diff --git a/.vortex/docs/content/deployment/notifications.mdx b/.vortex/docs/content/deployment/notifications.mdx
index e521e38a7..1c8710791 100644
--- a/.vortex/docs/content/deployment/notifications.mdx
+++ b/.vortex/docs/content/deployment/notifications.mdx
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ For example, to restrict New Relic notifications to only `main` and `staging`:
 VORTEX_NOTIFY_NEWRELIC_BRANCHES=main,staging
 ```
 
-New Relic defaults to `main,master`. All other channels default to no filter.
+New Relic defaults to `main,master,develop`. All other channels default to no filter.
 
 ## Message templates and tokens
 
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ in development or feature branch environments.
 | `VORTEX_NOTIFY_NEWRELIC_CHANGELOG` | No | Description | `.env` | Deployment changelog |
 | `VORTEX_NOTIFY_NEWRELIC_USER` | No | `Deployment robot` | `.env` | User performing deployment |
 | `VORTEX_NOTIFY_NEWRELIC_ENDPOINT` | No | `https://api.newrelic.com/v2` | `.env` | API endpoint |
-| `VORTEX_NOTIFY_NEWRELIC_BRANCHES` | No | `main,master` | `.env` | Restrict to specific branches (comma-separated) |
+| `VORTEX_NOTIFY_NEWRELIC_BRANCHES` | No | `main,master,develop` | `.env` | Restrict to specific branches (comma-separated) |
 
 ### Example
 
diff --git a/.vortex/docs/content/development/variables.mdx b/.vortex/docs/content/development/variables.mdx
index a8b242b4e..471b8ca64 100644
--- a/.vortex/docs/content/development/variables.mdx
+++ b/.vortex/docs/content/development/variables.mdx
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ The list below is automatically generated with [Shellvar](https://github.com/ale
 | <a id="vortex_notify_newrelic_apikey"></a>`VORTEX_NOTIFY_NEWRELIC_APIKEY`                                                       | NewRelic API key, usually of type 'USER'.<br/><br/>@see https://www.vortextemplate.com/docs/deployment/notifications#new-relic                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | `UNDEFINED`                                                              | `ACQUIA ENVIRONMENT`, `LAGOON ENVIRONMENT`                                             |
 | <a id="vortex_notify_newrelic_appid"></a>`VORTEX_NOTIFY_NEWRELIC_APPID`                                                         | New Relic notification application ID (auto-discovered if not provided).<br/><br/>Will be discovered automatically from application name if not provided.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | `UNDEFINED`                                                              | `scripts/vortex/notify-newrelic.sh`                                                                                                                              |
 | <a id="vortex_notify_newrelic_app_name"></a>`VORTEX_NOTIFY_NEWRELIC_APP_NAME`                                                   | New Relic notification application name as it appears in the dashboard.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | `${VORTEX_NOTIFY_NEWRELIC_PROJECT}-${VORTEX_NOTIFY_NEWRELIC_LABEL}`      | `scripts/vortex/notify-newrelic.sh`                                                                                                                              |
-| <a id="vortex_notify_newrelic_branches"></a>`VORTEX_NOTIFY_NEWRELIC_BRANCHES`                                                   | New Relic notification branch filter.<br/><br/>Comma-separated list of branch names. When set, New Relic notifications are only sent for deployments on the listed branches. When empty, no filtering is applied.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | `main,master`                                                            | `scripts/vortex/notify-newrelic.sh`                                                                                                                              |
+| <a id="vortex_notify_newrelic_branches"></a>`VORTEX_NOTIFY_NEWRELIC_BRANCHES`                                                   | New Relic notification branch filter.<br/><br/>Comma-separated list of branch names. When set, New Relic notifications are only sent for deployments on the listed branches. When empty, no filtering is applied.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | `main,master,develop`                                                    | `scripts/vortex/notify-newrelic.sh`                                                                                                                              |
 | <a id="vortex_notify_newrelic_changelog"></a>`VORTEX_NOTIFY_NEWRELIC_CHANGELOG`                                                 | New Relic notification deployment changelog. Defaults to the description.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | `UNDEFINED`                                                              | `scripts/vortex/notify-newrelic.sh`                                                                                                                              |
 | <a id="vortex_notify_newrelic_description"></a>`VORTEX_NOTIFY_NEWRELIC_DESCRIPTION`                                             | New Relic notification deployment description template. Available tokens: %project%, %label%, %timestamp%, %environment_url%, %login_url%                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | `UNDEFINED`                                                              | `scripts/vortex/notify-newrelic.sh`                                                                                                                              |
 | <a id="vortex_notify_newrelic_enabled"></a>`VORTEX_NOTIFY_NEWRELIC_ENABLED`                                                     | Flag to enable New Relic notifications. Set to "true" (not "`1`") in environments where New Relic is configured.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | `${NEWRELIC_ENABLED}`                                                    | `scripts/vortex/notify-newrelic.sh`                                                                                                                              |
diff --git a/.vortex/tests/bats/unit/notify-newrelic.bats b/.vortex/tests/bats/unit/notify-newrelic.bats
index c86a49e6c..e668e31bb 100644
--- a/.vortex/tests/bats/unit/notify-newrelic.bats
+++ b/.vortex/tests/bats/unit/notify-newrelic.bats
@@ -109,17 +109,17 @@ load ../_helper.bash
   export VORTEX_NOTIFY_NEWRELIC_ENABLED=true
   export VORTEX_NOTIFY_PROJECT="testproject"
   export VORTEX_NOTIFY_NEWRELIC_USER_KEY="key1234"
-  export VORTEX_NOTIFY_BRANCH="develop"
+  export VORTEX_NOTIFY_BRANCH="feature/test"
   export VORTEX_NOTIFY_SHA="abc123def456"
-  export VORTEX_NOTIFY_LABEL="develop"
+  export VORTEX_NOTIFY_LABEL="feature/test"
   export VORTEX_NOTIFY_ENVIRONMENT_URL="https://test.example.com"
-  # VORTEX_NOTIFY_NEWRELIC_BRANCHES defaults to "main,master"
+  # VORTEX_NOTIFY_NEWRELIC_BRANCHES defaults to "main,master,develop"
 
   run ./scripts/vortex/notify.sh
   assert_success
 
   assert_output_contains "Started dispatching notifications."
-  assert_output_contains "Skipping New Relic notification for branch 'develop'."
+  assert_output_contains "Skipping New Relic notification for branch 'feature/test'."
   assert_output_not_contains "Started New Relic notification."
   assert_output_contains "Finished dispatching notifications."
 
diff --git a/scripts/vortex/notify-newrelic.sh b/scripts/vortex/notify-newrelic.sh
index 8762ee3fd..8499b06e7 100755
--- a/scripts/vortex/notify-newrelic.sh
+++ b/scripts/vortex/notify-newrelic.sh
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ VORTEX_NOTIFY_NEWRELIC_EVENT="${VORTEX_NOTIFY_NEWRELIC_EVENT:-${VORTEX_NOTIFY_EV
 # Comma-separated list of branch names. When set, New Relic notifications
 # are only sent for deployments on the listed branches. When empty, no
 # filtering is applied.
-VORTEX_NOTIFY_NEWRELIC_BRANCHES="${VORTEX_NOTIFY_NEWRELIC_BRANCHES:-main,master}"
+VORTEX_NOTIFY_NEWRELIC_BRANCHES="${VORTEX_NOTIFY_NEWRELIC_BRANCHES:-main,master,develop}"
 
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