diff --git a/.buildkite/pipeline-resource-definitions/kibana-package-registry.yml b/.buildkite/pipeline-resource-definitions/kibana-package-registry.yml
index 392a511e22281..0efa8f2cfe803 100644
--- a/.buildkite/pipeline-resource-definitions/kibana-package-registry.yml
+++ b/.buildkite/pipeline-resource-definitions/kibana-package-registry.yml
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 apiVersion: backstage.io/v1alpha1
 kind: Resource
 metadata:
-  name: bk-kibana-package-registry-promote
+  name: bk-kibana-package-registry-verify-and-promote
   description: Promote package-registry/distribution:lite
   links:
-    - url: 'https://buildkite.com/elastic/kibana-package-registry-promote'
+    - url: 'https://buildkite.com/elastic/kibana-package-registry-verify-and-promote'
       title: Pipeline link
 spec:
   type: buildkite-pipeline
@@ -15,18 +15,21 @@ spec:
     apiVersion: buildkite.elastic.dev/v1
     kind: Pipeline
     metadata:
-      name: kibana / package registry promote
-      description: Promote package-registry/distribution:lite
+      name: kibana / package registry verify and promote
+      description: Verify and promote docker.elastic.co/package-registry/distribution:lite
     spec:
       env:
         SLACK_NOTIFICATIONS_CHANNEL: "#kibana-operations-alerts"
-        ELASTIC_SLACK_NOTIFICATIONS_ENABLED: "false"
+        ELASTIC_SLACK_NOTIFICATIONS_ENABLED: "true"
       repository: elastic/kibana
       branch_configuration: main
       default_branch: main
       pipeline_file: ".buildkite/pipelines/fleet/package_registry.yml"
       provider_settings:
         trigger_mode: none
+      schedules:
+        Daily promotion:
+          cronline: 0 22 * * * America/New_York
       teams:
         everyone:
           access_level: BUILD_AND_READ
diff --git a/.buildkite/pipelines/fleet/package_registry.yml b/.buildkite/pipelines/fleet/package_registry.yml
index 52fc4f910713a..252082f31a98f 100644
--- a/.buildkite/pipelines/fleet/package_registry.yml
+++ b/.buildkite/pipelines/fleet/package_registry.yml
@@ -1,2 +1,70 @@
+env:
+  IGNORE_SHIP_CI_STATS_ERROR: 'true'
 steps:
-  - command: echo "Placeholder"
+  - command: .buildkite/scripts/lifecycle/pre_build.sh
+    label: Pre-Build
+    timeout_in_minutes: 10
+    agents:
+      image: family/kibana-ubuntu-2004
+      imageProject: elastic-images-prod
+      provider: gcp
+      machineType: n2-standard-2
+
+  - wait
+
+  - command: .buildkite/scripts/steps/build_kibana.sh
+    label: Build Kibana Distribution
+    agents:
+      image: family/kibana-ubuntu-2004
+      imageProject: elastic-images-prod
+      provider: gcp
+      machineType: n2-standard-8
+      preemptible: true
+    key: build
+    if: "build.env('KIBANA_BUILD_ID') == null || build.env('KIBANA_BUILD_ID') == ''"
+    timeout_in_minutes: 60
+    retry:
+      automatic:
+        - exit_status: '-1'
+          limit: 3
+
+  - command: .buildkite/scripts/steps/test/pick_test_group_run_order.sh
+    label: 'Pick Test Group Run Order'
+    agents:
+      image: family/kibana-ubuntu-2004
+      imageProject: elastic-images-prod
+      provider: gcp
+      machineType: n2-standard-2
+    timeout_in_minutes: 10
+    env:
+      JEST_UNIT_SCRIPT: '.buildkite/scripts/steps/test/jest.sh'
+      JEST_INTEGRATION_SCRIPT: '.buildkite/scripts/steps/test/jest_integration.sh'
+      FTR_CONFIGS_SCRIPT: '.buildkite/scripts/steps/test/ftr_configs.sh'
+      LIMIT_CONFIG_TYPE: integration,functional
+    retry:
+      automatic:
+        - exit_status: '*'
+          limit: 1
+
+  - command: .buildkite/scripts/steps/fleet/promote_package_registry.sh
+    label: Promote docker.elastic.co/package-registry/distribution:lite
+    agents:
+      image: family/kibana-ubuntu-2004
+      imageProject: elastic-images-prod
+      provider: gcp
+      machineType: n2-standard-2
+    depends_on:
+      - ftr-configs
+      - jest-integration
+
+  - wait: ~
+    continue_on_failure: true
+
+  - command: .buildkite/scripts/lifecycle/post_build.sh
+    label: Post-Build
+    timeout_in_minutes: 10
+    agents:
+      image: family/kibana-ubuntu-2004
+      imageProject: elastic-images-prod
+      provider: gcp
+      machineType: n2-standard-2
diff --git a/.buildkite/scripts/steps/fleet/promote_package_registry.sh b/.buildkite/scripts/steps/fleet/promote_package_registry.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000..c5906bf774725
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.buildkite/scripts/steps/fleet/promote_package_registry.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+PACKAGE_REGISTRY_BASE_IMAGE='docker.elastic.co/package-registry/distribution:lite'
+PACKAGE_REGISTRY_TARGET_IMAGE='docker.elastic.co/kibana-ci/package-registry-distribution:lite'
+
+if [[ "$BUILDKITE_BRANCH" == "main" ]]; then
+  docker buildx imagetools create -t "$PACKAGE_REGISTRY_TARGET_IMAGE" "$PACKAGE_REGISTRY_BASE_IMAGE"
+  cat << EOF | buildkite-agent pipeline upload
+steps:
+  - label: "Update cache for EPR image"
+    trigger: kibana-vm-images
+    async: true
+    build:
+      env:
+        IMAGES_CONFIG="kibana/images.yml"
+        RETRY="1"
+EOF
+else
+  echo "Skipping promotion for untracked branch $BUILDKITE_BRANCH"
+fi