diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-deb.sh b/.github/workflows/build-deb.sh
index 6baa68e1..577ffb26 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/build-deb.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-deb.sh
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ sudo apt-get update
 sudo apt-get install -y make
 
 # We set this here, so it's the same between the copydb and sharding debian
-# package.
-DATETIME=$(date -u +%Y%m%d%H%M%S)
+# package, and between different arch builds
+DATETIME=$(date -u +%Y%m%d)
 
 git status
 
@@ -15,16 +15,11 @@ make copydb-deb DATETIME=${DATETIME}
 make sharding-deb DATETIME=${DATETIME}
 
 cd build
-sha256sum *.deb > ghostferry-$GITHUB_SHA.sha256sum
-
 set +x
 
 echo "Debian package built successfully as follows:"
 ls -l ghostferry*
 
-echo "sha256sum:"
-cat ghostferry-$GITHUB_SHA.sha256sum
-
 # Make sure the we didn't release a dirty build by accident
 if ls | grep -q dirty; then
   echo "ERROR: source directory is not clean! refused to release. showing git status below:"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 71a81477..41bb2c70 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -93,3 +93,23 @@ jobs:
         with:
           name: debs
           path: build/ghostferry*
+
+  checksum-debs:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: build-debs
+    steps:
+      - name: Fetch uploaded artifacts
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: debs
+      - name: shasum
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          sha256sum *.deb > ghostferry-$GITHUB_SHA.sha256sum
+          echo "sha256sum:"
+          cat ghostferry-$GITHUB_SHA.sha256sum
+      - name: Upload checksum
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: debs
+          path: "*.sha256sum"