diff --git a/openshift-hack/images/tests/Dockerfile.rhel b/openshift-hack/images/tests/Dockerfile.rhel
index a3c62c3687d77..611575bf81edc 100644
--- a/openshift-hack/images/tests/Dockerfile.rhel
+++ b/openshift-hack/images/tests/Dockerfile.rhel
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM registry.ci.openshift.org/ocp/builder:rhel-8-golang-1.21-openshift-4.16 AS builder
+FROM registry.ci.openshift.org/ocp/builder:rhel-9-golang-1.21-openshift-4.16 AS builder
 WORKDIR /go/src/k8s.io/kubernetes
 COPY . .
 RUN make WHAT=openshift-hack/e2e/k8s-e2e.test; \