diff --git a/core-services/release-controller/_releases/priv/release-ocp-4.23.json b/core-services/release-controller/_releases/priv/release-ocp-4.23.json
index bb3e425aadc31..270a479fb700a 100644
--- a/core-services/release-controller/_releases/priv/release-ocp-4.23.json
+++ b/core-services/release-controller/_releases/priv/release-ocp-4.23.json
@@ -92,6 +92,9 @@
             "optional": true,
             "prowJob": {
                 "name": "periodic-ci-openshift-release-main-nightly-4.23-fips-payload-scan-priv"
+            },
+            "qualifiers": {
+                "fips": {}
             }
         },
         "gcp-ovn-rt-upgrade-4.23-minor": {
diff --git a/core-services/release-controller/_releases/priv/release-ocp-5.0.json b/core-services/release-controller/_releases/priv/release-ocp-5.0.json
index 9f6c76c2c2f28..0d5413ba0e3b2 100644
--- a/core-services/release-controller/_releases/priv/release-ocp-5.0.json
+++ b/core-services/release-controller/_releases/priv/release-ocp-5.0.json
@@ -338,6 +338,9 @@
             "optional": true,
             "prowJob": {
                 "name": "periodic-ci-openshift-release-main-nightly-5.0-fips-payload-scan-priv"
+            },
+            "qualifiers": {
+                "fips": {}
             }
         },
         "gcp-control-plane-machine-set-operator": {
diff --git a/core-services/release-controller/_releases/release-ocp-4.23.json b/core-services/release-controller/_releases/release-ocp-4.23.json
index 692154a604c78..7fa03b4984bca 100644
--- a/core-services/release-controller/_releases/release-ocp-4.23.json
+++ b/core-services/release-controller/_releases/release-ocp-4.23.json
@@ -124,6 +124,9 @@
       "maxRetries": 2,
       "prowJob": {
         "name": "periodic-ci-openshift-release-main-nightly-4.23-fips-payload-scan"
+      },
+      "qualifiers": {
+        "fips": {}
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/core-services/release-controller/_releases/release-ocp-5.0.json b/core-services/release-controller/_releases/release-ocp-5.0.json
index a8df0efd2a703..0d44e052c149c 100644
--- a/core-services/release-controller/_releases/release-ocp-5.0.json
+++ b/core-services/release-controller/_releases/release-ocp-5.0.json
@@ -184,6 +184,9 @@
       "optional": true,
       "prowJob": {
         "name": "periodic-ci-openshift-release-main-nightly-5.0-fips-payload-scan"
+      },
+      "qualifiers": {
+        "fips": {}
       }
     },
     "aws-ovn-upgrade-5.0-micro-fips-no-nat-instance": {
diff --git a/core-services/release-controller/release-qualifiers.yaml b/core-services/release-controller/release-qualifiers.yaml
index 47e3bfb40388e..329ff356fc033 100644
--- a/core-services/release-controller/release-qualifiers.yaml
+++ b/core-services/release-controller/release-qualifiers.yaml
@@ -130,3 +130,9 @@ qualifiers:
     summary: "Driver Toolkit Validation"
     description: "Driver Toolkit Validation"
     payloadBadgeStatus: "Yes"
+  fips:
+    enabled: true
+    badgeName: "fips"
+    summary: "FIPS Payload Validation"
+    description: "FIPS Payload Validation"
+    payloadBadgeStatus: "Yes"