diff --git a/ci-operator/step-registry/distributed-tracing/tests/opentelemetry/stage/distributed-tracing-tests-opentelemetry-stage-commands.sh b/ci-operator/step-registry/distributed-tracing/tests/opentelemetry/stage/distributed-tracing-tests-opentelemetry-stage-commands.sh
index 6093e9c9ff8fa..ea1efa0e40921 100644
--- a/ci-operator/step-registry/distributed-tracing/tests/opentelemetry/stage/distributed-tracing-tests-opentelemetry-stage-commands.sh
+++ b/ci-operator/step-registry/distributed-tracing/tests/opentelemetry/stage/distributed-tracing-tests-opentelemetry-stage-commands.sh
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@ set -o nounset
 set -o errexit
 set -o pipefail
 
-if [[ -z "${OTEL_TESTS_BRANCH:-}" ]]; then
-  echo "ERROR: OTEL_TESTS_BRANCH is not set. Provide it via steps.env in the job config or via Gangway API pod_spec_options."
+if [[ -z "${MULTISTAGE_PARAM_OVERRIDE_OTEL_TESTS_BRANCH:-}" ]]; then
+  echo "ERROR: MULTISTAGE_PARAM_OVERRIDE_OTEL_TESTS_BRANCH is not set. Provide it via steps.env in the job config or via Gangway API pod_spec_options."
   exit 1
 fi
 
 git clone https://github.com/os-observability/opentelemetry-operator.git /tmp/otel-tests
 cd /tmp/otel-tests
-git checkout "${OTEL_TESTS_BRANCH}"
+git checkout "${MULTISTAGE_PARAM_OVERRIDE_OTEL_TESTS_BRANCH}"
 
 #Enable user workload monitoring
 oc apply -f tests/e2e-openshift/otlp-metrics-traces/01-workload-monitoring.yaml
diff --git a/ci-operator/step-registry/distributed-tracing/tests/opentelemetry/stage/distributed-tracing-tests-opentelemetry-stage-ref.yaml b/ci-operator/step-registry/distributed-tracing/tests/opentelemetry/stage/distributed-tracing-tests-opentelemetry-stage-ref.yaml
index deacb1fbb0dd5..7fd16136a11f2 100644
--- a/ci-operator/step-registry/distributed-tracing/tests/opentelemetry/stage/distributed-tracing-tests-opentelemetry-stage-ref.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/step-registry/distributed-tracing/tests/opentelemetry/stage/distributed-tracing-tests-opentelemetry-stage-ref.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ ref:
   - name: SKIP_TESTS
     default: ""
     documentation: "Space seperated test cases to skip from the test run. Example tests/e2e/smoke-targetallocator tests/e2e/prometheus-config-validation"
-  - name: OTEL_TESTS_BRANCH
+  - name: MULTISTAGE_PARAM_OVERRIDE_OTEL_TESTS_BRANCH
     default: ""
     documentation: |-
       The branch to checkout from os-observability/opentelemetry-operator for running stage tests.
diff --git a/ci-operator/step-registry/distributed-tracing/tests/tempo/stage/distributed-tracing-tests-tempo-stage-commands.sh b/ci-operator/step-registry/distributed-tracing/tests/tempo/stage/distributed-tracing-tests-tempo-stage-commands.sh
index ef270fcbdb32c..6ab4a4e95e3b6 100644
--- a/ci-operator/step-registry/distributed-tracing/tests/tempo/stage/distributed-tracing-tests-tempo-stage-commands.sh
+++ b/ci-operator/step-registry/distributed-tracing/tests/tempo/stage/distributed-tracing-tests-tempo-stage-commands.sh
@@ -14,14 +14,14 @@ export GOCACHE=/tmp/.cache/go-build
 mkdir -p /tmp/go/bin $GOCACHE \
   && chmod -R 777 /tmp/go/bin $GOPATH $GOCACHE
 
-if [[ -z "${TEMPO_TESTS_BRANCH:-}" ]]; then
-  echo "ERROR: TEMPO_TESTS_BRANCH is not set. Provide it via steps.env in the job config or via Gangway API pod_spec_options."
+if [[ -z "${MULTISTAGE_PARAM_OVERRIDE_TEMPO_TESTS_BRANCH:-}" ]]; then
+  echo "ERROR: MULTISTAGE_PARAM_OVERRIDE_TEMPO_TESTS_BRANCH is not set. Provide it via steps.env in the job config or via Gangway API pod_spec_options."
   exit 1
 fi
 
 git clone https://github.com/os-observability/tempo-operator.git /tmp/tempo-tests
 cd /tmp/tempo-tests
-git checkout "${TEMPO_TESTS_BRANCH}"
+git checkout "${MULTISTAGE_PARAM_OVERRIDE_TEMPO_TESTS_BRANCH}"
 make build
 
 #Enable user workload monitoring.
diff --git a/ci-operator/step-registry/distributed-tracing/tests/tempo/stage/distributed-tracing-tests-tempo-stage-ref.yaml b/ci-operator/step-registry/distributed-tracing/tests/tempo/stage/distributed-tracing-tests-tempo-stage-ref.yaml
index f1172bfe978ea..a014870934d42 100644
--- a/ci-operator/step-registry/distributed-tracing/tests/tempo/stage/distributed-tracing-tests-tempo-stage-ref.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/step-registry/distributed-tracing/tests/tempo/stage/distributed-tracing-tests-tempo-stage-ref.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ ref:
   - name: SKIP_TESTS
     default: ""
     documentation: "Space seperated test cases to skip from the test run. Example tests/e2e/reconcile tests/e2e/gateway"
-  - name: TEMPO_TESTS_BRANCH
+  - name: MULTISTAGE_PARAM_OVERRIDE_TEMPO_TESTS_BRANCH
     default: ""
     documentation: |-
       The branch to checkout from os-observability/tempo-operator for running stage tests.