diff --git a/UNRELEASED.md b/UNRELEASED.md
index ea6361545c..e36fbb39af 100644
--- a/UNRELEASED.md
+++ b/UNRELEASED.md
@@ -10,3 +10,6 @@
          * Another change description, see #124
 
      DO NOT LEAVE A BLANK LINE BELOW THIS PREAMBLE -->
+## Bug fixes
+
+ * Fixed path of jar in ZIP distribution, reported in #500, see #506
diff --git a/script/release-publish.sh b/script/release-publish.sh
index 5d72ee5664..fefdc6ac86 100755
--- a/script/release-publish.sh
+++ b/script/release-publish.sh
@@ -42,8 +42,9 @@ cd "$PROJ_ROOT"
 make clean
 make apalache
 
-# Location of the jar that get's published in releases
-RELEASE_JAR="${PROJ_ROOT}/mod-distribution/target/apalache-pkg-${VERSION}-full.jar"
+# Relative location of the jar that gets published in releases
+# This must be a relative path. Aboslute paths break the zip archive.
+RELEASE_JAR="mod-distribution/target/apalache-pkg-${VERSION}-full.jar"
 
 # Confirm the jar was produced
 if [ ! -f "$RELEASE_JAR" ]; then