diff --git a/.eslintignore b/.eslintignore
index 4ae168a3d..22fe48629 100644
--- a/.eslintignore
+++ b/.eslintignore
@@ -518,8 +518,10 @@ packages/app-desktop/services/sortOrder/notesSortOrderUtils.test.js
 packages/app-desktop/services/sortOrder/notesSortOrderUtils.js
 packages/app-desktop/services/spellChecker/SpellCheckerServiceDriverNative.js
 packages/app-desktop/tools/copy7Zip.js
+packages/app-desktop/tools/generateLatestArm64Yml.js
+packages/app-desktop/tools/githubReleasesUtils.js
+packages/app-desktop/tools/modifyReleaseAssets.js
 packages/app-desktop/tools/notarizeMacApp.js
-packages/app-desktop/tools/renameReleaseAssets.js
 packages/app-desktop/utils/7zip/getPathToExecutable7Zip.js
 packages/app-desktop/utils/7zip/pathToBundled7Zip.js
 packages/app-desktop/utils/checkForUpdatesUtils.test.js
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-macos-m1.yml b/.github/workflows/build-macos-m1.yml
index 5bf21a656..00978ea7f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-macos-m1.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-macos-m1.yml
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ jobs:
             echo "Building and publishing desktop application..."
             PYTHON_PATH=$(which python) USE_HARD_LINKS=false yarn dist --mac --arm64
 
-            yarn renameReleaseAssets --repo="$GH_REPO" --tag="$GIT_TAG_NAME" --token="$GITHUB_TOKEN"
+            yarn modifyReleaseAssets --repo="$GH_REPO" --tag="$GIT_TAG_NAME" --token="$GITHUB_TOKEN"
           else
             echo "Building but *not* publishing desktop application..."
 
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 17a9cd028..b2677a50f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -495,8 +495,10 @@ packages/app-desktop/services/sortOrder/notesSortOrderUtils.test.js
 packages/app-desktop/services/sortOrder/notesSortOrderUtils.js
 packages/app-desktop/services/spellChecker/SpellCheckerServiceDriverNative.js
 packages/app-desktop/tools/copy7Zip.js
+packages/app-desktop/tools/generateLatestArm64Yml.js
+packages/app-desktop/tools/githubReleasesUtils.js
+packages/app-desktop/tools/modifyReleaseAssets.js
 packages/app-desktop/tools/notarizeMacApp.js
-packages/app-desktop/tools/renameReleaseAssets.js
 packages/app-desktop/utils/7zip/getPathToExecutable7Zip.js
 packages/app-desktop/utils/7zip/pathToBundled7Zip.js
 packages/app-desktop/utils/checkForUpdatesUtils.test.js
diff --git a/packages/app-desktop/afterAllArtifactBuild.js b/packages/app-desktop/afterAllArtifactBuild.js
index eb70a45fb..3e3a96ebe 100644
--- a/packages/app-desktop/afterAllArtifactBuild.js
+++ b/packages/app-desktop/afterAllArtifactBuild.js
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ const fs = require('fs');
 const path = require('path');
 const os = require('os');
 const sha512 = require('js-sha512');
-const crypto = require('crypto');
 const distDirName = 'dist';
 const distPath = path.join(__dirname, distDirName);
 
@@ -32,87 +31,9 @@ const generateChecksumFile = () => {
 	return sha512FilePath;
 };
 
-const generateLatestArm64Yml = () => {
-	if (os.platform() !== 'darwin' && process.arch !== 'arm64') {
-		return;
-	}
-
-	const calculateHash = (filePath) => {
-		const fileBuffer = fs.readFileSync(filePath);
-		const hashSum = crypto.createHash('sha512');
-		hashSum.update(fileBuffer);
-		return hashSum.digest('base64');
-	};
-
-	const getFileSize = (filePath) => {
-		return fs.statSync(filePath).size;
-	};
-
-	const extractVersion = (filePath) => {
-		return path.basename(filePath).split('-')[1];
-	};
-
-	const files = fs.readdirSync(distPath);
-	let dmgPath = '';
-	let zipPath = '';
-	for (const file of files) {
-		if (file.endsWith('arm64.dmg')) {
-			const fileRenamed = `${file.slice(0, -4)}.DMG`; // renameReleaseAssets script will rename from .dmg to .DMG
-			dmgPath = path.join(distPath, fileRenamed);
-		} else if (file.endsWith('arm64.zip')) {
-			zipPath = path.join(distPath, file);
-		}
-	}
-	const versionFromFilePath = extractVersion(zipPath);
-
-	const info = {
-		version: versionFromFilePath,
-		dmgPath: dmgPath,
-		zipPath: zipPath,
-		releaseDate: new Date().toISOString(),
-	};
-
-	/* eslint-disable no-console */
