diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/build-apk.yml b/.gitea/workflows/build-apk.yml
index f5f6db5..dcf6775 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/build-apk.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/build-apk.yml
@@ -144,15 +144,16 @@ jobs:
           API="${{ github.api_url }}/repos/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}"
           TAG_COMMIT=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
           echo "== Creating tag v${NEXT_VERSION} at ${TAG_COMMIT} =="
-          TAG_RESP=$(curl -sS -X POST "$API/git/refs" \
+          # Gitea has no POST /git/refs (405); use the tags API instead.
+          TAG_RESP=$(curl -sS -X POST "$API/tags" \
             -H "Authorization: token $GITHUB_TOKEN" \
             -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-            -d "{\"ref\":\"refs/tags/v${NEXT_VERSION}\",\"sha\":\"${TAG_COMMIT}\"}")
+            -d "{\"tag_name\":\"v${NEXT_VERSION}\",\"target\":\"${TAG_COMMIT}\"}")
           echo "$TAG_RESP" | python3 -c "
           import json, sys
           d = json.load(sys.stdin)
-          if 'ref' in d:
-              print('  tag created: ' + d['ref'])
+          if 'name' in d:
+              print('  tag created: ' + d['name'])
           elif 'message' in d and 'already' in str(d['message']).lower():
               print('  tag already exists: ' + str(d['message']))
           else: