diff --git a/archivista/store.go b/archivista/store.go
index f4ed58e2..ccba927a 100644
--- a/archivista/store.go
+++ b/archivista/store.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func (c *Client) Store(ctx context.Context, env dsse.Envelope) (string, error) {
-	resp, err := archivistaapi.Upload(ctx, c.url, env)
+	resp, err := archivistaapi.Store(ctx, c.url, env)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
diff --git a/attestation/git/git.go b/attestation/git/git.go
index 68a0c564..7f41d5b7 100644
--- a/attestation/git/git.go
+++ b/attestation/git/git.go
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ type Attestor struct {
 	Refs           []string             `json:"refs,omitempty"`
 	Remotes        []string             `json:"remotes,omitempty"`
 	Tags           []Tag                `json:"tags,omitempty"`
+	RefNameShort   string               `json:"branch,omitempty"`
 }
 
 func New() *Attestor {
@@ -184,6 +185,7 @@ func (a *Attestor) Attest(ctx *attestation.AttestationContext) error {
 	a.CommitDate = commit.Author.When.String()
 	a.CommitMessage = commit.Message
 	a.Signature = commit.PGPSignature
+	a.RefNameShort = head.Name().Short()
 
 	for _, parent := range commit.ParentHashes {
 		a.ParentHashes = append(a.ParentHashes, parent.String())
@@ -289,6 +291,14 @@ func (a *Attestor) Subjects() map[string]cryptoutil.DigestSet {
 		subjects[subjectName] = ds
 	}
 
+	// add refname short
+	subjectName = fmt.Sprintf("refnameshort:%v", a.RefNameShort)
+	ds, err = cryptoutil.CalculateDigestSetFromBytes([]byte(a.RefNameShort), hashes)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	subjects[subjectName] = ds
+
 	return subjects
 }
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a7053b1d..e1216bae 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway/v2 v2.19.1 // indirect
 	github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath v0.4.0 // indirect
 	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12 // indirect
+	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.6 // indirect
 	github.com/letsencrypt/boulder v0.0.0-20240226214708-a97e074b5a3e // indirect
 	github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.7.7 // indirect
 	github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index df2a380c..852f51a1 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -225,8 +225,8 @@ github.com/kevinburke/ssh_config v1.2.0 h1:x584FjTGwHzMwvHx18PXxbBVzfnxogHaAReU4
 github.com/kevinburke/ssh_config v1.2.0/go.mod h1:CT57kijsi8u/K/BOFA39wgDQJ9CxiF4nAY/ojJ6r6mM=
 github.com/kisielk/errcheck v1.5.0/go.mod h1:pFxgyoBC7bSaBwPgfKdkLd5X25qrDl4LWUI2bnpBCr8=
 github.com/kisielk/gotool v1.0.0/go.mod h1:XhKaO+MFFWcvkIS/tQcRk01m1F5IRFswLeQ+oQHNcck=
-github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.4 h1:Ej5ixsIri7BrIjBkRZLTo6ghwrEtHFk7ijlczPW4fZ4=
-github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.4/go.mod h1:/dCuZOvVtNoHsyb+cuJD3itjs3NbnF6KH9zAO4BDxPM=
+github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.6 h1:60eq2E/jlfwQXtvZEeBUYADs+BwKBWURIY+Gj2eRGjI=
+github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.6/go.mod h1:/dCuZOvVtNoHsyb+cuJD3itjs3NbnF6KH9zAO4BDxPM=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0/go.mod h1:dAy3ld7l9f0ibDNOQOHHMYYIIbhfbHSm3C4ZsoJORNo=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1 h1:flRD4NNwYAUpkphVc1HcthR4KEIFJ65n8Mw5qdRn3LE=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1/go.mod h1:hoEshYVHaxMs3cyo3Yncou5ZscifuDolrwPKZanG3xk=