diff --git a/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main/download.yml b/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main/download.yml
index 5feb32d9e..70744cebe 100644
--- a/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main/download.yml
+++ b/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main/download.yml
@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ downloads:
     enabled: "{{ kube_network_plugin == 'cilium' or cilium_deploy_additionally | default(false) | bool }}"
     file: true
     version: "{{ cilium_cli_version }}"
-    dest: "{{ local_release_dir }}/cilium-{{ cilium_cli_version }}-{{ image_arch }}"
+    dest: "{{ local_release_dir }}/cilium-{{ cilium_cli_version }}-{{ image_arch }}.tar.gz"
     sha256: "{{ ciliumcli_binary_checksum }}"
     url: "{{ ciliumcli_download_url }}"
     unarchive: true
diff --git a/roles/network_plugin/cilium/tasks/install.yml b/roles/network_plugin/cilium/tasks/install.yml
index 7678e7d4a..d531d7241 100644
--- a/roles/network_plugin/cilium/tasks/install.yml
+++ b/roles/network_plugin/cilium/tasks/install.yml
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
 
 - name: Cilium | Copy Ciliumcli binary from download dir
   copy:
-    src: "{{ downloads.ciliumcli.dest }}"
+    src: "{{ local_release_dir }}/cilium"
     dest: "{{ bin_dir }}/cilium"
     mode: 0755
     remote_src: yes