diff --git a/smac/acquisition/function/confidence_bound.py b/smac/acquisition/function/confidence_bound.py
index 211a08091..3efc87591 100644
--- a/smac/acquisition/function/confidence_bound.py
+++ b/smac/acquisition/function/confidence_bound.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+from abc import abstractmethod
 from typing import Any
 
 import numpy as np
@@ -9,16 +10,18 @@
 )
 from smac.utils.logging import get_logger
 
-__copyright__ = "Copyright 2025, Leibniz University Hanover, Institute of AI"
+__copyright__ = "Copyright 2022, automl.org"
 __license__ = "3-clause BSD"
 
 logger = get_logger(__name__)
 
 
-class LCB(AbstractAcquisitionFunction):
-    r"""Computes the lower confidence bound for a given x over the best so far value as acquisition value.
+class AbstractConfidenceBound(AbstractAcquisitionFunction):
+    r"""Computes the lower or upper confidence bound for a given x over the best so far value as acquisition value.
+
+    Example for LCB (UCB adds the variance term instead of subtracting it):
 
-    :math:`LCB(X) = \mu(\mathbf{X}) - \sqrt(\beta_t)\sigma(\mathbf{X})` [[SKKS10][SKKS10]]
+    :math:`LCB(X) = \mu(\mathbf{X}) - \sqrt(\beta_t)\sigma(\mathbf{X})` [SKKS10]_
 
     with
 
@@ -42,26 +45,50 @@ class LCB(AbstractAcquisitionFunction):
         Exploration-exploitation trade-off parameter.
     _num_data : int
         Number of data points seen so far.
+    _bound_type: str
+        Type of Confidence Bound. Either UCB or LCB. Set in child class.
+    _update_beta : bool
+        Whether to update beta or not.
+    _beta_scaling_srinivas : bool
+        Whether to use the beta scaling according to [0, 1].
+
+    References
+    ----------
+    [0] Srinivas, Niranjan, et al. "Gaussian process optimization in the bandit setting: No regret and experimental
+    design." arXiv preprint arXiv:0912.3995 (2009). or not.
+    [1] Makarova, Anastasia, et al. "Automatic Termination for Hyperparameter Optimization." First Conference on
+    Automated Machine Learning (Main Track). 2022.
+
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, beta: float = 1.0) -> None:
-        super(LCB, self).__init__()
+    def __init__(
+        self, beta: float = 1.0, nu: float = 1.0, update_beta: bool = True, beta_scaling_srinivas: bool = False
+    ) -> None:
+        super(AbstractConfidenceBound, self).__init__()
         self._beta: float = beta
+        self._nu: float = nu
         self._num_data: int | None = None
+        self._update_beta = update_beta
+        self._beta_scaling_srinivas = beta_scaling_srinivas
+
+    @property
+    @abstractmethod
+    def bound_type(self) -> str:  # noqa: D102
+        ...
 
     @property
     def name(self) -> str:  # noqa: D102
-        return "Lower Confidence Bound"
+        return "Confidence Bound"
 
     @property
     def meta(self) -> dict[str, Any]:  # noqa: D102
         meta = super().meta
-        meta.update({"beta": self._beta})
+        meta.update({"beta": self._beta, "nu": self._nu})
 
         return meta
 
     def _update(self, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
-        """Update acsquisition function attributes
+        """Update acquisition function attributes
 
         Parameters
         ----------
@@ -82,8 +109,8 @@ def _compute(self, X: np.ndarray) -> np.ndarray:
 
         Returns
         -------
-        np.ndarray [N,1]
-            Acquisition function values wrt X.
+        np.ndarray
+            Acquisition function values wrt X; shape [N,1].
 
         Raises
         ------
@@ -91,6 +118,15 @@ def _compute(self, X: np.ndarray) -> np.ndarray:
             If `update` has not been called before. Number of data points is unspecified in this case.
         """
         assert self._model is not None
+
+        if self.bound_type == "LCB":
+            sign = -1
+        elif self.bound_type == "UCB":
+            sign = 1
+        else:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"Which confidence bound is supposed to be used? Use LCB or UCB. bound_type is {self.bound_type}."
+            )
         if self._num_data is None:
             raise ValueError(
                 "No current number of data points specified. Call `update` to inform the acquisition function."
@@ -101,6 +137,94 @@ def _compute(self, X: np.ndarray) -> np.ndarray:
 
         m, var_ = self._model.predict_marginalized(X)
         std = np.sqrt(var_)
-        beta_t = 2 * np.log((X.shape[1] * self._num_data**2) / self._beta)
+        if self._update_beta and not self._beta_scaling_srinivas:
+            beta_t = 2 * np.log((X.shape[1] * self._num_data**2) / self._beta)
+        elif self._update_beta and self._beta_scaling_srinivas:
+            beta_t = (2 * np.log((X.shape[1] * self._num_data**2 * np.pi**2) / (6 * self._beta))) / 5
+        else:
+            beta_t = self._beta
 
-        return -(m - np.sqrt(beta_t) * std)
+        return -(m + sign * np.sqrt(self._nu * beta_t) * std)
+
+
+# Order of parents is important (priorities). This way _bound_type is correctly overwritten by the Mixin
+class LCB(AbstractConfidenceBound):
+    r"""Computes the lower confidence bound for a given x over the best so far value as acquisition value.
+
+    :math:`LCB(X) = \mu(\mathbf{X}) - \sqrt(\beta_t)\sigma(\mathbf{X})` [SKKS10]_
+
+    with
+
+    :math:`\beta_t = 2 \log( |D| t^2 / \beta)`
+
+    :math:`\text{Input space} D`
+    :math:`\text{Number of input dimensions} |D|`
+    :math:`\text{Number of data points} t`
+    :math:`\text{Exploration/exploitation tradeoff} \beta`
+
+    Returns -LCB(X) as the acquisition_function optimizer maximizes the acquisition value.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    beta : float, defaults to 1.0
+        Controls the balance between exploration and exploitation of the acquisition function.
+
+    Attributes
+    ----------
+    _beta : float
+        Exploration-exploitation trade-off parameter.
+    _num_data : int
+        Number of data points seen so far.
+    _bound_type: str
+        Type of Confidence Bound. Either UCB or LCB.
+
+    """
+
+    @property
+    def bound_type(self) -> str:  # noqa: D102
+        return "LCB"
+
+    @property
+    def name(self) -> str:  # noqa: D102
+        return "Lower Confidence Bound"
+
+
+class UCB(AbstractConfidenceBound):
+    r"""Computes the upper confidence bound for a given x over the best so far value as acquisition value.
+
+    :math:`UCB(X) = \mu(\mathbf{X}) + \sqrt(\beta_t)\sigma(\mathbf{X})` [SKKS10]_
+
+    with
+
+    :math:`\beta_t = 2 \log( |D| t^2 / \beta)`
+
+    :math:`\text{Input space} D`
+    :math:`\text{Number of input dimensions} |D|`
+    :math:`\text{Number of data points} t`
+    :math:`\text{Exploration/exploitation tradeoff} \beta`
+
+    Returns -UCB(X) as the acquisition_function optimizer maximizes the acquisition value.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    beta : float, defaults to 1.0
+        Controls the balance between exploration and exploitation of the acquisition function.
+
+    Attributes
+    ----------
+    _beta : float
+        Exploration-exploitation trade-off parameter.
+    _num_data : int
+        Number of data points seen so far.
+    _bound_type: str
+        Type of Confidence Bound. Either UCB or LCB.
+
+    """
+
+    @property
+    def bound_type(self) -> str:  # noqa: D102
+        return "UCB"
+
+    @property
+    def name(self) -> str:  # noqa: D102
+        return "Upper Confidence Bound"