diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 67ce5ff55f3..cd6ce3202fe 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -494,8 +494,6 @@ steps:
 - commands:
   - apt-get update
   - apt-get install -yq zip
-  - ls -lah ./e2e
-  - find ./e2e -type f -name "*.mp4"
   - printenv GCP_GRAFANA_UPLOAD_ARTIFACTS_KEY > /tmp/gcpkey_upload_artifacts.json
   - gcloud auth activate-service-account --key-file=/tmp/gcpkey_upload_artifacts.json
   - find ./e2e -type f -name "*spec.ts.mp4" | zip e2e/videos.zip -@
@@ -517,7 +515,8 @@ steps:
       from_secret: gcp_upload_artifacts_key
     GITHUB_TOKEN:
       from_secret: github_token
-  image: google/cloud-sdk:367.0.0
+  failure: ignore
+  image: google/cloud-sdk:406.0.0
   name: e2e-tests-artifacts-upload
   when:
     status:
@@ -1285,8 +1284,6 @@ steps:
 - commands:
   - apt-get update
   - apt-get install -yq zip
-  - ls -lah ./e2e
-  - find ./e2e -type f -name "*.mp4"
   - printenv GCP_GRAFANA_UPLOAD_ARTIFACTS_KEY > /tmp/gcpkey_upload_artifacts.json
   - gcloud auth activate-service-account --key-file=/tmp/gcpkey_upload_artifacts.json
   - find ./e2e -type f -name "*spec.ts.mp4" | zip e2e/videos.zip -@
@@ -1308,7 +1305,8 @@ steps:
       from_secret: gcp_upload_artifacts_key
     GITHUB_TOKEN:
       from_secret: github_token
-  image: google/cloud-sdk:367.0.0
+  failure: ignore
+  image: google/cloud-sdk:406.0.0
   name: e2e-tests-artifacts-upload
   when:
     status:
@@ -2070,8 +2068,6 @@ steps:
 - commands:
   - apt-get update
   - apt-get install -yq zip
-  - ls -lah ./e2e
-  - find ./e2e -type f -name "*.mp4"
   - printenv GCP_GRAFANA_UPLOAD_ARTIFACTS_KEY > /tmp/gcpkey_upload_artifacts.json
   - gcloud auth activate-service-account --key-file=/tmp/gcpkey_upload_artifacts.json
   - find ./e2e -type f -name "*spec.ts.mp4" | zip e2e/videos.zip -@
@@ -2093,7 +2089,8 @@ steps:
       from_secret: gcp_upload_artifacts_key
     GITHUB_TOKEN:
       from_secret: github_token
-  image: google/cloud-sdk:367.0.0
+  failure: ignore
+  image: google/cloud-sdk:406.0.0
   name: e2e-tests-artifacts-upload
   when:
     status:
@@ -2711,8 +2708,6 @@ steps:
 - commands:
   - apt-get update
   - apt-get install -yq zip
-  - ls -lah ./e2e
-  - find ./e2e -type f -name "*.mp4"
   - printenv GCP_GRAFANA_UPLOAD_ARTIFACTS_KEY > /tmp/gcpkey_upload_artifacts.json
   - gcloud auth activate-service-account --key-file=/tmp/gcpkey_upload_artifacts.json
   - find ./e2e -type f -name "*spec.ts.mp4" | zip e2e/videos.zip -@
@@ -2734,7 +2729,8 @@ steps:
       from_secret: gcp_upload_artifacts_key
     GITHUB_TOKEN:
       from_secret: github_token
-  image: google/cloud-sdk:367.0.0
+  failure: ignore
+  image: google/cloud-sdk:406.0.0
   name: e2e-tests-artifacts-upload
   when:
     status:
@@ -4183,8 +4179,6 @@ steps:
 - commands:
   - apt-get update
   - apt-get install -yq zip
-  - ls -lah ./e2e
-  - find ./e2e -type f -name "*.mp4"
   - printenv GCP_GRAFANA_UPLOAD_ARTIFACTS_KEY > /tmp/gcpkey_upload_artifacts.json
   - gcloud auth activate-service-account --key-file=/tmp/gcpkey_upload_artifacts.json
   - find ./e2e -type f -name "*spec.ts.mp4" | zip e2e/videos.zip -@
@@ -4206,7 +4200,8 @@ steps:
       from_secret: gcp_upload_artifacts_key
     GITHUB_TOKEN:
       from_secret: github_token
-  image: google/cloud-sdk:367.0.0
+  failure: ignore
+  image: google/cloud-sdk:406.0.0
   name: e2e-tests-artifacts-upload
   when:
     status:
@@ -4781,8 +4776,6 @@ steps:
 - commands:
   - apt-get update
   - apt-get install -yq zip
-  - ls -lah ./e2e
-  - find ./e2e -type f -name "*.mp4"
   - printenv GCP_GRAFANA_UPLOAD_ARTIFACTS_KEY > /tmp/gcpkey_upload_artifacts.json
   - gcloud auth activate-service-account --key-file=/tmp/gcpkey_upload_artifacts.json
   - find ./e2e -type f -name "*spec.ts.mp4" | zip e2e/videos.zip -@
@@ -4804,7 +4797,8 @@ steps:
       from_secret: gcp_upload_artifacts_key
     GITHUB_TOKEN:
       from_secret: github_token
-  image: google/cloud-sdk:367.0.0
+  failure: ignore
+  image: google/cloud-sdk:406.0.0
   name: e2e-tests-artifacts-upload
   when:
     status:
@@ -5618,6 +5612,6 @@ kind: secret
 name: packages_secret_access_key
 ---
 kind: signature
-hmac: 015389b7bbd46fbb8042817bd41a320c71744023710a1bdfb815b9cb28ddd7e3
+hmac: d3b06a42ab277a3f065d4fd6e0367cb67aac08c60d4bb20438d1ba5f64d369cc
 
 ...
diff --git a/scripts/drone/steps/lib.star b/scripts/drone/steps/lib.star
index de0de989a54..a9dea8f0600 100644
--- a/scripts/drone/steps/lib.star
+++ b/scripts/drone/steps/lib.star
@@ -306,13 +306,14 @@ def store_storybook_step(edition, ver_mode, trigger=None):
 def e2e_tests_artifacts(edition):
     return {
         'name': 'e2e-tests-artifacts-upload' + enterprise2_suffix(edition),
-        'image': 'google/cloud-sdk:367.0.0',
+        'image': 'google/cloud-sdk:406.0.0',
         'depends_on': [
             'end-to-end-tests-dashboards-suite',
             'end-to-end-tests-panels-suite',
             'end-to-end-tests-smoke-tests-suite',
             'end-to-end-tests-various-suite',
         ],
+        'failure': 'ignore',
         'when': {
             'status': [
                 'success',
@@ -327,8 +328,6 @@ def e2e_tests_artifacts(edition):
         'commands': [
             'apt-get update',
             'apt-get install -yq zip',
-            'ls -lah ./e2e',
-            'find ./e2e -type f -name "*.mp4"',
             'printenv GCP_GRAFANA_UPLOAD_ARTIFACTS_KEY > /tmp/gcpkey_upload_artifacts.json',
             'gcloud auth activate-service-account --key-file=/tmp/gcpkey_upload_artifacts.json',
             # we want to only include files in e2e folder that end with .spec.ts.mp4