diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
index 012f105..e75120a 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
@@ -18,16 +18,20 @@ jobs:
           curl -sSL https://github.com/git-chglog/git-chglog/releases/download/v0.15.1/git-chglog_0.15.1_linux_amd64.tar.gz | tar -xz
           sudo mv git-chglog /usr/local/bin/
 
-      - name: Setup Locale
+      - name: Set UTF-8 locale
         run: |
-          sudo locale-gen en_US.UTF-8 || true
-          export LANG=en_US.UTF-8
-          export LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
+          sudo apt update
+          sudo apt install -y locales
+          sudo locale-gen en_US.UTF-8
+          sudo update-locale LANG=en_US.UTF-8
+        shell: bash
+
+      - name: Export UTF-8 env vars
+        run: |
+          echo "LANG=en_US.UTF-8" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Generate changelog
-        env:
-          LANG: en_US.UTF-8
-          LC_ALL: en_US.UTF-8
         run: |
           git-chglog $(git describe --tags --abbrev=0) > RELEASE_NOTES.md