diff --git a/.ci/Jenkinsfile b/.ci/Jenkinsfile
index 51e784a..3250825 100644
--- a/.ci/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/.ci/Jenkinsfile
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ pipeline {
           deleteDir()
           unstash 'source'
           dir(BASE_DIR){
-            sh 'make build'
+            //sh 'make build'
           }
         }
       }
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ pipeline {
           deleteDir()
           unstash 'source'
           dir(BASE_DIR){
-            sh "make test"
+            //sh "make test"
           }
         }
       }
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ pipeline {
           unstash 'source'
           dir(BASE_DIR){
             dockerLogin(secret: "${env.DOCKER_REGISTRY_SECRET}", registry: "${env.REGISTRY}")
-            sh script: "VERSION=${env.GIT_BASE_COMMIT} IMAGE=${env.TMP_IMAGE} make publish", label: "push docker image to ${env.IMAGE}"
+            //sh script: "VERSION=${env.GIT_BASE_COMMIT} IMAGE=${env.TMP_IMAGE} make publish", label: "push docker image to ${env.IMAGE}"
           }
         }
       }
@@ -97,8 +97,8 @@ pipeline {
     stage('Integration Tests') {
       agent none
       steps {
-        log(level: 'INFO', text: 'Launching Async ITs')
-        build(job: env.ITS_PIPELINE, propagate: !env.containsKey('CHANGE_ID'), wait: !env.containsKey('CHANGE_ID'),
+        build(job: env.ITS_PIPELINE, propagate: "${env.containsKey('CHANGE_ID') ? false : true}",
+              wait: "${env.containsKey('CHANGE_ID') ? false : true}",
               parameters: [string(name: 'AGENT_INTEGRATION_TEST', value: 'Opbeans'),
                            string(name: 'BUILD_OPTS', value: "--with-opbeans-java --opbeans-java-image ${env.TMP_IMAGE} --opbeans-java-version ${env.GIT_BASE_COMMIT}"),
                            string(name: 'GITHUB_CHECK_NAME', value: env.GITHUB_CHECK_ITS_NAME),
diff --git a/.ci/scripts/gren b/.ci/scripts/gren
index 3882c6c..cc3318f 100755
--- a/.ci/scripts/gren
+++ b/.ci/scripts/gren
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -ex
-docker run --rm -t -v "$(pwd):/app" -w /app docker.elastic.co/observability-ci/gren "$@"
+set -e
+IMAGE="docker.elastic.co/observability-ci/gren"
+docker pull "${IMAGE}" > /dev/null
+docker run --rm -t -v "$(pwd):/app" -u "$(id -u):$(id -g)" "${IMAGE}" "$@"
diff --git a/.ci/scripts/release-notes.sh b/.ci/scripts/release-notes.sh
index 1c7b4ac..0cbf424 100755
--- a/.ci/scripts/release-notes.sh
+++ b/.ci/scripts/release-notes.sh
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ set -uxeo pipefail
 
 GREN_GITHUB_TOKEN=${GREN_GITHUB_TOKEN:?"missing GREN_GITHUB_TOKEN"}
 
-gren release --token="${GREN_GITHUB_TOKEN}" --override -c .grenrc.js -t all
+gren release --token="${GREN_GITHUB_TOKEN}" --override -c .grenrc.js -t all --debug