diff --git a/.github/workflows/analytics-engine-compat.yml b/.github/workflows/analytics-engine-compat.yml
index 6f94b3d53f9..97f907a0b74 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/analytics-engine-compat.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/analytics-engine-compat.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ jobs:
     uses: opensearch-project/opensearch-build/.github/workflows/get-ci-image-tag.yml@761e093b8c1349cc07f21c1d681d3b30bf9e1999 # main
     with:
       product: opensearch
+      # The analytics-engine native library (libopensearch_native.so from the feature-datafusion
+      # build) is compiled against glibc 2.28 and cannot dlopen on the default al2 ci-runner
+      # (glibc 2.26). almalinux8 ships glibc 2.28 and lets the node load it at boot.
+      platform: almalinux8
 
   analytics-engine-compat:
     needs: Get-CI-Image-Tag
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 3ff75ac6cd4..8e91c905b55 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 buildscript {
     ext {
-        opensearch_version = System.getProperty("opensearch.version", "3.9.0-SNAPSHOT")
+        opensearch_version = System.getProperty("opensearch.version", "3.10.0-SNAPSHOT")
         isSnapshot = "true" == System.getProperty("build.snapshot", "true")
         buildVersionQualifier = System.getProperty("build.version_qualifier", "")
         version_tokens = opensearch_version.tokenize('-')