diff --git a/internal/client/client_test.go b/internal/client/client_test.go
index 42f9ad3ead4..1aa7356e938 100644
--- a/internal/client/client_test.go
+++ b/internal/client/client_test.go
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ func TestClientNewGitea(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := &context.Context{
 		Config: config.Project{
 			GiteaURLs: config.GiteaURLs{
-				API: "https://git.dtluna.net/api/v1",
+				// TODO: use a mocked http server to cover version api
+				API:      "https://gitea.com/api/v1",
+				Download: "https://gitea.com",
 			},
 		},
 		TokenType: context.TokenTypeGitea,
@@ -35,7 +37,7 @@ func TestClientNewGiteaInvalidURL(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := &context.Context{
 		Config: config.Project{
 			GiteaURLs: config.GiteaURLs{
-				API: "://git.dtluna.net/api/v1",
+				API: "://gitea.com/api/v1",
 			},
 		},
 		TokenType: context.TokenTypeGitea,
diff --git a/internal/client/gitea.go b/internal/client/gitea.go
index 65c51e7dd47..3c20bc1fb7e 100644
--- a/internal/client/gitea.go
+++ b/internal/client/gitea.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package client
 
 import (
 	"crypto/tls"
+	"encoding/base64"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
@@ -85,8 +86,42 @@ func (c *giteaClient) CreateFile(
 	path,
 	message string,
 ) error {
-	//TODO: implement for brew and scoop support for Gitea-hosted repos
-	return nil
+	// use default branch
+	branchName := ""
+
+	fileOptions := gitea.FileOptions{
+		Message:    message,
+		BranchName: branchName,
+		Author: gitea.Identity{
+			Name:  commitAuthor.Name,
+			Email: commitAuthor.Email,
+		},
+		Committer: gitea.Identity{
+			Name:  commitAuthor.Name,
+			Email: commitAuthor.Email,
+		},
+	}
+
+	currentFile, resp, err := c.client.GetContents(repo.Owner, repo.Name, branchName, path)
+	// file not exist, create it
+	if err != nil {
+		if resp == nil || resp.StatusCode != http.StatusNotFound {
+			return err
+		}
+		_, _, err = c.client.CreateFile(repo.Owner, repo.Name, path, gitea.CreateFileOptions{
+			FileOptions: fileOptions,
+			Content:     base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(content),
+		})
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// update file
+	_, _, err = c.client.UpdateFile(repo.Owner, repo.Name, path, gitea.UpdateFileOptions{
+		FileOptions: fileOptions,
+		SHA:         currentFile.SHA,
+		Content:     base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(content),
+	})
+	return err
 }
 
 func (c *giteaClient) createRelease(ctx *context.Context, title, body string) (*gitea.Release, error) {
@@ -193,7 +228,12 @@ func (c *giteaClient) CreateRelease(ctx *context.Context, body string) (string,
 }
 
 func (c *giteaClient) ReleaseURLTemplate(ctx *context.Context) (string, error) {
-	return "", NotImplementedError{TokenType: context.TokenTypeGitea}
+	return fmt.Sprintf(
+		"%s/%s/%s/releases/download/{{ .Tag }}/{{ .ArtifactName }}",
+		ctx.Config.GiteaURLs.Download,
+		ctx.Config.Release.Gitea.Owner,
+		ctx.Config.Release.Gitea.Name,
+	), nil
 }
 
 // Upload uploads a file into a release repository.
diff --git a/internal/client/gitea_test.go b/internal/client/gitea_test.go
index 9e2d773fb9f..7038c311974 100644
--- a/internal/client/gitea_test.go
+++ b/internal/client/gitea_test.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ type GetInstanceURLSuite struct {
 
 func (s *GetInstanceURLSuite) TestWithScheme() {
 	t := s.T()
-	rootURL := "https://git.dtluna.net"
+	rootURL := "https://gitea.com"
 	result, err := getInstanceURL(rootURL + "/api/v1")
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.Equal(t, rootURL, result)
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ func (s *GetInstanceURLSuite) TestWithScheme() {
 
 func (s *GetInstanceURLSuite) TestParseError() {
 	t := s.T()
-	host := "://.dtluna.net"
+	host := "://wrong.gitea.com"
 	result, err := getInstanceURL(host)
 	require.Error(t, err)
 	require.Empty(t, result)
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func (s *GetInstanceURLSuite) TestParseError() {
 
 func (s *GetInstanceURLSuite) TestNoScheme() {
 	t := s.T()
-	host := "git.dtluna.net"
+	host := "gitea.com"
 	result, err := getInstanceURL(host)
 	require.Error(t, err)
 	require.Empty(t, result)
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ func (s *GiteaReleasesTestSuite) SetupTest() {
 			CurrentTag:  s.tag,
 			Commit:      s.commit,
 			ShortCommit: s.commit[0:2],
-			URL:         "https://git.dtluna.net/goreleaser/goreleaser.git",
+			URL:         "https://gitea.com/goreleaser/goreleaser.git",
 		},
 		PreRelease: s.isPrerelease,
 	}
@@ -240,20 +240,25 @@ func (s *GiteaupdateReleaseSuite) TestError() {
 	require.Nil(t, release)
 }
 
