diff --git a/pkg/pkg/rhel.go b/pkg/pkg/rhel.go
index 5a6f3582..de122cb7 100644
--- a/pkg/pkg/rhel.go
+++ b/pkg/pkg/rhel.go
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ func (pkg *RHELPackage) Download(ctx context.Context, dir string, force bool) (s
 		return rpmpath, nil
 	}
 
-	err := yumDownload(ctx, pkg.Name, dir)
+	err := yumDownload(ctx, pkg.Name, pkg.Architecture, dir)
 	if err != nil {
 		os.Remove(rpmpath)
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("rpm download: %s", err)
diff --git a/pkg/pkg/utils.go b/pkg/pkg/utils.go
index 881a2af6..f5626787 100644
--- a/pkg/pkg/utils.go
+++ b/pkg/pkg/utils.go
@@ -35,15 +35,10 @@ func TarballBTF(ctx context.Context, btf string, out string) error {
 // RHEL packages
 //
 
-func yumDownload(ctx context.Context, pkg string, destdir string) error {
-
+func yumDownload(ctx context.Context, pkg string, arch string, destdir string) error {
 	stderr := &bytes.Buffer{}
-
-	destDirParam := fmt.Sprintf("--downloaddir=%s", destdir)
-
-	binary, args := utils.SudoCMD("yum", "install", "-y", "--downloadonly", destDirParam, pkg)
+	binary, args := utils.SudoCMD("yumdownloader", "--archlist="+arch, "--destdir="+destdir, pkg)
 	cmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, binary, args...)
-
 	cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
 	cmd.Stderr = stderr