diff --git a/.buildkite/hooks/pre-command b/.buildkite/hooks/pre-command
index 8b84984a2823..5718d97879e1 100644
--- a/.buildkite/hooks/pre-command
+++ b/.buildkite/hooks/pre-command
@@ -35,11 +35,6 @@ if [[ "$BUILDKITE_PIPELINE_SLUG" == "auditbeat" || \
   export BUILDKITE_ANALYTICS_TOKEN
 fi
 
-if [[ "$BUILDKITE_PIPELINE_SLUG" == "beats-xpack-agentbeat" ]]; then
-    AGENTBEAT_PATH=$(.buildkite/scripts/agentbeat/setup_agentbeat.py)
-    export AGENTBEAT_PATH
-fi
-
 CPU_ARCH=$(uname -m)
 PLATFORM_TYPE=$(uname)
 
diff --git a/.buildkite/x-pack/pipeline.xpack.agentbeat.yml b/.buildkite/x-pack/pipeline.xpack.agentbeat.yml
index 57618c671e40..a806aaa86c6e 100644
--- a/.buildkite/x-pack/pipeline.xpack.agentbeat.yml
+++ b/.buildkite/x-pack/pipeline.xpack.agentbeat.yml
@@ -89,6 +89,12 @@ steps:
       #          - x-pack/agentbeat/build/distributions/**/*
       #          - "x-pack/agentbeat/build/*.xml"
       #          - "x-pack/agentbeat/build/*.json"
+#              plugins:
+#                - test-collector#v1.10.2:
+#                    files: "x-pack/agentbeat/build/TEST-*.xml"
+#                    format: "junit"
+#                    branches: "main"
+#                    debug: true
       #        retry:
       #          automatic:
       #            - limit: 1
@@ -103,15 +109,17 @@ steps:
       #          - github_commit_status:
       #              context: "agentbeat: Integration tests"
 
-      - label: ":linux: Agentbeat/Integration tests Linux"
+      - label: ":linux: x-pack/agentbeat: Ubuntu x86_64 Spec tests"
         key: "agentbeat-it-linux"
         env:
           PLATFORM: "linux/amd64"
 #        depends_on:
 #          - agentbeat-package-linux
         command: |
+          set +euo pipefail
+          AGENTBEAT_PATH=$(.buildkite/scripts/agentbeat/setup_agentbeat.py)
+          export AGENTBEAT_PATH
           cd x-pack/agentbeat
-          ls -la ../../agentbeat-9.0.0-SNAPSHOT-linux-x86_64
           mage -v testWithSpec
         agents:
           provider: "gcp"
@@ -120,13 +128,15 @@ steps:
           disk_size: 100
           disk_type: "pd-ssd"
 
-      - label: ":linux: Agentbeat/Integration tests Windows"
+      - label: ":windows: x-pack/agentbeat: Windows x86_64 Spec tests"
         key: "agentbeat-it-windows"
         env:
           PLATFORM: "windows/amd64"
 #        depends_on:
 #          - agentbeat-package-linux
         command: |
+          $cmdOutput = python .buildkite/scripts/agentbeat/setup_agentbeat.py
+          Set-Item "Env:AGENTBEAT_PATH" $cmdOutput
           cd x-pack/agentbeat
           mage -v testWithSpec
         agents:
diff --git a/x-pack/agentbeat/magefile.go b/x-pack/agentbeat/magefile.go
index 0b29c6c5d747..0c1c83992f71 100644
--- a/x-pack/agentbeat/magefile.go
+++ b/x-pack/agentbeat/magefile.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"bufio"
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
@@ -240,9 +241,10 @@ func TestWithSpec(ctx context.Context) {
 
 	hasFailures := false
 	for cmd, res := range cmdResults {
-		if !res {
-			fmt.Printf("~~~ Failed: [%s]\n", cmd)
-			fmt.Print(res)
+		if res {
+			fmt.Printf("--- :large_green_circle: Succeeded:[%s.10s...]\n", cmd)
+		} else {
+			fmt.Printf("--- :bangbang: Failed: [%s.10s...]\n", cmd)
 			hasFailures = true
 		}
 	}
@@ -255,7 +257,12 @@ func TestWithSpec(ctx context.Context) {
 
 func agentbeatCmd(agentbeatPath string, command string) bool {
 	cmd := exec.Command(agentbeatPath, command)
-	fmt.Printf("Running command: %v\n", cmd)
+	fmt.Printf("Executing: %s.10s...\n", cmd.String())
+
+	stdout, err := cmd.StdoutPipe()
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Printf("Error creating stdout pipe: %v\n", err)
+	}
 
 	if err := cmd.Start(); err != nil {
 		fmt.Printf("failed to start command: %v\n", err)
@@ -279,6 +286,11 @@ func agentbeatCmd(agentbeatPath string, command string) bool {
 	select {
 	case err := <-done:
 		fmt.Printf("command exited before %s: %v\n", timeout.String(), err)
+		fmt.Println("printing command stdout")
+		scanner := bufio.NewScanner(stdout)
+		for scanner.Scan() {
+			fmt.Println(scanner.Text())
+		}
 		return false
 
 	case <-deadline: