diff --git a/.github/workflows/auto-merge-upstream.yaml b/.github/workflows/auto-merge-upstream.yaml
index 5b3eef48db..1868e85d61 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/auto-merge-upstream.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/auto-merge-upstream.yaml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
 
         pr_list=$(gh pr list \
           --state open \
-          --label upstream \
+          --search 'label:upstream -label:do-not-merge/hold' \
           --json number,title,statusCheckRollup \
           --jq ' .[]| select((.statusCheckRollup // [])| all(.conclusion == "SUCCESS" or .conclusion == "SKIPPED"))| "\(.number)"')    
         
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-sources.yaml b/.github/workflows/update-sources.yaml
index c0affb92c1..a93acbef29 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-sources.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-sources.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch: {}
 
 jobs:
-
   update-sources:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
diff --git a/.tekton/tektoncd-chains-next-controller-pull-request.yaml b/.tekton/tektoncd-chains-next-controller-pull-request.yaml
index 851f1ee12b..23adce086a 100644
--- a/.tekton/tektoncd-chains-next-controller-pull-request.yaml
+++ b/.tekton/tektoncd-chains-next-controller-pull-request.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ kind: PipelineRun
 metadata:
   annotations:
     pipelinesascode.tekton.dev/cancel-in-progress: "true" # Cancel in-progress pipelines
-    pipelinesascode.tekton.dev/pipeline: "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openshift-pipelines/operator/refs/heads/main/.tekton/docker-build-ta.yaml"
+    pipelinesascode.tekton.dev/pipeline: "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openshift-pipelines/operator/refs/heads/next/.tekton/docker-build-ta.yaml"
     build.appstudio.openshift.io/repo: https://github.com/openshift-pipelines/tektoncd-chains.git?rev={{revision}}
     build.appstudio.redhat.com/commit_sha: '{{revision}}'
     build.appstudio.redhat.com/pull_request_number: '{{pull_request_number}}'
diff --git a/.tekton/tektoncd-chains-next-controller-push.yaml b/.tekton/tektoncd-chains-next-controller-push.yaml
index 151f109716..51166d0d43 100644
--- a/.tekton/tektoncd-chains-next-controller-push.yaml
+++ b/.tekton/tektoncd-chains-next-controller-push.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ kind: PipelineRun
 metadata:
   annotations:
     pipelinesascode.tekton.dev/cancel-in-progress: "true" # Cancel in-progress pipelines
-    pipelinesascode.tekton.dev/pipeline: "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openshift-pipelines/operator/refs/heads/main/.tekton/docker-build-ta.yaml"
+    pipelinesascode.tekton.dev/pipeline: "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openshift-pipelines/operator/refs/heads/next/.tekton/docker-build-ta.yaml"
     build.appstudio.openshift.io/repo: https://github.com/openshift-pipelines/tektoncd-chains.git?rev={{revision}}
     build.appstudio.redhat.com/commit_sha: '{{revision}}'
     build.appstudio.redhat.com/target_branch: '{{target_branch}}'