diff --git a/crates/copilot/src/copilot.rs b/crates/copilot/src/copilot.rs
index b8d38c757e0ae33159262e5f66d756baeb8a2099..6b619e4979a34027aa1ecdb80219ca8a53bf2b18 100644
--- a/crates/copilot/src/copilot.rs
+++ b/crates/copilot/src/copilot.rs
@@ -979,7 +979,7 @@ async fn get_copilot_lsp(http: Arc<dyn HttpClient>) -> anyhow::Result<PathBuf> {
         let release =
             latest_github_release("zed-industries/copilot", true, false, http.clone()).await?;
 
-        let version_dir = &*paths::COPILOT_DIR.join(format!("copilot-{}", release.name));
+        let version_dir = &*paths::COPILOT_DIR.join(format!("copilot-{}", release.tag_name));
 
         fs::create_dir_all(version_dir).await?;
         let server_path = version_dir.join(SERVER_PATH);
diff --git a/crates/util/src/github.rs b/crates/util/src/github.rs
index 8503c692672b0c7e78e3521b17a6f973b6d9e78a..d62856ae601643f88fcb4863092b37188de0f796 100644
--- a/crates/util/src/github.rs
+++ b/crates/util/src/github.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ pub struct GitHubLspBinaryVersion {
 
 #[derive(Deserialize, Debug)]
 pub struct GithubRelease {
-    pub name: String,
+    pub tag_name: String,
     #[serde(rename = "prerelease")]
     pub pre_release: bool,
     pub assets: Vec<GithubReleaseAsset>,
@@ -58,9 +58,10 @@ pub async fn latest_github_release(
     let releases = match serde_json::from_slice::<Vec<GithubRelease>>(body.as_slice()) {
         Ok(releases) => releases,
 
-        Err(_) => {
+        Err(err) => {
+            log::error!("Error deserializing: {:?}", err);
             log::error!(
-                "Error deserializing GitHub API response text: {:?}",
+                "GitHub API response text: {:?}",
                 String::from_utf8_lossy(body.as_slice())
             );
             return Err(anyhow!("error deserializing latest release"));
diff --git a/crates/zed/src/languages/c.rs b/crates/zed/src/languages/c.rs
index 8b5902ff75c0b80e1e2e715457d62acef8ac22c3..974a95766ba10267b7e67d8aeb6c700e9474a4d9 100644
--- a/crates/zed/src/languages/c.rs
+++ b/crates/zed/src/languages/c.rs
@@ -30,14 +30,14 @@ impl super::LspAdapter for CLspAdapter {
     ) -> Result<Box<dyn 'static + Send + Any>> {
         let release =
             latest_github_release("clangd/clangd", true, false, delegate.http_client()).await?;
-        let asset_name = format!("clangd-mac-{}.zip", release.name);
+        let asset_name = format!("clangd-mac-{}.zip", release.tag_name);
         let asset = release
             .assets
             .iter()
             .find(|asset| asset.name == asset_name)
             .ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("no asset found matching {:?}", asset_name))?;
         let version = GitHubLspBinaryVersion {
-            name: release.name,
+            name: release.tag_name,
             url: asset.browser_download_url.clone(),
         };
         Ok(Box::new(version) as Box<_>)
diff --git a/crates/zed/src/languages/csharp.rs b/crates/zed/src/languages/csharp.rs
index 9d3c63ed51db5142b0a169683be0301d65f20634..475b7573d035aa6298fced3e235a662893944f74 100644
--- a/crates/zed/src/languages/csharp.rs
+++ b/crates/zed/src/languages/csharp.rs
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ impl super::LspAdapter for OmniSharpAdapter {
                     .find(|asset| asset.name == asset_name)
                     .ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("no asset found matching {:?}", asset_name))?;
                 let version = GitHubLspBinaryVersion {
-                    name: release.name,
+                    name: release.tag_name,
                     url: asset.browser_download_url.clone(),
                 };
 
