diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-arm64.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-arm64.yaml
index c280da9ff1..bbe4017a61 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-arm64.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-arm64.yaml
@@ -40,10 +40,6 @@ jobs:
           - shim-v2
           - virtiofsd
     steps:
-      - name: Adjust a permission for repo
-        run: |
-          sudo chown -R $USER:$USER $GITHUB_WORKSPACE
-
       - name: Login to Kata Containers quay.io
         if: ${{ inputs.push-to-registry == 'yes' }}
         uses: docker/login-action@v3
@@ -68,7 +64,7 @@ jobs:
           make "${KATA_ASSET}-tarball"
           build_dir=$(readlink -f build)
           # store-artifact does not work with symlink
-          sudo cp -r "${build_dir}" "kata-build"
+          mkdir -p kata-build && cp "${build_dir}"/kata-static-${KATA_ASSET}*.tar.* kata-build/.
         env:
           KATA_ASSET: ${{ matrix.asset }}
           TAR_OUTPUT: ${{ matrix.asset }}.tar.gz