diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
index 689dd5ce..3befc59b 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -87,14 +87,16 @@ jobs:
           ASSET=$(ls dist/Mopidy_*.tar.gz dist/Mopidy-*.tar.gz 2>/dev/null | head -1)
           API="http://gitea.service:3000/api/v1/repos/secstate/Iris"
 
-          # Delete old continuous tag/release if exists
+          # Delete old release first (by tag lookup), then delete the tag
+          OLD_ID=$(curl -sf "${API}/releases/tags/continuous" \
+            -H "Authorization: token ${GITEA_TOKEN}" \
+            | python3 -c "import sys,json;print(json.load(sys.stdin).get('id',''))" 2>/dev/null)
+          if [ -n "$OLD_ID" ]; then
+            curl -sf -X DELETE "${API}/releases/${OLD_ID}" \
+              -H "Authorization: token ${GITEA_TOKEN}" || true
+          fi
           curl -sf -X DELETE "${API}/tags/continuous" \
             -H "Authorization: token ${GITEA_TOKEN}" || true
-          curl -sf "${API}/releases/tags/continuous" \
-            -H "Authorization: token ${GITEA_TOKEN}" \
-            | python3 -c "import sys,json;print(json.load(sys.stdin).get('id',''))" 2>/dev/null \
-            | xargs -I{} curl -sf -X DELETE "${API}/releases/{}" \
-              -H "Authorization: token ${GITEA_TOKEN}" || true
 
           # Create release and upload asset
           RELEASE_ID=$(curl -sf -X POST "${API}/releases" \