diff --git a/.buildkite/bump-golang.yml b/.buildkite/bump-golang.yml
index b9118f90..61e15705 100644
--- a/.buildkite/bump-golang.yml
+++ b/.buildkite/bump-golang.yml
@@ -63,15 +63,25 @@ conditions:
       image: golang
       tag: '{{ source "latestGoVersion" }}'
     sourceid: latestGoVersion
-  is:
+## As long as there is a bug see https://github.com/updatecli/updatecli/issues/1849
+## Let's use the shell kind rather than the file kind.
+## When fixed then uncomment the code and remove is-already-updated
+#  is:
+#    name: Is version '{{ source "latestGoVersion" }}' not updated in 'go/Makefile.common'?
+#    disablesourceinput: true
+#    kind: file
+#    spec:
+#      file: go/Makefile.common
+#      line: 5
+#      content: VERSION        := {{ source `latestGoVersion` }}
+#    failwhen: true
+  is-already-updated:
     name: Is version '{{ source "latestGoVersion" }}' not updated in 'go/Makefile.common'?
     disablesourceinput: true
-    kind: file
+    kind: shell
     spec:
-      file: go/Makefile.common
-      line: 5
-      content: VERSION        := {{ source `latestGoVersion` }}
-    failwhen: true
+      command: grep 'VERSION        := {{ source `latestGoVersion` }}' go/Makefile.common && exit 1 || exit 0
+    failwhen: false
 
 targets:
   update-go-version:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/bump-golang-previous.yml b/.github/workflows/bump-golang-previous.yml
index da871191..477bfd3a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bump-golang-previous.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bump-golang-previous.yml
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@ on:
 permissions:
   contents: read
 
-env:
-  JOB_URL: "${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}"
-
 jobs:
   bump:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -26,5 +23,3 @@ jobs:
           vaultUrl: ${{ secrets.VAULT_ADDR }}
           vaultRoleId: ${{ secrets.VAULT_ROLE_ID }}
           vaultSecretId: ${{ secrets.VAULT_SECRET_ID }}
-          notifySlackChannel: "#ingest-notifications"
-          messageIfFailure: ":traffic_cone: updatecli failed for `${{ github.repository }}@${{ github.ref_name }}`, @agent-team please look what's going on <${{ env.JOB_URL }}|here>"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/bump-golang.yml b/.github/workflows/bump-golang.yml
index 87ac4639..3cb3bcfe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bump-golang.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bump-golang.yml
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@ on:
 permissions:
   contents: read
 
-env:
-  JOB_URL: "${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}"
-
 jobs:
   bump:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -25,5 +22,3 @@ jobs:
           vaultUrl: ${{ secrets.VAULT_ADDR }}
           vaultRoleId: ${{ secrets.VAULT_ROLE_ID }}
           vaultSecretId: ${{ secrets.VAULT_SECRET_ID }}
-          notifySlackChannel: "#ingest-notifications"
-          messageIfFailure: ":traffic_cone: updatecli failed for `${{ github.repository }}@${{ github.ref_name }}`, @agent-team please look what's going on <${{ env.JOB_URL }}|here>"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/bump-golang/action.yml b/.github/workflows/bump-golang/action.yml
index 88448764..70cf73c0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bump-golang/action.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bump-golang/action.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,14 @@ inputs:
   go-minor:
     description: 'What Go minor version ([0-9]+.[0.9]+)'
     required: true
+  messageIfFailure:
+    description: 'Vault secret ID'
+    required: false
+    default: ":traffic_cone: updatecli failed for `${{ github.repository }}@${{ github.ref_name }}`, @agent-team please look what's going on <${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}|here>"
+  notifySlackChannel:
+    description: 'Vault secret ID'
+    required: false
+    default: "#ingest-notifications"
   vaultUrl:
     description: 'Vault URL'
     required: true
@@ -30,6 +38,8 @@ runs:
           vaultRoleId: ${{ inputs.vaultRoleId }}
           vaultSecretId: ${{ inputs.vaultSecretId }}
           pipeline: ./.buildkite/bump-golang.yml
+          notifySlackChannel: ${{ inputs.notifySlackChannel }}
+          messageIfFailure: ${{ inputs.messageIfFailure }}
         env:
           BRANCH: ${{ inputs.branch }}
           GO_MINOR: ${{ inputs.go-minor }}