diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr.yaml b/.github/workflows/pr.yaml
index ee13f084..23a7eadf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr.yaml
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ jobs:
             const tc = require("@actions/tool-cache");
             const urlToGrcovTar = "https://github.com/mozilla/grcov/releases/download/v0.8.2/grcov-linux-x86_64.tar.bz2";
             const grcovTarPath = await tc.downloadTool(urlToGrcovTar);
-            const craneExtractedFolder = await tc.extractTar(grcovTarPath);
+            const craneExtractedFolder = await tc.extractTar(grcovTarPath, "--extract"); // no z, or gzip, as it's a bz2
             core.addPath(craneExtractedFolder);
 
       - name: Generate test result and coverage report
diff --git a/.github/workflows/promote-artifacts.yml b/.github/workflows/promote-artifacts.yml
index 078ec6dd..bd93d159 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/promote-artifacts.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/promote-artifacts.yml
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ jobs:
             const tc = require("@actions/tool-cache");
             const urlToCraneTar = "https://github.com/google/go-containerregistry/releases/download/v0.6.0/go-containerregistry_Linux_x86_64.tar.gz";
             const craneTarPath = await tc.downloadTool(urlToCraneTar);
-            const craneExtractedFolder = await tc.extractTar(craneTarPath);
+            const craneExtractedFolder = await tc.extractTar(craneTarPath, ["--extract", "--gzip"]);
             core.addPath(craneExtractedFolder);
 
       - name: Log into registry ${{ env.REGISTRY }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/semantic-tags.yml b/.github/workflows/semantic-tags.yml
index 2e72c925..169deee6 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/semantic-tags.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/semantic-tags.yml
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ jobs:
             const tc = require("@actions/tool-cache");
             const urlToCraneTar = "https://github.com/google/go-containerregistry/releases/download/v0.6.0/go-containerregistry_Linux_x86_64.tar.gz";
             const craneTarPath = await tc.downloadTool(urlToCraneTar);
-            const craneExtractedFolder = await tc.extractTar(craneTarPath);
+            const craneExtractedFolder = await tc.extractTar(craneTarPath, ["--extract", "--gzip"]);
             core.addPath(craneExtractedFolder);
 
       - name: Log into registry ${{ env.REGISTRY }}