diff --git a/.github/workflows/post-release.yml b/.github/workflows/post-release.yml
index 90edab56c2f8..a36ee0a6408c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/post-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/post-release.yml
@@ -103,3 +103,13 @@ jobs:
           branch-suffix: timestamp
           title: "docs: update documentation assets"
           delete-branch: true
+
+  check-install-script:
+    name: Installation script (remote)
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+
+    steps:
+      - run: curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golangci/golangci-lint/master/install.sh | sh -s -- -b "./install-golangci-lint"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr.yml b/.github/workflows/pr.yml
index b0c6e9173736..aade5b4bb190 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr.yml
@@ -128,6 +128,17 @@ jobs:
           # needed for github-action-config.json generation
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
+  check-local-install-script:
+    name: Installation script (local)
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Check installation script
+        run: cat ./install.sh | sh -s -- -d -b "./install-golangci-lint"
+
   # Note: the command `run` is tested by the previous steps (`make test`).
   commands:
     needs: golangci-lint
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 39f643681e69..4fc606243d8b 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -275,6 +275,26 @@ http_download_curl() {
   local_file=$1
   source_url=$2
   header=$3
+
+  # workaround https://github.com/curl/curl/issues/13845
+  curl_version=$(curl --version | head -n 1 | awk '{ print $2 }')
+  if [ "$curl_version" = "8.8.0" ]; then
+    log_debug "http_download_curl curl $curl_version detected"
+    if [ -z "$header" ]; then
+      curl -sL -o "$local_file" "$source_url"
+    else
+      curl -sL -H "$header" -o "$local_file" "$source_url"
+
+      nf=$(cat "$local_file" | jq -r '.error // ""')
+      if  [ ! -z "$nf" ]; then
+        log_debug "http_download_curl received an error: $nf"
+        return 1
+      fi
+    fi
+
+    return 0
+  fi
+
   if [ -z "$header" ]; then
     code=$(curl -w '%{http_code}' -sL -o "$local_file" "$source_url")
   else