diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-server.yml b/.github/workflows/release-server.yml
index 5679c9a1..43c5c45d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-server.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-server.yml
@@ -136,6 +136,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Upload server artifacts to GitHub Release
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          # Required: this job has no checkout; without GH_REPO, `gh` shells out to
+          # git and fails with "not a git repository".
+          GH_REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
           TAG_NAME: ${{ github.ref_name }}
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
@@ -168,10 +171,11 @@ jobs:
 
           if [ "$found" -ne 1 ]; then
             echo "Creating GitHub Release ${TAG_NAME} (version-bump did not publish it in time)"
+            # No --verify-tag: release job has no .git checkout.
             gh release create "$TAG_NAME" \
               --title "BetterDesk ${TAG_NAME#v}" \
               --notes "BetterDesk ${TAG_NAME#v} server artifacts." \
-              --verify-tag
+              --target "${GITHUB_SHA}"
           fi
 
           gh release upload "$TAG_NAME" \
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7816f4b7..b7f1d3ba 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 ## [Unreleased]
 
-### Changed
-- _(none yet)_
+### Fixed
+- Go Server release job: set `GH_REPO` so `gh` works without a git checkout (upload no longer
+  fails with `not a git repository`).
+
 
 ---