diff --git a/packages/asciinema/brioche.lock b/packages/asciinema/brioche.lock
index 54c2343..43ab1bc 100644
--- a/packages/asciinema/brioche.lock
+++ b/packages/asciinema/brioche.lock
@@ -8,11 +8,10 @@
     "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/ff/ae/f19306b5a221f6a436d8f2238d5b80925004093fa3edea59835b514d9057/setuptools-75.1.0-py3-none-any.whl": {
       "type": "sha256",
       "value": "35ab7fd3bcd95e6b7fd704e4a1539513edad446c097797f2985e0e4b960772f2"
-    }
-  },
-  "git_refs": {
-    "https://github.com/asciinema/asciinema.git": {
-      "v2.4.0": "1a71be26c4c29e7cd98b97a11233cf3fb724ba9b"
+    },
+    "https://github.com/asciinema/asciinema/archive/refs/tags/v2.4.0.tar.gz": {
+      "type": "sha256",
+      "value": "b0e05f0b5ae7ae4e7186c6bd824e6d670203bb24f1c89ee52fc8fae7254e6091"
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/asciinema/project.bri b/packages/asciinema/project.bri
index b9f7d65..095d4fb 100644
--- a/packages/asciinema/project.bri
+++ b/packages/asciinema/project.bri
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import * as std from "std";
-import { gitCheckout } from "git";
 import python from "python";
 
 export const project = {
@@ -7,12 +6,11 @@ export const project = {
   version: "2.4.0",
 };
 
-const source = gitCheckout(
-  Brioche.gitRef({
-    repository: "https://github.com/asciinema/asciinema.git",
-    ref: `v${project.version}`,
-  }),
-);
+const source = Brioche.download(
+  `https://github.com/asciinema/asciinema/archive/refs/tags/v${project.version}.tar.gz`,
+)
+  .unarchive("tar", "gzip")
+  .peel();
 
 const pipDependencies = std.directory({
   "setuptools-75.1.0-py3-none-any.whl": Brioche.download(