diff --git a/.github/workflows/agent-e2e.yml b/.github/workflows/agent-e2e.yml
index 3405268eb..f8e416a3b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/agent-e2e.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/agent-e2e.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@ concurrency:
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 env:
-  CONDUCTOR_SERVER_VERSION: ${{ vars.CONDUCTOR_SERVER_VERSION || '3.32.1' }}
+  # Tracks the org-level E2E_TEST_OSS_CONDUCTOR_VERSION, set by conductor's
+  # publish.yml on each release (shared with the pull_request.yml docker e2e).
+  # Fork PRs can't read org vars, so they fall back to the pinned default.
+  CONDUCTOR_SERVER_VERSION: ${{ vars.E2E_TEST_OSS_CONDUCTOR_VERSION || '3.33.0' }}
 
 jobs:
   agent-e2e: