diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index e7bf8da4..f4c1802f 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ release:
     - npm install
     - npm run compile
     - npm pack
-    - mkdir dist
+    - mkdir -p dist
     - mv splunk-otel-${CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME:1}.tgz dist/
     - shasum -a 256 dist/* > dist/checksums.txt
 
diff --git a/dist/checksums.txt b/dist/checksums.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 38d39de5..00000000
--- a/dist/checksums.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-6a6003b9c0c7421940e80eb91580f5c6868c96ae698d3606fa75e7ca71c66cea  dist/splunk-otel-0.11.0.tgz