diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 677bdcf..02a9e70 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -24,8 +24,12 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install upx 3.96
         run: |
           wget https://github.com/upx/upx/releases/download/v3.96/upx-3.96-amd64_linux.tar.xz
-          tar -xf upx-3.96-amd64_linux.tar.xz
-          mv ./upx-3.96-amd64_linux/upx /usr/local/bin/upx
+
+          # --strip-components=number - Strip given number of leading components from file names before extraction.
+          # and extract only ./upx-3.96-amd64_linux/upx file
+          tar --strip-components 1 -xf upx-3.96-amd64_linux.tar.xz ./upx-3.96-amd64_linux/upx
+
+          mv ./upx /usr/local/bin/upx
           upx -V
       - name: Docker Login
         uses: docker/login-action@v1