diff --git a/ci/dependency-update/Jenkinsfile b/ci/dependency-update/Jenkinsfile
index d5906bf15d3..a33295edb8b 100644
--- a/ci/dependency-update/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/ci/dependency-update/Jenkinsfile
@@ -23,14 +23,13 @@ Map settings() {
 					// just rebuild all dependants since ORM7 upgrade will affect all mappers
 					additionalMavenArgs: '-am'
 			]
-		case 'lucene9.11':
+		case 'lucene9.12':
 			return [
 					updateProperties: ['version.org.apache.lucene'],
 					onlyRunTestDependingOn: ['hibernate-search-backend-lucene'],
 					additionalMavenArgs: '-Dtest.elasticsearch.skip=true',
-					// With Lucene adding 9.12 Snapshot the 11 branch seems stale, and we are not getting any updates,
-					// resulting in the update step failing. Let's allow the build continue,
-					// just in case there are any new snapshots for 9.11 branch:
+					// Usually the "current-version"snapshots get stale,
+					// but just in case there are any new snapshots for 9.12 branch:
 					skipSourceModifiedCheck: true
 			]
 		case 'lucene9':
@@ -133,7 +132,7 @@ pipeline {
 	parameters {
 		// choice parameter doesn't have a default, but the first value should be treated as a default, if it wasn't specified manually.
 		// Make sure tp update axis and settings() when adding new choice parameter.
-		choice(name: 'UPDATE_JOB', choices: ['all', 'orm6.6plus', 'orm7', 'lucene9.11','lucene9', 'lucene10', 'elasticsearch-current', 'elasticsearch-next'], description: 'Select which update jobs to run. `All` will include all configured update jobs.')
+		choice(name: 'UPDATE_JOB', choices: ['all', 'orm6.6plus', 'orm7', 'lucene9.12','lucene9', 'lucene10', 'elasticsearch-current', 'elasticsearch-next'], description: 'Select which update jobs to run. `All` will include all configured update jobs.')
 		string(name: 'ORM_REPOSITORY', defaultValue: '', description: 'Git URL to Hibernate ORM repository. If provided, Hibernate ORM will be built locally. Works only in pair with ORM_BRANCH. Provide an http repository URL rather than an ssh one.')
 		string(name: 'ORM_BRANCH', defaultValue: '', description: 'Hibernate ORM branch to build from. If provided, Hibernate ORM will be built locally. Works only in pair with ORM_REPOSITORY. Either a pull request ID or a branch name should be provided, but not both at the same time. Use branch if you want to build from a fork repository.')
 		string(name: 'ORM_PULL_REQUEST_ID', defaultValue: '', description: 'Hibernate ORM pull request id to build from. If provided, Hibernate ORM will be built locally. Works only in pair with ORM_REPOSITORY. Either a pull request ID or a branch name should be provided, but not both at the same time.')
@@ -231,7 +230,7 @@ pipeline {
 						name 'DEPENDENCY_UPDATE_NAME'
 						// NOTE: Remember to update the settings() method above when changing this.
 						// And also add a new choice parameter in the parameters {} section of the pipeline
-						values 'orm6.6plus', 'orm7', 'lucene9.11','lucene9', 'lucene10', 'elasticsearch-current', 'elasticsearch-next'
+						values 'orm6.6plus', 'orm7', 'lucene9.12','lucene9', 'lucene10', 'elasticsearch-current', 'elasticsearch-next'
 					}
 				}
 				stages {
diff --git a/ci/dependency-update/rules-lucene9.11.xml b/ci/dependency-update/rules-lucene9.12.xml
similarity index 90%
rename from ci/dependency-update/rules-lucene9.11.xml
rename to ci/dependency-update/rules-lucene9.12.xml
index 809e1844f61..113453de781 100644
--- a/ci/dependency-update/rules-lucene9.11.xml
+++ b/ci/dependency-update/rules-lucene9.12.xml
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@
   <ignoreVersions>
     <!-- Restrict allowed versions to a particular major/range-of-minors, because forbidding major/minor upgrades
          in the version-maven-plugin configuration doesn't always work for some reason. -->
-    <ignoreVersion type="regex">(?!9\.11\.).*</ignoreVersion>
+    <ignoreVersion type="regex">(?!9\.12\.).*</ignoreVersion>
   </ignoreVersions>
 </ruleset>