diff --git a/.semaphore/semaphore.yml b/.semaphore/semaphore.yml
index 3da23fbf1ce..b913a59e8f4 100644
--- a/.semaphore/semaphore.yml
+++ b/.semaphore/semaphore.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ version: v1.0
 name: build-test-release
 agent:
   machine:
-    type: s1-prod-ubuntu24-04-amd64-1
+    type: s1-prod-ubuntu24-04-amd64-0
 
 fail_fast:
   cancel:
@@ -38,7 +38,10 @@ blocks:
         - name: Test
           commands:
             - ci-sem-pint
-            - ci-tools ci-update-version --direct-pom-edit
+            - uv tool install confluent-devtools@latest
+            - echo "=== CI Tools Version ===" && uv tool list | grep -i devtools && echo "==="
+            # Temporarily override to test forward fix for 2-segment versions
+            - export SEMAPHORE_GIT_REF_TYPE=branch && git fetch --tags -q && ci-tools ci-update-version --direct-pom-edit
             - mvn -Pjenkins -U -Dmaven.wagon.http.retryHandler.count=10 --batch-mode --no-transfer-progress clean verify install dependency:analyze validate
             - . cache-maven store
       epilogue: