diff --git a/pkg/variantregistry/ocp.go b/pkg/variantregistry/ocp.go
index 24ddad122..ae7f98217 100644
--- a/pkg/variantregistry/ocp.go
+++ b/pkg/variantregistry/ocp.go
@@ -746,8 +746,8 @@ func (v *OCPVariantLoader) setJobTier(_ logrus.FieldLogger, variants map[string]
 		// QE jobs allowlisted for Component Readiness
 		{[]string{"-automated-release"}, "standard"},
 
-		// OVN-Kubernetes BGP Virtualization jobs allowed for Component Readiness
-		{[]string{"-ovn-bgp-virt"}, "standard"},
+		// OVN-Kubernetes BGP jobs allowed for Component Readiness
+		{[]string{"-bgp-"}, "standard"},
 
 		// Add two-node-fencing for component readiness
 		{[]string{"-two-node-fencing-recovery"}, "standard"},
@@ -760,9 +760,6 @@ func (v *OCPVariantLoader) setJobTier(_ logrus.FieldLogger, variants map[string]
 		{[]string{"alibaba"}, "excluded"},
 		{[]string{"-osde2e-"}, "excluded"},
 
-		// OVN-Kubernetes BGP jobs; candidate tier to collect data while stabilizing
-		{[]string{"-bgp-"}, "candidate"},
-
 		// Experimental new jobs using nested vsphere lvl 2 environment,
 		// not ready to make release blocking yet.
 		{[]string{"-vsphere-host-groups"}, "candidate"},
diff --git a/pkg/variantregistry/snapshot.yaml b/pkg/variantregistry/snapshot.yaml
index 439bec577..e884c4bdc 100644
--- a/pkg/variantregistry/snapshot.yaml
+++ b/pkg/variantregistry/snapshot.yaml
@@ -223687,7 +223687,7 @@ periodic-ci-openshift-ovn-kubernetes-release-4.19-periodics-e2e-metal-ipi-ovn-du
     ContainerRuntime: crun
     FeatureSet: default
     Installer: ipi
-    JobTier: candidate
+    JobTier: standard
     LayeredProduct: none
     Network: ovn
     NetworkAccess: default
@@ -223711,7 +223711,7 @@ periodic-ci-openshift-ovn-kubernetes-release-4.19-periodics-e2e-metal-ipi-ovn-du
     ContainerRuntime: crun
     FeatureSet: default
     Installer: ipi
-    JobTier: candidate
+    JobTier: standard
     LayeredProduct: none
     Network: ovn
     NetworkAccess: default
@@ -223855,7 +223855,7 @@ periodic-ci-openshift-ovn-kubernetes-release-4.20-periodics-e2e-metal-ipi-ovn-du
     ContainerRuntime: crun
     FeatureSet: default
     Installer: ipi
-    JobTier: candidate
+    JobTier: standard
     LayeredProduct: none
     Network: ovn
     NetworkAccess: default
@@ -224022,7 +224022,7 @@ periodic-ci-openshift-ovn-kubernetes-release-4.21-periodics-e2e-metal-ipi-ovn-du
     ContainerRuntime: crun
     FeatureSet: default
     Installer: ipi
-    JobTier: candidate
+    JobTier: standard
     LayeredProduct: none
     Network: ovn
     NetworkAccess: default
@@ -224166,7 +224166,7 @@ periodic-ci-openshift-ovn-kubernetes-release-4.22-periodics-e2e-metal-ipi-ovn-du
     ContainerRuntime: crun
     FeatureSet: default
     Installer: ipi
-    JobTier: candidate
+    JobTier: standard
     LayeredProduct: none
     Network: ovn
     NetworkAccess: default
@@ -224190,7 +224190,7 @@ periodic-ci-openshift-ovn-kubernetes-release-4.22-periodics-e2e-metal-ipi-ovn-du
     ContainerRuntime: crun
     FeatureSet: techpreview
     Installer: ipi
-    JobTier: candidate
+    JobTier: standard
     LayeredProduct: none
     Network: ovn
     NetworkAccess: default
@@ -224334,7 +224334,7 @@ periodic-ci-openshift-ovn-kubernetes-release-4.23-periodics-e2e-metal-ipi-ovn-du
     ContainerRuntime: crun
     FeatureSet: default
     Installer: ipi
-    JobTier: candidate
+    JobTier: standard
     LayeredProduct: none
     Network: ovn
     NetworkAccess: default
@@ -224501,7 +224501,7 @@ periodic-ci-openshift-ovn-kubernetes-release-5.0-periodics-e2e-metal-ipi-ovn-dua
     ContainerRuntime: crun
     FeatureSet: default
     Installer: ipi
-    JobTier: candidate
+    JobTier: standard
     LayeredProduct: none
     Network: ovn
     NetworkAccess: default
@@ -224525,7 +224525,7 @@ periodic-ci-openshift-ovn-kubernetes-release-5.0-periodics-e2e-metal-ipi-ovn-dua
     ContainerRuntime: crun
     FeatureSet: techpreview
     Installer: ipi
-    JobTier: candidate
+    JobTier: standard
     LayeredProduct: none
     Network: ovn
     NetworkAccess: default