diff --git a/.github/scripts/bindist.sh b/.github/scripts/bindist.sh
index 1698cee3be..c8d0a01731 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/bindist.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/bindist.sh
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ case "${TARBALL_EXT}" in
 		: "${GHCS:="$(cd "$CI_PROJECT_DIR/out/${ARTIFACT}" && rm -f ./*.json && for ghc in * ; do printf "%s\n" "$ghc" ; done | sort -r | tr '\n' ' ')"}"
 		emake --version
 		emake GHCUP=ghcup ARTIFACT="${ARTIFACT}" GHCS="${GHCS}" bindist
-		emake GHCUP=ghcup ARTIFACT="${ARTIFACT}"                bindist-tar
 		emake GHCUP=ghcup                        GHCS="${GHCS}" clean-ghcs
+		emake GHCUP=ghcup ARTIFACT="${ARTIFACT}"                bindist-tar
         ;;
     *)
         fail "Unknown TARBALL_EXT: ${TARBALL_EXT}"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index da47acd5ad..b0bc3a8ce1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        ghc: ["9.6.1", "9.4.5", "9.2.7", "9.0.2", "8.10.7"]
+        ghc: ["9.6.2", "9.4.5", "9.2.8", "9.2.7", "9.0.2", "8.10.7"]
         platform: [ { image: "debian:9"
                     , installCmd: "sed -i s/deb.debian.org/archive.debian.org/g /etc/apt/sources.list && sed -i 's|security.debian.org|archive.debian.org/|g' /etc/apt/sources.list && sed -i /-updates/d /etc/apt/sources.list && apt-get update && apt-get install -y"
                     , toolRequirements: "libnuma-dev zlib1g-dev libgmp-dev libgmp10 libssl-dev liblzma-dev libbz2-dev git wget lsb-release software-properties-common gnupg2 apt-transport-https gcc autoconf automake build-essential curl ghc gzip libffi-dev libncurses-dev libncurses5 libtinfo5 patchelf"
@@ -113,9 +113,11 @@ jobs:
             platform: { image: "rockylinux:8", installCmd: "yum -y install epel-release && yum install -y --allowerasing", toolRequirements: "autoconf automake binutils bzip2 coreutils curl elfutils-devel elfutils-libs findutils gcc gcc-c++ git gmp gmp-devel jq lbzip2 make ncurses ncurses-compat-libs ncurses-devel openssh-clients patch perl pxz python3 sqlite sudo wget which xz zlib-devel patchelf", DISTRO: "Unknown", ARTIFACT: "x86_64-linux-unknown", ADD_CABAL_ARGS: "--enable-split-sections" }
           - ghc: 9.2.7
             platform: { image: "rockylinux:8", installCmd: "yum -y install epel-release && yum install -y --allowerasing", toolRequirements: "autoconf automake binutils bzip2 coreutils curl elfutils-devel elfutils-libs findutils gcc gcc-c++ git gmp gmp-devel jq lbzip2 make ncurses ncurses-compat-libs ncurses-devel openssh-clients patch perl pxz python3 sqlite sudo wget which xz zlib-devel patchelf", DISTRO: "Unknown", ARTIFACT: "x86_64-linux-unknown", ADD_CABAL_ARGS: "--enable-split-sections" }
+          - ghc: 9.2.8
+            platform: { image: "rockylinux:8", installCmd: "yum -y install epel-release && yum install -y --allowerasing", toolRequirements: "autoconf automake binutils bzip2 coreutils curl elfutils-devel elfutils-libs findutils gcc gcc-c++ git gmp gmp-devel jq lbzip2 make ncurses ncurses-compat-libs ncurses-devel openssh-clients patch perl pxz python3 sqlite sudo wget which xz zlib-devel patchelf", DISTRO: "Unknown", ARTIFACT: "x86_64-linux-unknown", ADD_CABAL_ARGS: "--enable-split-sections" }
           - ghc: 9.4.5
             platform: { image: "fedora:33", installCmd: "dnf install -y", toolRequirements: "autoconf automake binutils bzip2 coreutils curl elfutils-devel elfutils-libs findutils gcc gcc-c++ git gmp gmp-devel jq lbzip2 make ncurses ncurses-compat-libs ncurses-devel openssh-clients patch perl pxz python3 sqlite sudo wget which xz zlib-devel patchelf tree", DISTRO: "Unknown", ARTIFACT: "x86_64-linux-unknown", ADD_CABAL_ARGS: "--enable-split-sections" }
-          - ghc: 9.6.1
+          - ghc: 9.6.2
             platform: { image: "rockylinux:8", installCmd: "yum -y install epel-release && yum install -y --allowerasing", toolRequirements: "autoconf automake binutils bzip2 coreutils curl elfutils-devel elfutils-libs findutils gcc gcc-c++ git gmp gmp-devel jq lbzip2 make ncurses ncurses-compat-libs ncurses-devel openssh-clients patch perl pxz python3 sqlite sudo wget which xz zlib-devel patchelf", DISTRO: "Unknown", ARTIFACT: "x86_64-linux-unknown", ADD_CABAL_ARGS: "--enable-split-sections" }
     container:
       image: ${{ matrix.platform.image }}
@@ -171,7 +173,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: true
       matrix:
-        ghc: ["9.6.1","9.4.5", "9.2.7", "9.0.2", "8.10.7"]
+        ghc: ["9.6.2", "9.2.8", "9.2.7", "9.0.2", "8.10.7"]
     steps:
       - uses: docker://arm64v8/ubuntu:focal
         name: Cleanup (aarch64 linux)
@@ -226,7 +228,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        ghc: ["9.6.1", "9.4.5", "9.2.7", "9.0.2", "8.10.7"]
+        ghc: ["9.6.2", "9.4.5", "9.2.8", "9.2.7", "9.0.2", "8.10.7"]
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -266,7 +268,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        ghc: ["9.6.1", "9.4.5", "9.2.7", "8.10.7"]
+        ghc: ["9.6.2", "9.4.5", "9.2.8", "9.2.7", "8.10.7"]
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -315,7 +317,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        ghc: ["9.6.1", "9.4.5", "9.2.7", "9.0.2", "8.10.7"]
+        ghc: ["9.6.2", "9.4.5", "9.2.8", "9.2.7", "9.0.2", "8.10.7"]
     steps:
       - name: install windows deps
         shell: pwsh