diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9033fed81f47..1438bc3d01bc 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     "dashboarding"
   ],
   "private": true,
-  "version": "6.8.5",
+  "version": "6.8.6",
   "branch": "6.8",
   "types": "./kibana.d.ts",
   "build": {
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@
     "webpack-merge": "4.1.4",
     "whatwg-fetch": "^3.0.0",
     "wreck": "^14.0.2",
-    "x-pack": "6.8.5",
+    "x-pack": "6.8.6",
     "yauzl": "2.7.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/packages/kbn-es/src/custom_snapshots.js b/packages/kbn-es/src/custom_snapshots.js
index 5b91414c1b13..0ac2e1ee0c36 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-es/src/custom_snapshots.js
+++ b/packages/kbn-es/src/custom_snapshots.js
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ function getCustomSnapshotUrl() {
   // force use of manually created snapshots until live ones are available
   if (!process.env.KBN_ES_SNAPSHOT_URL && !process.argv.some(isVersionFlag)) {
     // return 'https://storage.googleapis.com/kibana-ci-tmp-artifacts/{name}-{version}-{os}-x86_64.{ext}';
-    return undefined;
+    // return undefined;
+    return 'https://storage.googleapis.com/kibana-ci-tmp-artifacts/{name}-{version}.{ext}';
   }
 
   if (process.env.KBN_ES_SNAPSHOT_URL && process.env.KBN_ES_SNAPSHOT_URL !== 'false') {
diff --git a/x-pack/package.json b/x-pack/package.json
index 7a20e427a941..701663412684 100644
--- a/x-pack/package.json
+++ b/x-pack/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "x-pack",
-  "version": "6.8.5",
+  "version": "6.8.6",
   "private": true,
   "author": "Elastic",
   "license": "Elastic-License",