diff --git a/.github/workflows/layer-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/layer-publish.yml
index fc700a50fa..08730240cf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/layer-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/layer-publish.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ on:
   workflow_call:
     inputs:
       artifact-name:
-        description: 'This should correspond to a actions/upload-artifact name earlier in the build.'
+        description: 'This should correspond to a actions/upload-artifact name earlier in the build. The file name and the name of the artifact containing it must be equal.'
         required: true
         type: string
       layer-name:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-layer-java.yml b/.github/workflows/release-layer-java.yml
index 73dc4f6031..65498c0aea 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-layer-java.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-layer-java.yml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ jobs:
         name: Save javawrapper layer to build
         with:
           name: opentelemetry-javawrapper-layer.zip
-          path: java/layer-wrapper/build/distributions/opentelemetry-java-wrapper.zip
+          path: java/layer-wrapper/build/distributions/opentelemetry-javawrapper-layer.zip
 
       - name: Save Javaagent Version
         id: save-javaagent-version
diff --git a/java/layer-wrapper/build.gradle.kts b/java/layer-wrapper/build.gradle.kts
index b0721ee896..232d096a99 100644
--- a/java/layer-wrapper/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/java/layer-wrapper/build.gradle.kts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ dependencies {
 
 tasks {
     val createLayer by registering(Zip::class) {
-        archiveFileName.set("opentelemetry-java-wrapper.zip")
+        archiveFileName.set("opentelemetry-javawrapper-layer.zip")
         destinationDirectory.set(file("$buildDir/distributions"))
 
         from(configurations["runtimeClasspath"]) {