diff --git a/.github/workflows/4_pr_check.yml b/.github/workflows/4_pr_check.yml
index ece3e842..e5a11083 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/4_pr_check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/4_pr_check.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,14 @@ on:
       - 'wazuh-agent/**'
       - '.github/**'
 
+env:
+  ARTIFACTS_LOCAL_DIR: /home/runner/work/wazuh-docker/wazuh-docker/docker-images
+  ARTIFACT_NAMES: |
+    wazuh-manager.tar
+    wazuh-indexer.tar
+    wazuh-dashboard.tar
+    wazuh-agent.tar
+
 jobs:
   build-docker-images:
     runs-on: codebuild-github-actions-codebuild-runner-devops-amd-${{ github.run_id }}-${{ github.run_attempt }}
@@ -41,33 +49,17 @@ jobs:
         docker save wazuh/wazuh-dashboard:${{env.WAZUH_IMAGE_VERSION}} -o /home/runner/work/wazuh-docker/wazuh-docker/docker-images/wazuh-dashboard.tar
         docker save wazuh/wazuh-agent:${{env.WAZUH_IMAGE_VERSION}} -o /home/runner/work/wazuh-docker/wazuh-docker/docker-images/wazuh-agent.tar
 
-    - name: Temporarily save Wazuh manager Docker image
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
-      with:
-        name: docker-artifact-manager
-        path: /home/runner/work/wazuh-docker/wazuh-docker/docker-images/wazuh-manager.tar
-        retention-days: 1
-
-    - name: Temporarily save Wazuh indexer Docker image
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
-      with:
-        name: docker-artifact-indexer
-        path: /home/runner/work/wazuh-docker/wazuh-docker/docker-images/wazuh-indexer.tar
-        retention-days: 1
-
-    - name: Temporarily save Wazuh dashboard Docker image
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
-      with:
-        name: docker-artifact-dashboard
-        path: /home/runner/work/wazuh-docker/wazuh-docker/docker-images/wazuh-dashboard.tar
-        retention-days: 1
-
-    - name: Temporarily save Wazuh agent Docker image
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
-      with:
-        name: docker-artifact-agent
-        path: /home/runner/work/wazuh-docker/wazuh-docker/docker-images/wazuh-agent.tar
-        retention-days: 1
+    - name: Temporarily save Wazuh Docker images
+      env:
+        S3_ARTIFACTS_PATH: ${{ secrets.CI_DEV_INTERNAL_S3_BUCKET }}/wazuh-docker/4_pr_check/${{ github.run_id }}
+      run: |
+        echo "Uploading Docker image artifacts to S3..."
+        while IFS= read -r artifact; do
+          [ -z "$artifact" ] && continue
+          echo "  Uploading: $artifact"
+          aws s3 cp "${ARTIFACTS_LOCAL_DIR}/${artifact}" "${S3_ARTIFACTS_PATH}/${artifact}"
+        done <<< "$ARTIFACT_NAMES"
+        echo "All artifacts uploaded successfully."
 
   check-single-node:
     runs-on: codebuild-github-actions-codebuild-runner-devops-amd-${{ github.run_id }}-${{ github.run_attempt }}
@@ -86,32 +78,21 @@ jobs:
         username: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
         password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_PASSWORD }}
 
-    - name: Retrieve saved Wazuh indexer Docker image
-      uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
-      with:
-        name: docker-artifact-indexer
-
-    - name: Retrieve saved Wazuh manager Docker image
-      uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
-      with:
-        name: docker-artifact-manager
-
-    - name: Retrieve saved Wazuh dashboard Docker image
-      uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
-      with:
-        name: docker-artifact-dashboard
-
-    - name: Retrieve saved Wazuh agent Docker image
-      uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
-      with:
-        name: docker-artifact-agent
-
-    - name: Docker load
+    - name: Retrieve saved Wazuh Docker images and load them into Docker
+      env:
+        S3_ARTIFACTS_PATH: s3://${{ secrets.CI_DEV_INTERNAL_S3_BUCKET }}/wazuh-docker/4_pr_check/${{ github.run_id }}
+        ARTIFACTS_LOCAL_DIR: /home/runner/work/wazuh-docker/wazuh-docker/docker-images
       run: |
-        docker load --input ./wazuh-indexer.tar
-        docker load --input ./wazuh-dashboard.tar
-        docker load --input ./wazuh-manager.tar
-        docker load --input ./wazuh-agent.tar
+        mkdir -p "${ARTIFACTS_LOCAL_DIR}"
+        echo "Downloading and loading Docker image artifacts from S3..."
+        while IFS= read -r artifact; do
+          [ -z "$artifact" ] && continue
+          echo "  Downloading: $artifact"
+          aws s3 cp "${S3_ARTIFACTS_PATH}/${artifact}" "${ARTIFACTS_LOCAL_DIR}/${artifact}"
+          echo "  Loading into Docker: $artifact"
+          docker load -i "${ARTIFACTS_LOCAL_DIR}/${artifact}"
+        done <<< "$ARTIFACT_NAMES"
+        echo "All artifacts downloaded and loaded successfully."
 
     - name: Create single node certficates
       run: docker compose -f single-node/generate-indexer-certs.yml run --rm generator
@@ -233,33 +214,21 @@ jobs:
         username: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
         password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_PASSWORD }}
 
-    - name: Retrieve saved Wazuh dashboard Docker image
-      uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
-      with:
-        name: docker-artifact-dashboard
-
-    - name: Retrieve saved Wazuh manager Docker image
-      uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
-      with:
-        name: docker-artifact-manager
-
-    - name: Retrieve saved Wazuh indexer Docker image
-      uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
-      with:
-        name: docker-artifact-indexer
-
-    - name: Retrieve saved Wazuh agent Docker image
-      uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
-      with:
-        name: docker-artifact-agent
-
-    - name: Docker load
+    - name: Retrieve saved Wazuh Docker images and load them into Docker
+      env:
+        S3_ARTIFACTS_PATH: s3://${{ secrets.CI_DEV_INTERNAL_S3_BUCKET }}/wazuh-docker/4_pr_check/${{ github.run_id }}
+        ARTIFACTS_LOCAL_DIR: /home/runner/work/wazuh-docker/wazuh-docker/docker-images
       run: |
-        docker load --input ./wazuh-manager.tar
-        docker load --input ./wazuh-indexer.tar
-        docker load --input ./wazuh-dashboard.tar
-        docker load --input ./wazuh-agent.tar
-        rm -rf wazuh-manager.tar wazuh-indexer.tar wazuh-dashboard.tar wazuh-agent.tar
+        mkdir -p "${ARTIFACTS_LOCAL_DIR}"
+        echo "Downloading and loading Docker image artifacts from S3..."
+        while IFS= read -r artifact; do
+          [ -z "$artifact" ] && continue
+          echo "  Downloading: $artifact"
+          aws s3 cp "${S3_ARTIFACTS_PATH}/${artifact}" "${ARTIFACTS_LOCAL_DIR}/${artifact}"
+          echo "  Loading into Docker: $artifact"
+          docker load -i "${ARTIFACTS_LOCAL_DIR}/${artifact}"
+        done <<< "$ARTIFACT_NAMES"
+        echo "All artifacts downloaded and loaded successfully."
 
     - name: Create multi node certficates
       run: docker compose -f multi-node/generate-indexer-certs.yml run --rm generator
diff --git a/.github/workflows/5_build_and_push_images.yml b/.github/workflows/5_build_and_push_images.yml
index e6f2ce88..d6329abf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/5_build_and_push_images.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/5_build_and_push_images.yml
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ on:
 permissions:
       id-token: write
       contents: read
+env:
+  LOCAL_ARTIFACT_URLS_FILEPATH: /tmp/${{ vars.ARTIFACT_URL_FILE_NAME }}
 
 jobs:
   setup:
@@ -166,7 +168,6 @@ jobs:
       WORKFLOW_VENV: "${{ github.workspace }}/workflow_venv"
       GENERATE_PRESIGNED_URLS_SCRIPT_PATH: ${{ github.workspace }}/wazuh-automation/tools/sign_urls/generate_presigned_dev_urls.py
       PRESIGNED_URLS_SCRIPT_PROCESS: "build_docker"
-      LOCAL_ARTIFACT_URLS_FILEPATH: /tmp/${{ vars.ARTIFACT_URL_FILE_NAME }}
       COMMIT_LIST: ${{ inputs.commit_list }}
       ASSISTANT_REVISION: ${{ inputs.assistant_revision }}
 
@@ -284,10 +285,9 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Save presigned URLs file to artifact
         if: ${{ inputs.dev == true }}
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          name: presigned-artifact-urls-${{ github.run_id }}
-          path: ${{ env.LOCAL_ARTIFACT_URLS_FILEPATH }}
+        run: |
+          echo "Uploading presigned URLs artifact..."
+          aws s3 cp "${{ env.LOCAL_ARTIFACT_URLS_FILEPATH }}" "s3://${{ secrets.CI_DEV_INTERNAL_S3_BUCKET }}/wazuh-docker/5_build_and_push_images/${{ github.run_id }}/${{ vars.ARTIFACT_URL_FILE_NAME }}"
 
   build-and-push:
     runs-on: codebuild-github-actions-codebuild-runner-devops-amd-${{ github.run_id }}-${{ github.run_attempt }}
@@ -337,10 +337,10 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Download artifact_urls.yaml (dev)
       if: ${{ inputs.dev == true }}
-      uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
-      with:
-        name: presigned-artifact-urls-${{ github.run_id }}
-        path: ./build-docker-images
+      run: |
+        echo "Downloading presigned URLs artifact..."
+        aws s3 cp "s3://${{ secrets.CI_DEV_INTERNAL_S3_BUCKET }}/wazuh-docker/5_build_and_push_images/${{ github.run_id }}/${{ vars.ARTIFACT_URL_FILE_NAME }}" "${{ env.LOCAL_ARTIFACT_URLS_FILEPATH }}"
+        mv "${{ env.LOCAL_ARTIFACT_URLS_FILEPATH }}" ./build-docker-images/${{ vars.ARTIFACT_URL_FILE_NAME }}
 
     - name: Compute component reference (dev)
       if: ${{ inputs.dev == true }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/5_bumper_repository.yml b/.github/workflows/5_bumper_repository.yml
index ae1b3e63..281b4775 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/5_bumper_repository.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/5_bumper_repository.yml
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ on:
         default: false
         required: false
         type: boolean
+      bump-issue-link:
+          description: 'Issue link used in the original bump (required for revert if different from issue-link)'
+          required: false
+          type: string
+
 jobs:
   bump:
     name: Repository bumper 5.x
@@ -96,18 +101,24 @@ jobs:
           version=${{ env.VERSION }}
           stage=${{ env.STAGE }}
           tag=${{ env.TAG }}
-
           set_as_main=${{ inputs.set_as_main }}
 
-          if [[ "$set_as_main" == "true" ]]; then
-            script_params="--set-as-main"
+          if [[ -n "$version" && -n "$stage" && "$tag" != "true" ]]; then
+            script_params="--version ${version} --stage ${stage}"
+          elif [[ -n "$version" && -n "$stage" && "$tag" == "true" ]]; then
+            script_params="--version ${version} --stage ${stage} --tag"
+          elif [[ -z "$version" && -n "$stage" && "$tag" == "true" ]]; then
+            script_params="--stage ${stage} --tag"
+          elif [[ -z "$version" && -z "$stage" && "$tag" == "true" ]]; then
+            script_params="--tag"
           fi
 
-          # Both version and stage provided
-          if [[ -n "$version" && -n "$stage" && "$tag" != "true" ]]; then
-            script_params+=" --version ${version} --stage ${stage}"
-          elif [[ -n "$version" && -n "$stage" && "$tag" == "true" ]]; then
-            script_params+=" --version ${version} --stage ${stage} --tag ${tag}"
+          if [[ "$set_as_main" == "true" ]]; then
+            if [[ -z "$version" || -z "$stage" ]]; then
+              echo "Error: set_as_main requires both version and stage inputs."
+              exit 1
+            fi
+            script_params="${script_params} --set-as-main"
           fi
 
           issue_number=$(echo "${{ inputs.issue-link }}" | awk -F'/' '{print $NF}')
@@ -146,9 +157,18 @@ jobs:
         id: revert_step
         if: inputs.revert == true
         run: |
+          # 1. Get the current issue number (for the new revert branch/PR)
           ISSUE_NUMBER=$(echo "${{ inputs.issue-link }}" | awk -F'/' '{print $NF}')
 
-          BUMP_BRANCH="enhancement/wqa${ISSUE_NUMBER}-bump-${{ github.ref_name }}"
+          # 2. Get the issue number from the original bump (if provided; otherwise, defaults to the current one)
+          if [ -n "${{ inputs.bump-issue-link }}" ]; then
+            BUMP_ISSUE_NUMBER=$(echo "${{ inputs.bump-issue-link }}" | awk -F'/' '{print $NF}')
+          else
+            BUMP_ISSUE_NUMBER=$ISSUE_NUMBER
+          fi
+
+          # 3. Search for the original bump branch using the obtained BUMP ISSUE number
+          BUMP_BRANCH="enhancement/wqa${BUMP_ISSUE_NUMBER}-bump-${{ github.ref_name }}"
 
           PR_NUMBER=$(gh pr list --head "$BUMP_BRANCH" --base "${{ github.ref_name }}" --state merged --json number --jq '.[0].number')
 
@@ -167,7 +187,7 @@ jobs:
           # Remove the files to prevent them from being included in the revert commit
           git checkout HEAD -- VERSION.json 2>/dev/null || true
           git checkout HEAD -- CHANGELOG.md 2>/dev/null || true
-          # Add any other repository-specific version files here
+          # [!] ADD ANY OTHER REPOSITORY-SPECIFIC VERSION FILES HERE [!]
 
           if git diff --staged --quiet; then
             echo "No references to revert. Skipping commit."
diff --git a/.github/workflows/5_check_integration_tools.yml b/.github/workflows/5_check_integration_tools.yml
index 9fb4e6cd..b25b566b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/5_check_integration_tools.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/5_check_integration_tools.yml
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ env:
   AUTOMATION_REFERENCE: ${{ inputs.automation_reference || 'main' }}
   ALLOCATOR_PATH: /tmp/allocator_instance
   REGION: us-east-1
+  LOGS_ARTIFACT_ZIP_FILE: "docker_logs_artifacts_${{ github.run_id }}.zip"
 
 jobs:
   # -------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -176,8 +177,8 @@ jobs:
               echo "deployment_matrix=[\"${DEPLOY_TYPE}\"]" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
             fi
           else
-            echo "pr_head_ref=${{ needs.get_pr_info.outputs.pr_head_ref }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-            echo "deployment_matrix=${{ needs.get_pr_info.outputs.deployment_matrix }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo 'pr_head_ref=${{ needs.get_pr_info.outputs.pr_head_ref }}' >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo 'deployment_matrix=${{ needs.get_pr_info.outputs.deployment_matrix }}' >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           fi
 
       - name: Checkout wazuh-docker PR branch (VERSION.json only)
@@ -409,6 +410,7 @@ jobs:
           pip install -r wazuh-automation/deployability/deps/requirements.txt
           pip install -r wazuh-automation/integration-test-module/requirements.txt
           pip install -e wazuh-automation/integration-test-module/
+          pip install pyyaml
 
       - name: Configure AWS credentials
         uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4
@@ -417,6 +419,19 @@ jobs:
           role-session-name: docker-test-${{ github.run_id }}-${{ matrix.deployment_type }}
           aws-region: ${{ env.REGION }}
 
+      - name: Generate presigned cert tool URL
+        run: |
+          python wazuh-automation/tools/sign_urls/generate_presigned_dev_urls.py \
+            --process build_docker \
+            --wazuh-version "${{ env.DOCKER_VERSION }}" \
+            --aws-s3-bucket-dev "${{ vars.AWS_S3_BUCKET_DEV }}"
+
+          python3 -c "
+          import yaml
+          data = yaml.safe_load(open('/tmp/artifact_urls.yaml'))
+          print(f'wazuh_certs_tool={data[\"wazuh_certs_tool\"]}')
+          " >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+
       # -----------------------------------------------------------------------
       # Provision: allocate VM and extract SSH credentials
       # -----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -502,20 +517,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Prepare cert tool and config
         run: |
           DEPLOYMENT="${{ matrix.deployment_type }}"
-          VERSION="${{ env.WAZUH_VERSION }}"
-          STAGE="${{ env.WAZUH_STAGE }}"
-          MAJOR=$(echo "$VERSION" | cut -d. -f1)
 
-          echo "Cert tool: ${VERSION}-${STAGE}  Docker image: ${{ env.DOCKER_TAG }}"
+          echo "Cert tool: ${{ env.wazuh_certs_tool }}  Docker image: ${{ env.DOCKER_TAG }}"
 
-          # Download cert tool once on the runner
-          if [ -n "$STAGE" ]; then
-            CERT_TOOL_URL="https://packages-staging.xdrsiem.wazuh.info/pre-release/${MAJOR}.x/installation-assistant/wazuh-certs-tool-${VERSION}-${STAGE}.sh"
-          else
-            CERT_TOOL_URL="https://packages.wazuh.com/${MAJOR}.$(echo "$VERSION" | cut -d. -f2)/wazuh-certs-tool-${VERSION}-1.sh"
-          fi
-          echo "Downloading cert tool: $CERT_TOOL_URL"
-          curl -fsSL -o "wazuh-docker/${DEPLOYMENT}/wazuh-certs-tool.sh" "$CERT_TOOL_URL"
+          curl --output "wazuh-docker/${DEPLOYMENT}/wazuh-certs-tool.sh" "${{ env.wazuh_certs_tool }}"
           chmod +x "wazuh-docker/${DEPLOYMENT}/wazuh-certs-tool.sh"
           echo "Downloaded OK"
 
@@ -732,11 +737,10 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Upload Docker logs
         if: failure() || steps.run_tests.outcome == 'failure'
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          name: docker-logs-${{ matrix.deployment_type }}-${{ github.run_id }}
-          path: docker-logs-*.txt
-          retention-days: 7
+        run: |
+          echo "Uploading Docker logs artifact..."
+          zip "${{ env.LOGS_ARTIFACT_ZIP_FILE }}" docker-logs-*.txt
+          aws s3 cp "${{ env.LOGS_ARTIFACT_ZIP_FILE }}" "s3://${{ secrets.CI_DEV_INTERNAL_S3_BUCKET }}/wazuh-docker/5_check_integration_tools/${{ github.run_id }}/${{ env.LOGS_ARTIFACT_ZIP_FILE }}"
 
