tar zcvf "build_upload/${outname}.tar.gz" "${outname}"