diff --git a/packages/cli-kit/src/public/node/github.test.ts b/packages/cli-kit/src/public/node/github.test.ts
index d02f427c6e..fc8b862247 100644
--- a/packages/cli-kit/src/public/node/github.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli-kit/src/public/node/github.test.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import {readFile} from './fs.js'
 import {isExecutable} from 'is-executable'
 import {describe, expect, test, vi} from 'vitest'
 import {Response} from 'node-fetch'
+import {Readable} from 'stream'
 
 vi.mock('./http.js')
 
@@ -180,10 +181,10 @@ describe('downloadGitHubRelease', () => {
   testWithTempDir('successfully downloads the release asset', async ({tempDir}) => {
     // GIVEN
     const downloadContent = 'hello'
-    const content = Buffer.from(downloadContent)
+    const content = Readable.from(downloadContent)
     const mockResponse = {
       ok: true,
-      arrayBuffer: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(content),
+      body: content,
     }
     vi.mocked(fetch).mockResolvedValue(mockResponse as any)
 
@@ -221,7 +222,25 @@ describe('downloadGitHubRelease', () => {
 
   testWithTempDir('throws an AbortError when the response is not ok', async ({tempDir}) => {
     // GIVEN
-    vi.mocked(downloadFile).mockRejectedValue(new Error('Not Found'))
+    vi.mocked(fetch).mockResolvedValue({
+      ok: false,
+      statusText: 'Not Found',
+    } as any)
+    const targetPath = joinPath(tempDir, 'downloads', 'example')
+
+    // WHEN
+    const result = downloadGitHubRelease(repo, version, asset, targetPath)
+
+    // THEN
+    await expect(result).rejects.toThrow(AbortError)
+  })
+
+  testWithTempDir('throws an AbortError when the response body is missing', async ({tempDir}) => {
+    // GIVEN
+    vi.mocked(fetch).mockResolvedValue({
+      ok: true,
+      body: null,
+    } as any)
     const targetPath = joinPath(tempDir, 'downloads', 'example')
 
     // WHEN
diff --git a/packages/cli-kit/src/public/node/github.ts b/packages/cli-kit/src/public/node/github.ts
index 0018b744da..84e9f5e4e0 100644
--- a/packages/cli-kit/src/public/node/github.ts
+++ b/packages/cli-kit/src/public/node/github.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 import {outputContent, outputDebug, outputToken} from './output.js'
 import {err, ok, Result} from './result.js'
 import {fetch, Response} from './http.js'
-import {writeFile, mkdir, inTemporaryDirectory, moveFile, chmod} from './fs.js'
+import {mkdir, inTemporaryDirectory, moveFile, chmod, createFileWriteStream} from './fs.js'
 import {dirname, joinPath} from './path.js'
 import {runWithTimer} from './metadata.js'
 import {AbortError} from './error.js'
+import {pipeline} from 'stream/promises'
 
 class GitHubClientError extends Error {
   // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
@@ -162,8 +163,10 @@ export async function downloadGitHubRelease(
         )
       }
 
-      const buffer = await response.arrayBuffer()
-      await writeFile(tempPath, Buffer.from(buffer))
+      if (!response.body) {
+        throw new AbortError(`Failed to download ${assetName}: No response body`)
+      }
+      await pipeline(response.body, createFileWriteStream(tempPath))
 
       await chmod(tempPath, 0o755)
       await mkdir(dirname(targetPath))