diff --git a/releasing/README.md b/releasing/README.md
index f77f7ef3..5a306fdc 100644
--- a/releasing/README.md
+++ b/releasing/README.md
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ The last step is to update the Homebrew recipe to use the latest version. First,
 
 ```sh
 # download the source archive from GitHub
-URL=https://github.com/fullstorydev/grpcurl/archive/v2.3.4.tar.gz
+URL=https://github.com/fullstorydev/grpcurl/archive/refs/tags/v2.3.4.tar.gz
 curl -L -o tmp.tgz $URL
 # and compute the SHA
 SHA="$(sha256sum < tmp.tgz | awk '{ print $1 }')"
diff --git a/releasing/do-release.sh b/releasing/do-release.sh
index ab027bdc..4c9d44e7 100755
--- a/releasing/do-release.sh
+++ b/releasing/do-release.sh
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ rm VERSION
 
 # Homebrew release
 
-URL="https://github.com/fullstorydev/grpcurl/archive/${VERSION}.tar.gz"
+URL="https://github.com/fullstorydev/grpcurl/archive/refs/tags/${VERSION}.tar.gz"
 curl -L -o tmp.tgz "$URL"
 SHA="$(sha256sum < tmp.tgz | awk '{ print $1 }')"
 rm tmp.tgz