diff --git a/crates/zed/src/languages/deno.rs b/crates/zed/src/languages/deno.rs
index 0020f94a46777bec9e77f137cf846f3394c88f71..a06c6e42d5f1cc798957ababf5c3522282f4357b 100644
--- a/crates/zed/src/languages/deno.rs
+++ b/crates/zed/src/languages/deno.rs
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ impl LspAdapter for DenoLspAdapter {
             .find(|asset| asset.name == asset_name)
             .ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("no asset found matching {:?}", asset_name))?;
         let version = GitHubLspBinaryVersion {
-            name: release.name,
+            name: release.tag_name,
             url: asset.browser_download_url.clone(),
         };
         Ok(Box::new(version) as Box<_>)
diff --git a/crates/zed/src/languages/elixir.rs b/crates/zed/src/languages/elixir.rs
index f6b19ad06611a001696635ae9d65ad699e5c282d..39b9c0a10016a05f58109c5a3edea76e6849bf3f 100644
--- a/crates/zed/src/languages/elixir.rs
+++ b/crates/zed/src/languages/elixir.rs
@@ -112,13 +112,8 @@ impl LspAdapter for ElixirLspAdapter {
     ) -> Result<Box<dyn 'static + Send + Any>> {
         let http = delegate.http_client();
         let release = latest_github_release("elixir-lsp/elixir-ls", true, false, http).await?;
-        let version_name = release
-            .name
-            .strip_prefix("Release ")
-            .context("Elixir-ls release name does not start with prefix")?
-            .to_owned();
 
-        let asset_name = format!("elixir-ls-{version_name}.zip");
+        let asset_name = format!("elixir-ls-{}.zip", &release.tag_name);
         let asset = release
             .assets
             .iter()
@@ -126,7 +121,7 @@ impl LspAdapter for ElixirLspAdapter {
             .ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("no asset found matching {asset_name:?}"))?;
 
         let version = GitHubLspBinaryVersion {
-            name: version_name,
+            name: release.tag_name.clone(),
             url: asset.browser_download_url.clone(),
         };
         Ok(Box::new(version) as Box<_>)
@@ -321,7 +316,7 @@ impl LspAdapter for NextLspAdapter {
         let release =
             latest_github_release("elixir-tools/next-ls", true, false, delegate.http_client())
                 .await?;
-        let version = release.name;
+        let version = release.tag_name;
         let asset_name = format!("next_ls_{platform}");
         let asset = release
             .assets
diff --git a/crates/zed/src/languages/gleam.rs b/crates/zed/src/languages/gleam.rs
index d8020a0a8542267bffad8348686e2ba1e4002e15..508956b0994f088ab52c8b052353505e37492f67 100644
--- a/crates/zed/src/languages/gleam.rs
+++ b/crates/zed/src/languages/gleam.rs
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ impl LspAdapter for GleamLspAdapter {
 
         let asset_name = format!(
             "gleam-{version}-{arch}-apple-darwin.tar.gz",
-            version = release.name,
+            version = release.tag_name,
             arch = std::env::consts::ARCH
         );
         let asset = release
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ impl LspAdapter for GleamLspAdapter {
             .find(|asset| asset.name == asset_name)
             .ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("no asset found matching {:?}", asset_name))?;
         Ok(Box::new(GitHubLspBinaryVersion {
-            name: release.name,
+            name: release.tag_name,
             url: asset.browser_download_url.clone(),
         }))
     }
diff --git a/crates/zed/src/languages/go.rs b/crates/zed/src/languages/go.rs
index 871ff0886f9f0c021f4d4e7bd064b63888bba57f..05bea740c5529db9b9db5afb426118a850bd5b89 100644
--- a/crates/zed/src/languages/go.rs
+++ b/crates/zed/src/languages/go.rs
@@ -47,11 +47,11 @@ impl super::LspAdapter for GoLspAdapter {
     ) -> Result<Box<dyn 'static + Send + Any>> {
         let release =
             latest_github_release("golang/tools", false, false, delegate.http_client()).await?;
-        let version: Option<String> = release.name.strip_prefix("gopls/v").map(str::to_string);
+        let version: Option<String> = release.tag_name.strip_prefix("gopls/v").map(str::to_string);
         if version.is_none() {
             log::warn!(
-                "couldn't infer gopls version from github release name '{}'",
-                release.name
+                "couldn't infer gopls version from GitHub release tag name '{}'",
+                release.tag_name
             );
         }
         Ok(Box::new(version) as Box<_>)
diff --git a/crates/zed/src/languages/lua.rs b/crates/zed/src/languages/lua.rs
index c25bb3d12576aac3f6f86b650b6f7e26d6e07b3a..7476ab37ea0497937f904f2bc579ab7394dcc79e 100644
--- a/crates/zed/src/languages/lua.rs
+++ b/crates/zed/src/languages/lua.rs
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ impl super::LspAdapter for LuaLspAdapter {
             delegate.http_client(),
         )
         .await?;
-        let version = &release.name;
+        let version = &release.tag_name;
         let asset_name = format!("lua-language-server-{version}-darwin-{platform}.tar.gz");
         let asset = release
             .assets
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ impl super::LspAdapter for LuaLspAdapter {
             .find(|asset| asset.name == asset_name)
             .ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("no asset found matching {:?}", asset_name))?;
         let version = GitHubLspBinaryVersion {
-            name: release.name,
+            name: release.tag_name,
             url: asset.browser_download_url.clone(),
         };
         Ok(Box::new(version) as Box<_>)
diff --git a/crates/zed/src/languages/rust.rs b/crates/zed/src/languages/rust.rs
index bd00e9350cf8b416515bd5154d09b2da3885b8e1..7a95e26d9bd643fb8c9fe3a023ec4e64bcef7ff9 100644
--- a/crates/zed/src/languages/rust.rs
+++ b/crates/zed/src/languages/rust.rs
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ impl LspAdapter for RustLspAdapter {
             .find(|asset| asset.name == asset_name)
             .ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("no asset found matching {:?}", asset_name))?;
         Ok(Box::new(GitHubLspBinaryVersion {
-            name: release.name,
+            name: release.tag_name,
             url: asset.browser_download_url.clone(),
         }))
     }
diff --git a/crates/zed/src/languages/toml.rs b/crates/zed/src/languages/toml.rs
index e16109be9a3e5c3f0145a711b0099c0a52f789a0..9393fa691e84115c53c75f1f95812af22ba91628 100644
--- a/crates/zed/src/languages/toml.rs
+++ b/crates/zed/src/languages/toml.rs
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ impl LspAdapter for TaploLspAdapter {
             .context(format!("no asset found matching {asset_name:?}"))?;
 
         Ok(Box::new(GitHubLspBinaryVersion {
-            name: release.name,
+            name: release.tag_name,
             url: asset.browser_download_url.clone(),
         }))
     }
diff --git a/crates/zed/src/languages/typescript.rs b/crates/zed/src/languages/typescript.rs
index ff83220922b75589f630972182c1c29f8c89bedd..6ee8e34bfd3ad63f0c55b8ae1733a88b2d3339c6 100644
--- a/crates/zed/src/languages/typescript.rs
+++ b/crates/zed/src/languages/typescript.rs
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ impl LspAdapter for EsLintLspAdapter {
         )
         .await?;
         Ok(Box::new(GitHubLspBinaryVersion {
-            name: release.name,
+            name: release.tag_name,
             url: release.tarball_url,
         }))
     }
diff --git a/crates/zed/src/languages/zig.rs b/crates/zed/src/languages/zig.rs
index 8fac5c195fc1e83c411e85e9e440d01a88491015..12268c2e14573ced7684db96ffd8b30abf4598f2 100644
--- a/crates/zed/src/languages/zig.rs
+++ b/crates/zed/src/languages/zig.rs
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ impl LspAdapter for ZlsAdapter {
             .find(|asset| asset.name == asset_name)
             .ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("no asset found matching {:?}", asset_name))?;
         let version = GitHubLspBinaryVersion {
-            name: release.name,
+            name: release.tag_name,
             url: asset.browser_download_url.clone(),
         };