diff --git a/ci-operator/config/openshift/images/openshift-images-master.yaml b/ci-operator/config/openshift/images/openshift-images-master.yaml
index 1439a4e9cd357..eba93192e9b15 100644
--- a/ci-operator/config/openshift/images/openshift-images-master.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/config/openshift/images/openshift-images-master.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 base_images:
+  base-os-8:
+    name: builder
+    namespace: ocp
+    tag: rhel-8-base-openshift-4.6
   builder:
     name: builder
     namespace: ocp
@@ -11,10 +15,6 @@ base_images:
     name: ubi
     namespace: ocp
     tag: "7"
-  os-8:
-    name: ubi
-    namespace: ocp
-    tag: "8"
 build_root:
   image_stream_tag:
     name: release
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ images:
   to: keepalived-ipfailover
 promotion:
   additional_images:
-    base: base-7
+    base: base-8
     base-7: base-7
     base-8: base-8
   name: "4.6"
@@ -62,12 +62,6 @@ raw_steps:
       curl http://base-4-6.ocp.svc > /etc/yum.repos.d/content.repo
     from: os-7
     to: base-os-7
-- pipeline_image_cache_step:
-    commands: |
-      rm -rf /etc/yum.repos.d/*
-      curl http://base-4-6-rhel8.ocp.svc > /etc/yum.repos.d/content.repo
-    from: os-8
-    to: base-os-8
 resources:
   '*':
     requests: