diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-amd64.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-amd64.yaml
index f5c59c7d74..8991516a4b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-amd64.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-amd64.yaml
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ 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