diff --git a/.github/workflows/artifacts.yml b/.github/workflows/artifacts.yml
index fbb1ed0c03..392bd81a06 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/artifacts.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/artifacts.yml
@@ -46,11 +46,7 @@ jobs:
           path: 'build/distributions/besu*.zip'
           name: besu-${{ github.ref_name }}.zip
           compression-level: 0
-      - name: Artifactory Publish
-        env:
-          ARTIFACTORY_USER: ${{ secrets.BESU_ARTIFACTORY_USER }}
-          ARTIFACTORY_KEY: ${{ secrets.BESU_ARTIFACTORY_TOKEN }}
-        run: ./gradlew -Prelease.releaseVersion=${{ github.ref_name }} -Pversion=${{github.ref_name}} artifactoryPublish
+
   testWindows:
     runs-on: windows-2022
     needs: artifacts
@@ -94,4 +90,13 @@ jobs:
             build/distributions/besu*.zip
           body: |
             ${{steps.hashes.outputs.tarSha}}
-            ${{steps.hashes.outputs.zipSha}}
\ No newline at end of file
+            ${{steps.hashes.outputs.zipSha}}
+  arifactoryPublish:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    needs: artifacts
+    steps:
+      - name: Artifactory Publish
+        env:
+          ARTIFACTORY_USER: ${{ secrets.BESU_ARTIFACTORY_USER }}
+          ARTIFACTORY_KEY: ${{ secrets.BESU_ARTIFACTORY_TOKEN }}
+        run: ./gradlew -Prelease.releaseVersion=${{ github.ref_name }} -Pversion=${{github.ref_name}} artifactoryPublish
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 7646e37302..0feccb1e53 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -499,6 +499,7 @@ subprojects {
           password = artifactoryKey
         }
         defaults {
+          publishBuildInfo = false //currently 404'ing still to be investigated
           publications('mavenJava')
           publishArtifacts = true
           publishPom = true