diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/release-app.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/release-app.yaml
index 6a16afa..13c683b 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/release-app.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/release-app.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ jobs:
       RELEASE_TAG: latest
       ARCHIVE_NAME: shinoa-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
       CHECKSUM_NAME: shinoa-linux-x86_64.tar.gz.sha256
-      TDLIB_ARCHIVE_URL: ${{ gitea.server_url }}/${{ gitea.repository }}/releases/download/tdlib/tdlib-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
+      TDLIB_RELEASE_TAG: v1.8.63
+      TDLIB_ARCHIVE_URL: https://git.mshq.dev/AxiFisk/shinoa-tdlib/releases/download/${{ env.TDLIB_RELEASE_TAG }}/tdlib-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
     steps:
       - name: Check out repository
         uses: https://github.com/actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bfd7cff..fd91a3e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ archive plus checksum to the Gitea Generic Package Registry under the `tdlib` pa
 It also refreshes a `latest/tdlib-latest.json` manifest with the newest published version.
 
 The repository also includes [`.gitea/workflows/release-app.yaml`](.gitea/workflows/release-app.yaml),
-which downloads a prebuilt TDLib bundle from this repository's `tdlib` release tag, builds a
+which downloads a prebuilt TDLib bundle from the `shinoa-tdlib` repository using a pinned
+version tag such as `v1.8.63`, builds a
 rolling `latest` app release, and publishes an archive containing `usr/bin/shinoa` plus the
 bundled `usr/lib/libtdjson.so*`. The root `PKGBUILD` installs that prebuilt release as
 `shinoa-bin`.
@@ -78,8 +79,10 @@ cmake --install td-build
 ./scripts/package-tdlib.sh td-install tdlib-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
 ```
 
-Upload `tdlib-linux-x86_64.tar.gz` to a release tagged `tdlib` in this repository. After that,
-the `Release App` workflow can consume it and publish the app bundle.
+Publish `tdlib-linux-x86_64.tar.gz` to the `shinoa-tdlib` repository under a versioned tag such
+as `v1.8.63`. Then update `TDLIB_RELEASE_TAG` in
+[`.gitea/workflows/release-app.yaml`](.gitea/workflows/release-app.yaml) and run the
+`Release App` workflow.
 
 ## Keys