diff --git a/.github/workflows/wled-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/wled-ci.yml
index 9673751e4..c906dc58a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wled-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wled-ci.yml
@@ -59,7 +59,9 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
       with:
         name: firmware-${{ matrix.environment }}
-        path: build_output/release/*.bin
+        path: |
+          build_output/release/*.bin
+          build_output/release/*_ESP02.bin.gz
   release:
     name: Create Release
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -75,3 +77,4 @@ jobs:
         draft: True
         files: |
           *.bin
+          *.bin.gz
diff --git a/pio-scripts/output_bins.py b/pio-scripts/output_bins.py
index 01223e93d..e12b11c2c 100644
--- a/pio-scripts/output_bins.py
+++ b/pio-scripts/output_bins.py
@@ -22,6 +22,16 @@ def _create_dirs(dirs=["firmware", "map"]):
         if not os.path.isdir("{}{}".format(OUTPUT_DIR, d)):
             os.mkdir("{}{}".format(OUTPUT_DIR, d))
 
+def create_release(source):
+    release_name = _get_cpp_define_value(env, "WLED_RELEASE_NAME")
+    if release_name:
+        _create_dirs(["release"])
+        version = _get_cpp_define_value(env, "WLED_VERSION")
+        # get file extension of source file (.bin or .bin.gz)
+        ext = source.split(".", 1)[1]
+        release_file = "{}release{}WLED_{}_{}.{}".format(OUTPUT_DIR, os.path.sep, version, release_name, ext)
+        shutil.copy(source, release_file)
+
 def bin_rename_copy(source, target, env):
     _create_dirs()
     variant = env["PIOENV"]
@@ -30,14 +40,6 @@ def bin_rename_copy(source, target, env):
     map_file = "{}map{}{}.map".format(OUTPUT_DIR, os.path.sep, variant)
     bin_file = "{}firmware{}{}.bin".format(OUTPUT_DIR, os.path.sep, variant)
 
-    release_name = _get_cpp_define_value(env, "WLED_RELEASE_NAME")
-
-    if release_name:
-        _create_dirs(["release"])
-        version = _get_cpp_define_value(env, "WLED_VERSION")
-        release_file = "{}release{}WLED_{}_{}.bin".format(OUTPUT_DIR, os.path.sep, version, release_name)
-        shutil.copy(str(target[0]), release_file)
-
     # check if new target files exist and remove if necessary
     for f in [map_file, bin_file]:
         if os.path.isfile(f):
@@ -46,6 +48,8 @@ def bin_rename_copy(source, target, env):
     # copy firmware.bin to firmware/<variant>.bin
     shutil.copy(str(target[0]), bin_file)
 
+    create_release(bin_file)
+
     # copy firmware.map to map/<variant>.map
     if os.path.isfile("firmware.map"):
         shutil.move("firmware.map", map_file)
@@ -66,4 +70,6 @@ def bin_gzip(source, target, env):
         with gzip.open(gzip_file, "wb", compresslevel = 9) as f:
             shutil.copyfileobj(fp, f)
 
+    create_release(gzip_file)
+
 env.AddPostAction("$BUILD_DIR/${PROGNAME}.bin", [bin_rename_copy, bin_gzip])