diff --git a/.buildkite/publish/dra/publish-daily-release-artifact.sh b/.buildkite/publish/dra/publish-daily-release-artifact.sh
index 0428ed37d..e32e89ae2 100755
--- a/.buildkite/publish/dra/publish-daily-release-artifact.sh
+++ b/.buildkite/publish/dra/publish-daily-release-artifact.sh
@@ -55,6 +55,12 @@ if [[ "${WORKFLOW:-}" != "staging" && "${WORKFLOW:-}" != "snapshot" ]]; then
   exit 2
 fi
 
+# snapshot workflows do not use qualifiers
+if [[ "${WORKFLOW:-}" == "snapshot" ]]; then
+  echo "overriding any local VERSION_QUALIFIER for SNAPSHOT workflow"
+  VERSION_QUALIFIER=""
+fi
+
 # Version. This is pulled from config/product_version.
 if [[ "${VERSION:-}" == "" ]]; then
   echo "ERROR: VERSION required!"
diff --git a/docs/RELEASING.md b/docs/RELEASING.md
index fc229a73b..ea42d1abe 100644
--- a/docs/RELEASING.md
+++ b/docs/RELEASING.md
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ and add an Environment Variable for `VERSION_QUALIFIER` with the value of the pr
 
 For example, to release 9.0.0-BC1, you would set `VERSION_QUALIFIER=BC1` for this build.
 
+Note that the qualified artifacts will only show up in DRA "staging" but not "snapshot" reports.
+
 ### In-Between releases
 
 Sometimes, we need to release Connectors independently of the Elastic unified-release.