       # -----------------------------------------------------------------------
       # Reporting
@@ -810,11 +814,16 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Upload test results
         if: always()
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          name: test-results-docker-${{ matrix.deployment_type }}-${{ github.run_id }}
-          path: test-results-docker-${{ matrix.deployment_type }}.github
-          retention-days: 7
+        env:
+          S3_ARTIFACTS_PATH: s3://${{ secrets.CI_DEV_INTERNAL_S3_BUCKET }}/wazuh-docker/5_check_integration_tools/${{ github.run_id }}
+          LOCAL_RESULTS_PATH: test-results-docker-${{ matrix.deployment_type }}.github
+        run: |
+          if [ -f "${LOCAL_RESULTS_PATH}" ]; then
+            echo "Uploading test results to S3..."
+            aws s3 cp "${LOCAL_RESULTS_PATH}" "${S3_ARTIFACTS_PATH}/test-results-docker-${{ matrix.deployment_type }}/"
+          else
+            echo "::warning::No test results file found - skipping upload (an earlier step likely failed before test_runner produced output)."
+          fi
 
       # -----------------------------------------------------------------------
       # Cleanup: always stop stack and deallocate VM
diff --git a/.github/workflows/5_pr_check.yml b/.github/workflows/5_pr_check.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index c3c1eaea..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/5_pr_check.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,664 +0,0 @@
-name: (5.x) Docker PR check
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-  id-token: write
-on:
-  pull_request:
-    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened, ready_for_review]
-    branches:
-      - 5.*
-      - main
-    paths:
-      - 'build-docker-images/**'
-      - 'multi-node/**'
-      - 'single-node/**'
-      - 'wazuh-agent/**'
-      - '.github/**'
-  workflow_dispatch:
-    inputs:
-      docker_reference:
-        description: 'Branch or tag to build from'
-        required: true
-        type: string
-
-jobs:
-
-  prepare-variables:
-    if: ${{ !github.event.pull_request.draft }}
-    runs-on: codebuild-github-actions-codebuild-runner-devops-amd-${{ github.run_id }}-${{ github.run_attempt }}
-    outputs:
-      WAZUH_VERSION: ${{ steps.dotenv.outputs.WAZUH_VERSION }}
-      WAZUH_IMAGE_VERSION: ${{ steps.dotenv.outputs.WAZUH_IMAGE_VERSION }}
-      WAZUH_REGISTRY: ${{ vars.IMAGE_REGISTRY_DEV }}
-      IMAGE_TAG: ${{ steps.dotenv.outputs.IMAGE_TAG }}
-      WAZUH_MINOR_VERSION: ${{ steps.dotenv.outputs.WAZUH_MINOR_VERSION }}
-    steps:
-
-      - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Export .env variables
-        id: dotenv
-        shell: bash
-        run: |
-          if [ ! -f .env ]; then echo "::error::.env missing"; exit 1; fi
-          grep -v '^#' .env | grep -v '^\s*$' >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          FULL_VERSION=$(grep "^WAZUH_VERSION=" .env | cut -d'=' -f2)
-          MINOR_VERSION=$(echo "$FULL_VERSION" | cut -d'.' -f1,2)
-          echo "WAZUH_MINOR_VERSION=$MINOR_VERSION" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-
-
-  build-images:
-    needs: prepare-variables
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/5_build_and_push_images.yml
-    secrets: inherit
-    with:
-      image_tag: ${{ needs.prepare-variables.outputs.WAZUH_IMAGE_VERSION }}
-      docker_reference: ${{ github.head_ref || inputs.docker_reference }}
-      wazuh_automation_reference: 'main'
-      commit_list: '["latest", "latest", "latest", "latest"]'
-      assistant_revision: 'latest'
-      id: ${{ github.run_id }}
-      dev: true
-
-  Execute-Goss-tests:
-    needs: [prepare-variables, build-images]
-    runs-on: codebuild-github-actions-codebuild-runner-devops-amd-${{ github.run_id }}-${{ github.run_attempt }}
-    env:
-      WAZUH_IMAGE_VERSION: ${{ needs.prepare-variables.outputs.WAZUH_IMAGE_VERSION }}
-      WAZUH_REGISTRY: ${{ needs.prepare-variables.outputs.WAZUH_REGISTRY }}
-    steps:
-
-    - name: Check out code
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-    - name: Install Goss
-      uses: e1himself/goss-installation-action@v1.0.3
-      with:
-        version: 'v0.4.4'
-
-    - name: Configure aws credentials
-      uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4
-      with:
-        role-to-assume: ${{ secrets.AWS_IAM_DOCKER_ROLE }}
-        aws-region: "${{ secrets.AWS_REGION }}"
-
-    - name: Log in to Amazon ECR
-      uses: aws-actions/amazon-ecr-login@v2
-
-    - name: Execute Goss tests (wazuh-manager)
-      run: dgoss run ${{ env.WAZUH_REGISTRY }}/wazuh/wazuh-manager:${{ env.WAZUH_IMAGE_VERSION }}-latest
-      env:
-        GOSS_SLEEP: 30
-        GOSS_FILE: .github/.goss.yaml
-
-  check-single-node:
-    name: Check single node on ${{ matrix.os }}
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        os: ["codebuild-github-actions-codebuild-runner-devops-amd-${{ github.run_id }}-${{ github.run_attempt }}", "codebuild-github-actions-codebuild-runner-devops-arm-${{ github.run_id }}-${{ github.run_attempt }}"]
-      fail-fast: false
-    needs: [prepare-variables, Execute-Goss-tests]
-    env:
-      WAZUH_IMAGE_VERSION: ${{ needs.prepare-variables.outputs.WAZUH_IMAGE_VERSION }}
-      WAZUH_MINOR_VERSION: ${{ needs.prepare-variables.outputs.WAZUH_MINOR_VERSION }}
-      WAZUH_REGISTRY: ${{ needs.prepare-variables.outputs.WAZUH_REGISTRY }}
-      INDEXER_USERNAME: admin
-      INDEXER_PASSWORD: admin
-      MANAGER_NODES: "manager"
-      API_USERNAME: wazuh-wui
-      API_PASSWORD: wazuh-wui
-    steps:
-
-    - name: Check out code
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-    - name: Configure aws credentials
-      uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4
-      with:
-        role-to-assume: ${{ secrets.AWS_IAM_DOCKER_ROLE }}
-        aws-region: "${{ secrets.AWS_REGION }}"
-
-    - name: Log in to Amazon ECR
-      uses: aws-actions/amazon-ecr-login@v2
-
-    - name: Download artifact_urls.yaml
-      uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
-      with:
-        name: presigned-artifact-urls-${{ github.run_id }}
-        path: ./single-node/
-
-    - name: Log in to Docker Hub
-      uses: docker/login-action@v4
-      with:
-        username: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
-        password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_PASSWORD }}
-
-    - name: Add environment variables into GITHUB_ENV
-      run: |
-        # Export variables to the environment
-        awk -F':' '!/^#/ && NF>1 {name=$1; val=substr($0,length(name)+3); gsub(/[-.]/,"_",name); print name "=" val}' ${{ vars.ARTIFACT_URL_FILE_NAME }} >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-      working-directory: ./single-node/
-
-    - name: Create single node certficates
-      run: |
-        curl --output ./wazuh-certs-tool.sh "${{ env.wazuh_certs_tool }}"
-        cat > config.yml <<EOF
-        nodes:
-          # Wazuh indexer server nodes
-          indexer:
-            - name: wazuh.indexer
-              dns: "wazuh.indexer"
-
-          # Wazuh manager nodes
-          # Use node_type only with more than one Wazuh manager
-          manager:
-            - name: wazuh.manager
-              dns: "wazuh.manager"
-
-          # Wazuh dashboard node
-          dashboard:
-            - name: wazuh.dashboard
-              dns: "wazuh.dashboard"
-        EOF
-        cat config.yml
-        sudo bash ../tools/utils/deployment/certificates-conf.sh --cert --copy --priv
-        sudo sysctl -w vm.max_map_count=262144
-      working-directory: ./single-node
-
-    - name: Edit single node docker-compose file
-      shell: bash
-      env:
-        WAZUH_REGISTRY: ${{ env.WAZUH_REGISTRY }}
-      run: |
-        TARGET_FILE="single-node/docker-compose.yml"
-        if [ -f "$TARGET_FILE" ]; then
-          echo "Updating registry in $TARGET_FILE to: ${{ env.WAZUH_REGISTRY }}"
-          sed -i "s|wazuh/wazuh-|${{ env.WAZUH_REGISTRY }}/wazuh/wazuh-|g" "$TARGET_FILE"
-          sed -i "s/\(.*wazuh\/wazuh-.*:\)${{ env.WAZUH_IMAGE_VERSION }}/\1${{ env.WAZUH_IMAGE_VERSION }}-latest/g" "$TARGET_FILE"
-        else
-          echo "File $TARGET_FILE not found"
-          exit 1
-        fi
-
-    - name: Start single node stack
-      id: start_single_node_stack
-      run: docker compose up -d
-      working-directory: ./single-node
-
-    - name: Check Wazuh indexer start
-      if: ${{ always() && steps.start_single_node_stack.outcome == 'success' }}
-      run: |
-        for i in {1..20}; do
-          echo "Checking Wazuh indexer health (Attempt $i/20)"
-          RESPONSE=$(curl -XGET "https://127.0.0.1:9200/_cluster/health?pretty" -u ${{ env.INDEXER_USERNAME }}:${{ env.INDEXER_PASSWORD }} -k -s --retry 2 || true)
-          INDEXER_CONTAINERS=$(docker ps --format '{{.Names}}' | grep "indexer")
-          if echo "$RESPONSE" | grep -qE "green|yellow"; then
-            echo "Cluster Online"
-            echo "$RESPONSE"
-            exit 0
-          fi
-          echo "Waiting for cluster to be online"
-          for CONTAINER_NAME in $INDEXER_CONTAINERS; do
-            echo ""
-            echo "========================================================="
-            echo "Container logs for $CONTAINER_NAME"
-            echo "========================================================="
-            docker logs --tail 30 "$CONTAINER_NAME"
-            echo "---------------------------------------------------------"
-          done
-          [ $i -lt 20 ] && sleep 60
-        done
-        status_index="`curl -XGET "https://127.0.0.1:9200/_cat/indices" -u ${{ env.INDEXER_USERNAME }}:${{ env.INDEXER_PASSWORD }} -k -s | wc -l`"
-        status_index_green="`curl -XGET "https://127.0.0.1:9200/_cat/indices" -u ${{ env.INDEXER_USERNAME }}:${{ env.INDEXER_PASSWORD }} -k -s | grep -E "green|yellow" | wc -l`"
-        if [[ $status_index_green -eq $status_index ]]; then
-          curl -XGET "https://127.0.0.1:9200/_cat/indices" -u ${{ env.INDEXER_USERNAME }}:${{ env.INDEXER_PASSWORD }} -k -s
-        else
-          curl -XGET "https://127.0.0.1:9200/_cat/indices" -u ${{ env.INDEXER_USERNAME }}:${{ env.INDEXER_PASSWORD }} -k -s
-          exit 1
-        fi
-
-
-    - name: Check Wazuh indexer nodes
-      if: ${{ always() && steps.start_single_node_stack.outcome == 'success' }}
-      run: |
-        nodes="`curl -XGET "https://127.0.0.1:9200/_cat/nodes" -u ${{ env.INDEXER_USERNAME }}:${{ env.INDEXER_PASSWORD }} -k -s | grep -E "indexer" | wc -l`"
-        echo "Wazuh indexer nodes: ${nodes}"
-
-    - name: Check Wazuh templates
-      if: ${{ always() && steps.start_single_node_stack.outcome == 'success' }}
-      run: |
-        qty_templates="`curl -XGET "https://127.0.0.1:9200/_cat/templates" -u ${{ env.INDEXER_USERNAME }}:${{ env.INDEXER_PASSWORD }} -k -s | grep -P "wazuh|wazuh-agent|wazuh-statistics" | wc -l`"
-        templates="`curl -XGET "https://127.0.0.1:9200/_cat/templates" -u ${{ env.INDEXER_USERNAME }}:${{ env.INDEXER_PASSWORD }} -k -s | grep -P "wazuh|wazuh-agent|wazuh-statistics"`"
-        if [[ $qty_templates -gt 3 ]]; then
-          echo "wazuh templates:"
-          echo "${templates}"
-        else
-          echo "wazuh templates:"
-          echo "${templates}"
-          exit 1
-        fi
-
-    - name: Check Wazuh manager start
-      if: ${{ always() && steps.start_single_node_stack.outcome == 'success' }}
-      run: |
-        for NODE in "${{ env.MANAGER_NODES }}"; do
-          ok=false
-          for i in {1..20}; do
-            TOKEN=$(curl -s -u ${{ env.API_USERNAME }}:${{ env.API_PASSWORD }} -k -X POST "https://127.0.0.1:55000/security/user/authenticate?raw=true")
-            services="`curl -k -s -X GET "https://127.0.0.1:55000/cluster/$NODE/status?pretty=true" -H  "Authorization: Bearer ${TOKEN}" | jq -r .data.affected_items | grep running | wc -l`"
-            if [[ $services -gt 7 ]]; then
-              echo "Wazuh Manager $NODE Services: ${services}"
-              echo "OK"
-              ok=true
-              break
-            else
-              curl -k -X GET "https://127.0.0.1:55000/cluster/$NODE/status?pretty=true" -H  "Authorization: Bearer ${TOKEN}" | jq -r .data.affected_items
-              echo "Wazuh Manager $NODE Services: ${services}. Retrying in 30s"
-              [ $i -lt 20 ] && sleep 30
-            fi
-          done
-          if [[ "$ok" != "true" ]]; then
-            echo "Error: Wazuh Manager $NODE did not reach expected running services threshold"
-            exit 1
-          fi
-        done
-
-    - name: Check Wazuh dashboard service URL
-      if: ${{ always() && steps.start_single_node_stack.outcome == 'success' }}
-      run: |
-        for i in {1..20}; do
-          echo "Checking Wazuh dashboard (Attempt $i/20)"
-          STATUS=$(curl -k -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" -u ${{ env.INDEXER_USERNAME }}:${{ env.INDEXER_PASSWORD }} "https://127.0.0.1:443/app/status" || true)
-          echo "Current status: $STATUS"
-          if [[ "$STATUS" == "200" ]]; then
-            echo "Wazuh dashboard is UP"
-            exit 0
-          elif [[ "$STATUS" == "429" || "$STATUS" == "503" ]]; then
-            echo "Dashboard is busy or initializing (Status $STATUS). Retrying in 30s"
-          else
-            echo "Unexpected status $STATUS. Retrying in 30s"
-          fi
-          sleep 30
-        done
-        echo "Error: Dashboard did not reach 200 status in time."
-        exit 1
-
-    - name: Modify Docker endpoint into Wazuh agent docker-compose.yml file
-      if: ${{ always() && steps.start_single_node_stack.outcome == 'success' }}
-      run: sed -i "s/<WAZUH_MANAGER_IP>/$(ip addr show docker0 | grep 'inet ' | awk '{print $2}' | cut -d'/' -f1)/g" wazuh-agent/docker-compose.yml
-
-    - name: Edit Wazuh agent docker-compose file
-      if: ${{ always() && steps.start_single_node_stack.outcome == 'success' }}
-      shell: bash
-      env:
-        WAZUH_REGISTRY: ${{ env.WAZUH_REGISTRY }}
-      run: |
-        TARGET_FILE="wazuh-agent/docker-compose.yml"
-        if [ -f "$TARGET_FILE" ]; then
-          echo "Updating registry in $TARGET_FILE to: ${{ env.WAZUH_REGISTRY }}"
-          sed -i "s|wazuh/wazuh-|${{ env.WAZUH_REGISTRY }}/wazuh/wazuh-|g" "$TARGET_FILE"
-          sed -i "s/\(.*wazuh\/wazuh-.*:\)${{ env.WAZUH_IMAGE_VERSION }}/\1${{ env.WAZUH_IMAGE_VERSION }}-latest/g" "$TARGET_FILE"
-        else
-          echo "File $TARGET_FILE not found"
-          exit 1
-        fi
-
-    - name: Start Wazuh agent
-      if: ${{ always() && steps.start_single_node_stack.outcome == 'success' }}
-      run: docker compose up -d
-      working-directory: ./wazuh-agent
-
-    - name: Check Wazuh agent enrollment
-      if: ${{ always() && steps.start_single_node_stack.outcome == 'success' }}
-      run: |
-        enrolled=false
-        for i in {1..5}; do
-          TOKEN=$(curl -s -u ${{ env.API_USERNAME }}:${{ env.API_PASSWORD }} -k -X POST "https://127.0.0.1:55000/security/user/authenticate?raw=true")
-          agents="`curl -k -s -X GET "https://127.0.0.1:55000/agents?pretty=true" -H  "Authorization: Bearer ${TOKEN}" | jq -r .data.affected_items | grep active | wc -l`"
-          if [[ $agents -gt 0 ]]; then
-            echo "Wazuh agents: ${agents}"
-            echo "OK"
-            enrolled=true
-            break
-          else
-            curl -k -s -X GET "https://127.0.0.1:55000/agents?pretty=true" -H  "Authorization: Bearer ${TOKEN}"
-            echo "Wazuh agents: ${agents}. Retrying in 10s"
-            [ $i -lt 5 ] && sleep 10
-          fi
-        done
-        if [[ "$enrolled" != "true" ]]; then
-          echo "Error: Wazuh agent enrollment did not reach expected active agents threshold"
-          exit 1
-        fi
-
-    - name: Check errors in wazuh-manager.log for Wazuh manager
-      if: ${{ always() && steps.start_single_node_stack.outcome == 'success' }}
-      run: ./.github/single-node-log-check.sh
-
-    - name: Check documents into wazuh-states index
-      if: ${{ always() && steps.start_single_node_stack.outcome == 'success' }}
-      run: |
-        for i in {1..20}; do
-          echo "Checking documents in wazuh-states (Attempt $i/20)..."
-          RESPONSE=$(curl -XGET "https://127.0.0.1:9200/wazuh-states*/_count" -u ${{ env.INDEXER_USERNAME }}:${{ env.INDEXER_PASSWORD }} -k -s || echo "{}")
-          DOCS=$(echo "$RESPONSE" | jq -r '.count // 0')
-          if [[ "$DOCS" -gt 0 ]]; then
-            echo "wazuh-states index has documents: ${DOCS}"
-            exit 0
-          fi
-          echo "The index is empty or does not exist yet (Count: $DOCS). Waiting 60s"
-          [ $i -lt 20 ] && sleep 60
-        done
-        echo "Error: No documents found in wazuh-states after 20 attempts."
-        echo "Last response: $RESPONSE"
-        exit 1
-
-    - name: Docker logs
-      if: always()
-      continue-on-error: true
-      run: |
-        INDEXER_CONTAINERS=$(docker ps --format '{{.Names}}')
-        for CONTAINER_NAME in $INDEXER_CONTAINERS; do
-          echo ""
-          echo "========================================================="
-          echo "Container logs for $CONTAINER_NAME"
-          echo "========================================================="
-          docker logs "$CONTAINER_NAME"
-          echo "---------------------------------------------------------"
-        done
-      working-directory: ./single-node
-
-  check-multi-node:
-    name: Check multi node on ${{ matrix.os }}
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        os: ["codebuild-github-actions-codebuild-runner-devops-amd-${{ github.run_id }}-${{ github.run_attempt }}", "codebuild-github-actions-codebuild-runner-devops-arm-${{ github.run_id }}-${{ github.run_attempt }}"]
-      fail-fast: false
-    needs: [prepare-variables, Execute-Goss-tests]
-    env:
-      WAZUH_IMAGE_VERSION: ${{ needs.prepare-variables.outputs.WAZUH_IMAGE_VERSION }}
-      WAZUH_MINOR_VERSION: ${{ needs.prepare-variables.outputs.WAZUH_MINOR_VERSION }}
-      WAZUH_REGISTRY: ${{ needs.prepare-variables.outputs.WAZUH_REGISTRY }}
-      INDEXER_USERNAME: admin
-      INDEXER_PASSWORD: admin
-      MANAGER_NODES: "master,worker01"
-      API_USERNAME: wazuh-wui
-      API_PASSWORD: wazuh-wui
-    steps:
-
-    - name: Check out code
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-    - name: Configure aws credentials
-      uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4
-      with:
-        role-to-assume: ${{ secrets.AWS_IAM_DOCKER_ROLE }}
-        aws-region: "${{ secrets.AWS_REGION }}"
-
-    - name: Log in to Amazon ECR
-      uses: aws-actions/amazon-ecr-login@v2
-
-    - name: Download artifact_urls.yaml
-      uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
-      with:
-        name: presigned-artifact-urls-${{ github.run_id }}
-        path: ./multi-node/
-
-    - name: Log in to Docker Hub
-      uses: docker/login-action@v4
-      with:
-        username: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
-        password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_PASSWORD }}
-
-    - name: Add environment variables into GITHUB_ENV
-      run: |
-        # Export variables to the environment
-        awk -F':' '!/^#/ && NF>1 {name=$1; val=substr($0,length(name)+3); gsub(/[-.]/,"_",name); print name "=" val}' ${{ vars.ARTIFACT_URL_FILE_NAME }} >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-      working-directory: ./multi-node/
-
-    - name: Create multi node certficates
-      run: |
-        curl --output ./wazuh-certs-tool.sh "${{ env.wazuh_certs_tool }}"
-        cat > config.yml <<EOF
-        nodes:
-          # Wazuh indexer server nodes
-          indexer:
-            - name: wazuh1.indexer
-              dns: "wazuh1.indexer"
-            - name: wazuh2.indexer
-              dns: "wazuh2.indexer"
-            - name: wazuh3.indexer
-              dns: "wazuh3.indexer"
-
-          # Wazuh manager nodes
-          # Use node_type only with more than one Wazuh manager
-          manager:
-            - name: wazuh.master
-              dns: "wazuh.master"
-              node_type: master
-            - name: wazuh.worker
-              dns: "wazuh.worker"
-              node_type: worker
-
-          # Wazuh dashboard node
-          dashboard:
-            - name: wazuh.dashboard
-              dns: "wazuh.dashboard"
-        EOF
-        cat config.yml
-        sudo bash ../tools/utils/deployment/certificates-conf.sh --cert --copy --priv
-        sudo sysctl -w vm.max_map_count=262144
-      working-directory: ./multi-node
-
-    - name: Edit multi node docker-compose file
-      shell: bash
-      run: |
-        TARGET_FILE="multi-node/docker-compose.yml"
-        if [ -f "$TARGET_FILE" ]; then
-          echo "Updating registry in $TARGET_FILE to: ${{ env.WAZUH_REGISTRY }}"
-          sed -i "s|wazuh/wazuh-|${{ env.WAZUH_REGISTRY }}/wazuh/wazuh-|g" "$TARGET_FILE"
-          sed -i "s/\(.*wazuh\/wazuh-.*:\)${{ env.WAZUH_IMAGE_VERSION }}/\1${{ env.WAZUH_IMAGE_VERSION }}-latest/g" "$TARGET_FILE"
-        else
-          echo "File $TARGET_FILE not found"
-          exit 1
-        fi
-
-    - name: Start multi node stack
-      id: start_multi_node_stack
-      run: docker compose up -d
-      working-directory: ./multi-node
-
-    - name: Check Wazuh indexer start
-      if: ${{ always() && steps.start_multi_node_stack.outcome == 'success' }}
-      run: |
-        for i in {1..20}; do
-          echo "Checking Wazuh indexer health (Attempt $i/20)"
-          RESPONSE=$(curl -XGET "https://127.0.0.1:9200/_cluster/health?pretty" -u ${{ env.INDEXER_USERNAME }}:${{ env.INDEXER_PASSWORD }} -k -s --retry 2 || true)
-          INDEXER_CONTAINERS=$(docker ps --format '{{.Names}}' | grep "indexer")
-          if echo "$RESPONSE" | grep -qE "green|yellow"; then
-            echo "Cluster Online"
-            echo "$RESPONSE"
-            exit 0
-          fi
-          echo "Waiting for cluster to be online"
-          for CONTAINER_NAME in $INDEXER_CONTAINERS; do
-            echo ""
-            echo "========================================================="
-            echo "Container logs for $CONTAINER_NAME"
-            echo "========================================================="
-            docker logs --tail 30 "$CONTAINER_NAME"
-            echo "---------------------------------------------------------"
-          done
-          [ $i -lt 20 ] && sleep 60
-        done
-        status_index="`curl -XGET "https://127.0.0.1:9200/_cat/indices" -u ${{ env.INDEXER_USERNAME }}:${{ env.INDEXER_PASSWORD }} -k -s | wc -l`"
-        status_index_green="`curl -XGET "https://127.0.0.1:9200/_cat/indices" -u ${{ env.INDEXER_USERNAME }}:${{ env.INDEXER_PASSWORD }} -k -s | grep -E "green" | wc -l`"
-        if [[ $status_index_green -eq $status_index ]]; then
-          curl -XGET "https://127.0.0.1:9200/_cat/indices" -u ${{ env.INDEXER_USERNAME }}:${{ env.INDEXER_PASSWORD }} -k -s
-        else
-          curl -XGET "https://127.0.0.1:9200/_cat/indices" -u ${{ env.INDEXER_USERNAME }}:${{ env.INDEXER_PASSWORD }} -k -s
-          exit 1
-        fi
-
-    - name: Check Wazuh indexer nodes
-      if: ${{ always() && steps.start_multi_node_stack.outcome == 'success' }}
-      run: |
-        nodes="`curl -XGET "https://127.0.0.1:9200/_cat/nodes" -u ${{ env.INDEXER_USERNAME }}:${{ env.INDEXER_PASSWORD }} -k -s | grep -E "indexer" | wc -l`"
-        if [[ $nodes -eq 3 ]]; then
-          echo "Wazuh indexer nodes: ${nodes}"
-        else
-          echo "Wazuh indexer nodes: ${nodes}"
-          exit 1
-        fi
-
-    - name: Check Wazuh templates
-      if: ${{ always() && steps.start_multi_node_stack.outcome == 'success' }}
-      run: |
-        qty_templates="`curl -XGET "https://127.0.0.1:9200/_cat/templates" -u ${{ env.INDEXER_USERNAME }}:${{ env.INDEXER_PASSWORD }} -k -s | grep "wazuh" | wc -l`"
-        templates="`curl -XGET "https://127.0.0.1:9200/_cat/templates" -u ${{ env.INDEXER_USERNAME }}:${{ env.INDEXER_PASSWORD }} -k -s | grep "wazuh"`"
-        if [[ $qty_templates -gt 3 ]]; then
-          echo "wazuh templates:"
-          echo "${templates}"
-        else
-          echo "wazuh templates:"
-          echo "${templates}"
-          exit 1
-        fi
-
-    - name: Check Wazuh manager start
-      if: ${{ always() && steps.start_multi_node_stack.outcome == 'success' }}
-      run: |
-        IFS=',' read -r -a NODES <<< "${{ env.MANAGER_NODES }}"
-        for NODE in "${NODES[@]}"; do
-          if [[ "$NODE" == "master" ]]; then
-            THRESHOLD=8
-          else
-            THRESHOLD=7
-          fi
-          ok=false
-          for i in {1..20}; do
-            TOKEN=$(curl -s -u ${{ env.API_USERNAME }}:${{ env.API_PASSWORD }} -k -X POST "https://127.0.0.1:55000/security/user/authenticate?raw=true")
-            services="`curl -k -s -X GET "https://127.0.0.1:55000/cluster/$NODE/status?pretty=true" -H  "Authorization: Bearer ${TOKEN}" | jq -r .data.affected_items | grep running | wc -l`"
-            if [[ $services -ge $THRESHOLD ]]; then
-              echo "Wazuh Manager $NODE Services: ${services}"
-              echo "OK"
-              ok=true
-              break
-            else
-              curl -k -X GET "https://127.0.0.1:55000/cluster/$NODE/status?pretty=true" -H  "Authorization: Bearer ${TOKEN}" | jq -r .data.affected_items
-              echo "Wazuh Manager $NODE Services: ${services}. Retrying in 30s"
-              [ $i -lt 20 ] && sleep 30
-            fi
-          done
-          if [[ "$ok" != "true" ]]; then
-            echo "Error: Wazuh Manager $NODE did not reach expected running services threshold"
-            exit 1
-          fi
-        done
-
-    - name: Check Wazuh dashboard service URL
-      if: ${{ always() && steps.start_multi_node_stack.outcome == 'success' }}
-      run: |
-        for i in {1..20}; do
-          echo "Checking Wazuh dashboard (Attempt $i/20)"
-          STATUS=$(curl -k -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" -u ${{ env.INDEXER_USERNAME }}:${{ env.INDEXER_PASSWORD }} "https://127.0.0.1:443/app/status" || true)
-          echo "Current status: $STATUS"
-          if [[ "$STATUS" == "200" ]]; then
-            echo "Wazuh dashboard is UP"
-            exit 0
-          elif [[ "$STATUS" == "429" || "$STATUS" == "503" ]]; then
-            echo "Dashboard is busy or initializing (Status $STATUS). Retrying in 30s"
-          else
-            echo "Unexpected status $STATUS. Retrying in 30s"
-          fi
-          sleep 30
-        done
-        echo "Error: Dashboard did not reach 200 status in time."
-        exit 1
-
-    - name: Modify Docker endpoint into Wazuh agent docker-compose.yml file
-      if: ${{ always() && steps.start_multi_node_stack.outcome == 'success' }}
-      run: sed -i "s/<WAZUH_MANAGER_IP>/$(ip addr show docker0 | grep 'inet ' | awk '{print $2}' | cut -d'/' -f1)/g" wazuh-agent/docker-compose.yml
-
-    - name: Edit Wazuh agent docker-compose file
-      if: ${{ always() && steps.start_multi_node_stack.outcome == 'success' }}
-      shell: bash
-      env:
-        WAZUH_REGISTRY: ${{ env.WAZUH_REGISTRY }}
-      run: |
-        TARGET_FILE="wazuh-agent/docker-compose.yml"
-        if [ -f "$TARGET_FILE" ]; then
-          echo "Updating registry in $TARGET_FILE to: ${{ env.WAZUH_REGISTRY }}"
-          sed -i "s|wazuh/wazuh-|${{ env.WAZUH_REGISTRY }}/wazuh/wazuh-|g" "$TARGET_FILE"
-          sed -i "s/\(.*wazuh\/wazuh-.*:\)${{ env.WAZUH_IMAGE_VERSION }}/\1${{ env.WAZUH_IMAGE_VERSION }}-latest/g" "$TARGET_FILE"
-        else
-          echo "File $TARGET_FILE not found"
-          exit 1
-        fi
-
-    - name: Start Wazuh agent
-      if: ${{ always() && steps.start_multi_node_stack.outcome == 'success' }}
-      run: docker compose -f wazuh-agent/docker-compose.yml up -d
-
-    - name: Check Wazuh agent enrollment
-      if: ${{ always() && steps.start_multi_node_stack.outcome == 'success' }}
-      run: |
-        enrolled=false
-        for i in {1..5}; do
-          TOKEN=$(curl -s -u ${{ env.API_USERNAME }}:${{ env.API_PASSWORD }} -k -X POST "https://127.0.0.1:55000/security/user/authenticate?raw=true")
-          agents="`curl -k -s -X GET "https://127.0.0.1:55000/agents?pretty=true" -H  "Authorization: Bearer ${TOKEN}" | jq -r .data.affected_items | grep active | wc -l`"
-          if [[ $agents -gt 0 ]]; then
-            echo "Wazuh agents: ${agents}"
-            echo "OK"
-            enrolled=true
-            break
-          else
-            curl -k -s -X GET "https://127.0.0.1:55000/agents?pretty=true" -H  "Authorization: Bearer ${TOKEN}"
-            echo "Wazuh agents: ${agents}. Retrying in 10s"
-            [ $i -lt 5 ] && sleep 10
-          fi
-        done
-        if [[ "$enrolled" != "true" ]]; then
-          echo "Error: Wazuh agent enrollment did not reach expected active agents threshold"
-          exit 1
-        fi
-
-    - name: Check errors in wazuh-manager.log for Wazuh manager
-      if: ${{ always() && steps.start_multi_node_stack.outcome == 'success' }}
-      run: ./.github/multi-node-log-check.sh
-
-    - name: Check documents into wazuh-states index
-      if: ${{ always() && steps.start_multi_node_stack.outcome == 'success' }}
-      run: |
-        for i in {1..20}; do
-          echo "Checking documents in wazuh-states (Attempt $i/20)..."
-          RESPONSE=$(curl -XGET "https://127.0.0.1:9200/wazuh-states*/_count" -u ${{ env.INDEXER_USERNAME }}:${{ env.INDEXER_PASSWORD }} -k -s || echo "{}")
-          DOCS=$(echo "$RESPONSE" | jq -r '.count // 0')
-          if [[ "$DOCS" -gt 0 ]]; then
-            echo "wazuh-states index has documents: ${DOCS}"
-            exit 0
-          fi
-          echo "The index is empty or does not exist yet (Count: $DOCS). Waiting 60s"
-          [ $i -lt 20 ] && sleep 60
-        done
-        echo "Error: No documents found in wazuh-states after 20 attempts."
-        echo "Last response: $RESPONSE"
-        exit 1
-
-    - name: Docker logs
-      if: always()
-      continue-on-error: true
-      run: |
-        INDEXER_CONTAINERS=$(docker ps --format '{{.Names}}')
-        for CONTAINER_NAME in $INDEXER_CONTAINERS; do
-          echo ""
-          echo "========================================================="
-          echo "Container logs for $CONTAINER_NAME"
-          echo "========================================================="
-          docker logs "$CONTAINER_NAME"
-          echo "---------------------------------------------------------"
-        done
-      working-directory: ./multi-node
diff --git a/docs/SUMMARY.md b/docs/SUMMARY.md
index 28e0a483..312b8d86 100644
--- a/docs/SUMMARY.md
+++ b/docs/SUMMARY.md
@@ -30,3 +30,9 @@
 - [Security](ref/security.md)
 - [Performance](ref/performance.md)
 - [Glossary](ref/glossary.md)
+
+---
+
+# Integration Tests
+
+- [Docker Integration Tests](ref/integration_test/docker_integration_tests.md)
diff --git a/docs/ref/integration_test/docker_integration_tests.md b/docs/ref/integration_test/docker_integration_tests.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..23ea2e76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/ref/integration_test/docker_integration_tests.md
@@ -0,0 +1,332 @@
+# Docker Integration Tests
+
+Workflow file: `.github/workflows/5_check_integration_tools.yml`
+
+This workflow optionally builds Docker images from the PR branch, provisions a dedicated AWS VM, deploys the Wazuh Docker stack (single-node or multi-node), and runs the integration test suite against it via SSH.
+
+---
+
+## Triggers
+
+| Mode | Trigger | Who can trigger |
+|---|---|---|
+| PR comment | `issue_comment` on an open, non-draft PR | Any repo collaborator |
+| Manual | `workflow_dispatch` | Anyone with repo write access |
+
+---
+
+## Execution Flows
+
+### issue_comment flow
+
+```mermaid
+flowchart TD
+    A[PR comment posted] --> B{Recognized command\non open non-draft PR?}
+    B -- No --> Z[Ignored]
+    B -- Yes --> C[get_pr_info\nReact · Extract PR data\nParse command · Create Check Run]
+    C --> D[prepare\nResolve branch · Read VERSION.json]
+    D --> E[build_images\nBuild + push to ECR\nalways runs on PR comment]
+    E --> F{deployment_matrix}
+    F --> G[docker_test\nsingle-node]
+    F --> H[docker_test\nmulti-node]
+    G --> I[update_check]
+    H --> I
+```
+
+**Recognized commands:**
+
+| Comment | Deployment matrix |
+|---|---|
+| `/test-docker` | `["single-node","multi-node"]` |
+| `/test-docker-single` | `["single-node"]` |
+| `/test-docker-multi` | `["multi-node"]` |
+
+When triggered by PR comment, `build_images` **always** runs — images are always built from the PR branch and pushed to ECR.
+
+### workflow_dispatch flow
+
+```mermaid
+flowchart TD
+    A[Manual trigger] --> D[prepare\nResolve branch · Read VERSION.json]
+    D --> E{Build needed?\nno version + no stage\n+ registry=ECR}
+    E -- Yes --> F[build_images\nBuild + push to ECR]
+    E -- No --> G{deployment_type input}
+    F --> G
+    G -- single-node --> H[docker_test\nsingle-node]
+    G -- multi-node --> I[docker_test\nmulti-node]
+    G -- both --> H & I
+```
+
+`build_images` is **skipped** when either `version` or `stage` is provided, or when `registry = DockerHub`.
+
+---
+
+## Parameters
+
+### workflow_dispatch inputs
+
+| Input | Required | Default | Description |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| `pr_head_ref` | Yes | — | Branch of `wazuh-docker` to test |
+| `automation_reference` | No | `main` | Branch of `wazuh-automation` to use |
+| `deployment_type` | Yes | — | `single-node`, `multi-node`, or `both` |
+| `version` | No | — | Override image version (e.g. `5.0.1`). If empty, reads from `VERSION.json` |
+| `stage` | No | — | Image stage suffix (e.g. `beta1`, `beta2-latest`). Required when `version` is set |
+| `registry` | No | `ECR` | `ECR` (dev/built images) or `DockerHub` (released images) |
+
+### issue_comment parameters
+
+All parameters are derived automatically:
+
+| Parameter | Source |
+|---|---|
+| `pr_head_ref` | PR head branch from GitHub API |
+| `deployment_matrix` | Parsed from comment command |
+| `version` / `stage` | Read from `VERSION.json` on the PR branch |
+| `registry` | Always ECR (images are always built) |
+| `automation_reference` | Always `main` |
+
+---
+
+## Image Resolution Scenarios
+
+The workflow distinguishes five cases based on inputs:
+
+| Case | `version` input | `stage` input | Registry | Action | Image tag |
+|---|---|---|---|---|---|
+| a.1 | empty | empty | ECR (or PR comment) | **BUILD** from PR → ECR | `{version}-{stage}-latest` |
+| a.2 | empty | empty | DockerHub | Pull (no build) | `{version}-{stage}` |
+| b.1 | set | empty | ECR | Pull (no build) | `{version}-latest` |
+| b.2 | set | empty | DockerHub | Pull (no build) | `{version}` |
+| c | set or empty | set | ECR or DockerHub | Pull (no build) | `{version}-{stage}` |
+
+> When neither `version` nor `stage` is set, `version` and `stage` are read from `VERSION.json` on the target branch.
+
+> Case a.1 always applies when triggered by PR comment, regardless of the `registry` input (which is not available in that trigger mode).
+
+---
+
+## Job Details
+
+### Job 1 — `get_pr_info` (issue_comment only)
+
+| Step | What it does |
+|---|---|
+| React to comment | Adds a 🚀 reaction to the triggering PR comment |
+| Extract PR data | Calls GitHub API to get PR `head_ref` and `head_sha` |
+| Parse command | Maps comment text → `deployment_matrix` JSON and `check_name` string |
+| Create Check Run | Creates a GitHub Check Run in `in_progress` state on the PR head SHA |
+
+### Job 2 — `prepare` (both triggers)
+
+| Step | What it does |
+|---|---|
+| Resolve context | Reads inputs (workflow_dispatch) or `get_pr_info` outputs (issue_comment) |
+| Checkout `VERSION.json` | Sparse-checks out only `VERSION.json` from the target branch |
+| Read version info | Extracts `version` and `stage` from `VERSION.json` |
+| Show test plan | Logs the resolved image case (a.1/a.2/b.1/b.2/c) and writes a summary table |
+
+Outputs: `pr_head_ref`, `deployment_matrix`, `wazuh_version`, `wazuh_stage`.
+
+### Job 3 — `build_images` (conditional)
+
+Calls the reusable workflow `.github/workflows/5_build_and_push_images.yml`.
+
+**Runs when:** `version == ''` AND `stage == ''` AND (`registry == 'ECR'` OR `github.event_name == 'issue_comment'`).
+
+**Skipped when:** any explicit `version` or `stage` is provided, or `registry = DockerHub`.
+
+| Parameter passed | Value |
+|---|---|
+| `image_tag` | `{wazuh_version}-{wazuh_stage}` |
+| `docker_reference` | `pr_head_ref` |
+| `wazuh_automation_reference` | `automation_reference` input |
+| `products` | `wazuh-manager,wazuh-dashboard,wazuh-indexer,wazuh-agent` |
+| `dev` | `true` |
+| `id` | `docker-integration-{run_id}` |
+
+### Job 4 — `docker_test` (matrix, both triggers)
+
+Runs once per entry in `deployment_matrix`. Each instance provisions its own VM.
+
+#### Setup
+
+1. Checkout `wazuh-automation` at `automation_reference`
+2. Checkout `wazuh-docker` at `pr_head_ref`
+3. Resolve image configuration (see [Image Resolution Scenarios](#image-resolution-scenarios)) → sets `DOCKER_REGISTRY`, `DOCKER_TAG`, `DOCKER_VERSION`
+4. Set up Python 3.12 and install `test_runner`
+5. Configure AWS credentials via OIDC (`AWS_IAM_DOCKER_ROLE`)
+
+#### Instance allocation
+
+Provisions a dedicated AWS VM using the `deployability` allocator module:
+
+```bash
+python3 wazuh-automation/deployability/modules/allocation/main.py \
+  --action create \
+  --provider aws \
+  --size large \
+  --composite-name ubuntu-24-amd64 \
+  --instance-name gha_{run_id}_docker_{deployment_type} \
+  --label-team devops \
+  --label-termination-date 1d
+```
+
+The allocator writes `inventory.yml` with the SSH connection details (`ansible_host`, `ansible_port`, `ansible_user`, `ansible_ssh_private_key_file`). These are extracted and exported as `SSH_HOST`, `SSH_PORT`, `SSH_USER`, `SSH_KEY` environment variables.
+
+#### VM configuration and Docker install
+
+All subsequent steps run on the remote VM over SSH:
+
+1. **Install Docker CE**: `curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com | sudo sh`
+2. **Login to ECR** (when registry is ECR or trigger is issue_comment): authenticates the VM's Docker daemon to the dev registry
+3. **Set `vm.max_map_count=262144`**: required for OpenSearch/Wazuh Indexer
+
+#### Certificate generation and config
+
+Runs on the **runner** (not the VM):
+
+1. **Download `wazuh-certs-tool.sh`** directly from the packages URL:
+   - Pre-release: `packages-staging.xdrsiem.wazuh.info/pre-release/{major}.x/installation-assistant/wazuh-certs-tool-{version}-{stage}.sh`
+   - Release: `packages.wazuh.com/{major}.{minor}/wazuh-certs-tool-{version}-1.sh`
+
+2. **Generate `config.yml`** inline based on deployment type:
+
+   **single-node:**
+   ```yaml
+   nodes:
+     indexer:  [{ name: wazuh.indexer,   dns: wazuh.indexer }]
+     manager:  [{ name: wazuh.manager,   dns: wazuh.manager }]
+     dashboard:[{ name: wazuh.dashboard, dns: wazuh.dashboard }]
+   ```
+
+   **multi-node:**
+   ```yaml
+   nodes:
+     indexer:
+       - { name: wazuh1.indexer, dns: wazuh1.indexer }
+       - { name: wazuh2.indexer, dns: wazuh2.indexer }
+       - { name: wazuh3.indexer, dns: wazuh3.indexer }
+     manager:
+       - { name: wazuh.master, dns: wazuh.master, node_type: master }
+       - { name: wazuh.worker, dns: wazuh.worker, node_type: worker }
+     dashboard: [{ name: wazuh.dashboard, dns: wazuh.dashboard }]
+   ```
+
+3. **Copy `wazuh-docker/` to VM** via SCP: `scp -r wazuh-docker {remote}:/tmp/wazuh-docker`
+
+4. **Generate certificates on VM**: runs `tools/utils/deployment/certificates-conf.sh --cert --copy` inside `/tmp/wazuh-docker/{deployment}/`
+
+#### Deployment
+
+```bash
+# On the VM
+cd /tmp/wazuh-docker/{deployment_type}
+sudo docker compose up -d
+```
+
+Waits up to **15 minutes** polling every 10 seconds until all non-nginx containers report `healthy` status.
+
+After containers are healthy, waits for steady state:
+- `single-node`: 60 seconds
+- `multi-node`: 90 seconds
+
+#### Test execution
+
+```bash
+test_runner \
+  --test-type "docker-{deployment_type}" \
+  --deployment-type "docker-{deployment_type}" \
+  --ssh-host "{SSH_HOST}" \
+  --ssh-port "{SSH_PORT}" \
+  --ssh-key-path "{SSH_KEY}" \
+  --ssh-username "{SSH_USER}" \
+  --version "{DOCKER_VERSION}" \
+  --log-level INFO \
+  --output github \
+  --output-file "test-results-docker-{deployment_type}.github"
+```
+
+| Argument | Value | Notes |
+|---|---|---|
+| `--test-type` | `docker-single-node` or `docker-multi-node` | Selects the test module set |
+| `--deployment-type` | `docker-single-node` or `docker-multi-node` | Selects the deployment profile |
+| `--ssh-host/port/key/username` | From allocator inventory | Connects to the allocated VM |
+| `--version` | Resolved `DOCKER_VERSION` | Used for version assertion tests |
+| `--output github` | — | Emits GitHub Actions annotations |
+
+For details on what `docker-single-node` and `docker-multi-node` test types validate, see the `Integration Test Module — Description` of the internal documentation.
+
+#### Reporting
+
+| Output | When | Content |
+|---|---|---|
+| Step summary | Always | Test results appended to `$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY` |
+| PR comment | `issue_comment` trigger only | Posts or updates a comment (marker: `<!-- docker-integration-check-{deployment} -->`) with ✅/❌ and results |
+| Artifact: `test-results-docker-{deployment}-{run_id}` | Always | Results file, retained 7 days |
+| Artifact: `docker-logs-{deployment}-{run_id}` | On failure only | Full `docker compose logs` output, retained 7 days |
+
+#### Cleanup (always runs, even on failure)
+
+1. `docker compose down -v` on the VM (stops containers and removes volumes)
+2. Deallocate the VM:
+   ```bash
+   python3 wazuh-automation/deployability/modules/allocation/main.py \
+     --action delete \
+     --track-output {ALLOCATOR_PATH}/track.yml
+   ```
+
+### Job 5 — `update_check` (issue_comment only)
+
+Updates the GitHub Check Run created in Job 1:
+
+| `docker_test` result | Check conclusion |
+|---|---|
+| `success` | `success` — ✅ All Docker integration tests passed |
+| `failure` | `failure` — ❌ One or more tests failed |
+| `cancelled` | `cancelled` |
+
+---
+
+## Required Secrets and Variables
+
+### Secrets
+
+| Secret | Used by |
+|---|---|
+| `AWS_IAM_DOCKER_ROLE` | OIDC role for AWS operations (allocator + ECR) |
+| `GH_CLONE_TOKEN` | Checkout `wazuh-automation` |
+| `GITHUB_TOKEN` | PR comments and Check Run updates (built-in) |
+
+### Repository variables
+
+| Variable | Used by |
+|---|---|
+| `IMAGE_REGISTRY_PROD` | DockerHub registry URL |
+| `IMAGE_REGISTRY_DEV` | ECR registry URL |
+
+---
+
+## Permissions
+
+| Permission | Purpose |
+|---|---|
+| `id-token: write` | OIDC authentication to AWS |
+| `contents: read` | Checkout repository |
+| `pull-requests: write` | Post PR comments |
+| `issues: write` | Post comments via issues API |
+| `checks: write` | Create and update GitHub Check Runs |
+
+---
+
+## Instance Naming
+
+Allocated VMs are named:
+
+```
+gha_{github.run_id}_docker_{deployment_type}
+```
+
+Example: `gha_12345678_docker_single-node`
+
+VMs are tagged with `termination-date: 1d` — they are automatically terminated after 24 hours as a safety net, even if the cleanup step fails.
diff --git a/tools/repository_bumper.sh b/tools/repository_bumper.sh
index 4712761a..6c8d2be9 100644
--- a/tools/repository_bumper.sh
+++ b/tools/repository_bumper.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/.." && pwd)"
 LOG_FILE="${DIR}/tools/repository_bumper_$(date +"%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S-%3N").log"
 VERSION=""
 STAGE=""
+TAG=""
+REFERENCE=""
 FILES_EDITED=()
 FILES_EXCLUDED='--exclude="repository_bumper_*.log" --exclude="CHANGELOG.md" --exclude="repository_bumper.sh" --exclude="*_bumper_repository.yml" --exclude="mermaid-init.js" --exclude="mermaid.min.js"'
 
