diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index ae8543d..6b7a68f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -112,14 +112,14 @@ jobs:
           GH_REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
         run: |
           gh release upload "${{ needs.draft_release.outputs.tag }}" powersync-sqlite-core.xcframework.tar.xz
-          gh release upload "${{ needs.draft_release.outputs.tag }}" powersync-sqlite-core.xcframework.tar.gz
+          gh release upload "${{ needs.draft_release.outputs.tag }}" powersync-sqlite-core.xcframework.zip
 
       # For SPM package
       - name: Compute checksum and update Package.swift
         run: |
-          CHECKSUM=$(swift package compute-checksum powersync-sqlite-core.xcframework.tar.gz)
+          CHECKSUM=$(swift package compute-checksum powersync-sqlite-core.xcframework.zip)
           sed -i '' \
-            -e "s|url: \".*\"|url: \"https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/releases/download/${{ needs.draft_release.outputs.tag }}/powersync-sqlite-core.xcframework.tar.gz\"|" \
+            -e "s|url: \".*\"|url: \"https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/releases/download/${{ needs.draft_release.outputs.tag }}/powersync-sqlite-core.xcframework.zip\"|" \
             -e "s|checksum: \".*\"|checksum: \"$CHECKSUM\"|" \
             Package.swift
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/temp-spm-test.yml b/.github/workflows/temp-spm-test.yml
index 97f61cc..bd407ae 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/temp-spm-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/temp-spm-test.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ name: "temp test spm"
 jobs:
   build:
     name: Building iOS
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: macos-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ jobs:
       # For SPM package
       - name: Compute checksum and update Package.swift
         run: |
-          CHECKSUM=$(swift package compute-checksum powersync-sqlite-core.xcframework.tar.gz)
+          CHECKSUM=$(swift package compute-checksum powersync-sqlite-core.xcframework.zip)
           sed -i '' \
-            -e "s|url: \".*\"|url: \"https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/releases/download/0.3.0/powersync-sqlite-core.xcframework.tar.gz\"|" \
+            -e "s|url: \".*\"|url: \"https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/releases/download/v0.3.0/powersync-sqlite-core.xcframework.zip\"|" \
             -e "s|checksum: \".*\"|checksum: \"$CHECKSUM\"|" \
             Package.swift
 
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b519056..5fee65f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ target/
 *.xcframework
 *.tar.gz
 *.tar.xz
+*.zip
diff --git a/Package.swift b/Package.swift
index 7dbc20f..85b9f92 100644
--- a/Package.swift
+++ b/Package.swift
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ let package = Package(
     targets: [
         .binaryTarget(
             name: packageName,
-            url: "https://github.com/powersync-ja/powersync-sqlite-core/releases/download/0.3.0/powersync-sqlite-core.xcframework.tar.gz",
-            checksum: "e8b8c22540b0af1c5a1e38c29917e6d6fd8098b3ef2052b2d5beb02d92009903"
+            url: "https://github.com/powersync-ja/powersync-sqlite-core/releases/download/v0.3.0/powersync-sqlite-core.xcframework.zip",
+            checksum: "SHOULD BE UPDATED BY GITHUB ACTION"
         )
     ]
 )
diff --git a/tool/build_xcframework.sh b/tool/build_xcframework.sh
index 2919644..98e463d 100755
--- a/tool/build_xcframework.sh
+++ b/tool/build_xcframework.sh
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ EOF
 
   cp -Rf "${BUILD_DIR}/powersync-sqlite-core.xcframework" "powersync-sqlite-core.xcframework"
   tar -cJvf powersync-sqlite-core.xcframework.tar.xz powersync-sqlite-core.xcframework LICENSE README.md
-  # swift command used for checksum required for SPM package does not support xz so need to create a tar.gz
-  tar -cJvf powersync-sqlite-core.xcframework.tar.gz powersync-sqlite-core.xcframework LICENSE README.md
+  # swift command used for checksum required for SPM package does not support xz so need to create a zip file
+  zip -r powersync-sqlite-core.xcframework.zip powersync-sqlite-core.xcframework LICENSE README.md
   rm -rf ${BUILD_DIR}
 }