diff --git a/.buildkite/bk.integration.pipeline.yml b/.buildkite/bk.integration.pipeline.yml
index 480dee712fa..9470bbbe6bb 100644
--- a/.buildkite/bk.integration.pipeline.yml
+++ b/.buildkite/bk.integration.pipeline.yml
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ env:
   IMAGE_DEBIAN_12: "platform-ingest-elastic-agent-debian-12-1753491662"
   IMAGE_WIN_2022: "platform-ingest-elastic-agent-windows-2022-1753491662"
   IMAGE_WIN_2025: "platform-ingest-elastic-agent-windows-2025-1753491662"
-  # Remove AGENT_VERSION pinning once 8.18.5 DRA and stack are released
-  AGENT_VERSION: "8.18.4-SNAPSHOT"
 
 # This section is used to define the plugins that will be used in the pipeline.
 # See https://buildkite.com/docs/pipelines/integrations/plugins/using#using-yaml-anchors-with-plugins
diff --git a/.buildkite/integration.pipeline.yml b/.buildkite/integration.pipeline.yml
index 89b78f6c12f..8a158addfe2 100644
--- a/.buildkite/integration.pipeline.yml
+++ b/.buildkite/integration.pipeline.yml
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@
 
 env:
   VAULT_PATH: "kv/ci-shared/observability-ingest/cloud/gcp"
-  # Remove AGENT_PACKAGE_VERSION and BEAT_VERSION pinning once 8.18.5 DRA and stack are released
-  AGENT_PACKAGE_VERSION: "8.18.4"
-  BEAT_VERSION: "8.18.4"
 
 steps:
   - group: "Integration tests: packaging"
diff --git a/.package-version b/.package-version
index ae6c1a47764..83a06c9299a 100644
--- a/.package-version
+++ b/.package-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8.18.4
\ No newline at end of file
+8.18.5
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/testing/integration/ess/upgrade_broken_package_test.go b/testing/integration/ess/upgrade_broken_package_test.go
index 776646f8037..c2b348ea87a 100644
--- a/testing/integration/ess/upgrade_broken_package_test.go
+++ b/testing/integration/ess/upgrade_broken_package_test.go
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ func TestUpgradeBrokenPackageVersion(t *testing.T) {
 		Local: false, // requires Agent installation
 		Sudo:  true,  // requires Agent installation
 	})
-	t.Skip("Skip this test until elastic agent version pinning is removed from Integration test runs on CI")
 
 	ctx, cancel := testcontext.WithDeadline(t, context.Background(), time.Now().Add(10*time.Minute))
 	defer cancel()