@@ -74,40 +76,44 @@ update_stage_in_files() {
             FILES_EDITED+=("${file}")
         fi
     done
+}
 
-    if [ $STAGE != "alpha0" ]; then
-        version_tag_string=": 'v${VERSION}'"
-        files_tag=( $(grep_command "${version_tag_string}" "${DIR}") )
-        for file in "${files_tag[@]}"; do
-            sed -i -E "s/(: )'v${VERSION}'/\1'v${VERSION}-${STAGE}'/g" "${file}"
-            if [[ $(git diff --name-only "${file}") ]]; then
-                FILES_EDITED+=("${file}")
-            fi
-        done
-
-        version_number_string=": '${VERSION}'"
-        files_version=( $(grep -RlE ": '[0-9]\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+'" "${DIR}") )
-        for file in "${files_version[@]}"; do
-            sed -i -E "s/(: )'${VERSION}'/\1'v${VERSION}-${STAGE}'/g" "${file}"
-            if [[ $(git diff --name-only "${file}") ]]; then
-                FILES_EDITED+=("${file}")
-            fi
-        done
+# Compute the value written into branch reference defaults ("<key>: '...'").
+# Without --tag, references stay branch-like (e.g. 5.0.0).
+# With --tag, references become tag-like (e.g. v5.0.0-beta3), or a plain release
+# tag (e.g. v5.0.0) when no stage is provided.
+build_reference() {
+    if [[ -n "$TAG" ]]; then
+        if [[ -z "$STAGE" ]]; then
+            REFERENCE="v${VERSION}"
+        else
+            REFERENCE="v${VERSION}-${STAGE}"
+        fi
+    else
+        REFERENCE="${VERSION}"
     fi
 }
 
