diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
index c45be2a..09ed295 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
@@ -92,10 +92,9 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           pip install --upgrade pip
           sudo apt update
-          sudo apt install -y \
-            unzip zip curl wget build-essential pkg-config \
-            autoconf automake libtool gettext autopoint \
-            libssl-dev libxml2-dev zlib1g-dev libsqlite3-dev
+          sudo apt install -y unzip zip curl wget build-essential \
+          pkg-config libssl-dev zlib1g-dev
+
 
       - name: Extract tag name
         run: |
@@ -124,22 +123,27 @@ jobs:
           mv "$WORKSPACE_ROOT/dist/linux/ffmpeg_temp/ffmpeg" "$WORKSPACE_ROOT/dist/linux/bin/ffmpeg"
           chmod +x "$WORKSPACE_ROOT/dist/linux/bin/ffmpeg"
 
-          # aria2c Linux static
+          # aria2c minimal fully static
           mkdir -p "$WORKSPACE_ROOT/dist/linux/aria2c_build"
-
           cd "$WORKSPACE_ROOT"
           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
+          CFLAGS="-Os -s" LDFLAGS="-static" ./configure \
+            --enable-static --disable-shared \
+            --disable-libaria2 --without-ca-bundle \
+            --without-libnettle --without-libgcrypt \
+            --without-libssh2 --without-libexpat \
+            --without-libxml2 --without-libsqlite3 \
+            --with-openssl
           make -j"$(nproc)"
-
+          strip src/aria2c
+          
           cp src/aria2c "$WORKSPACE_ROOT/dist/linux/bin/aria2c"
           chmod +x "$WORKSPACE_ROOT/dist/linux/bin/aria2c"
 
-          # Remove temp files and downloaded archives before zipping
-          rm -rf "$WORKSPACE_ROOT/dist/linux/ffmpeg_temp" "$WORKSPACE_ROOT/dist/linux/aria2c_build" "$WORKSPACE_ROOT/dist/linux/ffmpeg.tar.xz" "$WORKSPACE_ROOT/dist/linux/aria2c_build/aria2-1.37.0.tar.gz"
+          # Cleanup
+          rm -rf "$WORKSPACE_ROOT/dist/linux/ffmpeg_temp" "$WORKSPACE_ROOT/dist/linux/aria2c_build" "$WORKSPACE_ROOT/dist/linux/ffmpeg.tar.xz" "$WORKSPACE_ROOT/aria2-1.37.0" "$WORKSPACE_ROOT/aria2-1.37.0.tar.gz"
 
           # Zip everything
           cd "$WORKSPACE_ROOT/dist/linux"