diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index a53772b..c5069ba 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -195,6 +195,6 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Download and test
         run: |
-          mvn clean test -Dh3.github.artifacts.use=true -Dh3.github.artifacts.ref=${{ github.sha }}
+          mvn clean test -Dh3.github.artifacts.use=true -Dh3.github.artifacts.by_run=${{ github.run_id }}
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5b15b64..f8851db 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
         <h3.system.prune>false</h3.system.prune>
         <h3.dockcross.tag>20210624-de7b1b0</h3.dockcross.tag>
         <h3.github.artifacts.use>false</h3.github.artifacts.use>
-        <h3.github.artifacts.ref />
+        <h3.github.artifacts.by_run />
         <!-- Used for passing additional arguments to surefire when using JaCoCo -->
         <h3.additional.argLine />
 
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@
                                 <argument>${h3.system.prune}</argument>
                                 <argument>${h3.dockcross.tag}</argument>
                                 <argument>${h3.github.artifacts.use}</argument>
-                                <argument>${h3.github.artifacts.ref}</argument>
+                                <argument>${h3.github.artifacts.by_run}</argument>
                             </arguments>
                         </configuration>
                     </execution>
diff --git a/src/main/c/h3-java/build-h3.sh b/src/main/c/h3-java/build-h3.sh
index 6eee7fa..660951c 100755
--- a/src/main/c/h3-java/build-h3.sh
+++ b/src/main/c/h3-java/build-h3.sh
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 # github-artifacts - When set, all build artifacts are retrieved from Github
 #                    Actions artifacts rather than built locally (overrides
 #                    all other settings.)
-# github-artifacts-ref - When set, override the default revision to pull artifacts from
+# github-artifacts-run - When set, override the default revision to pull artifacts from
 #                        for `github-artifacts`.
 #
 # This script downloads H3, builds H3 and the H3-Java native library, and
@@ -45,10 +45,10 @@ USE_DOCKER=$3
 SYSTEM_PRUNE=$4
 DOCKCROSS_TAG=$5
 GITHUB_ARTIFACTS=$6
-GITHUB_ARTIFACTS_REF=$7
+GITHUB_ARTIFACTS_RUN=$7
 
 if $GITHUB_ARTIFACTS; then
-    src/main/c/h3-java/pull-from-github.sh "$GITHUB_ARTIFACTS_REF"
+    src/main/c/h3-java/pull-from-github.sh "$GITHUB_ARTIFACTS_RUN"
     # The build of the library below is still needed for the binding-functions file
 fi
 
diff --git a/src/main/c/h3-java/pull-from-github.sh b/src/main/c/h3-java/pull-from-github.sh
index 4d07d9d..d409e47 100755
--- a/src/main/c/h3-java/pull-from-github.sh
+++ b/src/main/c/h3-java/pull-from-github.sh
@@ -24,24 +24,27 @@
 
 set -eox pipefail
 
-GITHUB_ARTIFACTS_REF=$1
+GITHUB_ARTIFACTS_RUN=$1
 
-if [ -z "$GITHUB_ARTIFACTS_REF" ]; then
-    GIT_REVISION=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
-else
-    GIT_REVISION="$GITHUB_ARTIFACTS_REF"
-fi
 EXTRACT_TO=src/main/resources
 
-echo downloading artifacts for $GIT_REVISION
-
 mkdir -p target
 pushd target
 
-TO_DOWNLOAD=$(gh api \
+ARTIFACTS_LIST=$(gh api \
   -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
-  /repos/{owner}/{repo}/actions/artifacts \
-  | jq ".artifacts[] | select(.workflow_run.head_sha == \"$GIT_REVISION\")")
+  /repos/{owner}/{repo}/actions/artifacts)
+
+if [ -z "$GITHUB_ARTIFACTS_RUN" ]; then
+    GIT_REVISION=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
+    echo "downloading artifacts for sha $GIT_REVISION"
+    TO_DOWNLOAD=$(echo "$ARTIFACTS_LIST" \
+        | jq ".artifacts[] | select(.workflow_run.head_sha == \"$GIT_REVISION\")")
+else
+    echo "downloading artifacts for run $GITHUB_ARTIFACTS_RUN"
+    TO_DOWNLOAD=$(echo "$ARTIFACTS_LIST" \
+        | jq ".artifacts[] | select(.workflow_run.id == \"$GITHUB_ARTIFACTS_RUN\")")
+fi
 
 echo $TO_DOWNLOAD | jq -c '.' | while read artifactline; do
     ARTIFACT_NAME=$(echo $artifactline | jq -r .name)