diff --git a/.github/actions/install-taskwarrior/action.yml b/.github/actions/install-taskwarrior/action.yml
index 7a540d56..4c2f9c42 100644
--- a/.github/actions/install-taskwarrior/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/install-taskwarrior/action.yml
@@ -7,34 +7,12 @@ inputs:
 runs:
   using: "composite"
   steps:
-    # This pattern should only match match assets with a [numbers and dots] suffix
-    - name: Download latest stable taskwarrior release
+    # TODO: Format onto two lines
+    - name: Clone latest stable taskwarrior release
       run: |
-        gh release download -p "task-[0-9.]*.tar.gz" -R "GothenburgBitFactory/taskwarrior" -D /tmp/download
-      shell: bash
-      env: 
-        GH_TOKEN: ${{ inputs.secret_gh_token }}
-    # Future proofing  
-    - name: Check that we only got one release asset
-      run: |
-        if [ $(ls -1 /tmp/download | wc -l) -ne 1 ]
-        then 
-          echo "Expected exactly one release asset"
-          exit 1
-        else
-          echo "Got expected number of release assets" 
-        fi
-      shell: bash  
-    - name: Extract taskwarrior without version number
-      run: |
-        cd /tmp/download
-        find . -name "*.tar.gz" -exec mv {} task.tar.gz \; 
-        tar -xf task.tar.gz --transform='s;^task-[0-9.]*/;task/;'
         cd /tmp
-        mv download/task taskwarrior
-        rm -rf download
-      shell: bash  
-    - name: Compile taskwarrior
+        git clone --depth 1 --recurse-submodules --shallow-submodules --single-branch -b stable git@github:com/GothenburgBitFactory/taskwarrior.git taskwarrior
+    - name: Compile and install taskwarrior
       run: |
         cd /tmp/taskwarrior
         cmake -S . -B build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release .