diff --git a/.github/workflows/agent-e2e.yml b/.github/workflows/agent-e2e.yml
index 158a027a..539eb2bb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/agent-e2e.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/agent-e2e.yml
@@ -18,19 +18,18 @@ concurrency:
   group: agent-e2e-${{ github.ref }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
-# Deliberately NOT the same knob as the integration-tests-oss job in
-# pull_request.yml, despite the similar name. That job pins a *Docker image
-# tag* (conductoross/conductor on Docker Hub), defaulted in
-# scripts/docker-compose-oss.yaml and overridable via the
-# E2E_TEST_OSS_CONDUCTOR_VERSION org variable. This is a *Maven Central
-# artifact version* for the conductor-server boot JAR, which is a different
-# registry with a different set of published versions -- notably it has no
-# `latest`, which is what that org variable currently holds. It also carries a
-# constraint that job does not: the /agent/* control plane and the
-# TaskDef.runtimeMetadata persistence these suites exercise only exist from
-# 3.32.0-rc.8 onward. So it is pinned independently and bumped deliberately.
+# Shares the E2E_TEST_OSS_CONDUCTOR_VERSION org variable with the
+# integration-tests-oss job in pull_request.yml, set by conductor's publish.yml
+# on each release. That job consumes it as a *Docker image tag*
+# (conductoross/conductor on Docker Hub); this job consumes it as a *Maven
+# Central artifact version* for the conductor-server boot JAR. A concrete
+# release (e.g. 3.33.0) is valid in both registries, so one variable serves
+# both -- but it must never be set to `latest`, which Maven Central has no
+# artifact for. One constraint to respect when bumping: the /agent/* control
+# plane and TaskDef.runtimeMetadata persistence these suites exercise only
+# exist from 3.32.0-rc.8 onward, so never pin below that.
 env:
-  CONDUCTOR_OSS_VERSION: ${{ vars.CONDUCTOR_SERVER_VERSION || '3.32.1' }} # pinned conductor-oss release — see note above
+  CONDUCTOR_OSS_VERSION: ${{ vars.E2E_TEST_OSS_CONDUCTOR_VERSION || '3.33.0' }} # shared org var — see note above
 
 jobs:
   agent-e2e: