diff --git a/.buildkite/scripts/steps/es_serverless/promote_es_serverless_image.sh b/.buildkite/scripts/steps/es_serverless/promote_es_serverless_image.sh
index 4598e03b1cdb7..a8885c44cfb74 100755
--- a/.buildkite/scripts/steps/es_serverless/promote_es_serverless_image.sh
+++ b/.buildkite/scripts/steps/es_serverless/promote_es_serverless_image.sh
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ EOT
 
 cat << EOF | buildkite-agent pipeline upload
 steps:
-  - label: "Builds Kibana VM images for cache update"
+  - label: "Update cache for ES serverless image"
     trigger: kibana-vm-images
     async: true
     build:
diff --git a/.buildkite/scripts/steps/es_snapshots/promote.sh b/.buildkite/scripts/steps/es_snapshots/promote.sh
index d09ef2d2420ac..2b85505619a95 100755
--- a/.buildkite/scripts/steps/es_snapshots/promote.sh
+++ b/.buildkite/scripts/steps/es_snapshots/promote.sh
@@ -16,9 +16,11 @@ ts-node "$(dirname "${0}")/promote_manifest.ts" "$ES_SNAPSHOT_MANIFEST"
 if [[ "$BUILDKITE_BRANCH" == "main" ]]; then
   echo "--- Trigger agent packer cache pipeline"
   ts-node .buildkite/scripts/steps/trigger_pipeline.ts kibana-agent-packer-cache main
-  cat << EOF | buildkite-agent pipeline upload
+fi
+
+cat << EOF | buildkite-agent pipeline upload
 steps:
-  - label: "Builds Kibana VM images for cache update"
+  - label: "Update cache for ES $BUILDKITE_BRANCH snapshot"
     trigger: kibana-vm-images
     async: true
     build:
@@ -26,4 +28,3 @@ steps:
         IMAGES_CONFIG: "kibana/images.yml"
         RETRY: "1"
 EOF
-fi