diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index ac1338d..cc15cda 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -51,15 +51,15 @@ jobs:
       run: rustup update stable && rustup default stable && rustup target add ${{ matrix.rust-target }}
     - run: cargo build --release --target ${{ matrix.rust-target }}
       if: ${{ ! matrix.cross }}
-    - run: sudo dpkg --add-architecture arm64 && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y libssl-dev:arm64
-      if: ${{ matrix.cross }}
     - run: cargo install cross
       if: ${{ matrix.cross }}
     - run: cross build --release --target ${{ matrix.rust-target }}
       if: ${{ matrix.cross }}
-    - run: tar -czvf sprocket-${{ matrix.rust-target }}.tar.gz -C ./target/${{ matrix.rust-target }}/release sprocket
+    - run: tar -czvf sprocket-${{ matrix.rust-target }}.tar.gz sprocket
+      working-directory: ./target/${{ matrix.rust-target }}/release
       if: matrix.os != 'windows-latest'
-    - run: cd ./target/${{ matrix.rust-target }}/release && 7z a sprocket-${{ matrix.rust-target }}.zip sprocket.exe
+    - run: 7z a sprocket-${{ matrix.rust-target }}.zip sprocket.exe
+      working-directory: ./target/${{ matrix.rust-target }}/release
       if: matrix.os == 'windows-latest'
     - name: Update the GH release with the new artifact
       uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 29f49ce..70d6c1e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,3 +27,10 @@ tokio = { version = "1.39.1", features = ["full"] }
 tracing-log = "0.2.0"
 indicatif = "0.17.8"
 clap-verbosity-flag = "2.2.1"
+
+# Install openssl for the linux arm64 build
+[workspace.metadata.cross.target.aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu]
+pre-build = [
+    "dpkg --add-architecture $CROSS_DEB_ARCH",
+    "apt-get update && apt-get --assume-yes install libssl-dev:$CROSS_DEB_ARCH"
+]