diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index e14dbdb0f8..123dd25cdb 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/manifestival/client-go-client v0.6.0
 	github.com/manifestival/manifestival v0.7.2
 	github.com/markbates/inflect v1.0.4
-	github.com/openshift-pipelines/pipelines-as-code v0.39.2
+	github.com/openshift-pipelines/pipelines-as-code v0.39.3
 	github.com/openshift/api v0.0.0-20240521185306-0314f31e7774
 	github.com/openshift/apiserver-library-go v0.0.0-20230816171015-6bfafa975bfb
 	github.com/openshift/client-go v0.0.0-20240523113335-452272e0496d
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index a03c6a0f49..dae37b4a1e 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -2377,8 +2377,8 @@ github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0 h1:apOUWs51W5PlhuyGyz9FCeeBIOUDA/6nW8
 github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0/go.mod h1:0JzlMkj0TRzQZfJkVvzbP0HBR3IKzErnv2BNG4W4MAM=
 github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.1.1 h1:y0fUlFfIZhPF1W537XOLg0/fcx6zcHCJwooC2xJA040=
 github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.1.1/go.mod h1:qpqAh3Dmcf36wStyyWU+kCeDgrGnAve2nCC8+7h8Q0M=
-github.com/openshift-pipelines/pipelines-as-code v0.39.2 h1:VvSzAaWlEcOnu6xRXWKEquYbdr6RYqTv6zQzIym+NK4=
-github.com/openshift-pipelines/pipelines-as-code v0.39.2/go.mod h1:5KqGAgmiFldqi4KG4Vj/5juzbUbPucASmqKrWwePG9U=
+github.com/openshift-pipelines/pipelines-as-code v0.39.3 h1:Er8vZZrbslGeaGG5tUlMbUlzTeMCyMRsWqSD5tIJUjo=
+github.com/openshift-pipelines/pipelines-as-code v0.39.3/go.mod h1:5KqGAgmiFldqi4KG4Vj/5juzbUbPucASmqKrWwePG9U=
 github.com/openshift/api v0.0.0-20240521185306-0314f31e7774 h1:SsoLnIil/D0FcjUbQ9Z8h95B7rxFvrso2X6OQjR8jPw=
 github.com/openshift/api v0.0.0-20240521185306-0314f31e7774/go.mod h1:7Hm1kLJGxWT6eysOpD2zUztdn+w91eiERn6KtI5o9aw=
 github.com/openshift/apiserver-library-go v0.0.0-20230816171015-6bfafa975bfb h1:UMgJny13BBcHpY+JQ9Eg1Dm9+J7nWO3eqPvV1Zpd49A=
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/openshift-pipelines/pipelines-as-code/pkg/params/settings/default.go b/vendor/github.com/openshift-pipelines/pipelines-as-code/pkg/params/settings/default.go
index 85e196d071..f0ea70ec8d 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/openshift-pipelines/pipelines-as-code/pkg/params/settings/default.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/openshift-pipelines/pipelines-as-code/pkg/params/settings/default.go
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 package settings
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
+	"strings"
 	"sync"
+	"time"
 
 	hubtypes "github.com/openshift-pipelines/pipelines-as-code/pkg/hub/vars"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
@@ -20,6 +24,9 @@ func getHubCatalogs(logger *zap.SugaredLogger, catalogs *sync.Map, config map[st
 
 	if hubType, ok := config[HubCatalogTypeKey]; !ok || hubType == "" {
 		config[HubCatalogTypeKey] = hubtypes.ArtifactHubType
+		if config[HubURLKey] != "" {
+			config[HubCatalogTypeKey] = getHubCatalogTypeViaAPI(config[HubURLKey])
+		}
 	} else if hubType != hubtypes.ArtifactHubType && hubType != hubtypes.TektonHubType {
 		logger.Warnf("CONFIG: invalid hub type %s, defaulting to %s", hubType, hubtypes.ArtifactHubType)
 		config[HubCatalogTypeKey] = hubtypes.ArtifactHubType
@@ -105,3 +112,28 @@ func getHubCatalogs(logger *zap.SugaredLogger, catalogs *sync.Map, config map[st
 	}
 	return catalogs
 }
+
+func getHubCatalogTypeViaAPI(hubURL string) string {
+	statsURL := fmt.Sprintf("%s/api/v1/stats", strings.TrimSuffix(hubURL, "/"))
+
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 5*time.Second)
+	defer cancel()
+
+	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodGet, statsURL, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return hubtypes.TektonHubType
+	}
+
+	resp, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return hubtypes.TektonHubType
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+	if resp.StatusCode == http.StatusOK {
+		return hubtypes.ArtifactHubType
+	}
+
+	// if the API call fails, return Tekton Hub type
+	return hubtypes.TektonHubType
+}
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index fd018f6df2..bbadccc5a3 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -1001,7 +1001,7 @@ github.com/opencontainers/go-digest
 ## explicit; go 1.18
 github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/specs-go
 github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/specs-go/v1
-# github.com/openshift-pipelines/pipelines-as-code v0.39.2
+# github.com/openshift-pipelines/pipelines-as-code v0.39.3
 ## explicit; go 1.24.0
 github.com/openshift-pipelines/pipelines-as-code/pkg/cli
 github.com/openshift-pipelines/pipelines-as-code/pkg/configutil