diff --git a/buildscripts/minio-upgrade.sh b/buildscripts/minio-upgrade.sh
index 5721a8c64..5828aaacb 100644
--- a/buildscripts/minio-upgrade.sh
+++ b/buildscripts/minio-upgrade.sh
@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@ __init__() {
 
 	go install github.com/minio/mc@latest
 
+	## this is needed because github actions don't have
+	## docker-compose on all runners
+	go install github.com/docker/compose/v2/cmd@latest
+	mv -v /tmp/gopath/bin/cmd /tmp/gopath/bin/docker-compose
+
 	TAG=minio/minio:dev make docker
 
 	MINIO_VERSION=RELEASE.2019-12-19T22-52-26Z docker-compose \
diff --git a/cmd/bucket-replication.go b/cmd/bucket-replication.go
index 90593b928..12e8cac02 100644
--- a/cmd/bucket-replication.go
+++ b/cmd/bucket-replication.go
@@ -1593,14 +1593,10 @@ func replicateObjectWithMultipart(ctx context.Context, c *minio.Core, bucket, ob
 			for attempts <= 3 {
 				actx, acancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, time.Minute)
 				aerr := c.AbortMultipartUpload(actx, bucket, object, uploadID)
+				acancel()
 				if aerr == nil {
-					acancel()
 					return
 				}
-				acancel()
-				replLogIf(actx,
-					fmt.Errorf("trying %s: Unable to cleanup failed multipart replication %s on remote %s/%s: %w - this may consume space on remote cluster",
-						humanize.Ordinal(attempts), uploadID, bucket, object, aerr))
 				attempts++
 				time.Sleep(time.Duration(rand.Int63n(int64(time.Second))))
 			}
@@ -1648,6 +1644,8 @@ func replicateObjectWithMultipart(ctx context.Context, c *minio.Core, bucket, ob
 			ETag:       pInfo.ETag,
 		})
 	}
+
+	// really big value but its okay on heavily loaded systems. This is just tail end timeout.
 	cctx, ccancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, 10*time.Minute)
 	defer ccancel()
 	_, err = c.CompleteMultipartUpload(cctx, bucket, object, uploadID, uploadedParts, minio.PutObjectOptions{