diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index fe8f0a6..6687fc3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -5,17 +5,17 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   release:
-    # We use Ubuntu 20.04 to have an older version of the file tool.
-    # If we used a newer Ubuntu it it would complain about incompatible magic
-    # file format on older Ubuntu versions.
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    # Compiled magic files are incompatible with older and (for whatever
+    # reason) also newer versions of `file`.
+    # Therefore, we only release the concatenated, compressed source file.
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
       - name: Install Make
-        run: sudo apt-get install make
+        run: sudo apt-get install make xz-utils
 
       - name: Build
         run: make all
@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ jobs:
         uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
         if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
         with:
-          files: firmware.mgc
+          files: firmware.xz
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 52c76f1..bd0d0cf 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,11 +1,19 @@
-all: firmware.mgc
+all: mgc xz
+
+mgc: firmware.mgc
 
 firmware.mgc: firmware
 	file -C -m firmware
 
+xz: firmware.xz
+
+firmware.xz: firmware
+	xz -f -7 -k firmware
+
 firmware:
 	cat mime/* > firmware
 
 clean:
 	rm -f firmware
 	rm -f firmware.mgc
+	rm -f firmware.xz