diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index f8d92c9a92f9..0b53c0e65c6c 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ jobs:
         description: ArgoCD manifests repository to update
       manifests-branch:
         type: string
-        default: tests
+        default: environments/latest
         description: Branch to use when pushing deployment changes
       environment-path:
         type: string
diff --git a/.circleci/scripts/update_environment.sh b/.circleci/scripts/update_environment.sh
index e7a7802c0e27..db4bf66c968c 100755
--- a/.circleci/scripts/update_environment.sh
+++ b/.circleci/scripts/update_environment.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ args=(
     --author "${commit_author}"
     --update "${UPDATE}"
     --release-train "latest"
+    --manifests-repo-url "${MANIFESTS_REPO}"
+    --manifests-base-branch "${MANIFESTS_BRANCH}"
+    --manifests-repo-ref "${MANIFESTS_BRANCH}"
+    --skip-pull-request
     --push
 )