diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 89067960656144edc13db1665a6ce7d3d30712bc..744e16bead8b980b4ee39bdb44464fecaa41daf3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ jobs:
           workflow: ant.yml
           if_no_artifact_found: fail
       # remove .zip file extension
-      - run: for f in *.zip; do unzip "$f"; rm "$f"; done
+      - run: for f in *.zip; do unzip -o "$f"; rm "$f"; done
       - run: echo "" | tee -a docs/RELEASE.md
       - run: echo "## Checksums" | tee -a docs/RELEASE.md
       - run: echo "" | tee -a docs/RELEASE.md