diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
index a14bf59299..0905abd6da 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ node {
   env.GIT_COMMIT = checkout(scm).GIT_COMMIT
 
   def excludeBranches = ['__nightly', 'devel', 'devel-staging', 'release3', 'release3-staging',
-                         'testing-closet*', 'hotfix-*']
+                         'release-tici', 'testing-closet*', 'hotfix-*']
   def excludeRegex = excludeBranches.join('|').replaceAll('\\*', '.*')
 
   if (env.BRANCH_NAME != 'master' && !env.BRANCH_NAME.contains('__jenkins_loop_')) {
diff --git a/system/updated/updated.py b/system/updated/updated.py
index 72f9de7d01..11928bc24c 100755
--- a/system/updated/updated.py
+++ b/system/updated/updated.py
@@ -242,6 +242,9 @@ class Updater:
     b: str | None = self.params.get("UpdaterTargetBranch")
     if b is None:
       b = self.get_branch(BASEDIR)
+    b = {
+      ("tici", "release3"): "release-tici"
+    }.get((HARDWARE.get_device_type(), b), b)
     return b
 
   @property
diff --git a/system/version.py b/system/version.py
index cd0e2d7f38..5e4fcf5c33 100755
--- a/system/version.py
+++ b/system/version.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from openpilot.common.basedir import BASEDIR
 from openpilot.common.swaglog import cloudlog
 from openpilot.common.git import get_commit, get_origin, get_branch, get_short_branch, get_commit_date
 
-RELEASE_BRANCHES = ['release3-staging', 'release3', 'nightly']
+RELEASE_BRANCHES = ['release3-staging', 'release3', 'release-tici', 'nightly']
 TESTED_BRANCHES = RELEASE_BRANCHES + ['devel', 'devel-staging', 'nightly-dev']
 
 BUILD_METADATA_FILENAME = "build.json"