+# Tag mode only: normalize every reference to the current version
+# (branch-like "5.0.0", "v5.0.0" or "v5.0.0-<stage>") into ${REFERENCE}.
+# Matching is restricted to "<key>: '...'" entries so plain version strings
+# elsewhere in the repository are left untouched.
+update_tag_references() {
+    local V_ESC="${VERSION//./\\.}"
+    files=( $(grep_command "${VERSION}" "${DIR}") )
+    for file in "${files[@]}"; do
+        sed -Ei "s/(:[[:space:]]*')v?${V_ESC}(-[A-Za-z0-9]+)?(')/\1${REFERENCE}\3/g" "${file}"
+        if [[ $(git diff --name-only "${file}") ]]; then
+            FILES_EDITED+=("${file}")
+        fi
+    done
+}
+
 update_main_in_files() {
-    if [[ $STAGE == "alpha0" ]]; then
-            bump_value="${VERSION}"
-    else
-            bump_value="v${VERSION}"
-    fi
-    main_string=": 'main'"
+    local main_string=": 'main'"
     files=( $(grep_command "${main_string}" "${DIR}") )
     for file in "${files[@]}"; do
-        if [[ "$skip_urls" != "yes" ]]; then
-            sed -Ei "s/(:[[:space:]])'main'/\1'${bump_value}'/g" "${file}"
-        fi
+        sed -Ei "s/(:[[:space:]])'main'/\1'${REFERENCE}'/g" "${file}"
         if [[ $(git diff --name-only "${file}") ]]; then
             FILES_EDITED+=("${file}")
         fi
@@ -141,8 +147,8 @@ main() {
                 shift 2
                 ;;
             --tag)
-                TAG="$2"
-                shift 2
+                TAG="yes"
+                shift 1
                 ;;
             --set-as-main)
                 set_as_main="yes"
@@ -155,15 +161,33 @@ main() {
         esac
     done
 
-    # Validate arguments
-    if [[ -z "${VERSION}" ]]; then
-        echo "Error: --version argument is required." | tee -a "${LOG_FILE}"
+    # --tag rewrites branch references into tag-like references (e.g. v5.0.0-beta3)
+    # and re-tags the Docker images accordingly. It is mutually exclusive with
+    # --set-as-main, which keeps references on main.
+    if [[ -n "$TAG" && -n "$set_as_main" ]]; then
+        echo "Error: --tag cannot be combined with --set-as-main." | tee -a "${LOG_FILE}"
         exit 1
     fi
 
-    if [[ -z "${STAGE}" ]]; then
-        echo "Error: --stage argument is required." | tee -a "${LOG_FILE}"
-        exit 1
+    # Read the current version/stage early: tag scenarios may omit --version and/or
+    # --stage and reuse the values already stored in VERSION.json.
+    get_old_version_and_stage
+
+    # Resolve and validate arguments depending on the mode
+    if [[ -n "$TAG" ]]; then
+        # Tag mode: version defaults to the current one; stage is optional
+        # (absent yields a release tag without a stage suffix).
+        [[ -z "$VERSION" ]] && VERSION="$OLD_VERSION"
+    else
+        # Branch mode: a full version + stage bump is required
+        if [[ -z "${VERSION}" ]]; then
+            echo "Error: --version argument is required." | tee -a "${LOG_FILE}"
+            exit 1
+        fi
+        if [[ -z "${STAGE}" ]]; then
+            echo "Error: --stage argument is required." | tee -a "${LOG_FILE}"
+            exit 1
+        fi
     fi
 
     # Validate if version is in the correct format
@@ -172,28 +196,25 @@ main() {
         exit 1
     fi
 
-    # Validate if stage is in the correct format
-    STAGE=$(echo "${STAGE}" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
-    if ! [[ "${STAGE}" =~ ^(alpha[0-9]*|beta[0-9]*|rc[0-9]*|stable)$ ]]; then
-        echo "Error: Stage must be one of the following examples: alpha1, beta1, rc1, stable." | tee -a "${LOG_FILE}"
-        exit 1
+    # Validate if stage is in the correct format (when provided)
+    if [[ -n "${STAGE}" ]]; then
+        STAGE=$(echo "${STAGE}" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
+        if ! [[ "${STAGE}" =~ ^(alpha[0-9]*|beta[0-9]*|rc[0-9]*|stable)$ ]]; then
+            echo "Error: Stage must be one of the following examples: alpha1, beta1, rc1, stable." | tee -a "${LOG_FILE}"
+            exit 1
+        fi
     fi
 
-    # Set skip_urls variable based on set_as_main flag
+    # Compute the value written into branch reference defaults
+    build_reference
+    echo "Reference for branch defaults: ${REFERENCE}" | tee -a "${LOG_FILE}"
+
+    # Convert 'main' references unless they must keep pointing to main (set-as-main)
     if [[ -z "$set_as_main" ]]; then
-        echo "Updating version from main to $VERSION" | tee -a "${LOG_FILE}"
-        update_main_in_files "$VERSION" "$STAGE"
+        echo "Updating 'main' references to ${REFERENCE}" | tee -a "${LOG_FILE}"
+        update_main_in_files
     fi
 
-    # Validate if tag is true or false
-    if [[ -n "${TAG}" && ! "${TAG}" =~ ^(true|false)$ ]]; then
-        echo "Error: --tag must be either true or false." | tee -a "${LOG_FILE}"
-        exit 1
-    fi
-
-    # Get old version and stage
-    get_old_version_and_stage
-
     if [[ "${OLD_VERSION}" != "${VERSION}" ]]; then
         echo "Updating version from ${OLD_VERSION} to ${VERSION}" | tee -a "${LOG_FILE}"
         update_version_in_files "${VERSION}"
@@ -203,10 +224,13 @@ main() {
         update_stage_in_files "$VERSION" "$STAGE"
     fi
 
-    # Update Docker images tag if tag is true
-    if [[ "${TAG}" == "true" ]]; then
-        echo "Updating Docker images tag to ${VERSION}-${STAGE}" | tee -a "${LOG_FILE}"
-        update_docker_images_tag "${VERSION}-${STAGE}"
+    # Tag mode: normalize remaining version references and re-tag the Docker images
+    # (image tags carry no leading 'v', e.g. 5.0.0-beta3).
+    if [[ -n "$TAG" ]]; then
+        echo "Updating version references to tag reference ${REFERENCE}" | tee -a "${LOG_FILE}"
+        update_tag_references
+        echo "Updating Docker images tag to ${REFERENCE#v}" | tee -a "${LOG_FILE}"
+        update_docker_images_tag "${REFERENCE#v}"
     fi