diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/prepare-artifacts.sh b/.gitlab-ci/prepare-artifacts.sh
index 36d9b446104..8edfa2d2d62 100755
--- a/.gitlab-ci/prepare-artifacts.sh
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/prepare-artifacts.sh
@@ -79,9 +79,9 @@ tar -cf artifacts/install.tar install
 
 if [ -n "$S3_ARTIFACT_NAME" ]; then
     # Pass needed files to the test stage
-    S3_ARTIFACT_NAME="$S3_ARTIFACT_NAME.tar.zst"
-    zstd --quiet --threads ${FDO_CI_CONCURRENT:-0} artifacts/install.tar -o ${S3_ARTIFACT_NAME}
-    ci-fairy s3cp --token-file "${S3_JWT_FILE}" ${S3_ARTIFACT_NAME} https://${PIPELINE_ARTIFACTS_BASE}/${S3_ARTIFACT_NAME}
+    S3_ARTIFACT_TAR="$S3_ARTIFACT_NAME.tar.zst"
+    zstd --quiet --threads ${FDO_CI_CONCURRENT:-0} artifacts/install.tar -o ${S3_ARTIFACT_TAR}
+    ci-fairy s3cp --token-file "${S3_JWT_FILE}" ${S3_ARTIFACT_TAR} https://${PIPELINE_ARTIFACTS_BASE}/${S3_ARTIFACT_TAR}
 fi
 
 section_end prepare-artifacts