diff --git a/.semaphore/semaphore.yml b/.semaphore/semaphore.yml
index 2825489944..a60ed11e90 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-ubuntu20-04-amd64-1
+    type: s1-nonprod-ubuntu20-04-amd64-1
 
 fail_fast:
   cancel:
@@ -37,9 +37,8 @@ blocks:
       jobs:
         - name: Test
           commands:
-            - pip install confluent-release-tools -q
             - . sem-pint -c
-            - . ci-tools ci-update-version
+            - ci-tools ci-update-version
             - mvn -U -Dmaven.wagon.http.retryHandler.count=10 --batch-mode --no-transfer-progress clean verify install dependency:analyze validate
             - . cache-maven store
       epilogue:
@@ -57,8 +56,8 @@ blocks:
       jobs:
         - name: Release
           commands:
-            - . ci-tools ci-update-version
-            - . ci-tools ci-push-tag
+            - ci-tools ci-update-version
+            - ci-tools ci-push-tag
             - mvn -U -Dmaven.wagon.http.retryHandler.count=10 --batch-mode -DaltDeploymentRepository=confluent-codeartifact-internal::default::https://confluent-519856050701.d.codeartifact.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/maven/maven-snapshots/
               -DrepositoryId=confluent-codeartifact-internal deploy -DskipTests