diff --git a/.github/workflows/buildwheels.yml b/.github/workflows/buildwheels.yml
index 2c59305..535082b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/buildwheels.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/buildwheels.yml
@@ -59,20 +59,9 @@ jobs:
           path: ./wheelhouse/*.whl
 
 
-  merge_wheels:
-    name: Merge wheels into a combined artifact
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [build_wheels, build_sdist]
-    steps:
-      - name: Merge Artifacts
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact/merge@v4
-        with:
-          name: dist
-          pattern: dist-*
-
   pypi-publish:
     name: Upload to PyPI
-    needs: merge_wheels
+    needs: [build_wheels, build_sdist]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     environment:
       name: pypi
@@ -85,8 +74,9 @@ jobs:
 
     - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
       with:
-        name: dist
+        pattern: dist-*
         path: dist
+        merge-multiple: true
 
     - name: Display structure of downloaded files
       run: ls -R ./dist