diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/lint.yml b/.gitea/workflows/lint.yml
index dd2da0b..bef5d7f 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -56,11 +56,10 @@ jobs:
     if: github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && github.event.inputs.deploy == 'true' || startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
     container:
       image: docker.io/espressif/idf:v5.3
-      options: --network host
     steps:
       - name: Install tools
         run: |
-          apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends netcat-openbsd avahi-utils
+          apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends netcat-openbsd curl jq
 
       - name: Checkout
         run: |
@@ -73,37 +72,65 @@ jobs:
           cd get-started/csi_recv_router
           idf.py build
 
+      - name: Create release and upload firmware
+        env:
+          GITEA_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+        run: |
+          TAG="${{ github.ref_name }}"
+          REPO="${{ github.repository }}"
+          API_URL="https://git.mymx.me/api/v1"
+
+          echo "Creating release for tag: $TAG"
+
+          # Check if release exists
+          RELEASE=$(curl -s -H "Authorization: token $GITEA_TOKEN" \
+            "$API_URL/repos/$REPO/releases/tags/$TAG")
+
+          RELEASE_ID=$(echo "$RELEASE" | jq -r '.id // empty')
+
+          if [ -z "$RELEASE_ID" ]; then
+            # Create new release
+            RELEASE=$(curl -s -X POST -H "Authorization: token $GITEA_TOKEN" \
+              -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+              -d "{\"tag_name\": \"$TAG\", \"name\": \"$TAG\", \"body\": \"Automated release from CI\"}" \
+              "$API_URL/repos/$REPO/releases")
+            RELEASE_ID=$(echo "$RELEASE" | jq -r '.id')
+            echo "Created release ID: $RELEASE_ID"
+          else
+            echo "Release exists with ID: $RELEASE_ID"
+          fi
+
+          # Upload firmware binary
+          echo "Uploading firmware..."
+          curl -s -X POST -H "Authorization: token $GITEA_TOKEN" \
+            -F "attachment=@get-started/csi_recv_router/build/csi_recv_router.bin" \
+            "$API_URL/repos/$REPO/releases/$RELEASE_ID/assets?name=csi_recv_router.bin"
+
+          # Store release URL for OTA
+          FIRMWARE_URL="https://git.mymx.me/$REPO/releases/download/$TAG/csi_recv_router.bin"
+          echo "Firmware URL: $FIRMWARE_URL"
+          echo "$FIRMWARE_URL" > /tmp/firmware_url.txt
+
       - name: Deploy via OTA
         run: |
-          PORT=8070
-
-          # Get host IP
-          HOST_IP=$(hostname -I | awk '{print $1}')
-          echo "Host IP: $HOST_IP"
-
-          # Start HTTP server in background
-          cd get-started/csi_recv_router/build
-          python3 -m http.server $PORT --bind 0.0.0.0 &
-          HTTP_PID=$!
-          sleep 2
+          FIRMWARE_URL=$(cat /tmp/firmware_url.txt)
+          echo "Using firmware URL: $FIRMWARE_URL"
 
           # Deploy to muddy-storm
           echo "=== Deploying to muddy-storm (192.168.129.29) ==="
-          echo "OTA http://${HOST_IP}:${PORT}/csi_recv_router.bin" | nc -u -w 2 192.168.129.29 5501 || true
+          echo "OTA $FIRMWARE_URL" | nc -u -w 2 192.168.129.29 5501 || true
           sleep 30
 
           # Deploy to amber-maple
           echo "=== Deploying to amber-maple (192.168.129.30) ==="
-          echo "OTA http://${HOST_IP}:${PORT}/csi_recv_router.bin" | nc -u -w 2 192.168.129.30 5501 || true
+          echo "OTA $FIRMWARE_URL" | nc -u -w 2 192.168.129.30 5501 || true
           sleep 30
 
           # Deploy to hollow-acorn
           echo "=== Deploying to hollow-acorn (192.168.129.31) ==="
-          echo "OTA http://${HOST_IP}:${PORT}/csi_recv_router.bin" | nc -u -w 2 192.168.129.31 5501 || true
+          echo "OTA $FIRMWARE_URL" | nc -u -w 2 192.168.129.31 5501 || true
           sleep 30
 
-          # Cleanup
-          kill $HTTP_PID 2>/dev/null || true
           echo "=== Deployment complete ==="
 
   cppcheck: