diff --git a/.github/workflows/vlang.yml b/.github/workflows/vlang.yml
index fbc40ca..4586ab2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/vlang.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/vlang.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Build canary app
       run: v -o vlogql-canary -prod vlogql-canary.v
     - name: Compress Binaries
-      run: upx vlogql vlogql-canary
+      run: upx --lzma --overlay=strip vlogql vlogql-canary
     - name: Retrieve v.mod version
       run: |
          echo TAG_NAME=$(cat v.mod | grep version | awk -F"'" '{print $2}') >> $GITHUB_ENV