diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index f38ea5e..9af2575 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -31165,6 +31165,11 @@ function run() {
                 resolvedPath = path_1.default.resolve(chosenPath);
             }
             core.debug(`Resolved path is ${resolvedPath}`);
+            // Create directory if it doesn't already exist
+            if (!fs.existsSync(resolvedPath)) {
+                core.debug(`Creating directory (${resolvedPath}) since it did not exist`);
+                fs.mkdirSync(resolvedPath, { recursive: true });
+            }
             const s3 = new AWS.S3({ region: region });
             const s3Prefix = `${github.context.repo.owner}/${github.context.repo.repo}/${github.context.runId}/${name}/`;
             const s3Params = {
diff --git a/src/download-artifact.ts b/src/download-artifact.ts
index 84617a7..3dda87b 100644
--- a/src/download-artifact.ts
+++ b/src/download-artifact.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ async function run(): Promise<void> {
       resolvedPath = path.resolve(chosenPath)
     }
     core.debug(`Resolved path is ${resolvedPath}`)
+    // Create directory if it doesn't already exist
+    if (!fs.existsSync(resolvedPath)) {
+      core.debug(`Creating directory (${resolvedPath}) since it did not exist`)
+      fs.mkdirSync(resolvedPath, {recursive: true})
+    }
     const s3 = new AWS.S3({region: region})
     const s3Prefix = `${github.context.repo.owner}/${github.context.repo.repo}/${github.context.runId}/${name}/`
     const s3Params = {