diff --git a/.ci-operator.yaml b/.ci-operator.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..00d7adfcf4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ci-operator.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+build_root_image:
+  name: release
+  namespace: openshift
+  tag: rhel-8-release-golang-1.17-openshift-4.10
diff --git a/hack/verify-crds.sh b/hack/verify-crds.sh
index 10f4eeb38a5..a06cd0d61c1 100755
--- a/hack/verify-crds.sh
+++ b/hack/verify-crds.sh
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ fi
 FAILS=false
 
 for f in $(find . -name "*.yaml" -type f); do
-    grep -qre "kind:\(.*\)CustomResourceDefinition" || continue
-    grep -qre "name:\(.*\).openshift.io"  || continue
+    grep -qre "kind:\(.*\)CustomResourceDefinition" $f || continue
+    grep -qre "name:\(.*\).openshift.io" $f || continue
 
     if [[ $(./_output/tools/bin/yq r $f apiVersion) == "apiextensions.k8s.io/v1beta1" ]]; then
         if [[ $(./_output/tools/bin/yq r $f spec.validation.openAPIV3Schema.properties.metadata.description) != "null" ]]; then