diff --git a/.github/scripts/upload_failure_logs.py b/.github/scripts/upload_failure_logs.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..d1fc617
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/scripts/upload_failure_logs.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import tarfile
+from pathlib import Path
+from common import upload, OS_NAME, COMPILE_CONFIG, HOME
+
+ARCHIVE_NAME = Path(f"fail_log_{OS_NAME}_{COMPILE_CONFIG}.tar.gz")
+
+
+files_to_archive = []
+files_to_archive += HOME.glob("BUILD_*")
+files_to_archive += [HOME/"SOURCE", HOME/"LOGS", HOME/"TOOLCHAINS"]
+
+with tarfile.open(ARCHIVE_NAME, "w:xz") as tar:
+    for name in set(files_to_archive):
+        tar.add(str(name))
+
+upload(ARCHIVE_NAME, "ci@tmp.kiwix.org:30022", "/data/tmp/ci")
diff --git a/.github/scripts/upload_failure_logs.sh b/.github/scripts/upload_failure_logs.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 0714d37..0000000
--- a/.github/scripts/upload_failure_logs.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-set -e
-
-cd $HOME
-
-ARCHIVE_NAME=fail_log_${OS_NAME}_${COMPILE_CONFIG}.tar.gz
-tar -czf ${ARCHIVE_NAME} $HOME/BUILD_* $HOME/SOURCE $HOME/LOGS $HOME/TOOLCHAINS
-
-echo "Uploading archive $ARCHIVE_NAME"
-
-scp -c aes128-ctr -P 30022 -p -i ${SSH_KEY} \
-  -o PasswordAuthentication=no \
-  -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no \
-  $ARCHIVE_NAME \
-  ci@tmp.kiwix.org:/data/tmp/ci
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index bd61634..feac170 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ jobs:
         COMPILE_CONFIG: ${{matrix.config}}
     - name: Upload failure logs
       if: failure()
-      run: $HOME/kiwix-build/.github/scripts/upload_failure_logs.sh
+      run: $HOME/kiwix-build/.github/scripts/upload_failure_logs.py
       env:
         COMPILE_CONFIG: ${{matrix.config}}
 
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ jobs:
         kiwix-build/.github/scripts/build_projects.py
     - name: Upload failure logs
       if: failure()
-      run: $HOME/kiwix-build/.github/scripts/upload_failure_logs.sh
+      run: $HOME/kiwix-build/.github/scripts/upload_failure_logs.py
 
   Macos:
     strategy:
@@ -202,6 +202,6 @@ jobs:
         COMPILE_CONFIG: ${{matrix.config}}
     - name: Upload failure logs
       if: failure()
-      run: $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/.github/scripts/upload_failure_logs.sh
+      run: $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/.github/scripts/upload_failure_logs.py
       env:
         COMPILE_CONFIG: ${{matrix.config}}