diff --git a/internal/client/gitlab.go b/internal/client/gitlab.go
index eabe60d50..b664e054a 100644
--- a/internal/client/gitlab.go
+++ b/internal/client/gitlab.go
@@ -2,11 +2,9 @@ package client
 
 import (
 	"crypto/tls"
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
-	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/apex/log"
 	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/internal/artifact"
@@ -18,9 +16,6 @@ import (
 
 const DefaultGitLabDownloadURL = "https://gitlab.com"
 
-// ErrExtractHashFromFileUploadURL indicates the file upload hash could not ne extracted from the url.
-var ErrExtractHashFromFileUploadURL = errors.New("could not extract hash from gitlab file upload url")
-
 type gitlabClient struct {
 	client *gitlab.Client
 }
@@ -264,7 +259,7 @@ func (c *gitlabClient) CreateRelease(ctx *context.Context, body string) (release
 
 func (c *gitlabClient) ReleaseURLTemplate(ctx *context.Context) (string, error) {
 	return fmt.Sprintf(
-		"%s/%s/%s/uploads/{{ .ArtifactUploadHash }}/{{ .ArtifactName }}",
+		"%s/%s/%s/-/releases/{{ .Tag }}/downloads/{{ .ArtifactName }}",
 		ctx.Config.GitLabURLs.Download,
 		ctx.Config.Release.GitLab.Owner,
 		ctx.Config.Release.GitLab.Name,
@@ -299,12 +294,14 @@ func (c *gitlabClient) Upload(
 	// projectFile.URL from upload: /uploads/<hash>/filename.txt
 	linkURL := gitlabBaseURL + "/" + projectID + projectFile.URL
 	name := artifact.Name
+	filename := "/" + name
 	releaseLink, _, err := c.client.ReleaseLinks.CreateReleaseLink(
 		projectID,
 		releaseID,
 		&gitlab.CreateReleaseLinkOptions{
-			Name: &name,
-			URL:  &linkURL,
+			Name:     &name,
+			URL:      &linkURL,
+			FilePath: &filename,
 		})
 	if err != nil {
 		return RetriableError{err}
@@ -312,43 +309,17 @@ func (c *gitlabClient) Upload(
 
 	log.WithFields(log.Fields{
 		"id":  releaseLink.ID,
-		"url": releaseLink.URL,
+		"url": releaseLink.DirectAssetURL,
 	}).Debug("created release link")
 
-	fileUploadHash, err := extractProjectFileHashFrom(projectFile.URL)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
 	// for checksums.txt the field is nil, so we initialize it
 	if artifact.Extra == nil {
 		artifact.Extra = make(map[string]interface{})
 	}
-	// we set this hash to be able to download the file
-	// in following publish pipes like brew, scoop
-	artifact.Extra["ArtifactUploadHash"] = fileUploadHash
 
