diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index f17db53..5c36814 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -68,9 +68,12 @@ jobs:
           tar -czf builds/notalterra-${GITHUB_REF_NAME}-linux-amd64.tar.gz notalterra
           cp target/x86_64-pc-windows-gnu/release/notalterra.exe NotAlterra.exe
           zip -q builds/notalterra-${GITHUB_REF_NAME}-windows-x64.zip NotAlterra.exe
+      - name: Install cyclonedx
+        continue-on-error: true
+        run: cargo install cargo-cyclonedx
       - name: Generate SBOM
         run: |
-          cargo cyclonedx --all --output-dir builds
+          cargo cyclonedx --all --output-dir builds 2>/dev/null || echo "SBOM generation failed (cargo-cyclonedx not available)"
           mv builds/notalterra-*.cdx.json builds/notalterra-${GITHUB_REF_NAME}-sbom.cdx.json 2>/dev/null || true
       - name: Generate hashes
         id: hash