diff --git a/.buildkite/scripts/lucene-snapshot/update-branch.sh b/.buildkite/scripts/lucene-snapshot/update-branch.sh
index 6a2d1e3df05f7..a2a80824c984f 100755
--- a/.buildkite/scripts/lucene-snapshot/update-branch.sh
+++ b/.buildkite/scripts/lucene-snapshot/update-branch.sh
@@ -7,12 +7,21 @@ if [[ "$BUILDKITE_BRANCH" != "lucene_snapshot"* ]]; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
-echo --- Updating "$BUILDKITE_BRANCH" branch with main
+if [[ "$BUILDKITE_BRANCH" == "lucene_snapshot_10" ]]; then
+  UPSTREAM="main"
+elif [[ "$BUILDKITE_BRANCH" == "lucene_snapshot" ]]; then
+  UPSTREAM="8.x"
+else
+  echo "Error: unknown branch: $BUILDKITE_BRANCH"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+echo --- Updating "$BUILDKITE_BRANCH" branch with "$UPSTREAM"
 
 git config --global user.name elasticsearchmachine
 git config --global user.email 'infra-root+elasticsearchmachine@elastic.co'
 
 git checkout "$BUILDKITE_BRANCH"
-git fetch origin main
-git merge --no-edit origin/main
+git fetch origin "$UPSTREAM"
+git merge --no-edit "origin/$UPSTREAM"
 git push origin "$BUILDKITE_BRANCH"