 	return nil
 }
 
-// extractProjectFileHashFrom extracts the hash from the
-// relative project file url of the format '/uploads/<hash>/filename.ext'.
-func extractProjectFileHashFrom(projectFileURL string) (string, error) {
-	log.WithField("projectFileURL", projectFileURL).Debug("extract file hash from")
-	splittedProjectFileURL := strings.Split(projectFileURL, "/")
-	if len(splittedProjectFileURL) != 4 {
-		log.WithField("projectFileURL", projectFileURL).Debug("could not extract file hash")
-		return "", ErrExtractHashFromFileUploadURL
-	}
-
-	fileHash := splittedProjectFileURL[2]
-	log.WithFields(log.Fields{
-		"projectFileURL": projectFileURL,
-		"fileHash":       fileHash,
-	}).Debug("extracted file hash")
-	return fileHash, nil
-}
-
 // getMilestoneByTitle returns a milestone by title.
 func (c *gitlabClient) getMilestoneByTitle(repo Repo, title string) (*gitlab.Milestone, error) {
 	opts := &gitlab.ListMilestonesOptions{
diff --git a/internal/client/gitlab_test.go b/internal/client/gitlab_test.go
index cf8e6250e..3537bc2d9 100644
--- a/internal/client/gitlab_test.go
+++ b/internal/client/gitlab_test.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package client
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/pkg/config"
@@ -9,31 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
-func TestExtractHashFromProjectFileURL(t *testing.T) {
-	givenHash := "22e8b1508b0f28433b94754a5ea2f4aa"
-	projectFileURL := fmt.Sprintf("/uploads/%s/release-testing_0.3.7_Darwin_x86_64.tar.gz", givenHash)
-	extractedHash, err := extractProjectFileHashFrom(projectFileURL)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("expexted no error but got: %v", err)
-	}
-	require.Equal(t, givenHash, extractedHash)
-}
-
-func TestFailToExtractHashFromProjectFileURL(t *testing.T) {
-	givenHash := "22e8b1508b0f28433b94754a5ea2f4aa"
-	projectFileURL := fmt.Sprintf("/uploads/%s/new-path/file.ext", givenHash)
-	_, err := extractProjectFileHashFrom(projectFileURL)
-	if err == nil {
-		t.Errorf("expected an error but got none for new-path in url")
-	}
-
-	projectFileURL = fmt.Sprintf("/%s/file.ext", givenHash)
-	_, err = extractProjectFileHashFrom(projectFileURL)
-	if err == nil {
-		t.Errorf("expected an error but got none for path-too-small in url")
-	}
-}
-
 func TestGitLabReleaseURLTemplate(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := context.New(config.Project{
 		GitLabURLs: config.GitLabURLs{
@@ -53,6 +27,6 @@ func TestGitLabReleaseURLTemplate(t *testing.T) {
 	urlTpl, err := client.ReleaseURLTemplate(ctx)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	expectedUrl := "https://gitlab.com/owner/name/uploads/{{ .ArtifactUploadHash }}/{{ .ArtifactName }}"
+	expectedUrl := "https://gitlab.com/owner/name/-/releases/{{ .Tag }}/downloads/{{ .ArtifactName }}"
 	require.Equal(t, expectedUrl, urlTpl)
 }
diff --git a/internal/pipe/brew/brew_test.go b/internal/pipe/brew/brew_test.go
index af8df084f..349501f94 100644
--- a/internal/pipe/brew/brew_test.go
+++ b/internal/pipe/brew/brew_test.go
@@ -223,9 +223,8 @@ func TestRunPipe(t *testing.T) {
 				Goarch: "amd64",
 				Type:   artifact.UploadableArchive,
 				Extra: map[string]interface{}{
-					"ID":                 "bar",
-					"Format":             "tar.gz",
-					"ArtifactUploadHash": "820ead5d9d2266c728dce6d4d55b6460",
+					"ID":     "bar",
+					"Format": "tar.gz",
 				},
 			})
 			path := filepath.Join(folder, "bin.tar.gz")
@@ -236,9 +235,8 @@ func TestRunPipe(t *testing.T) {
 				Goarch: "amd64",
 				Type:   artifact.UploadableArchive,
 				Extra: map[string]interface{}{
-					"ID":                 "foo",
-					"Format":             "tar.gz",
-					"ArtifactUploadHash": "820ead5d9d2266c728dce6d4d55b6460",
+					"ID":     "foo",
+					"Format": "tar.gz",
 				},
 			})
 
@@ -301,9 +299,8 @@ func TestRunPipeNameTemplate(t *testing.T) {
 		Goarch: "amd64",
 		Type:   artifact.UploadableArchive,
 		Extra: map[string]interface{}{
-			"ID":                 "foo",
-			"Format":             "tar.gz",
-			"ArtifactUploadHash": "820ead5d9d2266c728dce6d4d55b6460",
+			"ID":     "foo",
+			"Format": "tar.gz",
 		},
 	})
 
@@ -386,9 +383,8 @@ func TestRunPipeMultipleBrewsWithSkip(t *testing.T) {
 		Goarch: "amd64",
 		Type:   artifact.UploadableArchive,
 		Extra: map[string]interface{}{
-			"ID":                 "foo",
-			"Format":             "tar.gz",
-			"ArtifactUploadHash": "820ead5d9d2266c728dce6d4d55b6460",
+			"ID":     "foo",
+			"Format": "tar.gz",
 		},
 	})
 
diff --git a/internal/pipe/scoop/scoop_test.go b/internal/pipe/scoop/scoop_test.go
index 5055406a0..3300b4b80 100644
--- a/internal/pipe/scoop/scoop_test.go
+++ b/internal/pipe/scoop/scoop_test.go
@@ -274,18 +274,12 @@ func Test_doRun(t *testing.T) {
 					Goos:   "windows",
 					Goarch: "amd64",
 					Path:   file,
-					Extra: map[string]interface{}{
-						"ArtifactUploadHash": "820ead5d9d2266c728dce6d4d55b6460",
-					},
 				},
 				{
 					Name:   "foo_1.0.1_windows_386.tar.gz",
 					Goos:   "windows",
 					Goarch: "386",
 					Path:   file,
-					Extra: map[string]interface{}{
-						"ArtifactUploadHash": "820ead5d9d2266c728dce6d4d55b6460",
-					},
 				},
 			},
 			shouldNotErr,
@@ -334,18 +328,12 @@ func Test_doRun(t *testing.T) {
 					Goos:   "windows",
 					Goarch: "amd64",
 					Path:   file,
-					Extra: map[string]interface{}{
-						"ArtifactUploadHash": "820ead5d9d2266c728dce6d4d55b6460",
-					},
 				},
 				{
 					Name:   "foo_1.0.1_windows_386.tar.gz",
 					Goos:   "windows",
 					Goarch: "386",
 					Path:   file,
-					Extra: map[string]interface{}{
-						"ArtifactUploadHash": "820ead5d9d2266c728dce6d4d55b6460",
-					},
 				},
 			},
 			shouldNotErr,
@@ -904,7 +892,7 @@ func Test_buildManifest(t *testing.T) {
 						},
 						Description:           "A run pipe test formula",
 						Homepage:              "https://gitlab.com/goreleaser",
-						URLTemplate:           "http://gitlab.mycompany.com/foo/bar/uploads/{{ .ArtifactUploadHash }}/{{ .ArtifactName }}",
+						URLTemplate:           "http://gitlab.mycompany.com/foo/bar/-/releases/{{ .Tag }}/downloads/{{ .ArtifactName }}",
 						CommitMessageTemplate: "chore(scoop): update {{ .ProjectName }} version {{ .Tag }}",
 						Persist:               []string{"data.cfg", "etc"},
 					},
@@ -929,7 +917,6 @@ func Test_buildManifest(t *testing.T) {
 					Goarch: "amd64",
 					Path:   file,
 					Extra: map[string]interface{}{
-						"ArtifactUploadHash": "820ead5d9d2266c728dce6d4d55b6460",
 						"Builds": []*artifact.Artifact{
 							{
 								Name: "foo.exe",
@@ -946,7 +933,6 @@ func Test_buildManifest(t *testing.T) {
 					Goarch: "arm",
 					Path:   file,
 					Extra: map[string]interface{}{
-						"ArtifactUploadHash": "820ead5d9d2266c728dce6d4d55b6460",
 						"Builds": []*artifact.Artifact{
 							{
 								Name: "foo.exe",
@@ -963,7 +949,6 @@ func Test_buildManifest(t *testing.T) {
 					Goarch: "386",
 					Path:   file,
 					Extra: map[string]interface{}{
-						"ArtifactUploadHash": "820ead5d9d2266c728dce6d4d55b6460",
 						"Builds": []*artifact.Artifact{
 							{
 								Name: "foo.exe",
@@ -1026,7 +1011,7 @@ func TestWrapInDirectory(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 				Description:           "A run pipe test formula",
 				Homepage:              "https://gitlab.com/goreleaser",
-				URLTemplate:           "http://gitlab.mycompany.com/foo/bar/uploads/{{ .ArtifactUploadHash }}/{{ .ArtifactName }}",
+				URLTemplate:           "http://gitlab.mycompany.com/foo/bar/-/releases/{{ .Tag }}/downloads/{{ .ArtifactName }}",
 				CommitMessageTemplate: "chore(scoop): update {{ .ProjectName }} version {{ .Tag }}",
 				Persist:               []string{"data.cfg", "etc"},
 			},
@@ -1042,8 +1027,7 @@ func TestWrapInDirectory(t *testing.T) {
 			Goarch: "amd64",
 			Path:   file,
 			Extra: map[string]interface{}{
-				"ArtifactUploadHash": "820ead5d9d2266c728dce6d4d55b6460",
-				"WrappedIn":          "foo_1.0.1_windows_amd64",
+				"WrappedIn": "foo_1.0.1_windows_amd64",
 				"Builds": []*artifact.Artifact{
 					{
 						Name: "foo.exe",
diff --git a/internal/pipe/scoop/testdata/test_buildmanifest_gitlab_url_template.json.golden b/internal/pipe/scoop/testdata/test_buildmanifest_gitlab_url_template.json.golden
index 8cfb8185f..2d427a474 100644
--- a/internal/pipe/scoop/testdata/test_buildmanifest_gitlab_url_template.json.golden
+++ b/internal/pipe/scoop/testdata/test_buildmanifest_gitlab_url_template.json.golden
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
     "version": "1.0.1",
     "architecture": {
         "32bit": {
-            "url": "http://gitlab.mycompany.com/foo/bar/uploads/820ead5d9d2266c728dce6d4d55b6460/foo_1.0.1_windows_386.tar.gz",
+            "url": "http://gitlab.mycompany.com/foo/bar/-/releases/v1.0.1/downloads/foo_1.0.1_windows_386.tar.gz",
             "bin": [
                 "foo.exe",
                 "bar.exe"
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
             "hash": "5e2bf57d3f40c4b6df69daf1936cb766f832374b4fc0259a7cbff06e2f70f269"
         },
         "64bit": {
-            "url": "http://gitlab.mycompany.com/foo/bar/uploads/820ead5d9d2266c728dce6d4d55b6460/foo_1.0.1_windows_amd64.tar.gz",
+            "url": "http://gitlab.mycompany.com/foo/bar/-/releases/v1.0.1/downloads/foo_1.0.1_windows_amd64.tar.gz",
             "bin": [
                 "foo.exe",
                 "bar.exe"
diff --git a/internal/pipe/scoop/testdata/test_buildmanifest_wrap.json.golden b/internal/pipe/scoop/testdata/test_buildmanifest_wrap.json.golden
index fded9339a..2bedf95d6 100644
--- a/internal/pipe/scoop/testdata/test_buildmanifest_wrap.json.golden
+++ b/internal/pipe/scoop/testdata/test_buildmanifest_wrap.json.golden
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
     "version": "1.0.1",
     "architecture": {
         "64bit": {
-            "url": "http://gitlab.mycompany.com/foo/bar/uploads/820ead5d9d2266c728dce6d4d55b6460/foo_1.0.1_windows_amd64.tar.gz",
+            "url": "http://gitlab.mycompany.com/foo/bar/-/releases/v1.0.1/downloads/foo_1.0.1_windows_amd64.tar.gz",
             "bin": [
                 "foo_1.0.1_windows_amd64/foo.exe",
                 "foo_1.0.1_windows_amd64/bar.exe"
diff --git a/internal/tmpl/tmpl.go b/internal/tmpl/tmpl.go
index e711db577..de56e760c 100644
--- a/internal/tmpl/tmpl.go
+++ b/internal/tmpl/tmpl.go
@@ -55,9 +55,6 @@ const (
 	artifactName = "ArtifactName"
 	artifactPath = "ArtifactPath"
 
