diff --git a/JenkinsFile b/JenkinsFile
index 44043cff..813e8e09 100644
--- a/JenkinsFile
+++ b/JenkinsFile
@@ -37,11 +37,11 @@ node('rhel8'){
 	if(params.UPLOAD_LOCATION) {
 		stage('Snapshot') {
 			def filesToPush = findFiles(glob: '**.vsix')
-			sh "rsync -Pzrlt --rsh=ssh --protocol=28 ${filesToPush[0].path} ${UPLOAD_LOCATION}/snapshots/vscode-didact/"
+			sh "sftp -C ${UPLOAD_LOCATION}/snapshots/vscode-didact/ <<< \$'put -p -r ${filesToPush[0].path}'"
             stash name:'vsix', includes:filesToPush[0].path
             def tgzFilesToPush = findFiles(glob: '**.tgz')
             stash name:'tgz', includes:tgzFilesToPush[0].path
-            sh "rsync -Pzrlt --rsh=ssh --protocol=28 ${tgzFilesToPush[0].path} ${UPLOAD_LOCATION}/snapshots/vscode-didact/"
+            sh "sftp -C ${UPLOAD_LOCATION}/snapshots/vscode-didact/ <<< \$'put -p -r ${tgzFilesToPush[0].path}'"
             
 		}
     }
@@ -64,9 +64,9 @@ node('rhel8'){
 
             stage "Promote the build to stable"
             def vsix = findFiles(glob: '**.vsix')
-            sh "rsync -Pzrlt --rsh=ssh --protocol=28 ${vsix[0].path} ${UPLOAD_LOCATION}/stable/vscode-didact/"
+            sh "sftp -C ${UPLOAD_LOCATION}/stable/vscode-didact/ <<< \$'put -p -r ${vsix[0].path}'"
             def tgz = findFiles(glob: '**.tgz')
-            sh "rsync -Pzrlt --rsh=ssh --protocol=28 ${tgz[0].path} ${UPLOAD_LOCATION}/stable/vscode-didact/"
+            sh "sftp -C ${UPLOAD_LOCATION}/stable/vscode-didact/ <<< \$'put -p -r ${tgz[0].path}'"
             
             sh "npm install -g ovsx"
 		    withCredentials([[$class: 'StringBinding', credentialsId: 'open-vsx-access-token', variable: 'OVSX_TOKEN']]) {