diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index 2db614b..4bd77d4 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -16,10 +16,6 @@ updates:
     versioning-strategy: "increase"
     allow:
       - dependency-type: "production"
-    ignore:
-      - # we want to match the same version as the one used by @actions/artifact
-        # https://github.com/actions/toolkit/blob/ae38557bb0dba824cdda26ce787bd6b66cf07a83/packages/artifact/package.json#L46
-        dependency-name: "@azure/storage-blob"
     labels:
       - "dependencies"
       - "bot"
diff --git a/__tests__/github/artifact.test.itg.ts b/__tests__/github/artifact.test.itg.ts
index 09473c7..7a04f2a 100644
--- a/__tests__/github/artifact.test.itg.ts
+++ b/__tests__/github/artifact.test.itg.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ maybe('upload', () => {
     fs.copyFileSync(path.join(fixturesDir, `github-repo.json`), filename);
     const res = await GitHubArtifact.upload({
       filename: filename,
-      mimeType: 'application/json',
       retentionDays: 1
     });
     expect(res).toBeDefined();
diff --git a/__tests__/github/summary.test.itg.ts b/__tests__/github/summary.test.itg.ts
index a3d987e..bb0cfae 100644
--- a/__tests__/github/summary.test.itg.ts
+++ b/__tests__/github/summary.test.itg.ts
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ maybe('writeBuildSummary', () => {
 
     const uploadRes = await GitHubArtifact.upload({
       filename: exportRes?.dockerbuildFilename,
-      mimeType: 'application/gzip',
       retentionDays: 1
     });
     expect(uploadRes).toBeDefined();
@@ -165,7 +164,6 @@ maybe('writeBuildSummary', () => {
 
     const uploadRes = await GitHubArtifact.upload({
       filename: exportRes?.dockerbuildFilename,
-      mimeType: 'application/gzip',
       retentionDays: 1
     });
     expect(uploadRes).toBeDefined();
@@ -220,7 +218,6 @@ maybe('writeBuildSummary', () => {
 
     const uploadRes = await GitHubArtifact.upload({
       filename: exportRes?.dockerbuildFilename,
-      mimeType: 'application/gzip',
       retentionDays: 1
     });
     expect(uploadRes).toBeDefined();
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a1151e8..fe65089 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@
     "@actions/http-client": "^4.0.0",
     "@actions/io": "^3.0.2",
     "@actions/tool-cache": "^4.0.0",
-    "@azure/storage-blob": "^12.30.0",
     "@sigstore/bundle": "^4.0.0",
     "@sigstore/sign": "^4.1.0",
     "@sigstore/tuf": "^4.0.1",
diff --git a/src/github/artifact.ts b/src/github/artifact.ts
index 1dafcf4..8828e5f 100644
--- a/src/github/artifact.ts
+++ b/src/github/artifact.ts
@@ -14,17 +14,10 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import crypto from 'crypto';
 import fs from 'fs';
 import path from 'path';
-import {CreateArtifactRequest, FinalizeArtifactRequest, StringValue} from '@actions/artifact/lib/generated';
-import {internalArtifactTwirpClient} from '@actions/artifact/lib/internal/shared/artifact-twirp-client';
-import {getBackendIdsFromToken} from '@actions/artifact/lib/internal/shared/util';
-import {getExpiration} from '@actions/artifact/lib/internal/upload/retention';
-import {InvalidResponseError, NetworkError} from '@actions/artifact';
+import {DefaultArtifactClient, InvalidResponseError} from '@actions/artifact';
 import * as core from '@actions/core';
-import {TransferProgressEvent} from '@azure/core-rest-pipeline';
-import {BlobClient, BlobHTTPHeaders} from '@azure/storage-blob';
 
 import {UploadOpts, UploadResponse} from '../types/github/artifact.js';
 import {GitHub} from './github';
@@ -36,90 +29,27 @@ export class GitHubArtifact {
     }
 
     const artifactName = path.basename(opts.filename);
-    const backendIds = getBackendIdsFromToken();
-    const artifactClient = internalArtifactTwirpClient();
+    const artifactClient = new DefaultArtifactClient();
 
