diff --git a/dist/merge/index.js b/dist/merge/index.js
index e14b3b3..a294aec 100644
--- a/dist/merge/index.js
+++ b/dist/merge/index.js
@@ -81569,14 +81569,14 @@ function run() {
         artifacts.forEach(artifact => {
             core.info(`- ${artifact.name} (ID: ${artifact.id}, Size: ${artifact.size})`);
         });
-        const downloadPromises = artifacts.map(artifact => artifact_1.default.downloadArtifact(artifact.id, {
-            path: inputs.separateDirectories
-                ? path.join(tmpDir, artifact.name)
-                : tmpDir
-        }));
-        const chunkedPromises = (0, exports.chunk)(downloadPromises, PARALLEL_DOWNLOADS);
-        for (const chunk of chunkedPromises) {
-            yield Promise.all(chunk);
+        const chunkedArtifacts = (0, exports.chunk)(artifacts, PARALLEL_DOWNLOADS);
+        for (const artifactChunk of chunkedArtifacts) {
+            const downloadPromises = artifactChunk.map(artifact => artifact_1.default.downloadArtifact(artifact.id, {
+                path: inputs.separateDirectories
+                    ? path.join(tmpDir, artifact.name)
+                    : tmpDir
+            }));
+            yield Promise.all(downloadPromises);
         }
         const options = {};
         if (inputs.retentionDays) {
diff --git a/src/merge/merge-artifacts.ts b/src/merge/merge-artifacts.ts
index dc39ff7..88d6b86 100644
--- a/src/merge/merge-artifacts.ts
+++ b/src/merge/merge-artifacts.ts
@@ -40,17 +40,16 @@ export async function run(): Promise<void> {
     core.info(`- ${artifact.name} (ID: ${artifact.id}, Size: ${artifact.size})`)
   })
 
-  const downloadPromises = artifacts.map(artifact =>
-    artifactClient.downloadArtifact(artifact.id, {
-      path: inputs.separateDirectories
-        ? path.join(tmpDir, artifact.name)
-        : tmpDir
-    })
-  )
-
-  const chunkedPromises = chunk(downloadPromises, PARALLEL_DOWNLOADS)
-  for (const chunk of chunkedPromises) {
-    await Promise.all(chunk)
+  const chunkedArtifacts = chunk(artifacts, PARALLEL_DOWNLOADS)
+  for (const artifactChunk of chunkedArtifacts) {
+    const downloadPromises = artifactChunk.map(artifact =>
+      artifactClient.downloadArtifact(artifact.id, {
+        path: inputs.separateDirectories
+          ? path.join(tmpDir, artifact.name)
+          : tmpDir
+      })
+    )
+    await Promise.all(downloadPromises)
   }
 
   const options: UploadArtifactOptions = {}