-	// gitlab only.
-	artifactUploadHash = "ArtifactUploadHash"
-
 	// build keys.
 	name   = "Name"
 	ext    = "Ext"
@@ -135,11 +132,6 @@ func (t *Template) WithArtifact(a *artifact.Artifact, replacements map[string]st
 	t.fields[binary] = bin.(string)
 	t.fields[artifactName] = a.Name
 	t.fields[artifactPath] = a.Path
-	if val, ok := a.Extra["ArtifactUploadHash"]; ok {
-		t.fields[artifactUploadHash] = val
-	} else {
-		t.fields[artifactUploadHash] = ""
-	}
 	return t
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/tmpl/tmpl_test.go b/internal/tmpl/tmpl_test.go
index 4f6086235..9488a4c15 100644
--- a/internal/tmpl/tmpl_test.go
+++ b/internal/tmpl/tmpl_test.go
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ func TestWithArtifact(t *testing.T) {
 		"shortcommit":                      "{{.ShortCommit}}",
 		"binary":                           "{{.Binary}}",
 		"proj":                             "{{.ProjectName}}",
-		"":                                 "{{.ArtifactUploadHash}}",
 		"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser": "{{ .ModulePath }}",
 	} {
 		tmpl := tmpl
@@ -72,24 +71,6 @@ func TestWithArtifact(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 
-	t.Run("artifact with gitlab ArtifactUploadHash", func(t *testing.T) {
-		t.Parallel()
-		uploadHash := "820ead5d9d2266c728dce6d4d55b6460"
-		result, err := New(ctx).WithArtifact(
-			&artifact.Artifact{
-				Name:   "another-binary",
-				Goarch: "amd64",
-				Goos:   "linux",
-				Goarm:  "6",
-				Extra: map[string]interface{}{
-					"ArtifactUploadHash": uploadHash,
-				},
-			}, map[string]string{},
-		).Apply("{{ .ArtifactUploadHash }}")
-		require.NoError(t, err)
-		require.Equal(t, uploadHash, result)
-	})
-
 	t.Run("artifact without binary name", func(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Parallel()
 		result, err := New(ctx).WithArtifact(
diff --git a/www/docs/customization/homebrew.md b/www/docs/customization/homebrew.md
index 866446fdf..c149a16b5 100644
--- a/www/docs/customization/homebrew.md
+++ b/www/docs/customization/homebrew.md
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ brews:
 
