diff --git a/release.sh b/release.sh
index 0afcd41..3f263e1 100755
--- a/release.sh
+++ b/release.sh
@@ -129,14 +129,18 @@ unzip -p "$ZIP_PATH" cf7-spam-to-telegram/cf7-spam-to-telegram.php \
     | grep -q "CF7STG_VERSION', '${VERSION}'" \
     || fail "zip sanity: CF7STG_VERSION mismatch inside $ZIP_PATH"
 
-unzip -l "$ZIP_PATH" | grep -q "cf7-spam-to-telegram/includes/lib/plugin-update-checker/plugin-update-checker.php" \
+# Cache zip listing once — `unzip -l | grep -q` triggers SIGPIPE to unzip with
+# set -o pipefail, falsely failing the pipeline. Capture the list, then grep the string.
+ZIP_LISTING="$(unzip -l "$ZIP_PATH")"
+
+grep -q "cf7-spam-to-telegram/includes/lib/plugin-update-checker/plugin-update-checker.php" <<< "$ZIP_LISTING" \
     || fail "zip sanity: PUC loader missing from $ZIP_PATH"
 
-unzip -l "$ZIP_PATH" | grep -q "cf7-spam-to-telegram/wp-plugin-info.json" \
+grep -q "cf7-spam-to-telegram/wp-plugin-info.json" <<< "$ZIP_LISTING" \
     || fail "zip sanity: wp-plugin-info.json missing from $ZIP_PATH"
 
 for dev in tests/ docs/ composer.json composer.lock phpunit.xml release.sh CLAUDE.md AGENTS.md .gitattributes .gitignore; do
-    if unzip -l "$ZIP_PATH" | grep -q "cf7-spam-to-telegram/${dev}"; then
+    if grep -q "cf7-spam-to-telegram/${dev}" <<< "$ZIP_LISTING"; then
         fail "zip sanity: dev file must not be in zip: $dev"
     fi
 done
diff --git a/tests/UpdateCheckerIntegrationTest.php b/tests/UpdateCheckerIntegrationTest.php
index 2d105ee..25eaf64 100644
--- a/tests/UpdateCheckerIntegrationTest.php
+++ b/tests/UpdateCheckerIntegrationTest.php
@@ -54,15 +54,23 @@ final class UpdateCheckerIntegrationTest extends Cf7stgTestCase
         );
     }
 
-    public function test_wp_plugin_info_json_download_url_contains_expected_asset_name(): void
+    public function test_wp_plugin_info_json_download_url_is_gitea_asset_url(): void
     {
         $data = json_decode(file_get_contents(self::WP_PLUGIN_INFO_JSON), true);
-        $expectedAssetName = 'cf7-spam-to-telegram-' . $data['version'] . '.zip';
-        self::assertStringContainsString(
-            $expectedAssetName,
-            $data['download_url'],
-            "download_url must contain expected asset name $expectedAssetName"
+        $url = $data['download_url'];
+        self::assertNotEmpty($url, 'download_url must not be empty');
+        self::assertStringStartsWith(
+            'https://git.netranking.ru/',
+            $url,
+            'download_url must point to our Gitea host'
         );
+        // Gitea returns one of two formats for release asset URLs:
+        //   https://git.netranking.ru/<owner>/<repo>/releases/download/<tag>/<name>
+        //   https://git.netranking.ru/attachments/<uuid>
+        // We cannot assert the asset name in the URL because the UUID format
+        // (used by git.netranking.ru) omits the filename entirely. Freshness
+        // is enforced indirectly: the plugin version must match CF7STG_VERSION
+        // (see test above), so a stale JSON would fail that test instead.
     }
 
     public function test_plugin_class_has_register_update_checker_method(): void