diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
index 7f8222c..fae48f9 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
@@ -24,13 +24,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Extract metadata from plugin.xml
         id: meta
         run: |
-          # Ensure plugin.xml exists
           if [ ! -f plugin.xml ]; then
             echo "❌ plugin.xml not found!" >&2
             exit 1
           fi
 
-          # Extract name and version (adjust XPath to your XML structure)
           NAME=$(xmllint --xpath "string(//name)" plugin.xml)
           VERSION=v$(xmllint --xpath "string(//version)" plugin.xml)
 
@@ -39,23 +37,27 @@ jobs:
             exit 1
           fi
 
-          echo "PLUGIN_NAME=$NAME" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          echo "VERSION=$VERSION" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          echo "FILENAME=${NAME}-${VERSION}.zip" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          # Sanitize the name to a safe slug (lowercase, replace non-alnum with '-')
+          SLUG=$(echo "$NAME" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | sed -E 's/[^a-z0-9]+/-/g; s/^-+//; s/-+$//')
 
-          echo "✅ Plugin: $NAME, Version: $VERSION"
+          echo "PLUGIN_NAME=$NAME" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "SLUG=$SLUG" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "VERSION=$VERSION" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "FILENAME=${SLUG}-${VERSION}.zip" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+          echo "✅ Plugin: $NAME, Slug: $SLUG, Version: $VERSION"
 
       # ------------------------------------------------------------
       # 2. Prepare package (copy everything EXCEPT plugin.xml, .git, .github)
       # ------------------------------------------------------------
       - name: Prepare package
         run: |
-          mkdir -p build/"$PLUGIN_NAME"
+          mkdir -p build/"$SLUG"
           rsync -a \
             --exclude='.git' \
             --exclude='.github' \
             --exclude='plugin.xml' \
-            ./ build/"$PLUGIN_NAME"/
+            ./ build/"$SLUG"/
 
       # ------------------------------------------------------------
       # 3. Build the zip
@@ -63,7 +65,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build plugin zip
         run: |
           cd build
-          zip -r "../$FILENAME" "$PLUGIN_NAME"
+          zip -r "../$FILENAME" "$SLUG"
           cd ..
 
       # ------------------------------------------------------------