diff --git a/alerting/build.gradle b/alerting/build.gradle
index cedb207a0..0d7d19729 100644
--- a/alerting/build.gradle
+++ b/alerting/build.gradle
@@ -99,14 +99,12 @@ integTest.getClusters().forEach{c -> c.plugin(project.getObjects().fileProperty(
 
 def _numNodes = findProperty('numNodes') as Integer ?: 1
 
-String notificationsVersion = "2.0.0"
-String notificationsQualifier = "rc1"
 String notificationsFilePath = "src/test/resources/notifications"
 String notificationsCoreFilePath = "src/test/resources/notifications-core"
-String notificationsOpenDistroPlugin = "opensearch-notifications-" + notificationsVersion + ".0-" + notificationsQualifier + ".zip"
-String notificationsCoreOpenDistroPlugin = "opensearch-notifications-core-" + notificationsVersion + ".0-" + notificationsQualifier + ".zip"
-String notificationsRemoteFile = "https://ci.opensearch.org/ci/dbc/distribution-build-opensearch/" + notificationsVersion + "-" + notificationsQualifier + "/latest/linux/x64/tar/builds/opensearch/plugins/" + notificationsOpenDistroPlugin
-String notificationsCoreRemoteFile = "https://ci.opensearch.org/ci/dbc/distribution-build-opensearch/" + notificationsVersion + "-" + notificationsQualifier + "/latest/linux/x64/tar/builds/opensearch/plugins/" + notificationsCoreOpenDistroPlugin
+String notificationsPlugin = "opensearch-notifications-" + plugin_no_snapshot + ".zip"
+String notificationsCorePlugin = "opensearch-notifications-core-" + plugin_no_snapshot + ".zip"
+String notificationsRemoteFile = "https://ci.opensearch.org/ci/dbc/distribution-build-opensearch/" + opensearch_no_snapshot + "/latest/linux/x64/tar/builds/opensearch/plugins/" + notificationsPlugin
+String notificationsCoreRemoteFile = "https://ci.opensearch.org/ci/dbc/distribution-build-opensearch/" + opensearch_no_snapshot + "/latest/linux/x64/tar/builds/opensearch/plugins/" + notificationsCorePlugin
 testClusters.integTest {
     testDistribution = "ARCHIVE"
     // Cluster shrink exception thrown if we try to set numberOfNodes to 1, so only apply if > 1
@@ -132,11 +130,11 @@ testClusters.integTest {
                     dir.mkdirs()
                 }
 
-                File f = new File(dir, notificationsCoreOpenDistroPlugin)
+                File f = new File(dir, notificationsCorePlugin)
                 if (!f.exists()) {
                     new URL(notificationsCoreRemoteFile).withInputStream{ ins -> f.withOutputStream{ it << ins }}
                 }
-                fileTree("src/test/resources/notifications-core").getSingleFile()
+                fileTree(notificationsCoreFilePath).getSingleFile()
             }
         }
     }))
@@ -151,11 +149,11 @@ testClusters.integTest {
                     dir.mkdirs()
                 }
 
-                File f = new File(dir, notificationsOpenDistroPlugin)
+                File f = new File(dir, notificationsPlugin)
                 if (!f.exists()) {
                     new URL(notificationsRemoteFile).withInputStream{ ins -> f.withOutputStream{ it << ins }}
                 }
-                fileTree("src/test/resources/notifications").getSingleFile()
+                fileTree(notificationsFilePath).getSingleFile()
             }
         }
     }))
@@ -261,7 +259,7 @@ task prepareBwcTests {
                             if (!f.exists()) {
                                 new URL(notificationsCoreRemoteFile).withInputStream{ ins -> f.withOutputStream{ it << ins }}
                             }
-                            fileTree("src/test/resources/notifications-core").getSingleFile()
+                            fileTree(notificationsCoreFilePath).getSingleFile()
                         }
                     }
                 }),
@@ -279,7 +277,7 @@ task prepareBwcTests {
                             if (!f.exists()) {
                                 new URL(notificationsRemoteFile).withInputStream{ ins -> f.withOutputStream{ it << ins }}
                             }
-                            fileTree("src/test/resources/notifications").getSingleFile()
+                            fileTree(notificationsFilePath).getSingleFile()
                         }
                     }
                 })
diff --git a/alerting/src/test/resources/bwc/alerting/1.13.1.0/opendistro-alerting-1.13.1.0.zip b/alerting/src/test/resources/bwc/alerting/1.13.1.0/opendistro-alerting-1.13.1.0.zip
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f17758c88
Binary files /dev/null and b/alerting/src/test/resources/bwc/alerting/1.13.1.0/opendistro-alerting-1.13.1.0.zip differ
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 2651c0da5..e30fced64 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -13,12 +13,15 @@ buildscript {
         // 2.0.0-rc1-SNAPSHOT -> 2.0.0.0-rc1-SNAPSHOT
         version_tokens = opensearch_version.tokenize('-')
         opensearch_build = version_tokens[0] + '.0'
+        plugin_no_snapshot = opensearch_build
         if (buildVersionQualifier) {
             opensearch_build += "-${buildVersionQualifier}"
+            plugin_no_snapshot += "-${buildVersionQualifier}"
         }
         if (isSnapshot) {
             opensearch_build += "-SNAPSHOT"
         }
+        opensearch_no_snapshot = opensearch_version.replace("-SNAPSHOT","")
         common_utils_version = System.getProperty("common_utils.version", opensearch_build)
         kotlin_version = '1.6.10'
     }