diff --git a/podman-gitea/ci_build-images.sh b/podman-gitea/ci_build-images.sh
index 0f70873..2921485 100755
--- a/podman-gitea/ci_build-images.sh
+++ b/podman-gitea/ci_build-images.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ buildfolder=/tmp/gitea-$$
 
 if ! podman image exists ${gitea_image}:${gitea_version}; then
     mkdir ${buildfolder} &&
-        curl -sSfL -- "https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/archive/v${gitea_version}.tar.gz" | tar xz --strip-components=1 -C ${buildfolder}/ && {
+        git clone -b v${gitea_version} --depth=1 https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/ ${buildfolder} && {
 	    TMPDIR=${HOME} podman image build \
 		  --label org.opencontainers.image.version="${gitea_version}" \
 		  -t ${gitea_image}:${gitea_version} -f ${buildfolder}/Dockerfile ${buildfolder}