diff --git a/.github/workflows/bump-beats-version.yml b/.github/workflows/bump-beats-version.yml
index 5fb4a12177a..0c0607bf660 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bump-beats-version.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bump-beats-version.yml
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ jobs:
       uses: elastic/oblt-actions/updatecli/run@v1
       with:
         command: apply --config .ci/updatecli/update-beats.yml --values .ci/updatecli/values.d/scm.yml
+        version-file: .updatecli-version
       env:
         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         BRANCH_NAME: ${{ matrix.branch }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/bump-golang.yml b/.github/workflows/bump-golang.yml
index b57d7865eed..452cb73dd13 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bump-golang.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bump-golang.yml
@@ -21,32 +21,16 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: Install Updatecli in the runner
-        uses: updatecli/updatecli-action@1536e372d5f433385f11b5b133b23a9833c510ce # 2.86.0
-
-      - name: Run Updatecli in Apply mode
-        run: updatecli apply --config .ci/updatecli/updatecli-bump-golang.yml --values .ci/updatecli/values.d/scm.yml
+      - uses: elastic/oblt-actions/updatecli/run@v1
+        with:
+          command: apply --config .ci/updatecli/updatecli-bump-golang.yml --values .ci/updatecli/values.d/scm.yml
+          version-file: .updatecli-version
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
       - if: ${{ failure()  }}
-        uses: slackapi/slack-github-action@91efab103c0de0a537f72a35f6b8cda0ee76bf0a # v2.1.1
+        uses: elastic/oblt-actions/slack/send@v1
         with:
-          method: chat.postMessage
-          token: ${{ secrets.SLACK_BOT_TOKEN }}
-          payload: |
-            {
-              "channel": "#ingest-notifications",
-              "text": "${{ env.SLACK_MESSAGE }}",
-              "blocks": [
-                {
-                  "type": "section",
-                  "text": {
-                    "type": "mrkdwn",
-                    "text": "${{ env.SLACK_MESSAGE }}"
-                  }
-                }
-              ]
-            }
-        env:
-          SLACK_MESSAGE: ":traffic_cone: updatecli failed for `${{ github.repository }}@${{ github.ref_name }}`, `@agent-team` please look what's going on <${{ env.JOB_URL }}|here>"
+          bot-token: ${{ secrets.SLACK_BOT_TOKEN }}
+          channel-id: "#ingest-notifications"
+          message: ":traffic_cone: updatecli failed for `${{ github.repository }}@${{ github.ref_name }}`, `@agent-team` please look what's going on <${{ env.JOB_URL }}|here>"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/bump-otel-version.yml b/.github/workflows/bump-otel-version.yml
index 6ea2dad7ae1..12aee4a9fda 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bump-otel-version.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bump-otel-version.yml
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ jobs:
       uses: elastic/oblt-actions/updatecli/run@v1
       with:
         command: apply --config .ci/updatecli/update-otel.yml --values .ci/updatecli/values.d/scm.yml
+        version-file: .updatecli-version
       env:
         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         BRANCH_NAME: ${{ matrix.branch }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/bump-vm-images.yml b/.github/workflows/bump-vm-images.yml
index b6641b5cc8e..0b12d6b6d2e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bump-vm-images.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bump-vm-images.yml
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: elastic/oblt-actions/updatecli/run@v1
         with:
           command: apply --config .ci/updatecli/updatecli-bump-vm-images.yml --values .ci/updatecli/values.d/scm.yml
+          version-file: .updatecli-version
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           BRANCH_NAME: ${{ matrix.branch }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/updatecli-compose.yml b/.github/workflows/updatecli-compose.yml
index cc85076e01a..624075d7a92 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/updatecli-compose.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/updatecli-compose.yml
@@ -28,33 +28,22 @@ jobs:
       - uses: elastic/oblt-actions/updatecli/run@v1
         with:
           command: --experimental compose diff
+          version-file: .updatecli-version
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
       - uses: elastic/oblt-actions/updatecli/run@v1
         with:
           command: --experimental compose apply
+          version-file: .updatecli-version
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
       - if: ${{ failure()  }}
-        uses: slackapi/slack-github-action@91efab103c0de0a537f72a35f6b8cda0ee76bf0a # v2.1.1
-        with:
-          method: chat.postMessage
-          token: ${{ secrets.SLACK_BOT_TOKEN }}
-          payload: |
-            {
-              "channel": "#ingest-notifications",
-              "text": "${{ env.SLACK_MESSAGE }}",
-              "blocks": [
-                {
-                  "type": "section",
-                  "text": {
-                    "type": "mrkdwn",
-                    "text": "${{ env.SLACK_MESSAGE }}"
-                  }
-                }
-              ]
-            }
+        uses: elastic/oblt-actions/slack/send@v1
         env:
-          SLACK_MESSAGE: ":traffic_cone: updatecli failed for `${{ github.repository }}@${{ github.ref_name }}`, `@agent-team` please look what's going on <${{ env.JOB_URL }}|here>"
+          JOB_URL: "${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}"
+        with:
+          bot-token: ${{ secrets.SLACK_BOT_TOKEN }}
+          channel-id: "#ingest-notifications"
+          message: ":traffic_cone: updatecli failed for `${{ github.repository }}@${{ github.ref_name }}`, `@agent-team` please look what's going on <${{ env.JOB_URL }}|here>"
diff --git a/.updatecli-version b/.updatecli-version
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5c5d5571187
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.updatecli-version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+v0.104.0
\ No newline at end of file