diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index ebc6cc70f52cc6e6c33b57ae306cc0461babf50b..2f794aadb04f05876132f3d24e70476102a9de25 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ upload:
     - if: $CI_COMMIT_TAG
   script:
     - |
-      curl --header "JOB-TOKEN: ${CI_JOB_TOKEN}" --upload-file target/release/gcli "${PACKAGE_REGISTRY_URL}"
+      curl --header "JOB-TOKEN: ${CI_JOB_TOKEN}" --header "Content-Type: application/octet-stream" --upload-file target/release/gcli "${PACKAGE_REGISTRY_URL}"
 
 # create a gitlab release pointing to this binary
 release: