diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/build-release.yaml b/.forgejo/workflows/build-release.yaml
index 6c93c33..c48afc4 100644
--- a/.forgejo/workflows/build-release.yaml
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/build-release.yaml
@@ -10,12 +10,14 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           echo $(uname -a) $(env | grep container)
           apt update -y
-          apt install -y build-essential liblmdb-dev nodejs libssl-dev git wget python3 python3-pip
+          apt install -y build-essential liblmdb-dev nodejs libssl-dev git wget python3 python3-pip bzip2
       - name: Clone everything
         run: |
           mkdir -p repos
           git clone --depth=1 https://git.musl-libc.org/git/musl repos/musl
-          git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/Mbed-TLS/mbedtls repos/mbed
+          wget https://github.com/Mbed-TLS/mbedtls/releases/download/mbedtls-3.6.1/mbedtls-3.6.1.tar.bz2
+          tar -xvf mbedtls-3.6.1.tar.bz2
+          mv mbedtls-3.6.1/ repos/mbed
           git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/LMDB/lmdb repos/lmdb
           git clone -b add-mbed --single-branch https://git.telodendria.io/lda/Cytoplasm repos/cyto
           echo "PREFIX=$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/usr" >> $GITHUB_ENV
@@ -33,7 +35,6 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           alias musl-gcc="musl-gcc -Wl,-Bstatic -L ${PREFIX}/lib"
           cd repos/mbed
-          git submodule update --init
           python3 -m pip install -r scripts/basic.requirements.txt --break-system-packages
           make CC=musl-gcc -j$(nproc)
           make install DESTDIR=${PREFIX} -j$(nproc)