     # Template for the url which is determined by the given Token (github or gitlab)
     # Default for github is "https://github.com/<repo_owner>/<repo_name>/releases/download/{{ .Tag }}/{{ .ArtifactName }}"
-    # Default for gitlab is "https://gitlab.com/<repo_owner>/<repo_name>/uploads/{{ .ArtifactUploadHash }}/{{ .ArtifactName }}"
+    # Default for gitlab is "https://gitlab.com/<repo_owner>/<repo_name>/-/releases/{{ .Tag }}/downloads/{{ .ArtifactName }}"
     # Default for gitea is "https://gitea.com/<repo_owner>/<repo_name>/releases/download/{{ .Tag }}/{{ .ArtifactName }}"
     url_template: "http://github.mycompany.com/foo/bar/releases/{{ .Tag }}/{{ .ArtifactName }}"
 
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ brews:
     install: |
       bin.install "program"
       ...
-      
+
     # Custom post_install script for brew.
     # Could be used to do any additional work after the "install" script
     # Default is empty.
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ class Program < Formula
   def install
     bin.install "program"
   end
-  
+
   def post_install
   	etc.install "app-config.conf"
   end
diff --git a/www/docs/customization/release.md b/www/docs/customization/release.md
index dec3389fd..32044c3b4 100644
--- a/www/docs/customization/release.md
+++ b/www/docs/customization/release.md
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ release:
     If you use GitLab subgroups, you need to specify it in the `owner` field, e.g. `mygroup/mysubgroup`.
 
 !!! warning
-    Only GitLab `v11.7+` are supported for releases.
+    Only GitLab `v12.9+` are supported for releases.
 
 You can also configure the `release` section to upload to a [Gitea](https://gitea.io) instance:
 
diff --git a/www/docs/customization/scoop.md b/www/docs/customization/scoop.md
index c772205ce..a579cd82b 100644
--- a/www/docs/customization/scoop.md
+++ b/www/docs/customization/scoop.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ the commented example below:
 scoop:
   # Template for the url which is determined by the given Token (github or gitlab)
   # Default for github is "https://github.com/<repo_owner>/<repo_name>/releases/download/{{ .Tag }}/{{ .ArtifactName }}"
-  # Default for gitlab is "https://gitlab.com/<repo_owner>/<repo_name>/uploads/{{ .ArtifactUploadHash }}/{{ .ArtifactName }}"
+  # Default for gitlab is "https://gitlab.com/<repo_owner>/<repo_name>/-/releases/{{ .Tag }}/downloads/{{ .ArtifactName }}"
   # Default for gitea is "https://gitea.com/<repo_owner>/<repo_name>/releases/download/{{ .Tag }}/{{ .ArtifactName }}"
   url_template: "http://github.mycompany.com/foo/bar/releases/{{ .Tag }}/{{ .ArtifactName }}"
 
diff --git a/www/docs/quick-start.md b/www/docs/quick-start.md
index b547d7ed9..01e69881f 100644
--- a/www/docs/quick-start.md
+++ b/www/docs/quick-start.md
@@ -104,9 +104,9 @@ Or, if you released to GitLab, check it out too!
 </a>
 
 !!! note
-    Releasing to a private-hosted GitLab CE will only work for version `v11.7+`,
-    because the release feature was introduced in this
-    [version](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/releases/index.html).
+    Releasing to a private-hosted GitLab CE will only work for version `v12.9+`, due to dependencies
+    on [release](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/releases/index.html) functionality
+    and [direct asset linking](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/releases/index.html#permanent-links-to-release-assets).
 
 ## Dry run