diff --git a/.github/workflows/smoketest.yml b/.github/workflows/smoketest.yml
index 252b40654d..c3d50d65e1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/smoketest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/smoketest.yml
@@ -21,21 +21,27 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           latest_release=$(git tag --sort=-v:refname | grep -v v1 | head -n 1)
           echo "Latest release: $latest_release"
-          echo "LATEST_RELEASE=$latest_release" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+          echo "LATEST_VERSION=${latest_release#v}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
       - name: Check out the last tagged release
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
-          ref: ${{ env.LATEST_RELEASE }}
+          ref: v${{ env.LATEST_VERSION }}
           fetch-depth: 1
           fetch-tags: true
-      - name: Download the release images
-        uses: dsaltares/fetch-gh-release-asset@master
-        with:
-          repo: TBD54566975/ftl.git
-          version: tags/${{ env.LATEST_RELEASE }}
-          file: ftl-${{ env.LATEST_RELEASE:1 }}.linux-arm64.tar.gz
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          target: last-release.linux-arm64.tar.gz
+      # - name: Download the release images
+      #   uses: dsaltares/fetch-gh-release-asset@master
+      #   with:
+      #     repo: TBD54566975/ftl.git
+      #     version: tags/v${{ env.LATEST_VERSION }}
+      #     file: ftl-${{ env.LATEST_VERSION }}.linux-arm64.tar.gz
+      #     token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      #     target: last-release.linux-arm64.tar.gz
+      - name: Download the last tagged release asset
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          release_url="https://github.com/TBD54566975/ftl/releases/download/v${{ env.LATEST_VERSION }}/ftl-${{ env.LATEST_VERSION }}.linux-amd64.tar.gz"
+          echo "Fetching latest release asset from: $release_url"
+          curl -L "$release_url" --output last-release.linux-amd64.tar.gz
       - name: Replace deployment with release images
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail