diff --git a/lib/publish.js b/lib/publish.js
index d2384766..d7d80042 100644
--- a/lib/publish.js
+++ b/lib/publish.js
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
+const {promisify} = require('util');
+const stream = require('stream');
 const {createReadStream} = require('fs');
-const {resolve} = require('path');
+const {resolve, basename} = require('path');
 const {stat} = require('fs-extra');
 const {isPlainObject} = require('lodash');
-const FormData = require('form-data');
 const urlJoin = require('url-join');
 const got = require('got');
 const debug = require('debug')('semantic-release:gitlab');
@@ -57,26 +58,29 @@ module.exports = async (pluginConfig, context) => {
         debug('file filepath: %o', filepath);
 
         // Uploaded assets to the project
-        const form = new FormData();
-        form.append('file', createReadStream(file));
-
-        const uploadEndpoint = urlJoin(gitlabApiUrl, `/projects/${encodedRepoId}/uploads`);
+        const encodedFileName = encodeURIComponent(basename(path));
+        const uploadEndpoint = urlJoin(
+          gitlabApiUrl,
+          `/projects/${encodedRepoId}/packages/generic/${encodedFileName}/${encodedGitTag}/${encodedFileName}?select=package_file`
+        );
 
         debug('POST-ing the file %s to %s', file, uploadEndpoint);
 
         let response;
+        const pipe = promisify(stream.pipeline);
         try {
-          response = await got.post(uploadEndpoint, {...apiOptions, body: form}).json();
+          const uploadStream = got.stream.put(uploadEndpoint, {...apiOptions});
+          await pipe(createReadStream(file), uploadStream, new stream.PassThrough());
         } catch (error) {
           logger.error('An error occurred while uploading %s to the GitLab project uploads API:\n%O', file, error);
           throw error;
         }
 
-        const {url, alt} = response;
+        const file_name = encodedFileName
 
-        assetsList.push({label, alt, url, type, filepath});
+        assetsList.push({label, file_name, uploadEndpoint, type, filepath});
 
-        logger.log('Uploaded file: %s', url);
+        logger.log('Uploaded file: %s', uploadEndpoint);
       })
     );
   }
@@ -91,10 +95,10 @@ module.exports = async (pluginConfig, context) => {
     description: notes && notes.trim() ? notes : gitTag,
     milestones,
     assets: {
-      links: assetsList.map(({label, alt, url, type, filepath}) => {
+      links: assetsList.map(({label, file_name, uploadEndpoint, type, filepath}) => {
         return {
-          name: label || alt,
-          url: urlJoin(gitlabUrl, repoId, url),
+          name: label || file_name,
+          url: uploadEndpoint,
           link_type: type,
           filepath,
         };