diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 7270322afe..c80040bfaa 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -2068,7 +2068,7 @@ publish:
   <<: *manual_release_job_qa
   needs:
     - job: publish-private
-      artifacts: false
+      artifacts: true
   script:
     - >
       "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}"/bind9-qa/releng/update_rpms.py build --service "${SERVICE}" --version "${CI_COMMIT_TAG}" --base-url "$(cat "url-${CI_COMMIT_TAG}.txt")"