diff --git a/.ci/jenkins/Jenkinsfile.deploy b/.ci/jenkins/Jenkinsfile.deploy
index 917b7f1b98..1f088ddfe1 100644
--- a/.ci/jenkins/Jenkinsfile.deploy
+++ b/.ci/jenkins/Jenkinsfile.deploy
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ pipeline {
         MAVEN_OPTS = '-Xms1024m -Xmx4g'
         NODE_OPTIONS = '--max_old_space_size=4096'
 
-        BOT_BRANCH_HASH = "${util.generateHash(10)}"
+        PR_BRANCH_HASH = "${util.generateHash(10)}"
         MAVEN_DEPLOY_LOCAL_DIR = "${WORKSPACE}/maven_deploy_dir"
     }
 
@@ -80,7 +80,9 @@ pipeline {
                 expression { return isRelease() || isCreatePr() }
             }
             steps {
-                prepareForPR()
+                dir(getRepoName()) {
+                    githubscm.createBranch(getPRBranch())
+                }
             }
         }
         stage('Update project version') {
@@ -161,8 +163,8 @@ pipeline {
             post {
                 success {
                     script {
-                        setDeployPropertyIfNeeded("${getRepoName()}.pr.source.uri", "https://github.com/${getBotAuthor()}/${getRepoName()}")
-                        setDeployPropertyIfNeeded("${getRepoName()}.pr.source.ref", getBotBranch())
+                        setDeployPropertyIfNeeded("${getRepoName()}.pr.source.uri", "https://github.com/${getGitAuthor()}/${getRepoName()}")
+                        setDeployPropertyIfNeeded("${getRepoName()}.pr.source.ref", getPRBranch())
                         setDeployPropertyIfNeeded("${getRepoName()}.pr.target.uri", "https://github.com/${getGitAuthor()}/${getRepoName()}")
                         setDeployPropertyIfNeeded("${getRepoName()}.pr.target.ref", getBuildBranch())
                     }
@@ -218,13 +220,6 @@ void checkoutRepo() {
     }
 }
 
-void prepareForPR() {
-    dir(getRepoName()) {
-        githubscm.forkRepo(getBotAuthorCredsID())
-        githubscm.createBranch(getBotBranch())
-    }
-}
-
 void commitAndCreatePR() {
     def commitMsg = "[${getBuildBranch()}] Update version to ${getProjectVersion()}"
     def prBody = "Generated by build ${BUILD_TAG}: ${BUILD_URL}."
@@ -235,8 +230,8 @@ void commitAndCreatePR() {
     }
     dir(getRepoName()) {
         githubscm.commitChanges(commitMsg, { githubscm.findAndStageNotIgnoredFiles('pom.xml') })
-        githubscm.pushObject('origin', getBotBranch(), getBotAuthorCredsID())
-        deployProperties["${getRepoName()}.pr.link"] = githubscm.createPRWithLabels(commitMsg, prBody, getBuildBranch(), ['skip-ci'] as String[], getBotAuthorCredsID()) 
+        githubscm.pushObject('origin', getPRBranch(), getGitAuthorCredsID())
+        deployProperties["${getRepoName()}.pr.link"] = githubscm.createPRWithLabels(commitMsg, prBody, getBuildBranch(), ['skip-ci'] as String[], getGitAuthorCredsID()) 
     }
 }
 
@@ -277,16 +272,8 @@ String getProjectVersion() {
     return params.PROJECT_VERSION
 }
 
-String getBotBranch() {
-    return "${getProjectVersion()}-${env.BOT_BRANCH_HASH}"
-}
-
-String getBotAuthor() {
-    return env.GIT_AUTHOR_BOT
-}
-
-String getBotAuthorCredsID() {
-    return env.BOT_CREDENTIALS_ID
+String getPRBranch() {
+    return "${getProjectVersion()}-${env.PR_BRANCH_HASH}"
 }
 
 void setDeployPropertyIfNeeded(String key, def value) {
diff --git a/.ci/jenkins/Jenkinsfile.promote b/.ci/jenkins/Jenkinsfile.promote
index c81a959eb0..4b58c8b6da 100644
--- a/.ci/jenkins/Jenkinsfile.promote
+++ b/.ci/jenkins/Jenkinsfile.promote
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ pipeline {
 
         KOGITO_CI_EMAIL_TO = credentials("${JENKINS_EMAIL_CREDS_ID}")
 
-        BOT_BRANCH_HASH = "${util.generateHash(10)}"
+        PR_BRANCH_HASH = "${util.generateHash(10)}"
 
         NODE_OPTIONS = '--max_old_space_size=4096'
     }
@@ -83,8 +83,9 @@ pipeline {
             }
             steps {
                 script {
-                    dir('bot') {
-                        prepareForPR()
+                    dir('pr') {
+                        checkoutRepo()
+                        githubscm.createBranch(getSnapshotBranch())
 
                         maven.mvnVersionsUpdateParentAndChildModules(getMavenCommand(), getSnapshotVersion(), true)
 
@@ -205,10 +206,6 @@ String getGitAuthorCredsID() {
     return env.AUTHOR_CREDS_ID
 }
 
-String getBotAuthorCredsID() {
-    return env.BOT_CREDENTIALS_ID
-}
-
 String getDeployPrLink() {
     return getDeployProperty("${getRepoName()}.pr.link")
 }
@@ -222,7 +219,7 @@ void setPipelinePrLink(String value) {
 }
 
 String getSnapshotBranch() {
-    return "${getSnapshotVersion().toLowerCase()}-${env.BOT_BRANCH_HASH}"
+    return "${getSnapshotVersion().toLowerCase()}-${env.PR_BRANCH_HASH}"
 }
 
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -249,19 +246,13 @@ void tagLatest() {
     }
 }
 
-void prepareForPR() {
-    checkoutRepo()
-    githubscm.forkRepo(getBotAuthorCredsID())
-    githubscm.createBranch(getSnapshotBranch())
-}
-
 void commitAndCreatePR() {
     def commitMsg = "[${getBuildBranch()}] Update version to ${getSnapshotVersion()}"
     def prBody = "Generated by build ${BUILD_TAG}: ${BUILD_URL}.\nPlease do not merge, it should be merged automatically after testing."
 
     githubscm.commitChanges(commitMsg, { githubscm.findAndStageNotIgnoredFiles('pom.xml') })
-    githubscm.pushObject('origin', getSnapshotBranch(), getBotAuthorCredsID())
-    setPipelinePrLink(githubscm.createPR(commitMsg, prBody, getBuildBranch(), getBotAuthorCredsID()))
+    githubscm.pushObject('origin', getSnapshotBranch(), getGitAuthorCredsID())
+    setPipelinePrLink(githubscm.createPR(commitMsg, prBody, getBuildBranch(), getGitAuthorCredsID()))
 }
 
 MavenCommand getMavenCommand() {
diff --git a/.ci/jenkins/dsl/jobs.groovy b/.ci/jenkins/dsl/jobs.groovy
index b194b801fb..e189c3a260 100644
--- a/.ci/jenkins/dsl/jobs.groovy
+++ b/.ci/jenkins/dsl/jobs.groovy
@@ -203,8 +203,6 @@ void setupDeployJob(JobType jobType, String envName = '') {
 
             AUTHOR_CREDS_ID: "${GIT_AUTHOR_CREDENTIALS_ID}",
             GITHUB_TOKEN_CREDS_ID: "${GIT_AUTHOR_TOKEN_CREDENTIALS_ID}",
-            GIT_AUTHOR_BOT: "${GIT_BOT_AUTHOR_NAME}",
-            BOT_CREDENTIALS_ID: "${GIT_BOT_AUTHOR_CREDENTIALS_ID}",
 
             MAVEN_DEPENDENCIES_REPOSITORY: "${MAVEN_ARTIFACTS_REPOSITORY}",
             MAVEN_DEPLOY_REPOSITORY: "${MAVEN_ARTIFACTS_REPOSITORY}",
@@ -251,8 +249,6 @@ void setupPromoteJob(JobType jobType) {
 
         AUTHOR_CREDS_ID: "${GIT_AUTHOR_CREDENTIALS_ID}",
         GITHUB_TOKEN_CREDS_ID: "${GIT_AUTHOR_TOKEN_CREDENTIALS_ID}",
-        GIT_AUTHOR_BOT: "${GIT_BOT_AUTHOR_NAME}",
-        BOT_CREDENTIALS_ID: "${GIT_BOT_AUTHOR_CREDENTIALS_ID}",
 
         MAVEN_SETTINGS_CONFIG_FILE_ID: "${MAVEN_SETTINGS_FILE_ID}",
         MAVEN_DEPENDENCIES_REPOSITORY: "${MAVEN_ARTIFACTS_REPOSITORY}",