diff --git a/packages/kbn-es/src/artifact.js b/packages/kbn-es/src/artifact.js
index 9ea78386269d9..83dcd1cf36d2e 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-es/src/artifact.js
+++ b/packages/kbn-es/src/artifact.js
@@ -117,11 +117,14 @@ async function getArtifactSpecForSnapshot(urlVersion, license, log) {
   const manifest = JSON.parse(json);
 
   const platform = process.platform === 'win32' ? 'windows' : process.platform;
+  const arch = process.arch === 'arm64' ? 'aarch64' : 'x86_64';
+
   const archive = manifest.archives.find(
     archive =>
       archive.version === desiredVersion &&
       archive.platform === platform &&
-      archive.license === desiredLicense
+      archive.license === desiredLicense &&
+      archive.architecture === arch
   );
 
   if (!archive) {
diff --git a/packages/kbn-es/src/artifact.test.js b/packages/kbn-es/src/artifact.test.js
index 453eb1a9a7689..02e4d5318f63f 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-es/src/artifact.test.js
+++ b/packages/kbn-es/src/artifact.test.js
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ const log = new ToolingLog();
 let MOCKS;
 
 const PLATFORM = process.platform === 'win32' ? 'windows' : process.platform;
+const ARCHITECTURE = process.arch === 'arm64' ? 'aarch64' : 'x86_64';
 const MOCK_VERSION = 'test-version';
 const MOCK_URL = 'http://127.0.0.1:12345';
 const MOCK_FILENAME = 'test-filename';
@@ -38,13 +39,15 @@ const PERMANENT_SNAPSHOT_BASE_URL =
 
 const createArchive = (params = {}) => {
   const license = params.license || 'default';
+  const architecture = params.architecture || ARCHITECTURE;
 
   return {
     license: 'default',
+    architecture,
     version: MOCK_VERSION,
     url: MOCK_URL + `/${license}`,
     platform: PLATFORM,
-    filename: MOCK_FILENAME + `.${license}`,
+    filename: MOCK_FILENAME + `-${architecture}.${license}`,
     ...params,
   };
 };
@@ -77,6 +80,12 @@ beforeEach(() => {
     valid: {
       archives: [createArchive({ license: 'oss' }), createArchive({ license: 'default' })],
     },
+    multipleArch: {
+      archives: [
+        createArchive({ architecture: 'fake_arch', license: 'oss' }),
+        createArchive({ architecture: ARCHITECTURE, license: 'oss' }),
+      ],
+    },
   };
 });
 
@@ -95,7 +104,7 @@ const artifactTest = (requestedLicense, expectedLicense, fetchTimesCalled = 1) =
     expect(artifact.getUrl()).toEqual(MOCK_URL + `/${expectedLicense}`);
     expect(artifact.getChecksumUrl()).toEqual(MOCK_URL + `/${expectedLicense}.sha512`);
     expect(artifact.getChecksumType()).toEqual('sha512');
-    expect(artifact.getFilename()).toEqual(MOCK_FILENAME + `.${expectedLicense}`);
+    expect(artifact.getFilename()).toEqual(MOCK_FILENAME + `-${ARCHITECTURE}.${expectedLicense}`);
   };
 };
 
@@ -153,6 +162,17 @@ describe('Artifact', () => {
       });
     });
 
+    describe('with snapshots for multiple architectures', () => {
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        mockFetch(MOCKS.multipleArch);
+      });
+
+      it('should return artifact metadata for the correct architecture', async () => {
+        const artifact = await Artifact.getSnapshot('oss', MOCK_VERSION, log);
+        expect(artifact.getFilename()).toEqual(MOCK_FILENAME + `-${ARCHITECTURE}.oss`);
+      });
+    });
+
     describe('with custom snapshot manifest URL', () => {
       const CUSTOM_URL = 'http://www.creedthoughts.gov.www/creedthoughts';