diff --git a/puppet/deploy-artifacts.sh b/puppet/deploy-artifacts.sh
index 6e7f0ec174..e4d20b4999 100644
--- a/puppet/deploy-artifacts.sh
+++ b/puppet/deploy-artifacts.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ if [ -n "$artifact_urls" ]; then
   for URL in $(echo $artifact_urls | sed -e "s| |\n|g" | sort -u); do
     curl --globoff -o $TMP_DATA/file_data "$URL"
     if file -b $TMP_DATA/file_data | grep RPM &>/dev/null; then
-      yum install -y $TMP_DATA/file_data
+      mv $TMP_DATA/file_data $TMP_DATA/file_data.rpm
+      yum install -y $TMP_DATA/file_data.rpm
+      rm $TMP_DATA/file_data.rpm
     elif file -b $TMP_DATA/file_data | grep 'gzip compressed data' &>/dev/null; then
       pushd /
       tar xvzf $TMP_DATA/file_data
@@ -19,7 +21,9 @@ if [ -n "$artifact_urls" ]; then
       echo "ERROR: Unsupported file format: $URL"
       exit 1
     fi
-    rm $TMP_DATA/file_data
+    if [ -f $TMP_DATA/file_data ]; then
+      rm $TMP_DATA/file_data
+    fi
   done
 else
   echo "No artifact_urls was set. Skipping..."
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/fix-rpm-deploy-artifact-urls-03d5694073ad159d.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/fix-rpm-deploy-artifact-urls-03d5694073ad159d.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..25016e8319
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/fix-rpm-deploy-artifact-urls-03d5694073ad159d.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    Fix support for RPMs to be installed via DeployArtifactURLs. LP#1697102