diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 7cf2189f56a9e..5ef01680f89c3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -55,3 +55,4 @@ jobs:
     with:
       architecture: ${{ matrix.architecture }}
       distribution: ${{ matrix.distribution }}
+      min: ${{ needs.build.outputs.artifact_name }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/r_assemble.yml b/.github/workflows/r_assemble.yml
index 7529ca9d8061b..c762fe2a88294 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/r_assemble.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/r_assemble.yml
@@ -33,17 +33,10 @@ jobs:
       contents: read
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      # The -min package's name is stored in artifacts/artifact_min_name.txt.
-
-      - name: Set min package name
-        id: get_min_name
-        run: |
-          echo "name=$(cat artifacts/artifact_min_name.txt)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
       - name: Download artifact
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
-          name: ${{ steps.get_min_name.outputs.name }}
+          name: ${{ inputs.min }}
           path: artifacts/dist
 
       - name: Provision
diff --git a/.github/workflows/r_build.yml b/.github/workflows/r_build.yml
index 9fb8367769b81..b9e93b207291c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/r_build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/r_build.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ on:
         type: string
       name:
         type: string
+    outputs:
+      artifact_name:
+        description: "Returns the build artifact's filename"
+        value: ${{ jobs.r_build.outputs.get_name }}
 
 jobs:
   r_build: