diff --git a/build b/build
index 9584d0d7038742bde2f4e6ed388180422da1c71c..a474038245b6912825760ba31dfcc946b791a227 100755
--- a/build
+++ b/build
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ if [ ! -f "$ZIG" ]; then
     printf "Installing Zig v$ZIG_VERSION via $URL\n"
 
     CURL=$(command -v curl 2>/dev/null)
-    TAR=$(command -v curl 2>/dev/null)
+    TAR=$(command -v tar 2>/dev/null)
 
     if [ -z "$CURL" ]; then
         printf "This script requires 'curl' to be installed.\n"