-    core.info(`Uploading ${artifactName} to blob storage`);
-
-    const createArtifactReq: CreateArtifactRequest = {
-      workflowRunBackendId: backendIds.workflowRunBackendId,
-      workflowJobRunBackendId: backendIds.workflowJobRunBackendId,
-      name: artifactName,
-      version: 4
-    };
-
-    const expiresAt = getExpiration(opts?.retentionDays);
-    if (expiresAt) {
-      createArtifactReq.expiresAt = expiresAt;
+    core.info(`Uploading ${artifactName} as an artifact`);
+    const rootDirectory = path.dirname(opts.filename);
+    const response = await artifactClient.uploadArtifact(artifactName, [opts.filename], rootDirectory, {
+      retentionDays: opts.retentionDays,
+      skipArchive: true
+    });
+    if (!response.id) {
+      throw new InvalidResponseError('Cannot upload artifact');
     }
 
-    const createArtifactResp = await artifactClient.CreateArtifact(createArtifactReq);
-    if (!createArtifactResp.ok) {
-      throw new InvalidResponseError('cannot create artifact client');
-    }
-
-    let uploadByteCount = 0;
-    const blobClient = new BlobClient(createArtifactResp.signedUploadUrl);
-    const blockBlobClient = blobClient.getBlockBlobClient();
-
-    const headers: BlobHTTPHeaders = {
-      blobContentDisposition: `attachment; filename="${artifactName}"`
-    };
-    if (opts.mimeType) {
-      headers.blobContentType = opts.mimeType;
-    }
-    core.debug(`Upload headers: ${JSON.stringify(headers)}`);
-
-    try {
-      core.info('Beginning upload of artifact content to blob storage');
-      await blockBlobClient.uploadFile(opts.filename, {
-        blobHTTPHeaders: headers,
-        onProgress: (progress: TransferProgressEvent): void => {
-          core.info(`Uploaded bytes ${progress.loadedBytes}`);
-          uploadByteCount = progress.loadedBytes;
-        }
-      });
-    } catch (error) {
-      if (NetworkError.isNetworkErrorCode(error?.code)) {
-        throw new NetworkError(error?.code);
-      }
-      throw error;
-    }
-
-    core.info('Finished uploading artifact content to blob storage!');
-
-    const sha256Hash = crypto.createHash('sha256').update(fs.readFileSync(opts.filename)).digest('hex');
-    core.info(`SHA256 hash of uploaded artifact is ${sha256Hash}`);
-
-    const finalizeArtifactReq: FinalizeArtifactRequest = {
-      workflowRunBackendId: backendIds.workflowRunBackendId,
-      workflowJobRunBackendId: backendIds.workflowJobRunBackendId,
-      name: artifactName,
-      size: uploadByteCount ? uploadByteCount.toString() : '0'
-    };
-
-    if (sha256Hash) {
-      finalizeArtifactReq.hash = StringValue.create({
-        value: `sha256:${sha256Hash}`
-      });
-    }
-
-    core.info(`Finalizing artifact upload`);
-    const finalizeArtifactResp = await artifactClient.FinalizeArtifact(finalizeArtifactReq);
-    if (!finalizeArtifactResp.ok) {
-      throw new InvalidResponseError('Cannot finalize artifact upload');
-    }
-
-    const artifactId = BigInt(finalizeArtifactResp.artifactId);
-    core.info(`Artifact successfully finalized (${artifactId})`);
-
-    const artifactURL = `${GitHub.workflowRunURL()}/artifacts/${artifactId}`;
+    const size = response.size ?? fs.statSync(opts.filename).size;
+    const artifactURL = `${GitHub.workflowRunURL()}/artifacts/${response.id}`;
     core.info(`Artifact download URL: ${artifactURL}`);
 
     return {
-      id: Number(artifactId),
+      id: response.id,
       filename: artifactName,
-      size: uploadByteCount,
+      digest: response.digest || '',
+      size,
       url: artifactURL
     };
   }
diff --git a/src/types/github/artifact.ts b/src/types/github/artifact.ts
index a8150d2..dafedbf 100644
--- a/src/types/github/artifact.ts
+++ b/src/types/github/artifact.ts
@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@
 
 export interface UploadOpts {
   filename: string;
-  mimeType?: string;
   retentionDays?: number;
 }
 
 export interface UploadResponse {
   id: number;
   filename: string;
+  digest: string;
   size: number;
   url: string;
 }
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index f1b7c84..aa658df 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1141,7 +1141,6 @@ __metadata:
     "@actions/http-client": "npm:^4.0.0"
     "@actions/io": "npm:^3.0.2"
     "@actions/tool-cache": "npm:^4.0.0"
-    "@azure/storage-blob": "npm:^12.30.0"
     "@eslint/compat": "npm:^2.0.0"
     "@eslint/eslintrc": "npm:^3.3.3"
     "@eslint/js": "npm:^9.39.2"