diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/updater.ts b/apps/desktop/src/updater.ts
index 5cf69469f1..f49f4ca450 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/updater.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/updater.ts
@@ -14,11 +14,29 @@ const { autoUpdater } = electronUpdater;
 const UPDATE_POLL_INTERVAL_MS = 60 * 60 * 1000;
 const INITIAL_UPDATE_DELAY_MS = 30 * 1000;
 
-// Blap update feed (same Codeberg release the electron-builder `publish` config points at).
+// Blap update source (Codeberg). NOTE: Codeberg does NOT support the
+// `/releases/latest/download/<file>` alias (it 404s) — only tag-specific
+// `/releases/download/<tag>/<file>` URLs work. So we resolve "latest" via the API
+// and build tag-specific URLs from that, instead of relying on the broken alias.
 const CODEBERG_BASE = "https://codeberg.org/Enkisu/Blap";
-const LINUX_FEED_URL = `${CODEBERG_BASE}/releases/latest/download/latest-linux.yml`;
+const CODEBERG_API = "https://codeberg.org/api/v1/repos/Enkisu/Blap";
 const HOWTO_UPDATE_URL = `${CODEBERG_BASE}/src/branch/main/HOW-TO-UPDATE.md`;
 
+/** Resolve the newest published release via the API. Returns its tag and numeric version. */
+async function getLatestRelease(): Promise<{ tag: string; version: string } | null> {
+    try {
+        const res = await fetch(`${CODEBERG_API}/releases/latest?t=${Date.now()}`);
+        if (!res.ok) return null;
+        const rel = (await res.json()) as { tag_name?: string };
+        const tag = rel.tag_name;
+        if (!tag) return null;
+        return { tag, version: tag.replace(/^v/, "") };
+    } catch (e) {
+        console.log("Couldn't resolve latest release", e);
+        return null;
+    }
+}
+
 function ipcChannelSendUpdateStatus(status: boolean | string): void {
     global.mainWindow?.webContents.send("check_updates", status);
 }
@@ -32,6 +50,16 @@ function installUpdate(): void {
 
 async function pollForUpdates(): Promise<void> {
     try {
+        // Point electron-updater at the latest release's tag-specific download folder
+        // (the baked app-update.yml uses the broken /latest/download/ alias, so we
+        // override it here each poll). electron-updater then fetches <url>/latest.yml.
+        const latest = await getLatestRelease();
+        if (latest) {
+            autoUpdater.setFeedURL({
+                provider: "generic",
+                url: `${CODEBERG_BASE}/releases/download/${latest.tag}`,
+            });
+        }
         await autoUpdater.checkForUpdates();
     } catch (e) {
         console.log("Couldn't check for update", e);
@@ -63,16 +91,13 @@ let lastLinuxNotifiedVersion: string | undefined;
  */
 async function checkLinuxUpdate(): Promise<void> {
     try {
-        const res = await fetch(`${LINUX_FEED_URL}?t=${Date.now()}`);
-        if (!res.ok) return;
-        const text = await res.text();
-        const latest = /^version:\s*(.+)$/m.exec(text)?.[1]?.trim();
-        if (!latest || !isNewer(latest, app.getVersion())) return;
-        if (latest === lastLinuxNotifiedVersion) return; // don't nag every poll
-        lastLinuxNotifiedVersion = latest;
+        const latest = await getLatestRelease();
+        if (!latest || !isNewer(latest.version, app.getVersion())) return;
+        if (latest.version === lastLinuxNotifiedVersion) return; // don't nag every poll
+        lastLinuxNotifiedVersion = latest.version;
         if (!Notification.isSupported()) return;
         const notification = new Notification({
-            title: `Blap ${latest} is available`,
+            title: `Blap ${latest.version} is available`,
             body: "Click to see how to update.",
         });
         notification.on("click", () => void shell.openExternal(HOWTO_UPDATE_URL));