diff --git a/cli/npm/install.js b/cli/npm/install.js
index 875c38c0..4e7e82db 100755
--- a/cli/npm/install.js
+++ b/cli/npm/install.js
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ if (!archName) {
   throw new Error(`Cannot install tree-sitter-cli for architecture ${process.arch}`);
 }
 
-const releaseURL = `https://github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter/releases/download/${packageJSON.version}`;
+const releaseURL = `https://github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter/releases/download/v${packageJSON.version}`;
 const assetName = `tree-sitter-${platformName}-${archName}.gz`;
 const assetURL = `${releaseURL}/${assetName}`;