diff --git a/.github/workflows/cd.yml b/.github/workflows/cd.yml
index 090d885..53e667d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cd.yml
@@ -66,7 +66,13 @@ jobs:
           "$GCC_PREFIX"strip $BINARY_NAME
 
           ########## create tar.gz ##########
-          RELEASE_NAME="hc-runner-${{  github.ref_name }}-${{ matrix.job.os-name }}-${{ matrix.job.architecture }}"
+
+          # For releases, ref_name will be something like `v1.2.3`, but we want to make sure the
+          # packaging is also working for non-release runs, using something like `branchname`.
+          REFNAME=${{  github.ref_name }}
+          # Avoid issues with refnames that have slashes, like `hc-runner-dependabot/cargo/h2-0.3.26`
+          REFNAME=${REFNAME//\//-}
+          RELEASE_NAME="hc-runner-${REFNAME}-${{ matrix.job.os-name }}-${{ matrix.job.architecture }}"
           tar czvf "$RELEASE_NAME.tar.gz" "$BINARY_NAME"
 
           ########## create sha256 ##########