-	if (!fs.existsSync(info.dmgPath) || !fs.existsSync(info.zipPath)) {
-		console.error('One or both executable files do not exist:', info.dmgPath, info.zipPath);
-		return;
-	}
-
-	console.info('Calculating hash of files...');
-	const dmgHash = calculateHash(info.dmgPath);
-	const zipHash = calculateHash(info.zipPath);
-
-	console.info('Calculating size of files...');
-	const dmgSize = getFileSize(info.dmgPath);
-	const zipSize = getFileSize(info.zipPath);
-
-	console.info('Generating content of latest-mac-arm64.yml file...');
-	const yamlFilePath = path.join(distPath, 'latest-mac-arm64.yml');
-	const yamlContent = `version: ${info.version}
-files:
-  - url: ${path.basename(info.zipPath)}
-    sha512: ${zipHash}
-    size: ${zipSize}
-  - url: ${path.basename(info.dmgPath)}
-    sha512: ${dmgHash}
-    size: ${dmgSize}
-path: ${path.basename(info.zipPath)}
-sha512: ${zipHash}
-releaseDate: '${info.releaseDate}'
-`;
-	fs.writeFileSync(yamlFilePath, yamlContent);
-	console.log('YML file generated successfully for arm64 architecure.');
-
-	const fileContent = fs.readFileSync(yamlFilePath, 'utf8');
-	console.log('Generated YML Content:\n', fileContent);
-	/* eslint-enable no-console */
-	return yamlFilePath;
-};
-
 const mainHook = () => {
 	const sha512FilePath = generateChecksumFile();
-	const lastestArm64YmlFilePath = generateLatestArm64Yml();
-	const outputFiles = [sha512FilePath, lastestArm64YmlFilePath].filter(item => item);
+	const outputFiles = [sha512FilePath].filter(item => item);
 	return outputFiles;
 };
 
diff --git a/packages/app-desktop/package.json b/packages/app-desktop/package.json
index 4a4e0155d..9b2fe675e 100644
--- a/packages/app-desktop/package.json
+++ b/packages/app-desktop/package.json
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     "test": "jest",
     "test-ui": "playwright test",
     "test-ci": "yarn test && sh ./integration-tests/run-ci.sh",
-    "renameReleaseAssets": "node tools/renameReleaseAssets.js"
+    "modifyReleaseAssets": "node tools/modifyReleaseAssets.js"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/packages/app-desktop/tools/generateLatestArm64Yml.ts b/packages/app-desktop/tools/generateLatestArm64Yml.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ca21c193e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/app-desktop/tools/generateLatestArm64Yml.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+import * as fs from 'fs';
+import * as path from 'path';
+import * as crypto from 'crypto';
+
+export interface GenerateInfo {
+	version: string;
+	dmgPath: string;
+	zipPath: string;
+	releaseDate: string;
+}
+
+const calculateHash = (filePath: string): string => {
+	const fileBuffer = fs.readFileSync(filePath);
+	const hashSum = crypto.createHash('sha512');
+	hashSum.update(fileBuffer);
+	return hashSum.digest('base64');
+};
+
+const getFileSize = (filePath: string): number => {
+	return fs.statSync(filePath).size;
+};
+
+export const generateLatestArm64Yml = (info: GenerateInfo, destinationPath: string): string | undefined => {
+	if (!fs.existsSync(info.dmgPath) || !fs.existsSync(info.zipPath)) {
+		throw new Error(`One or both executable files do not exist: ${info.dmgPath}, ${info.zipPath}`);
+	}
+	if (!info.version) {
+		throw new Error('Version is empty');
+	}
+	if (!destinationPath) {
+		throw new Error('Destination path is empty');
+	}
+
+	console.info('Calculating hash of files...');
+	const dmgHash: string = calculateHash(info.dmgPath);
+	const zipHash: string = calculateHash(info.zipPath);
+
+	console.info('Calculating size of files...');
+	const dmgSize: number = getFileSize(info.dmgPath);
+	const zipSize: number = getFileSize(info.zipPath);
+
+	console.info('Generating content of latest-mac-arm64.yml file...');
+
+	if (!fs.existsSync(destinationPath)) {
+		fs.mkdirSync(destinationPath);
+	}
+
+	const yamlFilePath: string = path.join(destinationPath, 'latest-mac-arm64.yml');
+	const yamlContent = `version: ${info.version}
+files:
+  - url: ${path.basename(info.zipPath)}
+    sha512: ${zipHash}
+    size: ${zipSize}
+  - url: ${path.basename(info.dmgPath)}
+    sha512: ${dmgHash}
+    size: ${dmgSize}
+path: ${path.basename(info.zipPath)}
+sha512: ${zipHash}
