diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 37a61b25c..d0d4298b8 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -91,9 +91,14 @@ build-linux:
     - du -h *.AppImage || echo "No AppImage to measure"
     - echo "Total artifact size:"
     - du -sh citron.AppImage build/bin/citron 2>/dev/null || echo "Cannot measure artifact sizes"
+    - echo "Compressing AppImage for upload..."
+    - gzip -9 citron.AppImage
+    - ls -la citron.AppImage.gz
+    - du -h citron.AppImage.gz
+    - echo "AppImage compressed successfully"
   artifacts:
     paths:
-      - citron.AppImage
+      - citron.AppImage.gz
     expire_in: 1 week
     when: always
   only: