diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration-tests-vm-type.yml b/.github/workflows/integration-tests-vm-type.yml
index c519811369..276070e720 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration-tests-vm-type.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration-tests-vm-type.yml
@@ -127,6 +127,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           name: ${{ inputs.vm_type }}-logs
           path: |
-            ${{ github.workspace }}/integration-tests/container-logs/**/**
-            ${{ github.workspace }}/integration-tests/performance-logs/**/**
+            ${{ github.workspace }}/integration-tests/container-logs/
+            ${{ github.workspace }}/integration-tests/performance-logs/
           if-no-files-found: ignore
diff --git a/ansible/roles/run-test-target/tasks/test-collection-method.yml b/ansible/roles/run-test-target/tasks/test-collection-method.yml
index bada414be6..1635edbac6 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/run-test-target/tasks/test-collection-method.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/run-test-target/tasks/test-collection-method.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #
 
 - set_fact:
-    logs_root: "{{ collector_root }}/integration-tests/container-logs/{{ vm_config }}/{{ collection_method }}"
+    logs_root: "{{ collector_root }}/integration-tests/container-logs"
 
 - name: Cleanup old containers
   become: "{{ runtime_as_root }}"
@@ -122,20 +122,16 @@
         path: "{{ logs_root }}"
       delegate_to: localhost
 
-    - name: Get log files
-      find:
-        paths: "{{ remote_log_mount }}/{{ vm_config }}/{{ collection_method }}/"
-        recurse: true
-      register: remote_log_files
+    - name: Compress log files
+      ansible.builtin.archive:
+        path: "{{ remote_log_mount }}"
+        dest: /tmp/{{ vm_config }}-{{ collection_method }}.tar.gz
 
     - name: Fetch log files
       fetch:
-        src: "{{ remote_log_path }}"
+        src: /tmp/{{ vm_config }}-{{ collection_method }}.tar.gz
         dest: "{{ logs_root }}/"
         flat: true
-      loop: "{{ remote_log_files.files | map(attribute='path') | list }}"
-      loop_control:
-        loop_var: remote_log_path
 
     - name: Write integration test log
       copy: