diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 9229b9b..2b8d5e3 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
 
 - name: Download desired forgejo version to temporary directory
   get_url:
-    url: "{{ release_contents | json_query(query) }}"
+    url: "{{ release_contents.json | json_query(query) }}"
     dest: "/tmp/forgejo-{{ forgejo_version }}"
   vars:
     query: "[? name=='*amd64'].browser_download_url"