diff --git a/.buildkite/pipeline.yml b/.buildkite/pipeline.yml
index 6c73bf31c09..daeacdebe67 100644
--- a/.buildkite/pipeline.yml
+++ b/.buildkite/pipeline.yml
@@ -232,3 +232,51 @@ steps:
                   image: "family/core-ubuntu-2204"
                 env:
                   - GH_VERSION=2.4.0
+
+  # Trigger for pull requests
+  - label: "Trigger Integration tests for Pull request"
+    if: |
+      (build.pull_request.id != null && !build.env("GITHUB_PR_LABELS") =~ /skip-it/) ||
+      build.env("GITHUB_PR_TRIGGER_COMMENT") =~ /.*extended.*/
+
+    plugins:
+      - monorepo-diff#v1.0.1:
+          diff: "git diff --name-only origin/${GITHUB_PR_TARGET_BRANCH}...HEAD"
+          watch:
+            - path:
+                - internal/
+                - dev-tools/
+                - pkg/
+                - testing/
+                - version/
+                - specs/
+                - .agent-versions.json
+                - .go-version
+                - .package-version
+                - go.mod
+                - go.sum
+                - magefile.go
+                - main.go
+
+                - .buildkite/integration.pipeline.yml
+                - .buildkite/pipeline.yml
+                - .buildkite/scripts/
+                - .buildkite/hooks/
+
+              config:
+                trigger: "elastic-agent-extended-testing"
+                build:
+                  commit: "${BUILDKITE_COMMIT}"
+                  branch: "${BUILDKITE_BRANCH}"
+                  env:
+                    - BUILDKITE_PULL_REQUEST=${BUILDKITE_PULL_REQUEST}
+                    - BUILDKITE_PULL_REQUEST_BASE_BRANCH=${BUILDKITE_PULL_REQUEST_BASE_BRANCH}
+                    - GITHUB_PR_LABELS=${GITHUB_PR_LABELS}
+
+  # Trigger for branches
+  - label: "Triggering Integration tests for branches"
+    if: build.pull_request.id == null
+    trigger: "elastic-agent-extended-testing"
+    build:
+      commit: "${BUILDKITE_COMMIT}"
+      branch: "${BUILDKITE_BRANCH}"
diff --git a/.buildkite/pull-requests.json b/.buildkite/pull-requests.json
index 6b6ef40b827..ea69758a384 100644
--- a/.buildkite/pull-requests.json
+++ b/.buildkite/pull-requests.json
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@
             "set_commit_status": true,
             "build_on_commit": true,
             "build_on_comment": true,
-            "trigger_comment_regex": "^(?:(?:buildkite\\W+)?(?:build|test)\\W+(?:this|it))|^/test$",
-            "always_trigger_comment_regex": "^(?:(?:buildkite\\W+)?(?:build|test)\\W+(?:this|it))|^/test$",
-            "skip_ci_labels": [  ],
+            "trigger_comment_regex": "^(?:(?:buildkite\\W+)?(?:build|test)\\W+(?:this|it|extended))|^/test\\W*(?:extended|)",
+            "always_trigger_comment_regex": "^(?:(?:buildkite\\W+)?(?:build|test)\\W+(?:this|it|extended))|^/test\\W*(?:extended|)",
+            "skip_ci_labels": [ "skip-ci" ],
             "skip_target_branches": [ ],
-            "skip_ci_on_only_changed": [ ],
+            "skip_ci_on_only_changed": [ "^.ci/", "^changelog", "^docs/", "\\.md$", "^docker-compose.yml", "^.pre-commit-config.yaml", "skaffold.yaml", "^Dockerfile.skaffold", "^Dockerfile"],
             "always_require_ci_on_changed": [ ]
         },
         {
diff --git a/changelog/fragments/1718268915-increase-remove-timeout.yaml b/changelog/fragments/1718268915-increase-remove-timeout.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..46369d8749c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/fragments/1718268915-increase-remove-timeout.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+kind: bug-fix
+summary: Increase removal timeout when uninstall
+component: "elastic-agent"
diff --git a/deploy/kubernetes/elastic-agent-managed-kubernetes.yaml b/deploy/kubernetes/elastic-agent-managed-kubernetes.yaml
index eb122b74c2c..0769c489b6e 100644
--- a/deploy/kubernetes/elastic-agent-managed-kubernetes.yaml
+++ b/deploy/kubernetes/elastic-agent-managed-kubernetes.yaml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ spec:
       dnsPolicy: ClusterFirstWithHostNet
       containers:
         - name: elastic-agent
-          image: docker.elastic.co/beats/elastic-agent:8.14.1
+          image: docker.elastic.co/beats/elastic-agent:8.14.2
           env:
             # Set to 1 for enrollment into Fleet server. If not set, Elastic Agent is run in standalone mode
             - name: FLEET_ENROLL
diff --git a/deploy/kubernetes/elastic-agent-standalone-kubernetes.yaml b/deploy/kubernetes/elastic-agent-standalone-kubernetes.yaml
index 0866199fb7a..4df1b04131a 100644
--- a/deploy/kubernetes/elastic-agent-standalone-kubernetes.yaml
+++ b/deploy/kubernetes/elastic-agent-standalone-kubernetes.yaml
@@ -704,7 +704,7 @@ spec:
       #        mountPath: /etc/elastic-agent/inputs.d
       containers:
         - name: elastic-agent-standalone
-          image: docker.elastic.co/beats/elastic-agent:8.14.1
+          image: docker.elastic.co/beats/elastic-agent:8.14.2
           args: ["-c", "/etc/elastic-agent/agent.yml", "-e"]
           env:
             # The basic authentication username used to connect to Elasticsearch
diff --git a/internal/pkg/agent/install/uninstall.go b/internal/pkg/agent/install/uninstall.go
index 2a980f77de7..b177319bffc 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/agent/install/uninstall.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/agent/install/uninstall.go
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ func checkForUnprivilegedVault(ctx context.Context, opts ...vault.OptionFunc) (b
 // to an ERROR_SHARING_VIOLATION. RemovePath will retry up to 2
 // seconds if it keeps getting that error.
 func RemovePath(path string) error {
-	const arbitraryTimeout = 30 * time.Second
+	const arbitraryTimeout = 60 * time.Second
 	start := time.Now()
 	var lastErr error
 	for time.Since(start) <= arbitraryTimeout {
diff --git a/version/version.go b/version/version.go
index 734a9841757..3697ee0f04b 100644
--- a/version/version.go
+++ b/version/version.go
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@
 
 package version
 
-const defaultBeatVersion = "8.14.1"
+const defaultBeatVersion = "8.14.2"
 const Agent = defaultBeatVersion