diff --git a/.buildkite/scripts/dra-workflow.sh b/.buildkite/scripts/dra-workflow.sh
index 5e88a7be430af..c3473a645c74b 100755
--- a/.buildkite/scripts/dra-workflow.sh
+++ b/.buildkite/scripts/dra-workflow.sh
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ echo --- Building release artifacts
   buildReleaseArtifacts \
   exportCompressedDockerImages \
   exportDockerContexts \
+  :zipAggregation \
   :distribution:generateDependenciesReport
 
 PATH="$PATH:${JAVA_HOME}/bin" # Required by the following script
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index ed344b04a58f6..51158baf2e202 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -68,6 +68,12 @@ nmcpAggregation {
 }
 
 tasks.named('zipAggregation').configure {
+  // put this in a place that works well with our DRA infrastructure
+  archiveFileName.unset();
+  archiveBaseName.set("elasticsearch-maven-aggregation")
+  archiveVersion.set(VersionProperties.elasticsearch)
+  destinationDirectory.set(layout.buildDirectory.dir("distributions"));
+
   dependsOn gradle.includedBuild('build-tools').task(':zipElasticPublication')
   from(zipTree(gradle.includedBuild('build-tools').task(':zipElasticPublication').resolveTask().archiveFile.get()))
 }