+releaseDate: '${info.releaseDate}'
+`;
+
+	fs.writeFileSync(yamlFilePath, yamlContent);
+	console.log(`YML file for version ${info.version} was generated successfully at ${destinationPath} for arm64.`);
+
+	const fileContent: string = fs.readFileSync(yamlFilePath, 'utf8');
+	console.log('Generated YML Content:\n', fileContent);
+
+	return yamlFilePath;
+};
diff --git a/packages/app-desktop/tools/githubReleasesUtils.ts b/packages/app-desktop/tools/githubReleasesUtils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f3e13ad07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/app-desktop/tools/githubReleasesUtils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+import * as fs from 'fs';
+import { createWriteStream } from 'fs';
+import * as path from 'path';
+import { promisify } from 'util';
+import { GitHubRelease, GitHubReleaseAsset } from '../utils/checkForUpdatesUtils';
+
+const pipeline = promisify(require('stream').pipeline);
+
+export interface Context {
+	repo: string; // {owner}/{repo}
+	githubToken: string;
+	targetTag: string;
+}
+
+const apiBaseUrl = 'https://api.github.com/repos/';
+const defaultApiHeaders = (context: Context) => ({
+	'Authorization': `token ${context.githubToken}`,
+	'X-GitHub-Api-Version': '2022-11-28',
+	'Accept': 'application/vnd.github+json',
+});
+
+export const getTargetRelease = async (context: Context, targetTag: string): Promise<GitHubRelease> => {
+	console.log('Fetching releases...');
+
+	// Note: We need to fetch all releases, not just /releases/tag/tag-name-here.
+	// The latter doesn't include draft releases.
+
+	const result = await fetch(`${apiBaseUrl}${context.repo}/releases`, {
+		method: 'GET',
+		headers: defaultApiHeaders(context),
+	});
+
+	const releases = await result.json();
+	if (!result.ok) {
+		throw new Error(`Error fetching release: ${JSON.stringify(releases)}`);
+	}
+
+	for (const release of releases) {
+		if (release.tag_name === targetTag) {
+			return release;
+		}
+	}
+
+	throw new Error(`No release with tag ${targetTag} found!`);
+};
+
+// Download a file from Joplin Desktop releases
+export const downloadFile = async (asset: GitHubReleaseAsset, destinationDir: string): Promise<string> => {
+	const downloadPath = path.join(destinationDir, asset.name);
+	if (!fs.existsSync(destinationDir)) {
+		fs.mkdirSync(destinationDir);
+	}
+
+	/* eslint-disable no-console */
+	console.log(`Downloading ${asset.name} to ${downloadPath}`);
+	const response = await fetch(asset.browser_download_url);
+	if (!response.ok) {
+		throw new Error(`Failed to download file: Status Code ${response.status}`);
+	}
+	const fileStream = createWriteStream(downloadPath);
+	await pipeline(response.body, fileStream);
+	console.log('Download successful!');
+	/* eslint-enable no-console */
+	return downloadPath;
+};
+
+export const updateReleaseAsset = async (context: Context, assetUrl: string, newName: string) => {
+	console.log('Updating asset with URL', assetUrl, 'to have name, ', newName);
+
+	// See https://docs.github.com/en/rest/releases/assets?apiVersion=2022-11-28#update-a-release-asset
+	const result = await fetch(assetUrl, {
+		method: 'PATCH',
+		headers: defaultApiHeaders(context),
+		body: JSON.stringify({
+			name: newName,
+		}),
+	});
+
+	if (!result.ok) {
+		throw new Error(`Unable to update release asset: ${await result.text()}`);
+	}
+};
+
+export const uploadReleaseAsset = async (context: Context, release: GitHubRelease, filePath: string): Promise<void> => {
+	console.log(`Uploading file from ${filePath} to release ${release.tag_name}`);
+
+	const fileContent = fs.readFileSync(filePath);
+	const fileName = path.basename(filePath);
+	const uploadUrl = `https://uploads.github.com/repos/${context.repo}/releases/${release.id}/assets?name=${encodeURIComponent(fileName)}`;
+
+	const response = await fetch(uploadUrl, {
+		method: 'POST',
+		headers: {
+			...defaultApiHeaders(context),
+			'Content-Type': 'application/octet-stream',
+		},
+		body: fileContent,
+	});
+
+	if (!response.ok) {
+		throw new Error(`Failed to upload asset: ${await response.text()}`);
+	} else {
+		console.log(`${fileName} uploaded successfully.`);
+	}
+};
diff --git a/packages/app-desktop/tools/modifyReleaseAssets.ts b/packages/app-desktop/tools/modifyReleaseAssets.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d98b33f7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/app-desktop/tools/modifyReleaseAssets.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+
+import path = require('path');
+import { parseArgs } from 'util';
+import { Context, downloadFile, getTargetRelease, updateReleaseAsset, uploadReleaseAsset } from './githubReleasesUtils';
+import { GitHubRelease } from '../utils/checkForUpdatesUtils';
+import { GenerateInfo, generateLatestArm64Yml } from './generateLatestArm64Yml';
+
+const basePath = path.join(__dirname, '..');
+const downloadDir = path.join(basePath, 'downloads');
+
+// Renames release assets in Joplin Desktop releases
+const renameReleaseAssets = async (context: Context, release: GitHubRelease) => {
+	// Patterns used to rename releases
+	const renamePatterns: [RegExp, string][] = [
+		[/-arm64\.dmg$/, '-arm64.DMG'],
+	];
+
+	for (const asset of release.assets) {
+		for (const [pattern, replacement] of renamePatterns) {
+			if (asset.name.match(pattern)) {
+				const newName = asset.name.replace(pattern, replacement);
+				await updateReleaseAsset(context, asset.url, newName);
+
+				// Only rename a release once.
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+};
+
+// Creates release assets in Joplin Desktop releases
+const createReleaseAssets = async (context: Context, release: GitHubRelease) => {
+	// Create latest-mac-arm64.yml file and publish
+	let dmgPath;
+	let zipPath;
+	for (const asset of release.assets) {
+		if (asset.name.endsWith('arm64.zip')) {
+			zipPath = await downloadFile(asset, downloadDir);
+		} else if (asset.name.endsWith('arm64.DMG')) {
+			dmgPath = await downloadFile(asset, downloadDir);
+		}
+	}
+
+	const info: GenerateInfo = {
+		version: release.tag_name.slice(1),
+		dmgPath: dmgPath,
+		zipPath: zipPath,
+		releaseDate: new Date().toISOString(),
+	};
+
+	const latestArm64FilePath = generateLatestArm64Yml(info, downloadDir);
+	void uploadReleaseAsset(context, release, latestArm64FilePath);
+};
+
+
+const modifyReleaseAssets = async () => {
+	const args = parseArgs({
+		options: {
+			tag: { type: 'string' },
+			token: { type: 'string' },
+			repo: { type: 'string' },
+		},
+	});
+
+	if (!args.values.tag || !args.values.token || !args.values.repo) {
+		throw new Error([
+			'Required arguments: --tag, --token, --repo',
+			'  --tag should be a git tag with an associated release (e.g. v12.12.12)',
+			'  --token should be a GitHub API token',
+			'  --repo should be a string in the form user/reponame (e.g. laurent22/joplin)',
+		].join('\n'));
+	}
+
+	const context: Context = {
+		repo: args.values.repo,
+		githubToken: args.values.token,
+		targetTag: args.values.tag,
+	};
+
+	const release = await getTargetRelease(context, context.targetTag);
+
+	if (!release.assets) {
+		console.log(release);
+		throw new Error(`Release ${release.tag_name} missing assets!`);
+	}
+
+	console.log('Renaming release assets for tag', context.targetTag, context.repo);
+	void renameReleaseAssets(context, release);
+	console.log('Creating latest-mac-arm64.yml asset for tag', context.targetTag, context.repo);
+	void createReleaseAssets(context, release);
+};
+
+void modifyReleaseAssets();
diff --git a/packages/app-desktop/tools/renameReleaseAssets.ts b/packages/app-desktop/tools/renameReleaseAssets.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 743909fd8..000000000
--- a/packages/app-desktop/tools/renameReleaseAssets.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,109 +0,0 @@
-import { parseArgs } from 'util';
-
-interface Context {
-	repo: string; // {owner}/{repo}
-	githubToken: string;
-}
-
-const apiBaseUrl = 'https://api.github.com/repos/';
-const defaultApiHeaders = (context: Context) => ({
-	'Authorization': `token ${context.githubToken}`,
-	'X-GitHub-Api-Version': '2022-11-28',
-	'Accept': 'application/vnd.github+json',
-});
-
-const getTargetRelease = async (context: Context, targetTag: string) => {
-	console.log('Fetching releases...');
-
-	// Note: We need to fetch all releases, not just /releases/tag/tag-name-here.
-	// The latter doesn't include draft releases.
-
-	const result = await fetch(`${apiBaseUrl}${context.repo}/releases`, {
-		method: 'GET',
-		headers: defaultApiHeaders(context),
-	});
-
-	const releases = await result.json();
-	if (!result.ok) {
-		throw new Error(`Error fetching release: ${JSON.stringify(releases)}`);
-	}
-
-	for (const release of releases) {
-		if (release.tag_name === targetTag) {
-			return release;
-		}
-	}
-
-	throw new Error(`No release with tag ${targetTag} found!`);
-};
-
-const updateReleaseAsset = async (context: Context, assetUrl: string, newName: string) => {
-	console.log('Updating asset with URL', assetUrl, 'to have name, ', newName);
-
-	// See https://docs.github.com/en/rest/releases/assets?apiVersion=2022-11-28#update-a-release-asset
-	const result = await fetch(assetUrl, {
-		method: 'PATCH',
-		headers: defaultApiHeaders(context),
-		body: JSON.stringify({
-			name: newName,
-		}),
-	});
-
-	if (!result.ok) {
-		throw new Error(`Unable to update release asset: ${await result.text()}`);
-	}
-};
-
-// Renames release assets in Joplin Desktop releases
-const renameReleaseAssets = async () => {
-	const args = parseArgs({
-		options: {
-			tag: { type: 'string' },
-			token: { type: 'string' },
-			repo: { type: 'string' },
-		},
-	});
-
-	if (!args.values.tag || !args.values.token || !args.values.repo) {
-		throw new Error([
-			'Required arguments: --tag, --token, --repo',
-			'  --tag should be a git tag with an associated release (e.g. v12.12.12)',
-			'  --token should be a GitHub API token',
-			'  --repo should be a string in the form user/reponame (e.g. laurent22/joplin)',
-		].join('\n'));
-	}
-
-
-	const context: Context = {
-		repo: args.values.repo,
-		githubToken: args.values.token,
-	};
-
-	console.log('Renaming release assets for tag', args.values.tag, context.repo);
-
-	const release = await getTargetRelease(context, args.values.tag);
-
-	if (!release.assets) {
-		console.log(release);
-		throw new Error(`Release ${release.name} missing assets!`);
-	}
-
-	// Patterns used to rename releases
-	const renamePatterns = [
-		[/-arm64\.dmg$/, '-arm64.DMG'],
-	];
-
-	for (const asset of release.assets) {
-		for (const [pattern, replacement] of renamePatterns) {
-			if (asset.name.match(pattern)) {
-				const newName = asset.name.replace(pattern, replacement);
-				await updateReleaseAsset(context, asset.url, newName);
-
-				// Only rename a release once.
-				break;
-			}
-		}
-	}
-};
-
-void renameReleaseAssets();
diff --git a/packages/app-desktop/utils/checkForUpdatesUtils.ts b/packages/app-desktop/utils/checkForUpdatesUtils.ts
index 901c764ac..71b8904b1 100644
--- a/packages/app-desktop/utils/checkForUpdatesUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/app-desktop/utils/checkForUpdatesUtils.ts
@@ -7,9 +7,11 @@ export interface CheckForUpdateOptions {
 export interface GitHubReleaseAsset {
 	name: string;
 	browser_download_url: string;
+	url?: string;
 }
 
 export interface GitHubRelease {
+	id?: string;
 	tag_name: string;
 	prerelease: boolean;
 	body: string;