diff --git a/playbooks/alpine/install-zerotier.yml b/playbooks/alpine/install-zerotier.yml
index af4ee50..46ab26e 100644
--- a/playbooks/alpine/install-zerotier.yml
+++ b/playbooks/alpine/install-zerotier.yml
@@ -41,20 +41,13 @@
         creates: /usr/local/bin/zerotier-one
 
     - name: Extract ZeroTier binary
-      ansible.builtin.command:
-        cmd: gzip -dc /tmp/zerotier-one.gz
-      register: zerotier_extract
-      changed_when: true
-      failed_when: zerotier_extract.rc != 0
-
-    - name: Write extracted binary to disk
-      ansible.builtin.copy:
-        content: "{{ zerotier_extract.stdout }}"
-        dest: /usr/local/bin/zerotier-one
-        owner: root
-        group: root
-        mode: "0755"
-      no_log: true
+      ansible.builtin.shell:
+        cmd: |
+          set -eu
+          gzip -dc /tmp/zerotier-one.gz > /usr/local/bin/zerotier-one
+          chmod 0755 /usr/local/bin/zerotier-one
+      args:
+        creates: /usr/local/bin/zerotier-one
 
     - name: Create ZeroTier CLI symlink
       ansible.builtin.file: