diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index be28486..c50fe72 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -15,15 +15,20 @@ jobs:
     - name: Build UEFI app (release)
       run: make release
 
-    - name: Build UEFI app (QEMU)
-      run: make qemu
+    - name: Generate artifact version
+      run: |
+        echo "VERSIONINFO=$(date -u +'%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S')_$GITHUB_SHA" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
+    # Upload release first to get fast builds from CI
     - name: Upload UEFI app (release)
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
       with:
-        name: inputmodules.efi
+        name: inputmodules_release_${{ env.VERSIONINFO }}
         path: target/x86_64-unknown-uefi/release/inputmodules.efi
 
+    - name: Build UEFI app (QEMU)
+      run: make qemu
+
   lints:
     name: Lints
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04