diff --git a/.buildkite/scripts/dra.sh b/.buildkite/scripts/dra.sh
index b20d6c6a696..ec9d523bf3c 100755
--- a/.buildkite/scripts/dra.sh
+++ b/.buildkite/scripts/dra.sh
@@ -1,21 +1,11 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-# TODO: uncomment out below when Jenkins packaging has been stopped
-# if [[ "$DRY_RUN" == "true" ]]; then
-#     echo "~~~ Running in dry-run mode -- will NOT publish artifacts"
-#     DRY_RUN="--dry-run"
-# else
-#     echo "~~~ Running in publish mode"
-#     DRY_RUN=""
-# fi
-
-# TODO: delete the conditional below (and replace it with the above, uncommented out, section) after Jenkins packaging has been stopped
-if [[ "$DRY_RUN" == "false" ]]; then
-    echo "~~~ Running in publish mode"
-    DRY_RUN=""
-else
+if [[ "$DRY_RUN" == "true" ]]; then
     echo "~~~ Running in dry-run mode -- will NOT publish artifacts"
     DRY_RUN="--dry-run"
+else
+    echo "~~~ Running in publish mode"
+    DRY_RUN=""
 fi
 
 set -euo pipefail
diff --git a/.ci/jobs/packaging.yml b/.ci/jobs/packaging.yml
index a9d3f4bf00c..6d4b136a557 100644
--- a/.ci/jobs/packaging.yml
+++ b/.ci/jobs/packaging.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
           discover-pr-forks-trust: 'permission'
           discover-pr-origin: 'merge-current'
           discover-tags: true
-          head-filter-regex: '(main|7\.1[6789]|8\.\d+|PR-.*|v\d+\.\d+\.\d+)'
+          head-filter-regex: '(7\.1[6789]|8\.\d+|PR-.*|v\d+\.\d+\.\d+)'
           disable-pr-notifications: true
           notification-context: 'beats-packaging'
           repo: 'beats'
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@
               ignore-tags-older-than: -1
               ignore-tags-newer-than: 30
           - named-branches:
-              - exact-name:
-                  name: 'main'
-                  case-sensitive: true
               - regex-name:
                   regex: '7\.1[6789]'
                   case-sensitive: true
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 200d0b9277a..2c9643e3f95 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -9,4 +9,3 @@ repos:
     hooks:
     -   id: check-jenkins-pipelines
         files: ^(.ci/(.*\.groovy|Jenkinsfile)|Jenkinsfile)$
-    -   id: check-jjbb
diff --git a/catalog-info.yaml b/catalog-info.yaml
index ea7d48d9a9f..116e5024663 100644
--- a/catalog-info.yaml
+++ b/catalog-info.yaml
@@ -1040,11 +1040,17 @@ spec:
     spec:
       repository: elastic/beats
       pipeline_file: ".buildkite/packaging.pipeline.yml"
-      branch_configuration: "main 8.* 7.17"
+      branch_configuration: "main"
+      # TODO enable after packaging backports for release branches
+      # branch_configuration: "main 8.* 7.17"
       cancel_intermediate_builds: false
       skip_intermediate_builds: false
       provider_settings:
-        trigger_mode: none
+        trigger_mode: code
+      env:
+        ELASTIC_SLACK_NOTIFICATIONS_ENABLED: 'true'
+        SLACK_NOTIFICATIONS_CHANNEL: '#ingest-notifications'
+        SLACK_NOTIFICATIONS_ON_SUCCESS: 'false'
       teams:
         ingest-fp:
           access_level: MANAGE_BUILD_AND_READ