diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
index e7a8ed7..8f731de 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           pip install --upgrade pip
           sudo apt-get update
-          sudo apt-get install -y unzip zip
+          sudo apt-get install -y unzip zip build-essential pkg-config libssl-dev \
+            libxml2-dev zlib1g-dev libsqlite3-dev autoconf automake libtool wget
 
       # ---------------- Windows Package ----------------
       - name: Prepare Windows package
@@ -32,20 +33,16 @@ jobs:
           cp yt-playlist-main.py dist/windows/
           cp yt-playlist-config.json dist/windows/
 
-          # Download latest yt-dlp for Windows
           curl -L -o dist/windows/yt-dlp.exe https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp.exe
 
-          # Download FFmpeg Windows (AMD64 static)
           curl -L -o dist/windows/ffmpeg.zip https://www.gyan.dev/ffmpeg/builds/ffmpeg-release-essentials.zip
           unzip -q dist/windows/ffmpeg.zip -d dist/windows/ffmpeg_temp
           mv $(find dist/windows/ffmpeg_temp -name ffmpeg.exe | head -n 1) dist/windows/ffmpeg.exe
 
-          # Download and extract aria2c Windows
           curl -L -o dist/windows/aria2c.zip https://github.com/aria2/aria2/releases/download/release-1.37.0/aria2-1.37.0-win-64bit-build1.zip
           unzip dist/windows/aria2c.zip -d dist/windows/
           mv dist/windows/aria2-1.37.0-win-64bit-build1/aria2c.exe dist/windows/aria2c.exe
 
-          # Zip everything
           cd dist/windows
           zip -r ../../yt-playlist-windows-${CI_COMMIT_TAG}.zip *
 
@@ -57,25 +54,28 @@ jobs:
           cp yt-playlist-main.py dist/linux/
           cp yt-playlist-config.json dist/linux/
 
-          # Download latest yt-dlp for Linux
           curl -L -o dist/linux/yt-dlp https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp_linux
           chmod +x dist/linux/yt-dlp
 
-          # Download FFmpeg Linux AMD64 static
           curl -L -o dist/linux/ffmpeg.tar.xz https://johnvansickle.com/ffmpeg/releases/ffmpeg-release-amd64-static.tar.xz
           mkdir -p dist/linux/ffmpeg_temp
           tar -xf dist/linux/ffmpeg.tar.xz -C dist/linux/ffmpeg_temp --strip-components=1
           mv dist/linux/ffmpeg_temp/ffmpeg dist/linux/ffmpeg
           chmod +x dist/linux/ffmpeg
 
-          # Download and extract aria2c Linux
-          curl -L -o dist/linux/aria2c.tar.gz https://github.com/aria2/aria2/releases/download/release-1.37.0/aria2-1.37.0.tar.gz
-          mkdir -p dist/linux/aria2c_temp
-          tar -xzf dist/linux/aria2c.tar.gz -C dist/linux/aria2c_temp
-          mv dist/linux/aria2c_temp/aria2-1.37.0/src/aria2c dist/linux/aria2c
+          # ---------------- Build aria2c from source ----------------
+          mkdir -p dist/linux/aria2c_build
+          cd dist/linux/aria2c_build
+          wget https://github.com/aria2/aria2/releases/download/release-1.37.0/aria2-1.37.0.tar.gz
+          tar -xzf aria2-1.37.0.tar.gz
+          cd aria2-1.37.0
+          autoreconf -i
+          ./configure ARIA2_STATIC=yes --with-openssl
+          make -j$(nproc)
+          cp src/aria2c ../../aria2c
+          cd ../../
           chmod +x dist/linux/aria2c
 
-          # Zip everything
           cd dist/linux
           zip -r ../../yt-playlist-linux-${CI_COMMIT_TAG}.zip *
 
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           set -e
           rm -rf dist/windows/ffmpeg_temp dist/windows/aria2-1.37.0-win-64bit-build1
-          rm -rf dist/linux/ffmpeg_temp dist/linux/aria2c_temp
+          rm -rf dist/linux/ffmpeg_temp dist/linux/aria2c_build
 
       # ---------------- Upload Release Assets ----------------
       - name: Upload release assets