diff --git a/.ci/updatecli/updatecli-bump-stack-version.yml b/.ci/updatecli/updatecli-bump-stack-version.yml
index 3da9ffd8bd9..d00938cd229 100644
--- a/.ci/updatecli/updatecli-bump-stack-version.yml
+++ b/.ci/updatecli/updatecli-bump-stack-version.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# update-cli configuration for automated go updates
 ---
 name: Bump ESS snapshots
 
@@ -40,7 +39,7 @@ actions:
     scmid: githubConfig
     sourceid: lastStableStackSnapshot
     spec:
-      automerge: true
+      automerge: false
       labels:
         - dependencies
         - backport-skip
diff --git a/.github/workflows/bump-stable-snapshot.yml b/.github/workflows/bump-stable-snapshot.yml
index fb17968d3aa..bd463babf26 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bump-stable-snapshot.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bump-stable-snapshot.yml
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ 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: