diff --git a/.ci/buildlib b/.ci/buildlib
index 9ef8f22..0f3cc16 100755
--- a/.ci/buildlib
+++ b/.ci/buildlib
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ doecho() {
 	"$@"
 }
 
-: ${CARGO_C_RELEASE:=v0.9.29}
+: ${CARGO_C_VERSION:=0.9.29}
 : ${PKGCRAFT_C_REF:=main}
 echo Building pkgcraft-c on ${OSTYPE} for ${HOSTTYPE}
 
@@ -42,15 +42,15 @@ install_pkgs() {
 # install binary cargo-c package if available
 if [[ ${OSTYPE} == "linux-"* ]]; then
 	if [[ ${HOSTTYPE} == "aarch64" ]]; then
-		curl -L https://github.com/lu-zero/cargo-c/releases/download/${CARGO_C_RELEASE}/cargo-c-aarch64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz | tar xvzf - -C "${HOME}"/.cargo/bin
+		curl -L https://github.com/lu-zero/cargo-c/releases/download/v${CARGO_C_VERSION}/cargo-c-aarch64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz | tar xvzf - -C "${HOME}"/.cargo/bin
 	elif [[ ${HOSTTYPE} == "x86_64" ]]; then
-		curl -L https://github.com/lu-zero/cargo-c/releases/download/${CARGO_C_RELEASE}/cargo-c-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz | tar xvzf - -C "${HOME}"/.cargo/bin
+		curl -L https://github.com/lu-zero/cargo-c/releases/download/v${CARGO_C_VERSION}/cargo-c-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz | tar xvzf - -C "${HOME}"/.cargo/bin
 	else
 		SOURCE_CARGO_C=true
 	fi
 elif [[ ${OSTYPE} == "darwin"* ]]; then
 	if [[ ${HOSTTYPE} == "x86_64" ]]; then
-		curl -L https://github.com/lu-zero/cargo-c/releases/download/${CARGO_C_RELEASE}/cargo-c-macos.zip > cargo-c.zip
+		curl -L https://github.com/lu-zero/cargo-c/releases/download/v${CARGO_C_VERSION}/cargo-c-macos.zip > cargo-c.zip
 		unzip -o cargo-c.zip -d "${HOME}"/.cargo/bin
 		rm cargo-c.zip
 	else
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ elif [[ ${OSTYPE} == "darwin"* ]]; then
 fi
 
 # manually build cargo-c for arches without native binaries
-[[ -n ${SOURCE_CARGO_C} ]] && doecho cargo install cargo-c
+[[ -n ${SOURCE_CARGO_C} ]] && doecho cargo install cargo-c@{CARGO_C_VERSION}
 # output cargo-c version
 cargo cinstall --version