diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 6346d9f..bb8f4b4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Upload | Distribution Artifacts
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        if: steps.release.outputs.released == 'true'
         with:
           name: distribution-artifacts
           path: backend/dist
@@ -64,10 +65,10 @@ jobs:
     outputs:
       released: ${{ steps.release.outputs.released || 'false' }}
 
-  deploy:
-    # 1. Separate out the deploy step from the publish step to run each step at
+  publish:
+    # 1. Separate out the publish step from the github release step to run each step at
     #    the least amount of token privilege
-    # 2. Also, deployments can fail, and its better to have a separate job if you need to retry
+    # 2. Also, publishing can fail, and its better to have a separate job if you need to retry
     #    and it won't require reversing the release.
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: release