diff --git a/.goreleaser.yml b/.goreleaser.yml
index 6c768659..96aa2457 100644
--- a/.goreleaser.yml
+++ b/.goreleaser.yml
@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@ builds:
       - amd64
       - arm64
       - arm
-    goarm:
-      - "6"
-      - "7"
     ignore:
       - goos: windows
         goarch: arm64
@@ -42,6 +39,8 @@ builds:
     main: internal/cmd/agent/agent.go
     env:
       - CGO_ENABLED=0
+    ldflags:
+      - -s -w -X github.com/henrygd/beszel/internal/ghupdate.buildGOARM={{ .Arm }}
     goos:
       - linux
       - darwin
@@ -108,6 +107,7 @@ archives:
       {{ .Binary }}_
       {{- .Os }}_
       {{- .Arch }}
+      {{- if ne .Arm "6" }}{{ with .Arm }}v{{ . }}{{ end }}{{ end }}
     format_overrides:
       - goos: windows
         formats: [zip]
diff --git a/internal/ghupdate/ghupdate.go b/internal/ghupdate/ghupdate.go
index f5baf0d6..881e6c6f 100644
--- a/internal/ghupdate/ghupdate.go
+++ b/internal/ghupdate/ghupdate.go
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ const (
 	colorGray   = "\033[90m"
 )
 
+// buildGOARM is set by GoReleaser for agent builds. An empty value identifies
+// legacy builds, which used GoReleaser's default GOARM value (ARMv6).
+var buildGOARM string
+
 func ColorPrint(color, text string) {
 	fmt.Println(color + text + colorReset)
 }
@@ -129,7 +133,7 @@ func (p *updater) update() (updated bool, err error) {
 		return false, nil
 	}
 
-	suffix := archiveSuffix(p.config.ArchiveExecutable, runtime.GOOS, runtime.GOARCH)
+	suffix := archiveSuffix(p.config.ArchiveExecutable, runtime.GOOS, runtime.GOARCH, buildGOARM)
 	asset, err := latest.findAssetBySuffix(suffix)
 	if err != nil {
 		return false, err
@@ -346,7 +350,7 @@ func copyFile(src, dst string) error {
 	return destFile.Chmod(sourceInfo.Mode())
 }
 
-func archiveSuffix(binaryName, goos, goarch string) string {
+func archiveSuffix(binaryName, goos, goarch, goarm string) string {
 	if goos == "windows" {
 		return fmt.Sprintf("%s_%s_%s.zip", binaryName, goos, goarch)
 	}
@@ -354,7 +358,11 @@ func archiveSuffix(binaryName, goos, goarch string) string {
 	if binaryName == "beszel-agent" && goos == "linux" && goarch == "amd64" && isGlibc() {
 		return fmt.Sprintf("%s_%s_%s_glibc.tar.gz", binaryName, goos, goarch)
 	}
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%s_%s_%s.tar.gz", binaryName, goos, goarch)
+	armSuffix := ""
+	if binaryName == "beszel-agent" && goarch == "arm" && (goarm == "5" || goarm == "7") {
+		armSuffix = "v" + goarm
+	}
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s_%s_%s%s.tar.gz", binaryName, goos, goarch, armSuffix)
 }
 
 func isGlibc() bool {
diff --git a/internal/ghupdate/ghupdate_test.go b/internal/ghupdate/ghupdate_test.go
index f23b5750..5598c93d 100644
--- a/internal/ghupdate/ghupdate_test.go
+++ b/internal/ghupdate/ghupdate_test.go
@@ -8,6 +8,31 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 )
 
+func TestArchiveSuffix(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name                 string
+		binary, goos, goarch string
+		goarm, want          string
+	}{
+		{"armv5 agent", "beszel-agent", "linux", "arm", "5", "beszel-agent_linux_armv5.tar.gz"},
+		{"armv6 keeps legacy name", "beszel-agent", "linux", "arm", "6", "beszel-agent_linux_arm.tar.gz"},
+		{"hub keeps legacy arm name", "beszel", "linux", "arm", "6", "beszel_linux_arm.tar.gz"},
+		{"armv7 agent", "beszel-agent", "linux", "arm", "7", "beszel-agent_linux_armv7.tar.gz"},
+		{"newer arm keeps legacy name", "beszel-agent", "linux", "arm", "8", "beszel-agent_linux_arm.tar.gz"},
+		{"unknown arm keeps legacy name", "beszel-agent", "linux", "arm", "", "beszel-agent_linux_arm.tar.gz"},
+		{"amd64 hub", "beszel", "linux", "amd64", "", "beszel_linux_amd64.tar.gz"},
+		{"windows", "beszel-agent", "windows", "amd64", "", "beszel-agent_windows_amd64.zip"},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if got := archiveSuffix(tt.binary, tt.goos, tt.goarch, tt.goarm); got != tt.want {
+				t.Errorf("archiveSuffix() = %q, want %q", got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func TestReleaseFindAssetBySuffix(t *testing.T) {
 	r := release{
 		Assets: []*releaseAsset{
diff --git a/supplemental/scripts/install-agent.sh b/supplemental/scripts/install-agent.sh
index 246f647b..dbbda569 100755
--- a/supplemental/scripts/install-agent.sh
+++ b/supplemental/scripts/install-agent.sh
@@ -215,9 +215,15 @@ detect_architecture() {
     x86_64)
       arch="amd64"
       ;;
-    armv6l|armv7l)
+    armv5*)
+      arch="armv5"
+      ;;
+    armv6l)
       arch="arm"
       ;;
+    armv7l)
+      arch="armv7"
+      ;;
     aarch64)
       arch="arm64"
       ;;