diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
index 957842e..c964697 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -96,11 +96,12 @@ jobs:
             -H "Authorization: token $GITEA_TOKEN" \
             -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
             -d "$payload")
-          release_id=$(echo "$response" | sed -n 's/.*"id":[ ]*\\([0-9][0-9]*\\).*/\\1/p' | head -n 1)
-          if [ -z "$release_id" ]; then
+          release_id=$(echo "$response" | grep -o '"id":[0-9]*' | head -n 1 | grep -o '[0-9]*')
+          if [ -z "$release_id" ] || echo "$response" | grep -q '"message"'; then
             echo "Create release failed: $response"
             exit 1
           fi
+          echo "Release created: id=$release_id"
           for asset_path in target/*.jar; do
             asset_name=$(basename "$asset_path")
             curl -sS -X POST "$api_url/$release_id/assets?name=$asset_name" \