diff --git a/.ci-operator.yaml b/.ci-operator.yaml
index a3628cf240..1d88a59fdf 100644
--- a/.ci-operator.yaml
+++ b/.ci-operator.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 build_root_image:
   name: release
   namespace: openshift
-  tag: rhel-9-release-golang-1.25-openshift-4.22
+  tag: rhel-9-release-golang-1.26-openshift-5.0
diff --git a/Dockerfile.openshift.rhel7 b/Dockerfile.openshift.rhel7
index da6fc3a63f..5ceea1178d 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.openshift.rhel7
+++ b/Dockerfile.openshift.rhel7
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-FROM registry.ci.openshift.org/ocp/builder:rhel-9-golang-1.25-openshift-4.22 AS builder
+FROM registry.ci.openshift.org/ocp/builder:rhel-9-golang-1.26-openshift-5.0 AS builder
 WORKDIR /go/src/github.com/kubernetes-sigs/aws-ebs-csi-driver
 COPY . .
 RUN make ARCH=$(go env GOARCH)
 
-FROM registry.ci.openshift.org/ocp/4.22:base-rhel9
+FROM registry.ci.openshift.org/ocp/5.0:base-rhel9
 # Get mkfs & blkid
 RUN yum update -y && \
     yum install --setopt=tsflags=nodocs -y e2fsprogs xfsprogs util-linux && \