diff --git a/admin/release b/admin/release
index abc425daa36b..ac37fdfad6e8 100755
--- a/admin/release
+++ b/admin/release
@@ -124,8 +124,9 @@ done
 # add the docs
 mv user_guide_src/build/epub/CodeIgniter4.epub dist/CodeIgniter-${version}${qualifier}.epub
 
-zip -r  dist/v${version}${qualifier}.zip build/*
-tar -zcvf  dist/v${version}${qualifier}.tar.gz build/*
+cd build
+zip -r  ../dist/v${version}${qualifier}.zip *
+tar -zcvf  ../dist/v${version}${qualifier}.tar.gz *
 
 #---------------------------------------------------
 # Done for now