diff --git a/.buildkite/pipelines/periodic-java-ea.template.yml b/.buildkite/pipelines/periodic-java-ea.template.yml
index 088c4cd2c8af3..b3213b1781178 100644
--- a/.buildkite/pipelines/periodic-java-ea.template.yml
+++ b/.buildkite/pipelines/periodic-java-ea.template.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 env:
-  JAVA_EA_VERSION: "${JAVA_EA_VERSION:-25-pre}"
+  JAVA_EA_VERSION: "${JAVA_EA_VERSION:-26-pre}"
 
 steps:
   - group: bwc
diff --git a/.buildkite/pipelines/periodic-java-ea.yml b/.buildkite/pipelines/periodic-java-ea.yml
index 8a94d5f34dfbd..8a697ac0cdca2 100644
--- a/.buildkite/pipelines/periodic-java-ea.yml
+++ b/.buildkite/pipelines/periodic-java-ea.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # This file is auto-generated. See .buildkite/pipelines/periodic-java-ea.template.yml
 env:
-  JAVA_EA_VERSION: "${JAVA_EA_VERSION:-25-pre}"
+  JAVA_EA_VERSION: "${JAVA_EA_VERSION:-26-pre}"
 
 steps:
   - group: bwc