diff --git a/lib/start-proxy-action.js b/lib/start-proxy-action.js
index ac2e1c5af1..e770acf87a 100644
--- a/lib/start-proxy-action.js
+++ b/lib/start-proxy-action.js
@@ -49682,7 +49682,14 @@ async function getProxyBinaryPath(logger) {
   const proxyInfo = await getDownloadUrl(logger);
   let proxyBin = toolcache.find(proxyFileName, proxyInfo.version);
   if (!proxyBin) {
-    const temp = await toolcache.downloadTool(proxyInfo.url);
+    const temp = await toolcache.downloadTool(
+      proxyInfo.url,
+      void 0,
+      void 0,
+      {
+        accept: "application/octet-stream"
+      }
+    );
     const extracted = await toolcache.extractTar(temp);
     proxyBin = await toolcache.cacheDir(
       extracted,
diff --git a/src/start-proxy-action.ts b/src/start-proxy-action.ts
index 6ce3b70ff4..c0a8d3c7f9 100644
--- a/src/start-proxy-action.ts
+++ b/src/start-proxy-action.ts
@@ -192,7 +192,14 @@ async function getProxyBinaryPath(logger: Logger): Promise<string> {
 
   let proxyBin = toolcache.find(proxyFileName, proxyInfo.version);
   if (!proxyBin) {
-    const temp = await toolcache.downloadTool(proxyInfo.url);
+    const temp = await toolcache.downloadTool(
+      proxyInfo.url,
+      undefined,
+      undefined,
+      {
+        accept: "application/octet-stream",
+      },
+    );
     const extracted = await toolcache.extractTar(temp);
     proxyBin = await toolcache.cacheDir(
       extracted,