diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
index 5d2d426b67057b27d80eb3fcedb58f8e37f1a087..1b07b4015150c6783d6bb877210f565afcb94531 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ pipeline {
         booleanParam(name: 'BLACKDUCK_SCANS', defaultValue: false, description: 'Execute Blackduck scans')
         booleanParam(name: 'COVERITY_SCANS', defaultValue: false, description: 'Execute Coverity scans')
         booleanParam(name: 'SKIP_DOC', defaultValue: false, description: 'Skip documentation build')
-        string(name: 'CORE_INTERNAL_BRANCH', defaultValue: 'main', description: 'Sets the core-internal branch to a different value than main')
-        string(name: 'GUARD_BRANCH', defaultValue: 'main', description: 'Sets the guard branch to a different value than main')
+        string(name: 'CORE_INTERNAL_BRANCH', defaultValue: 'stable-8.6', description: 'Sets the core-internal branch to a different value than main')
+        string(name: 'GUARD_BRANCH', defaultValue: 'stable-8.6', description: 'Sets the guard branch to a different value than main')
 
     }
     options {