diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/build-release.yml b/.gitea/workflows/build-release.yml
index 8c24fe92..624118d1 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/build-release.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/build-release.yml
@@ -190,12 +190,15 @@ jobs:
           # Without nullglob an unmatched pattern stays literal, so test each
           # candidate instead. Same POSIX-only rule as traceability-check.yml.
           #
-          # The .AppImage.tar.gz + .sig pair is what the updater downloads and
-          # verifies; the plain .AppImage is what a human downloads. Both ship.
+          # Tauri v2 signs the .AppImage ITSELF and writes <name>.AppImage.sig
+          # beside it -- there is no .AppImage.tar.gz unless
+          # bundle.createUpdaterArtifacts is set to "v1Compatible". The updater
+          # downloads the same AppImage a human does and verifies that .sig, so
+          # both files must ship or the manifest points at a signature nobody
+          # can fetch.
           for bundle in \
             src-tauri/target/release/bundle/appimage/*.AppImage \
-            src-tauri/target/release/bundle/appimage/*.AppImage.tar.gz \
-            src-tauri/target/release/bundle/appimage/*.AppImage.tar.gz.sig \
+            src-tauri/target/release/bundle/appimage/*.AppImage.sig \
             src-tauri/target/release/bundle/deb/*.deb \
             src-tauri/target/release/bundle/rpm/*.rpm; do
             [ -e "$bundle" ] || continue
@@ -499,8 +502,13 @@ jobs:
           APPIMAGE_URL=""
           NSIS_URL=""
 
-          for f in artifacts/linux/*.AppImage.tar.gz; do
+          # Tauri v2 signs the AppImage itself; <name>.AppImage.sig sits beside
+          # it. Verified against a real signed build before tagging -- the
+          # v1-style .AppImage.tar.gz is never produced with
+          # createUpdaterArtifacts: true.
+          for f in artifacts/linux/*.AppImage; do
             [ -e "$f" ] || continue
+            case "$f" in *.sig) continue;; esac
             APPIMAGE_URL="${BASE}/$(basename "$f")"
             [ -e "$f.sig" ] && APPIMAGE_SIG="$(cat "$f.sig")"
           done
diff --git a/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json b/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
index 4104ae08..73982d7e 100644
--- a/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
+++ b/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
   },
   "bundle": {
     "active": true,
+    "createUpdaterArtifacts": true,
     "targets": [
       "deb",
       "rpm",