diff --git a/roles/kitty/tasks/Debian.yaml b/roles/kitty/tasks/Debian.yaml
index d4982e7..254bb98 100644
--- a/roles/kitty/tasks/Debian.yaml
+++ b/roles/kitty/tasks/Debian.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,106 @@
 ---
-- name: install apt package
+- name: remove apt package
   become: true
   apt:
     name: kitty
-    state: latest
+    state: absent
+
+- name: get latest version
+  uri:
+    url: https://api.github.com/repos/kovidgoyal/kitty/releases/latest
+    headers: '{{github_auth_headers}}'
+  register: latest
+
+- set_fact:
+    kitty_latest_version: '{{latest.json.tag_name[1:]}}'
+    kitty_exe: /usr/local/bin/kitty
+    kitty_package_dir: /usr/local/stow/kitty
+
+- name: check if already installed
+  stat:
+    path: '{{kitty_exe}}'
+  register: kitty
+
+- name: get installed version
+  when: kitty.stat.exists
+  command: '{{kitty_exe}} --version'
+  register: kitty_version
+  changed_when: false
+
+- when: kitty.stat.exists
+  set_fact:
+    kitty_install_version:
+      '{{kitty_version.stdout | regex_replace("^.*(\d+\.\d+\.\d+).*$", "\1")}}'
+
+- set_fact:
+    kitty_asset_query: >
+      [? contains(name,
+        `kitty-{{kitty_latest_version}}-{{ansible_architecture}}.txz`)] | [0]
+
+- set_fact:
+    kitty_install_required: >
+      {{ kitty_install_version is not defined or
+        kitty_latest_version != kitty_install_version }}
+    kitty_asset: "{{ latest.json.assets | json_query(kitty_asset_query) }}"
+
+- name: uninstall package
+  when: kitty_install_required and kitty.stat.exists
+  become: true
+  command:
+    cmd: 'stow --delete --target /usr/local .'
+    chdir: '{{kitty_package_dir}}'
+
+- name: remove outdated package
+  when: kitty_install_required and kitty.stat.exists
+  become: true
+  file:
+    state: absent
+    path: '{{kitty_package_dir}}'
+
+- set_fact:
+    kitty_package_archive: '{{kitty_package_dir}}/{{kitty_asset.name}}'
+
+- name: create package directory
+  become: true
+  file:
+    state: directory
+    path: '{{kitty_package_dir}}'
+
+- name: download package
+  when: kitty_install_required
+  become: true
+  get_url:
+    url: '{{kitty_asset.browser_download_url}}'
+    dest: '{{kitty_package_archive}}'
+  environment: '{{proxy_environment}}'
+
+- name: decompress package
+  when: kitty_install_required
+  become: true
+  unarchive:
+    src: '{{kitty_package_archive}}'
+    dest: '{{kitty_package_dir}}'
+    owner: root
+    group: staff
+
+- name: remove package archive
+  when: kitty_install_required
+  become: true
+  file:
+    state: absent
+    path: '{{kitty_package_archive}}'
+
+# FIXME: This is bound to break something somewhere but on Ubuntu 22.04 this
+# file breaks a bunch of other stuff when the kitty package in installed in
+# /usr/local with stow so we delete it before stowing.
+- name: remove conflicting library
+  file:
+    state: absent
+    path: '{{kitty_package_dir}}/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0'
+
+- name: install package
+  when: kitty_install_required
+  become: true
+  command:
+    cmd: 'stow --no-folding --target /usr/local .'
+    chdir: '{{kitty_package_dir}}'