diff --git a/packages/artifact/src/internal/download/download-artifact.ts b/packages/artifact/src/internal/download/download-artifact.ts
index 4a735bb8..090260f9 100644
--- a/packages/artifact/src/internal/download/download-artifact.ts
+++ b/packages/artifact/src/internal/download/download-artifact.ts
@@ -79,9 +79,11 @@ export async function streamExtractExternal(
 
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     const timerFn = (): void => {
-      response.message.destroy(
-        new Error(`Blob storage chunk did not respond in ${timeout}ms`)
+      const timeoutError = new Error(
+        `Blob storage chunk did not respond in ${timeout}ms`
       )
+      response.message.destroy(timeoutError)
+      reject(timeoutError)
     }
     const timer = setTimeout(timerFn, timeout)