diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index b6dff963..807a3e15 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ jobs:
         # we specify bash to get pipefail; it guards against the `curl` command
         # failing. otherwise `sh` won't catch that `curl` returned non-0
         shell: bash
-        run: "curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/axodotdev/cargo-dist/releases/download/v0.20.0-prerelease.3/cargo-dist-installer.sh | sh"
+        run: "curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/axodotdev/cargo-dist/releases/download/v0.20.0-prerelease.4/cargo-dist-installer.sh | sh"
       - name: Cache cargo-dist
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f1130ba7..f66b8231 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "axolotlsay"
-version = "0.2.216"
+version = "0.2.217"
 dependencies = [
  "assert_cmd",
  "clap",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 10a61b24..62faec2f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "axolotlsay"
 description = "💬 a CLI for learning to distribute CLIs in rust"
-version = "0.2.216"
+version = "0.2.217"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 repository = "https://github.com/mistydemeo/cargodisttest.git"
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ lto = "thin"
 # Config for 'cargo dist'
 [workspace.metadata.dist]
 # The preferred cargo-dist version to use in CI (Cargo.toml SemVer syntax)
-cargo-dist-version = "0.20.0-prerelease.3"
+cargo-dist-version = "0.20.0-prerelease.4"
 # CI backends to support
 ci = "github"
 # The installers to generate for each app
@@ -78,3 +78,6 @@ libcue-dev = '*'
 [workspace.metadata.dist.dependencies.chocolatey]
 lftp = '*'
 cmake = '3.27.6'
+
+[workspace.metadata.dist.github-custom-runners]
+x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu = "ubuntu-latest"