diff --git a/ci-operator/config/openshift/distributed-tracing-qe/openshift-distributed-tracing-qe-main__ocp-4.16-disconnected.yaml b/ci-operator/config/openshift/distributed-tracing-qe/openshift-distributed-tracing-qe-main__ocp-4.16-disconnected.yaml
index d64ac7e11d9fa..5a98af6729c05 100644
--- a/ci-operator/config/openshift/distributed-tracing-qe/openshift-distributed-tracing-qe-main__ocp-4.16-disconnected.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/config/openshift/distributed-tracing-qe/openshift-distributed-tracing-qe-main__ocp-4.16-disconnected.yaml
@@ -47,16 +47,16 @@ tests:
   steps:
     cluster_profile: gcp-observability
     env:
-      MULTISTAGE_PARAM_OVERRIDE_OTEL_INDEX_IMAGE: brew.registry.redhat.io/rh-osbs/iib:1155560
-      MULTISTAGE_PARAM_OVERRIDE_TEMPO_INDEX_IMAGE: brew.registry.redhat.io/rh-osbs/iib:1157120
+      MULTISTAGE_PARAM_OVERRIDE_OTEL_INDEX_IMAGE: brew.registry.redhat.io/rh-osbs/iib:1201675
+      MULTISTAGE_PARAM_OVERRIDE_TEMPO_INDEX_IMAGE: brew.registry.redhat.io/rh-osbs/iib:1201014
       OPERATORS: |
         [
-            {"name": "amq-streams", "source": "cs-redhat-operator-index", "channel": "stable", "install_namespace": "openshift-operators", "target_namespaces": ""},
             {"name": "opentelemetry-product", "source": "cs-otel", "channel": "stable", "install_namespace": "openshift-opentelemetry-operator", "target_namespaces": "", "operator_group": "openshift-opentelemetry-operator"},
             {"name": "tempo-product", "source": "cs-tempo", "channel": "stable", "install_namespace": "openshift-tempo-operator", "target_namespaces": "", "operator_group": "openshift-tempo-operator"}
         ]
       SELF_MANAGED_ADDITIONAL_CA: "true"
       SELF_MANAGED_REGISTRY_CERT: "true"
+      SKIP_QE_APP_REGISTRY: "true"
     test:
     - ref: distributed-tracing-install-disconnected
     - ref: install-operators
diff --git a/ci-operator/step-registry/distributed-tracing/install/disconnected/distributed-tracing-install-disconnected-commands.sh b/ci-operator/step-registry/distributed-tracing/install/disconnected/distributed-tracing-install-disconnected-commands.sh
index 1940f18be692a..50cc155042505 100644
--- a/ci-operator/step-registry/distributed-tracing/install/disconnected/distributed-tracing-install-disconnected-commands.sh
+++ b/ci-operator/step-registry/distributed-tracing/install/disconnected/distributed-tracing-install-disconnected-commands.sh
@@ -264,9 +264,25 @@ EOF
 
 }
 
+function disable_default_catalogsource () {
+    # The QE catalogsource step is skipped for this job (SKIP_QE_APP_REGISTRY),
+    # and that is also where the default OperatorHub sources used to be
+    # disabled. They are unreachable on a disconnected cluster and leave stale
+    # packagemanifests behind, so disable them here before creating cs-tempo
+    # and cs-otel.
+    run_command "oc patch operatorhub cluster -p '{\"spec\": {\"disableAllDefaultSources\": true}}' --type=merge"; ret=$?
+    if [[ $ret -eq 0 ]]; then
+        echo "disable default Catalog Source successfully."
+    else
+        echo "!!! fail to disable default Catalog Source"
+        return 1
+    fi
+}
+
 run_command "oc whoami"
 run_command "oc version -o yaml"
 
 check_olm_capability
 check_marketplace
+disable_default_catalogsource
 mirror_catalog_icsp