diff --git a/templates/module-release.yml b/templates/module-release.yml
index 2b909e8325c43b0c8808ef5cbcbb7b067b169d31..e3ad7235f2e3eb935363990088dbb8ff30b5009c 100644
--- a/templates/module-release.yml
+++ b/templates/module-release.yml
@@ -34,18 +34,21 @@ spec:
 
 '$[[ inputs.as ]]':
   stage: $[[ inputs.stage ]]
-  image: curlimages/curl:8.8.0
+  image: debian:bookworm-slim
   variables:
     TAR_FILENAME: /tmp/${CI_PROJECT_NAME}-${CI_COMMIT_SHA}.tgz
     GITLAB_TOFU_ROOT_DIR: $[[ inputs.root_dir ]]
     UPLOAD_URL:
       ${CI_API_V4_URL}/projects/${CI_PROJECT_ID}/packages/terraform/modules/$[[ inputs.module_name ]]/$[[ inputs.module_system ]]/$[[ inputs.module_version ]]/file
+  before_script:
+    - apt update && apt install -y --no-install-recommends ca-certificates curl
   script:
     - >-
       tar -vczf "$TAR_FILENAME"
       -C "$GITLAB_TOFU_ROOT_DIR"
       --exclude=./.git
       --exclude=./.terraform*
+      --exclude-ignore=.tarignore
       .
     - >-
       curl