diff --git a/selfupdate/selfupdate.go b/selfupdate/selfupdate.go
index 1a0edfb..cd033d1 100644
--- a/selfupdate/selfupdate.go
+++ b/selfupdate/selfupdate.go
@@ -657,6 +657,7 @@ func ExtractChecksum(body, assetName string) string {
 			continue
 		}
 		fname := strings.TrimPrefix(fields[1], "*")
+		fname = strings.TrimPrefix(fname, "./")
 		if fname == assetName {
 			if match := re.FindString(fields[0]); match != "" {
 				return strings.ToLower(match)
diff --git a/selfupdate/selfupdate_test.go b/selfupdate/selfupdate_test.go
index 3696bb7..b3c514c 100644
--- a/selfupdate/selfupdate_test.go
+++ b/selfupdate/selfupdate_test.go
@@ -1786,6 +1786,8 @@ func TestExtractChecksum(t *testing.T) {
 		{"no match", fmt.Sprintf("%s  tool_linux_amd64.tar.gz", testHash64), "tool_darwin_arm64.tar.gz", ""},
 		{"substring filename", fmt.Sprintf("%s  tool_darwin_arm64.tar.gz.sig", testHash64), "tool_darwin_arm64.tar.gz", ""},
 		{"binary star", fmt.Sprintf("%s *tool_darwin_arm64.tar.gz", testHash64), "tool_darwin_arm64.tar.gz", testHash64},
+		{"leading dot slash", fmt.Sprintf("%s  ./tool_darwin_arm64.tar.gz", testHash64), "tool_darwin_arm64.tar.gz", testHash64},
+		{"binary star leading dot slash", fmt.Sprintf("%s *./tool_darwin_arm64.tar.gz", testHash64), "tool_darwin_arm64.tar.gz", testHash64},
 		{"trailing comment", fmt.Sprintf("%s  tool_darwin_arm64.tar.gz  # comment", testHash64), "tool_darwin_arm64.tar.gz", testHash64},
 	}