diff --git a/test/system/702-artifact-created.bats b/test/system/702-artifact-created.bats
deleted file mode 100644
index 441afc3d71..0000000000
--- a/test/system/702-artifact-created.bats
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,67 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bats   -*- bats -*-
-#
-# Tests for podman artifact created date functionality
-#
-
-load helpers
-
-# Create temporary artifact file for testing
-function create_test_file() {
-    local content="$(random_string 100)"
-    local filename=$(random_string 12)
-    local filepath="$PODMAN_TMPDIR/$filename.txt"
-    echo "$content" > "$filepath"
-    echo "$filepath"
-}
-
-function teardown() {
-    run_podman artifact rm --all --ignore
-    basic_teardown
-}
-
-@test "podman artifact inspect shows created date in RFC3339 format" {
-    local testfile1=$(create_test_file)
-    local artifact_name="localhost/test/created-test"
-    local testfile2=$(create_test_file)
-
-    # Record time before creation (in nanoseconds for comparison)
-    local before_epoch=$(date +%s%N)
-
-    # Create artifact
-    run_podman artifact add $artifact_name "$testfile1"
-
-    # Record time after creation
-    local after_epoch=$(date +%s%N)
-
-    # Inspect the artifact
-    run_podman artifact inspect --format '{{index  .Manifest.Annotations "org.opencontainers.image.created" }}' $artifact_name
-    local created_annotation="$output"
-    assert "$created_annotation" != "" "Created annotation should not be empty"
-
-    # Verify it's a valid RFC3339 timestamp by trying to parse it
-    # Convert to epoch for comparison
-    local created_epoch=$(date -d "$created_annotation" +%s%N 2>/dev/null)
-
-    # Verify parsing succeeded
-    assert "$?" -eq 0 "Created timestamp should be valid RFC3339 format"
-
-    # Verify timestamp is within reasonable bounds
-    assert "$created_epoch" -ge "$before_epoch" "Created time should be after before_epoch"
-    assert "$created_epoch" -le "$after_epoch" "Created time should be before after_epoch"
-
-    # Append to artifact
-    run_podman artifact add --append $artifact_name "$testfile2"
-
-    # Get the created timestamp after append
-    run_podman artifact inspect --format '{{index  .Manifest.Annotations "org.opencontainers.image.created" }}\n{{len .Manifest.Layers}}' $artifact_name
-    local current_created="${lines[0]}"
-    local layer_count="${lines[1]}"
-
-    # Verify the created timestamp is preserved
-    assert "$current_created" = "$created_annotation" "Created timestamp should be preserved during append"
-
-    # Verify we have 2 layers now
-    assert "$layer_count" -eq 2 "Should have 2 layers after append"
-}
-
-# vim: filetype=sh
diff --git a/test/system/700-artifact.bats b/test/system/702-artifact.bats
similarity index 51%
rename from test/system/700-artifact.bats
rename to test/system/702-artifact.bats
index b520fbc102..7767c6613c 100644
--- a/test/system/700-artifact.bats
+++ b/test/system/702-artifact.bats
@@ -1,34 +1,78 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bats   -*- bats -*-
 #
-# Tests for podman artifact functionality
+# Tests for podman artifact created date functionality
 #
 
 load helpers
 
 # FIXME #27264: Artifact store does not seem to work properly with concurrent access. Do not the ci:parallel tags here!
 
-function setup() {
-    basic_setup
+# Create temporary artifact file for testing
+function create_test_file() {
+    local content="$(random_string 100)"
+    local filename=$(random_string 12)
+    local filepath="$PODMAN_TMPDIR/$filename.txt"
+    echo "$content" > "$filepath"
+    echo "$filepath"
 }
 
 function teardown() {
+    run_podman artifact rm --all --ignore
     basic_teardown
 }
 
-# Helper function to create a test artifact file
-create_test_file() {
-    local size=${1:-1024}
-    local filename=$(mktemp --tmpdir="${PODMAN_TMPDIR}" artifactfile.XXXXXX)
-    dd if=/dev/urandom of="$filename" bs=1 count="$size" 2>/dev/null
-    echo "$filename"
+@test "podman artifact inspect shows created date in RFC3339 format" {
+    local testfile1=$(create_test_file)
+    local artifact_name="localhost/test/created-test"
+    local testfile2=$(create_test_file)
+
+    # Record time before creation (in nanoseconds for comparison)
+    local before_epoch=$(date +%s%N)
+
+    # Create artifact
+    run_podman artifact add $artifact_name "$testfile1"
+
+    # Record time after creation
+    local after_epoch=$(date +%s%N)
+
+    # Inspect the artifact
+    run_podman artifact inspect --format '{{index  .Manifest.Annotations "org.opencontainers.image.created" }}' $artifact_name
+    local created_annotation="$output"
+    assert "$created_annotation" != "" "Created annotation should not be empty"
+
+    # Verify it's a valid RFC3339 timestamp by trying to parse it
+    # Convert to epoch for comparison
+    local created_epoch=$(date -d "$created_annotation" +%s%N 2>/dev/null)
+
+    # Verify parsing succeeded
+    assert "$?" -eq 0 "Created timestamp should be valid RFC3339 format"
+
+    # Verify timestamp is within reasonable bounds
+    assert "$created_epoch" -ge "$before_epoch" "Created time should be after before_epoch"
+    assert "$created_epoch" -le "$after_epoch" "Created time should be before after_epoch"
+
+    # Append to artifact
+    run_podman artifact add --append $artifact_name "$testfile2"
+
+    # Get the created timestamp after append
+    run_podman artifact inspect --format '{{index  .Manifest.Annotations "org.opencontainers.image.created" }}\n{{len .Manifest.Layers}}' $artifact_name
+    local current_created="${lines[0]}"
+    local layer_count="${lines[1]}"
+
+    # Verify the created timestamp is preserved
+    assert "$current_created" = "$created_annotation" "Created timestamp should be preserved during append"
+
+    # Verify we have 2 layers now
+    assert "$layer_count" -eq 2 "Should have 2 layers after append"
 }
 
+
 @test "podman artifact add --replace basic functionality" {
     local artifact_name="localhost/test/replace-artifact"
     local file1 file2
 
-    file1=$(create_test_file 1024)
-    file2=$(create_test_file 2048)
+    file1=$(create_test_file)
+    file2=$(create_test_file)
 
     # Add initial artifact
     run_podman artifact add "$artifact_name" "$file1"
@@ -56,7 +100,7 @@ create_test_file() {
     local artifact_name="localhost/test/nonexistent-artifact"
     local file1
 
-    file1=$(create_test_file 1024)
+    file1=$(create_test_file)
 
     # Using --replace on nonexistent artifact should succeed
     run_podman artifact add --replace "$artifact_name" "$file1"
@@ -73,7 +117,7 @@ create_test_file() {
     local artifact_name="localhost/test/conflict-artifact"
     local file1
 
-    file1=$(create_test_file 1024)
+    file1=$(create_test_file)
 
     # Using --replace and --append together should fail
     run_podman 125 artifact add --replace --append "$artifact_name" "$file1"
@@ -86,8 +130,8 @@ create_test_file() {
     local artifact_name="localhost/test/existing-artifact"
     local file1 file2
 
-    file1=$(create_test_file 512)
-    file2=$(create_test_file 1024)
+    file1=$(create_test_file)
+    file2=$(create_test_file)
 
     # Create initial artifact
     run_podman artifact add "$artifact_name" "$file1"
@@ -109,3 +153,6 @@ create_test_file() {
     run_podman artifact rm "$artifact_name"
     rm -f "$file1" "$file2"
 }
+
+
+# vim: filetype=sh