diff --git a/.ci/updatecli/updatecli-bump-stack-version.yml b/.ci/updatecli/updatecli-bump-stack-version.yml
index 2c8900c12a0..3da9ffd8bd9 100644
--- a/.ci/updatecli/updatecli-bump-stack-version.yml
+++ b/.ci/updatecli/updatecli-bump-stack-version.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 ---
 name: Bump ESS snapshots
 
-pipelineid: 'bump-ess-snapshot-{{ requiredEnv "BRANCH" }}'
+pipelineid: 'bump-ess-snapshot-{{ requiredEnv "BRANCH_NAME" }}'
 
 scms:
   githubConfig:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/bump-stable-snapshot.yml b/.github/workflows/bump-stable-snapshot.yml
index bd463babf26..fb17968d3aa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bump-stable-snapshot.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bump-stable-snapshot.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ jobs:
       - id: generator
         uses: elastic/oblt-actions/elastic/active-branches@v1
         with:
+          # Remove exclusions when backports are merged
+          exclude-branches: "8.17,8.18,8.19,9.0"
           filter-branches: true
 
   update-stable-snapshot: