diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 0918a7c416c..726fb010d64 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -1993,6 +1993,7 @@ steps:
   - mv bin/grabpl /tmp/
   - rmdir bin
   - mv grafana-enterprise /tmp/
+  - export DRONE_TARGET_BRANCH=$${DRONE_TAG}
   - /tmp/grabpl init-enterprise --github-token $${GITHUB_TOKEN} /tmp/grafana-enterprise
     ${DRONE_TAG}
   - mv /tmp/grafana-enterprise/deployment_tools_config.json deployment_tools_config.json
@@ -2350,6 +2351,7 @@ steps:
   - mv bin/grabpl /tmp/
   - rmdir bin
   - mv grafana-enterprise /tmp/
+  - export DRONE_TARGET_BRANCH=$${DRONE_TAG}
   - /tmp/grabpl init-enterprise --github-token $${GITHUB_TOKEN} /tmp/grafana-enterprise
     ${DRONE_TAG}
   - mv /tmp/grafana-enterprise/deployment_tools_config.json deployment_tools_config.json
@@ -2529,6 +2531,7 @@ steps:
   - mv bin/grabpl /tmp/
   - rmdir bin
   - mv grafana-enterprise /tmp/
+  - export DRONE_TARGET_BRANCH=$${DRONE_TAG}
   - /tmp/grabpl init-enterprise --github-token $${GITHUB_TOKEN} /tmp/grafana-enterprise
     ${DRONE_TAG}
   - mv /tmp/grafana-enterprise/deployment_tools_config.json deployment_tools_config.json
@@ -4724,6 +4727,6 @@ kind: secret
 name: aws_secret_access_key
 ---
 kind: signature
-hmac: ea3044683103acec9dbb09a50a699c4b8174eb3ad887417a16627a262713f7c5
+hmac: 3e76cf4a5ccab6bb3619b91805fd695d632d9d7df097da90386da7b5b5e25885
 
 ...
diff --git a/scripts/drone/steps/lib.star b/scripts/drone/steps/lib.star
index 8b33ee91635..38b024724ed 100644
--- a/scripts/drone/steps/lib.star
+++ b/scripts/drone/steps/lib.star
@@ -126,6 +126,22 @@ def init_enterprise_step(ver_mode):
     else:
         environment = {}
         token = ""
+    commands = [
+        'mv bin/grabpl /tmp/',
+        'rmdir bin',
+        'mv grafana-enterprise /tmp/',
+    ]
+
+    if ver_mode == 'release':
+      commands += ['export DRONE_TARGET_BRANCH=$${DRONE_TAG}']
+
+    commands += [
+        '/tmp/grabpl init-enterprise {} /tmp/grafana-enterprise{}'.format(token, source_commit),
+        'mv /tmp/grafana-enterprise/deployment_tools_config.json deployment_tools_config.json',
+        'mkdir bin',
+        'mv /tmp/grabpl bin/'
+    ]
+
     return {
         'name': 'init-enterprise',
         'image': build_image,
@@ -133,15 +149,7 @@ def init_enterprise_step(ver_mode):
             'clone-enterprise',
         ],
         'environment': environment,
-        'commands': [
-            'mv bin/grabpl /tmp/',
-            'rmdir bin',
-            'mv grafana-enterprise /tmp/',
-            '/tmp/grabpl init-enterprise {} /tmp/grafana-enterprise{}'.format(token, source_commit),
-            'mv /tmp/grafana-enterprise/deployment_tools_config.json deployment_tools_config.json',
-            'mkdir bin',
-            'mv /tmp/grabpl bin/'
-        ],
+        'commands': commands,
     }