diff --git a/.expeditor/build.habitat.yml b/.expeditor/build.habitat.yml
index b3dc0c6d712..9286c17df17 100644
--- a/.expeditor/build.habitat.yml
+++ b/.expeditor/build.habitat.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ studio_secrets:
   OPENSEARCH_NODE1_KEY_PEM:
     path: secret/a2/a2ha/opensearch
     field: node1-key.pem
+  HAB_BLDR_CHANNEL:
+    value: "LTS-2024"
   HAB_FALLBACK_CHANNEL:
     value: "stable"
   GOPROXY:
diff --git a/components/automate-es-gateway/habitat/plan.sh b/components/automate-es-gateway/habitat/plan.sh
index 13eb24597f0..ac2ec918f86 100644
--- a/components/automate-es-gateway/habitat/plan.sh
+++ b/components/automate-es-gateway/habitat/plan.sh
@@ -39,26 +39,25 @@ chef_automate_hab_binding_mode="relaxed"
 pkg_svc_user="root"
 
 pkg_deps=(
-  core/glibc/2.35/20240105171810
-  core/libedit/20210910-3.1/20240106023704
-  core/ncurses/6.2/20240105212325
-  core/zlib/1.3/20240105173710
-  core/bzip2/1.0.8/20240105212113
-  core/openssl/1.0.2zi/20240105224424
-  #core/pcre2
-  core/pcre/8.45/20240105213900
-  core/coreutils/8.32/20240105213308
-  chef/mlsa/1.0.1/20240125084021
-  core/bash/5.1/20240105214248
-  core/curl/8.7.1/20240614090648 #health_check
-  chef/automate-platform-tools/0.1.0/20241212061203
+  core/glibc
+  core/libedit
+  core/ncurses
+  core/zlib
+  core/bzip2
+  core/openssl
+  core/pcre2
+  core/coreutils
+  chef/mlsa
+  core/bash
+  core/curl # health_check
+  chef/automate-platform-tools
 )
 
 
 pkg_build_deps=(
-  core/gcc/9.5.0/20240105175314
-  core/make/4.3/20240105222044
-  core/coreutils/8.32/20240105213308
+  core/gcc
+  core/make
+  core/coreutils
 )
 
 pkg_lib_dirs=(lib)
diff --git a/components/automate-load-balancer/habitat/plan.sh b/components/automate-load-balancer/habitat/plan.sh
index c03400d84b7..5c4a69ab363 100644
--- a/components/automate-load-balancer/habitat/plan.sh
+++ b/components/automate-load-balancer/habitat/plan.sh
@@ -25,22 +25,21 @@ pkg_upstream_url="https://www.chef.io/automate"
 pkg_shasum=760729901acbaa517996e681ee6ea259032985e37c2768beef80df3a877deed9
 
 pkg_deps=(
-  core/glibc/2.35/20240105171810
-  core/libedit/20210910-3.1/20240106023704
-  core/ncurses/6.2/20240105212325
-  core/zlib/1.3/20240105173710
-  core/bzip2/1.0.8/20240105212113
-  core/openssl/1.0.2zi/20240105224424
-  #core/pcre2
-  core/pcre/8.45/20240105213900
-  chef/mlsa/1.0.1/20240125084021
-  core/bash/5.1/20240105214248
+  core/glibc
+  core/libedit
+  core/ncurses
+  core/zlib
+  core/bzip2
+  core/openssl/3.0.9
+  core/pcre2
+  chef/mlsa
+  core/bash
 )
 
 pkg_build_deps=(
-  core/gcc/9.5.0/20240105175314
-  core/make/4.3/20240105222044
-  core/coreutils/8.32/20240105213308
+  core/gcc
+  core/make
+  core/coreutils
 )
 pkg_lib_dirs=(lib)
 pkg_bin_dirs=(sbin)
diff --git a/integration/helpers/cert_auth_tests.sh b/integration/helpers/cert_auth_tests.sh
index 938f9f844ad..91ff398e9db 100644
--- a/integration/helpers/cert_auth_tests.sh
+++ b/integration/helpers/cert_auth_tests.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 cert_auth_tests() {
     log_info "Starting the Certificate Authentication test suite"
-    hab pkg install core/curl -c stable
+    hab pkg install core/curl
     #shellcheck disable=SC2154
     log_info "Generating policy to allow ${authorized_service_name} to GET the data collector endpoint"
     grant_permissions