diff --git a/.buildkite/scripts/steps/integration_tests.sh b/.buildkite/scripts/steps/integration_tests.sh
index bd65c86f523..6ab01a41cc8 100755
--- a/.buildkite/scripts/steps/integration_tests.sh
+++ b/.buildkite/scripts/steps/integration_tests.sh
@@ -3,10 +3,9 @@ set -euxo pipefail
 
 source .buildkite/scripts/common.sh
 
-# Ignore the BEAT_VERSION set in common.sh above.
-unset BEAT_VERSION;
-
 # Set AGENT_PACKAGE_VERSION to 8.10.0-SNAPSHOT until the first 8.11.0-SNAPSHOT is ready.
+# Ignore the BEAT_VERSION set in common.sh so that it doesn't override the package version.
+unset BEAT_VERSION;
 AGENT_PACKAGE_VERSION=8.10.0 \
 DEV=true \
 EXTERNAL=true \