diff --git a/.ci-operator.yaml b/.ci-operator.yaml
index 38718883ba79..a83f0f843070 100644
--- a/.ci-operator.yaml
+++ b/.ci-operator.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 build_root_image:
   name: release
   namespace: openshift
-  tag: rhel-8-release-golang-1.21-openshift-4.16
+  tag: rhel-9-release-golang-1.21-openshift-4.16
diff --git a/images/hello-openshift/Dockerfile.rhel b/images/hello-openshift/Dockerfile.rhel
index 56a18e2f78fa..63fe636d4ead 100644
--- a/images/hello-openshift/Dockerfile.rhel
+++ b/images/hello-openshift/Dockerfile.rhel
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-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/github.com/openshift/hello-openshift
 COPY examples/hello-openshift .
 RUN go build -o /hello-openshift
 
-FROM registry.ci.openshift.org/ocp/4.14:base
+FROM registry.ci.openshift.org/ocp/4.16:base-rhel9
 COPY --from=builder /hello-openshift /hello-openshift
 EXPOSE 8080 8888
 USER 1001
diff --git a/images/tests/Dockerfile.rhel b/images/tests/Dockerfile.rhel
index b18cf59c055e..5940b7bbe42a 100644
--- a/images/tests/Dockerfile.rhel
+++ b/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/github.com/openshift/origin
 COPY . .
 RUN make; \
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ COPY --from=builder /go/src/github.com/openshift/origin/zz_generated.manifests/*
 
 RUN PACKAGES="git gzip util-linux" && \
     if [ $HOSTTYPE = x86_64 ]; then PACKAGES="$PACKAGES python3-cinderclient"; fi && \
-    if [ $HOSTTYPE = x86_64 ]; then PACKAGES="$PACKAGES rt-tests rteval"; fi && \
+    if [ $HOSTTYPE = x86_64 ]; then PACKAGES="$PACKAGES realtime-tests rteval"; fi && \
     yum install --setopt=tsflags=nodocs -y $PACKAGES && \
     yum update -y python3-six && \
     yum clean all && rm -rf /var/cache/yum/* && \