diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-drools-backward-compatibility.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-drools-backward-compatibility.yml
index 3673ff73117..b46b7753bee 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-drools-backward-compatibility.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-drools-backward-compatibility.yml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ jobs:
           java-version: ${{ matrix.java-version }}
           maven-version: ${{ matrix.maven-version }}
           cache-key-prefix: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.java-version }}-maven${{ matrix.maven-version }}
+          allow-snapshots: true
       - name: Build Drools
         run: mvn -B clean install -DskipTests
       - name: Backward Compatibility Test with previous minor version
diff --git a/script/utils/get_previous_version.sh b/script/utils/get_previous_version.sh
index dab2665f546..78e92f87358 100755
--- a/script/utils/get_previous_version.sh
+++ b/script/utils/get_previous_version.sh
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ micro=$(echo "$current_version" | cut -d'.' -f3 | cut -d'-' -f1)
 # Decrement the minor version. If minor is 0, then use the same version
 if [ "$minor" -gt 0 ]; then
   previous_minor=$((minor - 1))
-  # Construct the previous version
-  previous_version="$major.$previous_minor.0.Final"
+  # Construct the previous SNAPSHOT version (because the previous Final may not be out yet)
+  previous_version="$major.$previous_minor.0-SNAPSHOT"
 else
   previous_version="$current_version"
 fi