diff --git a/.mokogitea/workflows/pre-release.yml b/.mokogitea/workflows/pre-release.yml
index 6f896cb..08c3fd8 100644
--- a/.mokogitea/workflows/pre-release.yml
+++ b/.mokogitea/workflows/pre-release.yml
@@ -146,12 +146,13 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Create or replace Gitea release
         id: release
+        continue-on-error: true
         run: |
           TAG="${{ steps.meta.outputs.tag }}"
           VERSION="${{ steps.meta.outputs.version }}"
           STABILITY="${{ steps.meta.outputs.stability }}"
           SHA256="${{ steps.zip.outputs.sha256 }}"
-          ZIP_NAME="${{ steps.meta.outputs.zip_name }}"
+          ZIP_NAME="${{ steps.zip.outputs.zip_name }}"
           EXT_ELEMENT="${{ steps.meta.outputs.ext_element }}"
           TOKEN="${{ secrets.GA_TOKEN }}"
           API="${GITEA_URL}/api/v1/repos/${GITEA_ORG}/${GITEA_REPO}"
@@ -189,74 +190,22 @@ jobs:
           curl -sS -X POST -H "Authorization: token ${TOKEN}" \
             -H "Content-Type: application/octet-stream" \
             "${API}/releases/${RELEASE_ID}/assets?name=${ZIP_NAME}" \
-            --data-binary "@build/${ZIP_NAME}"
+            --data-binary "@${{ steps.zip.outputs.zip_path }}"
 
           echo "Released: ${EXT_ELEMENT} ${VERSION} (${STABILITY})"
 
-      - name: Update updates.xml
+      - name: "Update updates.xml"
         if: steps.platform.outputs.platform == 'joomla'
         run: |
-          STABILITY="${{ steps.meta.outputs.stability }}"
           VERSION="${{ steps.meta.outputs.version }}"
+          STABILITY="${{ steps.meta.outputs.stability }}"
           SHA256="${{ steps.zip.outputs.sha256 }}"
-          ZIP_NAME="${{ steps.meta.outputs.zip_name }}"
-          TAG="${{ steps.meta.outputs.tag }}"
-          DATE=$(date +%Y-%m-%d)
-
-          if [ ! -f "updates.xml" ]; then
-            echo "No updates.xml — skipping"
-            exit 0
-          fi
-
-          export PY_STABILITY="$STABILITY" PY_VERSION="$VERSION" PY_SHA256="$SHA256" \
-                 PY_ZIP_NAME="$ZIP_NAME" PY_TAG="$TAG" PY_DATE="$DATE" \
-                 PY_GITEA_ORG="$GITEA_ORG" PY_GITEA_REPO="$GITEA_REPO"
-          python3 << 'PYEOF'
-          import re, os
-
-          stability  = os.environ["PY_STABILITY"]
-          version    = os.environ["PY_VERSION"]
-          sha256     = os.environ["PY_SHA256"]
-          zip_name   = os.environ["PY_ZIP_NAME"]
-          tag        = os.environ["PY_TAG"]
-          date       = os.environ["PY_DATE"]
-          gitea_org  = os.environ["PY_GITEA_ORG"]
-          gitea_repo = os.environ["PY_GITEA_REPO"]
-          download_url = f"https://git.mokoconsulting.tech/{gitea_org}/{gitea_repo}/releases/download/{tag}/{zip_name}"
-
-          with open("updates.xml", "r") as f:
-              content = f.read()
-
-          # Map stability to XML tag name
-          tag_map = {"development": "development", "alpha": "alpha", "beta": "beta", "release-candidate": "rc"}
-          xml_tag = tag_map.get(stability, stability)
-
-          pattern = r"(<update>(?:(?!</update>).)*?<tag>" + re.escape(xml_tag) + r"</tag>.*?</update>)"
-          match = re.search(pattern, content, re.DOTALL)
-          if match:
-              block = match.group(1)
-              updated = re.sub(r"<version>[^<]*</version>", f"<version>{version}</version>", block)
-              updated = re.sub(r"<creationDate>[^<]*</creationDate>", f"<creationDate>{date}</creationDate>", updated)
-              if "<sha256>" in updated:
-                  updated = re.sub(r"<sha256>[^<]*</sha256>", f"<sha256>{sha256}</sha256>", updated)
-              else:
-                  updated = updated.replace("</downloads>", f"</downloads>\n    <sha256>{sha256}</sha256>")
-              updated = re.sub(r"(<downloadurl[^>]*>)[^<]*(</downloadurl>)", rf"\g<1>{download_url}\g<2>", updated)
-              content = content.replace(block, updated)
-              print(f"Updated {xml_tag} channel: version={version}")
-          else:
-              print(f"WARNING: No <tag>{xml_tag}</tag> block in updates.xml")
-
-          with open("updates.xml", "w") as f:
-              f.write(content)
-          PYEOF
-
-          # Commit and push to current branch
+          php /tmp/moko-platform-api/cli/updates_xml_build.php             --path . --version "$VERSION" --stability "$STABILITY"             --sha "$SHA256"             --gitea-url "$GITEA_URL" --org "$GITEA_ORG" --repo "$GITEA_REPO"
           if ! git diff --quiet updates.xml 2>/dev/null; then
             git config --local user.email "gitea-actions[bot]@mokoconsulting.tech"
             git config --local user.name "gitea-actions[bot]"
             git add updates.xml
-            git commit -m "chore: update ${STABILITY} channel ${VERSION} [skip ci]"
+            git commit -m "chore: update $STABILITY channel $VERSION [skip ci]"
             git push origin HEAD 2>&1 || echo "WARNING: push failed"
           fi