diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index c7f59df31..966c546f2 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -63,8 +63,10 @@ jobs:
       - run: make ui-build-module
       - run: make ui-test
       - run: make assets-tarball -o assets
-      - store_artifacts:
-          path: web/ui/static.tar.gz
+      - persist_to_workspace:
+          root: .
+          paths:
+            - .tarballs
       - save_cache:
           key: v3-npm-deps-{{ checksum "web/ui/package-lock.json" }}
           paths:
diff --git a/scripts/package_assets.sh b/scripts/package_assets.sh
index a1f1571dd..038993851 100755
--- a/scripts/package_assets.sh
+++ b/scripts/package_assets.sh
@@ -4,5 +4,7 @@
 
 set -euo pipefail
 
+version="$(< VERSION)"
+mkdir -p .tarballs
 cd web/ui
-find static -type f -not -name '*.gz' -print0 | xargs -0 tar czf static.tar.gz
+find static -type f -not -name '*.gz' -print0 | xargs -0 tar czf ../../.tarballs/prometheus-web-ui-${version}.tar.gz