diff --git a/ci/downstream.sh b/ci/downstream.sh
index a649b3b6..09ab6e53 100755
--- a/ci/downstream.sh
+++ b/ci/downstream.sh
@@ -1,25 +1,28 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -e
 
-# Get the desired version from a third argument, or default to a fixed version
-DESIRED_VERSION="${1:-1.1.0}" 
+VERSION="${1:-1.2.0}"
+COLLECTION_ROOT="${2:-$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/.." && pwd)}"
 
-# Output directory for the built collection artifact
+# Create a temporary directory and a specific output path
 _tmp_dir=$(mktemp -d)
-OUTPUT_DIR="${_tmp_dir}/ansible_collections/redhat/edge_manager"
+trap 'rm -rf "$_tmp_dir"' EXIT
+OUTPUT_DIR="${_tmp_dir}/ansible_collections"
 
-# Get the absolute path of the script directory
-SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
-COLLECTION_ROOT="$(cd "$SCRIPT_DIR/.." && pwd)"
-ABSOLUTE_COLLECTION_DIR="${2:-$COLLECTION_ROOT}"
+# Copy the collection source into the temp dir (exclude VCS/build artifacts)
+rsync -a --delete \
+  --exclude '.git' \
+  --exclude '.github' \
+  --exclude 'build' \
+  --exclude '.tox' \
+  --exclude 'venv' \
+  --exclude '.venv' \
+  "${COLLECTION_ROOT}/" "${_tmp_dir}/"
 
-GALAXY_YML_PATH="$ABSOLUTE_COLLECTION_DIR/galaxy.yml"
-echo "Updating version in $GALAXY_YML_PATH to $DESIRED_VERSION..."
-sed -i "s/^version: .*/version: $DESIRED_VERSION/" "$GALAXY_YML_PATH"
+# Override metadata for this build
+sed "s/^version: .*/version: $VERSION/; s/^namespace: .*/namespace: redhat/; s/^name: .*/name: edge_manager/" "$COLLECTION_ROOT/galaxy.yml" > "$_tmp_dir/galaxy.yml"
 
+# Build the collection from the temporary directory
 mkdir -p "$OUTPUT_DIR"
-ansible-galaxy collection build "$ABSOLUTE_COLLECTION_DIR" --output-path "$OUTPUT_DIR"
-echo "Collection build complete. Artifact(s) in $OUTPUT_DIR:"
-
-ls -lh "$OUTPUT_DIR"/*.tar.gz
-echo "Done."
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+command -v ansible-galaxy >/dev/null || { echo "ansible-galaxy not found in PATH" >&2; exit 1; }
+ansible-galaxy collection build "$_tmp_dir" --output-path "$OUTPUT_DIR"
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