diff --git a/src/org/hitachivantara/ci/FileUtils.groovy b/src/org/hitachivantara/ci/FileUtils.groovy
index c27e8e2..fa25b3b 100644
--- a/src/org/hitachivantara/ci/FileUtils.groovy
+++ b/src/org/hitachivantara/ci/FileUtils.groovy
@@ -124,6 +124,21 @@ class FileUtils {
     sourcePath.copyTo(targetPath)
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Copy files between two locations using sh.
+   * If this file already exists, it will be overwritten.
+   * If the directory doesn't exist, it will be created.
+   * @param source
+   * @param target
+   */
+  static void shellCopy(def source, def target) {
+    FilePath sourcePath = create(source)
+    FilePath targetPath = create(target)
+    steps.sh "cp -fR ${sourcePath} ${targetPath}"
+    // steps.log.info "Copied ${sourcePath} to ${targetPath} using shell"
+  }
+
+
   /**
    * Copies this file to the specified target on master node.
    * @param src
diff --git a/src/org/hitachivantara/ci/archive/ArchivingHelper.groovy b/src/org/hitachivantara/ci/archive/ArchivingHelper.groovy
index d688c7a..d57331d 100644
--- a/src/org/hitachivantara/ci/archive/ArchivingHelper.groovy
+++ b/src/org/hitachivantara/ci/archive/ArchivingHelper.groovy
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ Archiving artifacts by copying them to '${targetFolder}':
       }
 
       artifacts.each { String archiveFileName, FilePath file ->
-        FileUtils.copy(file, FileUtils.create(Paths.get(targetFolder, archiveFileName) as String))
+        FileUtils.shellCopy(file, FileUtils.create(Paths.get(targetFolder, archiveFileName) as String))
       }
 
       if (buildData.isSet(ARCHIVE_TO_JENKINS_MASTER) && buildData.isMinion()) {
diff --git a/test/src/org/hitachivantara/ci/TestFileUtils.groovy b/test/src/org/hitachivantara/ci/TestFileUtils.groovy
index 72fb36d..13a67f3 100644
--- a/test/src/org/hitachivantara/ci/TestFileUtils.groovy
+++ b/test/src/org/hitachivantara/ci/TestFileUtils.groovy
@@ -77,6 +77,22 @@ class TestFileUtils extends BasePipelineSpecification {
       'target/version.properties' || true // a 2nd time to guarantee that the file gets replaced
   }
 
+  def "test shell file copy"() {
+    given:
+      registerAllowedMethod('isUnix', [], { -> true })
+    when:
+      File sourcefile = new File('test/resources/archive/version.properties')
+      File targetFile = new File('target/version.properties')
+      FileUtils.shellCopy(sourcefile, targetFile)
+    then:
+      targetFile.exists() == exists
+
+    where:
+      targetFilePath              || exists
+      'target/version.properties' || true
+      'target/version.properties' || true // a 2nd time to guarantee that the file gets replaced
+  }
+
   def "test find files"() {
     expect:
       FileUtils.findFiles('test/resources/archive', "regex:${pattern}", excludes).size() == filesFound