diff --git a/.buildkite/pipeline-resource-definitions/kibana-version-bump.yml b/.buildkite/pipeline-resource-definitions/kibana-version-bump.yml
index c70d695a8a3ab..59ad0afb07de0 100644
--- a/.buildkite/pipeline-resource-definitions/kibana-version-bump.yml
+++ b/.buildkite/pipeline-resource-definitions/kibana-version-bump.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ spec:
         - sparse-checkout#v1.6.0:
             paths:
               - .buildkite
+              - .node-version
+              - package.json
+              - tsconfig.base.json
+              - versions.json
             cleanup_sparse_state: true
       provider_settings:
         trigger_mode: none
diff --git a/.buildkite/pipelines/version_bump.yml b/.buildkite/pipelines/version_bump.yml
index 08c2e7fe29e56..58a40698e90c0 100644
--- a/.buildkite/pipelines/version_bump.yml
+++ b/.buildkite/pipelines/version_bump.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 notify:
   - slack:
       channels:
-        - '#kibana-operations'
+        - '#kibana-operations-alerts'
     if: (build.branch == 'main' || build.branch =~ /^[0-9]+\.[0-9x]+\$/) && (build.state == 'passed' || build.state == 'failed')
   - slack:
       channels: