diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index e249cb7..bbe6490 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -204,6 +204,24 @@ release_download_url() {
   fi
 }
 
+release_latest_tag_download_url() {
+  if [ -n "$binary_url" ] || [ -n "$binary_base" ] || [ "$binary_version" != "latest" ] || [ -z "$repo" ]; then
+    return 1
+  fi
+  web_base="$(repo_web_base "$repo")" || return 1
+  latest_url="$(curl -fsSL -o /dev/null -w '%{url_effective}' "$web_base/releases/latest" 2>/dev/null || true)"
+  case "$latest_url" in
+    "$web_base"/releases/tag/*)
+      tag="${latest_url##"$web_base"/releases/tag/}"
+      [ -n "$tag" ] || return 1
+      printf '%s/releases/download/%s/%s\n' "$web_base" "$tag" "$(release_artifact_name)"
+      ;;
+    *)
+      return 1
+      ;;
+  esac
+}
+
 find_extracted_binary() {
   find "$1" -type f -name "$2" 2>/dev/null | sed -n '1p'
 }
@@ -256,7 +274,12 @@ try_install_prebuilt() {
   need tar
   if ! curl -fL "$download_url" -o "$archive"; then
     echo "prebuilt unavailable: $download_url" >&2
-    return 1
+    alt_download_url="$(release_latest_tag_download_url || true)"
+    if [ -z "$alt_download_url" ] || ! curl -fL "$alt_download_url" -o "$archive"; then
+      [ -z "$alt_download_url" ] || echo "prebuilt unavailable: $alt_download_url" >&2
+      return 1
+    fi
+    download_url="$alt_download_url"
   fi
   verify_archive_checksum "$download_url" "$archive" "$checksum_file" || return 1
   mkdir -p "$tmpdir/extract"
diff --git a/scripts/upload-gitea-release.sh b/scripts/upload-gitea-release.sh
index c530209..5212ddf 100755
--- a/scripts/upload-gitea-release.sh
+++ b/scripts/upload-gitea-release.sh
@@ -66,11 +66,29 @@ if [ -z "$release_id" ]; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
+delete_existing_asset() {
+  name="$1"
+  if ! command -v jq >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    return 0
+  fi
+  printf '%s\n' "$release_json" \
+    | jq -r --arg name "$name" '.assets[]? | select(.name == $name) | .id' \
+    | while IFS= read -r asset_id; do
+      [ -n "$asset_id" ] || continue
+      echo "replacing $name"
+      curl -fsS \
+        -H "$auth_header" \
+        -X DELETE \
+        "$api/releases/$release_id/assets/$asset_id" >/dev/null
+    done
+}
+
 for artifact in "$@"; do
   if [ ! -f "$artifact" ]; then
     continue
   fi
   name="$(basename "$artifact")"
+  delete_existing_asset "$name"
   echo "uploading $name"
   curl -fsS \
     -H "$auth_header" \
diff --git a/src/bin/dosh-client.rs b/src/bin/dosh-client.rs
index 65c1c3a..30dd9f1 100644
--- a/src/bin/dosh-client.rs
+++ b/src/bin/dosh-client.rs
@@ -1110,6 +1110,38 @@ fn latest_release_download_url(repo: &str, artifact: &str) -> Option<String> {
     Some(format!("{web}/releases/latest/download/{artifact}"))
 }
 
+fn latest_release_tag_download_url(repo: &str, artifact: &str) -> Result<Option<String>> {
+    let web = repo
+        .strip_suffix(".git")
+        .unwrap_or(repo)
+        .trim_end_matches('/');
+    if !web.starts_with("http://") && !web.starts_with("https://") {
+        return Ok(None);
+    }
+    let output = Command::new("curl")
+        .arg("-fsSL")
+        .arg("-o")
+        .arg("/dev/null")
+        .arg("-w")
+        .arg("%{url_effective}")
+        .arg(format!("{web}/releases/latest"))
+        .stdin(Stdio::null())
+        .output()
+        .with_context(|| format!("resolve latest release for {web}"))?;
+    if !output.status.success() {
+        return Ok(None);
+    }
+    let effective = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout);
+    let prefix = format!("{web}/releases/tag/");
+    let Some(tag) = effective.strip_prefix(&prefix) else {
+        return Ok(None);
+    };
+    if tag.is_empty() {
+        return Ok(None);
+    }
+    Ok(Some(format!("{web}/releases/download/{tag}/{artifact}")))
+}
+
 fn url_reachable(url: &str) -> Result<bool> {
     let status = Command::new("curl")
         .arg("-fsIL")
@@ -1130,19 +1162,23 @@ fn run_update(config: &dosh::config::ClientConfig, check_only: bool) -> Result<(
     let raw_base = raw_base_from_repo(&repo);
     let installer = format!("{raw_base}/raw/branch/main/install.sh");
     let artifact = release_artifact_name();
-    let binary_url = latest_release_download_url(&repo, artifact);
     if check_only {
         println!("dosh {}", env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION"));
         println!("repo: {repo}");
         println!("installer: {installer}");
-        if let Some(binary_url) = &binary_url {
-            let status = if url_reachable(binary_url)? {
-                "available"
-            } else {
-                "missing"
-            };
+        if let Some(latest_url) = latest_release_download_url(&repo, artifact) {
+            let mut status = "missing";
+            let mut display_url = latest_url.clone();
+            if url_reachable(&latest_url)? {
+                status = "available";
+            } else if let Some(tag_url) = latest_release_tag_download_url(&repo, artifact)?
+                && url_reachable(&tag_url)?
+            {
+                status = "available";
+                display_url = tag_url;
+            }
             println!("prebuilt: {status} ({artifact})");
-            println!("prebuilt_url: {binary_url}");
+            println!("prebuilt_url: {display_url}");
         } else {
             println!("prebuilt: unavailable for non-HTTP repo");
         }