diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index d4cdce89..2df6aeb3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ jobs:
           server-id: splunk-artifactory
       - name: build
         run: mvn package --file pom.xml -DskipTests=true
-      - name: Create temp artifacts apidocs folder
-        run: mkdir apidocs
       - name: Create GitHub Release
         uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
         with:
@@ -35,11 +33,8 @@ jobs:
           MAVEN_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.ARTIFACTORY_USERNAME }}
           MAVEN_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.ARTIFACTORY_PASSWORD }}
 
-      - name: Zip docs
-        run: zip -r apidocs/docs.zip splunk/target/apidocs
-
       - name: Upload Artifact
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
-          name: apidocs
-          path: apidocs/docs.zip
+          name: java_sdk_docs
+          path: splunk/target/apidocs