-func TestGiteaupdateReleaseSuite(t *testing.T) {
-	suite.Run(t, new(GiteaupdateReleaseSuite))
+func (s *GiteaupdateReleaseSuite) TestGiteaCreateFile() {
+	t := s.T()
+	fileEndpoint := fmt.Sprintf("%s/api/v1/repos/%s/%s/contents/%s", s.url, s.owner, s.repoName, "file.txt")
+
+	httpmock.RegisterResponder("GET", fmt.Sprintf("%s/api/v1/version", s.url), httpmock.NewStringResponder(200, "{\"version\":\"1.12.0\"}"))
+	httpmock.RegisterResponder("GET", fileEndpoint, httpmock.NewStringResponder(404, ""))
+	httpmock.RegisterResponder("POST", fileEndpoint, httpmock.NewStringResponder(201, "{\n  \"content\": {\n    \"name\": \"test.file\",\n    \"path\": \"test.file\",\n    \"sha\": \"3b18e512dba79e4c8300dd08aeb37f8e728b8dad\",\n    \"type\": \"file\",\n    \"size\": 12,\n    \"encoding\": \"base64\",\n    \"content\": \"aGVsbG8gd29ybGQK\"\n  }\n}"))
+
+	author := config.CommitAuthor{Name: s.owner}
+	repo := Repo{Owner: s.owner, Name: s.repoName}
+	content := []byte("hello world")
+	path := "file.txt"
+	message := "add hello world"
+	err := s.client.CreateFile(s.ctx, author, repo, content, path, message)
+	require.Nil(t, err)
 }
 
-func TestGiteaCreateFile(t *testing.T) {
-	client := giteaClient{}
-	ctx := context.Context{}
-	author := config.CommitAuthor{}
-	repo := Repo{}
-	content := []byte{}
-	path := ""
-	message := ""
-	file := client.CreateFile(&ctx, author, repo, content, path, message)
-	require.Nil(t, file)
+func TestGiteaupdateReleaseSuite(t *testing.T) {
+	suite.Run(t, new(GiteaupdateReleaseSuite))
 }
 
 type GiteaCreateReleaseSuite struct {
@@ -401,3 +406,26 @@ func (s *GiteaUploadSuite) TestSuccess() {
 func TestGiteaUploadSuite(t *testing.T) {
 	suite.Run(t, new(GiteaUploadSuite))
 }
+
+func TestGiteaReleaseURLTemplate(t *testing.T) {
+	var ctx = context.New(config.Project{
+		GiteaURLs: config.GiteaURLs{
+			API:      "https://gitea.com/api/v1",
+			Download: "https://gitea.com",
+		},
+		Release: config.Release{
+			Gitea: config.Repo{
+				Owner: "owner",
+				Name:  "name",
+			},
+		},
+	})
+	client, err := NewGitea(ctx, ctx.Token)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	urlTpl, err := client.ReleaseURLTemplate(ctx)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	expectedUrl := "https://gitea.com/owner/name/releases/download/{{ .Tag }}/{{ .ArtifactName }}"
+	require.Equal(t, expectedUrl, urlTpl)
+}
diff --git a/internal/pipe/defaults/defaults.go b/internal/pipe/defaults/defaults.go
index 5a0ea5812cc..538700e22fd 100644
--- a/internal/pipe/defaults/defaults.go
+++ b/internal/pipe/defaults/defaults.go
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 package defaults
 
 import (
+	"strings"
+
 	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/internal/client"
 	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/internal/middleware"
 	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/pkg/context"
@@ -27,6 +29,9 @@ func (Pipe) Run(ctx *context.Context) error {
 	if ctx.Config.GitLabURLs.Download == "" {
 		ctx.Config.GitLabURLs.Download = client.DefaultGitLabDownloadURL
 	}
+	if ctx.Config.GiteaURLs.Download == "" {
+		ctx.Config.GiteaURLs.Download = strings.ReplaceAll(ctx.Config.GiteaURLs.API, "/api/v1", "")
+	}
 	for _, defaulter := range defaults.Defaulters {
 		if err := middleware.Logging(
 			defaulter.String(),
diff --git a/internal/pipe/defaults/defaults_test.go b/internal/pipe/defaults/defaults_test.go
index f7f93c7a0ef..5bb61be497d 100644
--- a/internal/pipe/defaults/defaults_test.go
+++ b/internal/pipe/defaults/defaults_test.go
@@ -104,4 +104,16 @@ func TestFillPartial(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Empty(t, ctx.Config.Dockers[0].Goarm)
 	require.Equal(t, "disttt", ctx.Config.Dist)
 	require.NotEqual(t, "https://github.com", ctx.Config.GitHubURLs.Download)
+
+	ctx = &context.Context{
+		TokenType: context.TokenTypeGitea,
+
+		Config: config.Project{
+			GiteaURLs: config.GiteaURLs{
+				API: "https://gitea.com/api/v1",
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	require.NoError(t, Pipe{}.Run(ctx))
+	require.Equal(t, "https://gitea.com", ctx.Config.GiteaURLs.Download)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/config/config.go b/pkg/config/config.go
index bd0ee74603a..c34110be61f 100644
--- a/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ type GitLabURLs struct {
 // GiteaURLs holds the URLs to be used when using gitea.
 type GiteaURLs struct {
 	API           string `yaml:"api,omitempty"`
+	Download      string `yaml:"download,omitempty"`
 	SkipTLSVerify bool   `yaml:"skip_tls_verify,omitempty"`
 }
 
diff --git a/www/docs/environment.md b/www/docs/environment.md
index 8352fbc6dd8..aba9f09e3b3 100644
--- a/www/docs/environment.md
+++ b/www/docs/environment.md
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ the `.goreleaser.yml` configuration file:
 # .goreleaser.yml
 gitea_urls:
   api: https://gitea.myinstance.com/api/v1/
+  download: https://gitea.myinstance.com
   # set to true if you use a self-signed certificate
   skip_tls_verify: false
 ```