diff --git a/.github/workflows/basic_cli_build_release.yml b/.github/workflows/basic_cli_build_release.yml
index a9c783d0f2..b9243dceed 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/basic_cli_build_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/basic_cli_build_release.yml
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@ jobs:
       # does a build with the surgical linker and also with the legacy linker
       - run: ./ci/build_basic_cli.sh linux_x86_64 "--linker legacy"
 
-      - name: Save .rh1, .rm1 and .o file 
+      - name: Save .rh1, .rm2 and .o file 
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: linux-x86_64-files
           path: |
+            basic-cli/src/metadata_linux-x86_64.rm2
             basic-cli/src/linux-x86_64.rh1
-            basic-cli/src/metadata_linux-x86_64.rm1
             basic-cli/src/linux-x86_64.o
 
   build-macos-x86_64-files:
diff --git a/crates/linker/src/lib.rs b/crates/linker/src/lib.rs
index 6f55dd34b0..a739993a22 100644
--- a/crates/linker/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/linker/src/lib.rs
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ pub fn build_and_preprocess_host(
 fn metadata_file_name(target: &Triple) -> String {
     let target_triple_str = get_target_triple_str(target);
 
-    format!("metadata_{}.rm1", target_triple_str.unwrap_or("unknown"))
+    format!("metadata_{}.rm2", target_triple_str.unwrap_or("unknown"))
 }
 
 pub fn link_preprocessed_host(
diff --git a/crates/packaging/src/tarball.rs b/crates/packaging/src/tarball.rs
index c6f3211c05..7c894584da 100644
--- a/crates/packaging/src/tarball.rs
+++ b/crates/packaging/src/tarball.rs
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ fn write_archive<W: Write>(path: &Path, writer: W) -> io::Result<()> {
                     // surgical linker format
                     Some("rh1"),
                     // metadata file
-                    Some("rm1"),
+                    Some("rm2"),
                     // legacy linker formats
                     Some("o"),
                     Some("obj"),