diff --git a/.buildkite/pipeline-resource-definitions/kibana-on-merge.yml b/.buildkite/pipeline-resource-definitions/kibana-on-merge.yml
index 497968f39ad95b..3240cf5e017778 100644
--- a/.buildkite/pipeline-resource-definitions/kibana-on-merge.yml
+++ b/.buildkite/pipeline-resource-definitions/kibana-on-merge.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       env:
         SLACK_NOTIFICATIONS_CHANNEL: '#kibana-operations-alerts'
-        GITHUB_BUILD_COMMIT_STATUS_ENABLED: 'true'
+        ELASTIC_GITHUB_BUILD_COMMIT_STATUS_ENABLED: 'true'
         GITHUB_COMMIT_STATUS_CONTEXT: buildkite/on-merge
         REPORT_FAILED_TESTS_TO_GITHUB: 'true'
         ELASTIC_SLACK_NOTIFICATIONS_ENABLED: 'true'
diff --git a/.buildkite/pipeline-resource-definitions/kibana-pr.yml b/.buildkite/pipeline-resource-definitions/kibana-pr.yml
index af697452130fcf..4d6275843327e5 100644
--- a/.buildkite/pipeline-resource-definitions/kibana-pr.yml
+++ b/.buildkite/pipeline-resource-definitions/kibana-pr.yml
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ spec:
     spec:
       env:
         ELASTIC_PR_COMMENTS_ENABLED: 'true'
-        GITHUB_BUILD_COMMIT_STATUS_ENABLED: 'true'
+        ELASTIC_GITHUB_BUILD_COMMIT_STATUS_ENABLED: 'true'
+        ELASTIC_GITHUB_STEP_COMMIT_STATUS_ENABLED: 'true'
         GITHUB_BUILD_COMMIT_STATUS_CONTEXT: kibana-ci
-        GITHUB_STEP_COMMIT_STATUS_ENABLED: 'true'
       allow_rebuilds: true
       branch_configuration: ''
       cancel_intermediate_builds: true
diff --git a/.buildkite/scripts/lifecycle/post_build.sh b/.buildkite/scripts/lifecycle/post_build.sh
index 3ca36e9d04b78d..c0fb7edde1b0a8 100755
--- a/.buildkite/scripts/lifecycle/post_build.sh
+++ b/.buildkite/scripts/lifecycle/post_build.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ set -euo pipefail
 BUILD_SUCCESSFUL=$(ts-node "$(dirname "${0}")/build_status.ts")
 export BUILD_SUCCESSFUL
 
-if [[ "${GITHUB_BUILD_COMMIT_STATUS_ENABLED:-}" != "true" ]]; then
+if [[ "${ELASTIC_GITHUB_BUILD_COMMIT_STATUS_ENABLED:-}" != "true" ]]; then
   "$(dirname "${0}")/commit_status_complete.sh"
 fi
 
diff --git a/.buildkite/scripts/lifecycle/pre_build.sh b/.buildkite/scripts/lifecycle/pre_build.sh
index b8ccaf04f9bb93..91d8adda85eb1d 100755
--- a/.buildkite/scripts/lifecycle/pre_build.sh
+++ b/.buildkite/scripts/lifecycle/pre_build.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ set -euo pipefail
 
 source .buildkite/scripts/common/util.sh
 
-if [[ "${GITHUB_BUILD_COMMIT_STATUS_ENABLED:-}" != "true" ]]; then
+if [[ "${ELASTIC_GITHUB_BUILD_COMMIT_STATUS_ENABLED:-}" != "true" ]]; then
   "$(dirname "${0}")/commit_status_start.sh"
 fi