diff --git a/Makefile.version.aarch64.var b/Makefile.version.aarch64.var
index c080b81da4..9971d6ff1b 100644
--- a/Makefile.version.aarch64.var
+++ b/Makefile.version.aarch64.var
@@ -1 +1 @@
-OCP_VERSION := 4.16.0-0.nightly-arm64-2024-12-15-233740
+OCP_VERSION := 4.16.0-0.nightly-arm64-2024-12-18-233740
diff --git a/Makefile.version.x86_64.var b/Makefile.version.x86_64.var
index 998e6672a4..cf93580320 100644
--- a/Makefile.version.x86_64.var
+++ b/Makefile.version.x86_64.var
@@ -1 +1 @@
-OCP_VERSION := 4.16.0-0.nightly-2024-12-15-184136
+OCP_VERSION := 4.16.0-0.nightly-2024-12-18-161525
diff --git a/assets/optional/multus/kustomization.aarch64.yaml b/assets/optional/multus/kustomization.aarch64.yaml
index af887e3dfb..916bf1fcec 100644
--- a/assets/optional/multus/kustomization.aarch64.yaml
+++ b/assets/optional/multus/kustomization.aarch64.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 images:
   - name: multus-cni-microshift
     newName: quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev
-    digest: sha256:48403afe272ed571f9f8baeab521c7726553fa8ec289f11b68788cd65c8c579e
+    digest: sha256:9f3c3a60e78bd2dcf3e2a38c5f685565dc54d6f7ca719cb75dde0e36637884eb
   - name: containernetworking-plugins-microshift
     newName: quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev
-    digest: sha256:97077fd7d1f9ec8ec130a0ea09c407c57ad0f6386bbc3a91cabdf8b580653c76
+    digest: sha256:a3dd8b203ccd4e9e53e1b1231807607dbc7c4bc2885650d995a2d0d22df6d1d9
diff --git a/assets/optional/multus/kustomization.x86_64.yaml b/assets/optional/multus/kustomization.x86_64.yaml
index a7205592af..9890e0a648 100644
--- a/assets/optional/multus/kustomization.x86_64.yaml
+++ b/assets/optional/multus/kustomization.x86_64.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 images:
   - name: multus-cni-microshift
     newName: quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev
-    digest: sha256:d6c5346e85bb524d6f71dc040ba37a9534209307dade7e1764665675a0b0b2c3
+    digest: sha256:206b23c9a596391210050367b64d28085421f3889b53792082e42890526f14f7
   - name: containernetworking-plugins-microshift
     newName: quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev
-    digest: sha256:1093ab816d54716d83271bb2f1c5271218f01a51ecaab880b0add2d384250bdc
+    digest: sha256:b0efc598d2b6c8ce93c1dc6ee0634e32ed8bde90ccc28bf061c4bd02835f07d2
diff --git a/assets/optional/multus/release-multus-aarch64.json b/assets/optional/multus/release-multus-aarch64.json
index f5a9edf7f7..c0d7689156 100644
--- a/assets/optional/multus/release-multus-aarch64.json
+++ b/assets/optional/multus/release-multus-aarch64.json
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 {
   "release": {
-    "base": "4.16.0-0.nightly-arm64-2024-12-15-233740"
+    "base": "4.16.0-0.nightly-arm64-2024-12-18-233740"
   },
   "images": {
-    "multus-cni-microshift": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:48403afe272ed571f9f8baeab521c7726553fa8ec289f11b68788cd65c8c579e",
-    "containernetworking-plugins-microshift": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:97077fd7d1f9ec8ec130a0ea09c407c57ad0f6386bbc3a91cabdf8b580653c76"
+    "multus-cni-microshift": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:9f3c3a60e78bd2dcf3e2a38c5f685565dc54d6f7ca719cb75dde0e36637884eb",
+    "containernetworking-plugins-microshift": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:a3dd8b203ccd4e9e53e1b1231807607dbc7c4bc2885650d995a2d0d22df6d1d9"
   }
 }
diff --git a/assets/optional/multus/release-multus-x86_64.json b/assets/optional/multus/release-multus-x86_64.json
index 11dec6c49b..7b2da4c9f6 100644
--- a/assets/optional/multus/release-multus-x86_64.json
+++ b/assets/optional/multus/release-multus-x86_64.json
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 {
   "release": {
-    "base": "4.16.0-0.nightly-2024-12-15-184136"
+    "base": "4.16.0-0.nightly-2024-12-18-161525"
   },
   "images": {
-    "multus-cni-microshift": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:d6c5346e85bb524d6f71dc040ba37a9534209307dade7e1764665675a0b0b2c3",
-    "containernetworking-plugins-microshift": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:1093ab816d54716d83271bb2f1c5271218f01a51ecaab880b0add2d384250bdc"
+    "multus-cni-microshift": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:206b23c9a596391210050367b64d28085421f3889b53792082e42890526f14f7",
+    "containernetworking-plugins-microshift": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:b0efc598d2b6c8ce93c1dc6ee0634e32ed8bde90ccc28bf061c4bd02835f07d2"
   }
 }
diff --git a/assets/optional/operator-lifecycle-manager/kustomization.aarch64.yaml b/assets/optional/operator-lifecycle-manager/kustomization.aarch64.yaml
index decd8c3a7c..2cef5cd105 100644
--- a/assets/optional/operator-lifecycle-manager/kustomization.aarch64.yaml
+++ b/assets/optional/operator-lifecycle-manager/kustomization.aarch64.yaml
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 images:
   - name: quay.io/operator-framework/olm
     newName: quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev
-    digest: sha256:10d93747e7acfd7ad47e8947067209ab588f73c4413a008c9bab1069bf21d6a1
+    digest: sha256:709dc5d38a17da1f49f3f7a47a6c04aa578602ce74b35e38b9895a2a71087a38
   - name: quay.io/operator-framework/configmap-operator-registry
     newName: quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev
-    digest: sha256:20d88475e28e2b45772441a7b55f481848df1135177913672dfed27259bdfea3
+    digest: sha256:24e0ed5e4b0969710d85d47cd4a1b9fb0a0144e598a537f742d66ae32a2ddeb2
   - name: quay.io/openshift/origin-kube-rbac-proxy
     newName: quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev
-    digest: sha256:5164589b06fc66cfcf3cb58361ba7c203cfe496f15b22584043e03f8849b4a75
+    digest: sha256:bdc2ae727e369092a86e1d70459fa23e251aedcbb5f7e560cd0ef3c7c5520562
 
 patches:
   - patch: |-
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@ patches:
        path: /spec/template/spec/containers/0/env/-
        value:
          name: OPERATOR_REGISTRY_IMAGE 
-         value: quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:20d88475e28e2b45772441a7b55f481848df1135177913672dfed27259bdfea3
+         value: quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:24e0ed5e4b0969710d85d47cd4a1b9fb0a0144e598a537f742d66ae32a2ddeb2
      - op: add
        path: /spec/template/spec/containers/0/env/-
        value:
          name: OLM_IMAGE 
-         value: quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:10d93747e7acfd7ad47e8947067209ab588f73c4413a008c9bab1069bf21d6a1
+         value: quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:709dc5d38a17da1f49f3f7a47a6c04aa578602ce74b35e38b9895a2a71087a38
     target:
       kind: Deployment
       labelSelector: app=catalog-operator
diff --git a/assets/optional/operator-lifecycle-manager/kustomization.x86_64.yaml b/assets/optional/operator-lifecycle-manager/kustomization.x86_64.yaml
index 268fd42d35..38f0803500 100644
--- a/assets/optional/operator-lifecycle-manager/kustomization.x86_64.yaml
+++ b/assets/optional/operator-lifecycle-manager/kustomization.x86_64.yaml
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 images:
   - name: quay.io/operator-framework/olm
     newName: quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev
-    digest: sha256:7956bc7245614fa5eed5d6984662fad4a36741a1d40c70fec003b9adc63bbfd8
+    digest: sha256:c318cc27581c5031a944c2fd31535c7d5566da86e99b74bb78c1806d0dc05f02
   - name: quay.io/operator-framework/configmap-operator-registry
     newName: quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev
-    digest: sha256:645a1be50f506a31ddf426da5a29462ff673287a053e77fefaf7176afcc0feb9
+    digest: sha256:5505d7305db8b4e1396b12ce26be16845bead899e5d0e8624ba014be02a3513c
   - name: quay.io/openshift/origin-kube-rbac-proxy
     newName: quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev
-    digest: sha256:a2290289e7d290d418d1b7ed5a9bea2adf71253ef23f673a0721e5dc7718122b
+    digest: sha256:336d5f09ef32e91f592ad178fae9dfdc8e0292d3802aa4f6ecc5488623527fd8
 
 patches:
   - patch: |-
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@ patches:
        path: /spec/template/spec/containers/0/env/-
        value:
          name: OPERATOR_REGISTRY_IMAGE 
-         value: quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:645a1be50f506a31ddf426da5a29462ff673287a053e77fefaf7176afcc0feb9
+         value: quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:5505d7305db8b4e1396b12ce26be16845bead899e5d0e8624ba014be02a3513c
      - op: add
        path: /spec/template/spec/containers/0/env/-
        value:
          name: OLM_IMAGE 
-         value: quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:7956bc7245614fa5eed5d6984662fad4a36741a1d40c70fec003b9adc63bbfd8
+         value: quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:c318cc27581c5031a944c2fd31535c7d5566da86e99b74bb78c1806d0dc05f02
     target:
       kind: Deployment
       labelSelector: app=catalog-operator
diff --git a/assets/optional/operator-lifecycle-manager/release-olm-aarch64.json b/assets/optional/operator-lifecycle-manager/release-olm-aarch64.json
index fef3c75903..78ad4879b5 100644
--- a/assets/optional/operator-lifecycle-manager/release-olm-aarch64.json
+++ b/assets/optional/operator-lifecycle-manager/release-olm-aarch64.json
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 {
   "release": {
-    "base": "4.16.0-0.nightly-arm64-2024-12-15-233740"
+    "base": "4.16.0-0.nightly-arm64-2024-12-18-233740"
   },
   "images": {
-    "operator-lifecycle-manager": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:10d93747e7acfd7ad47e8947067209ab588f73c4413a008c9bab1069bf21d6a1",
-    "operator-registry": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:20d88475e28e2b45772441a7b55f481848df1135177913672dfed27259bdfea3",
-    "kube-rbac-proxy": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:5164589b06fc66cfcf3cb58361ba7c203cfe496f15b22584043e03f8849b4a75"
+    "operator-lifecycle-manager": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:709dc5d38a17da1f49f3f7a47a6c04aa578602ce74b35e38b9895a2a71087a38",
+    "operator-registry": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:24e0ed5e4b0969710d85d47cd4a1b9fb0a0144e598a537f742d66ae32a2ddeb2",
+    "kube-rbac-proxy": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:bdc2ae727e369092a86e1d70459fa23e251aedcbb5f7e560cd0ef3c7c5520562"
   }
 }
diff --git a/assets/optional/operator-lifecycle-manager/release-olm-x86_64.json b/assets/optional/operator-lifecycle-manager/release-olm-x86_64.json
index eba51a8f73..bfa134d369 100644
--- a/assets/optional/operator-lifecycle-manager/release-olm-x86_64.json
+++ b/assets/optional/operator-lifecycle-manager/release-olm-x86_64.json
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 {
   "release": {
-    "base": "4.16.0-0.nightly-2024-12-15-184136"
+    "base": "4.16.0-0.nightly-2024-12-18-161525"
   },
   "images": {
-    "operator-lifecycle-manager": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:7956bc7245614fa5eed5d6984662fad4a36741a1d40c70fec003b9adc63bbfd8",
-    "operator-registry": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:645a1be50f506a31ddf426da5a29462ff673287a053e77fefaf7176afcc0feb9",
-    "kube-rbac-proxy": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:a2290289e7d290d418d1b7ed5a9bea2adf71253ef23f673a0721e5dc7718122b"
+    "operator-lifecycle-manager": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:c318cc27581c5031a944c2fd31535c7d5566da86e99b74bb78c1806d0dc05f02",
+    "operator-registry": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:5505d7305db8b4e1396b12ce26be16845bead899e5d0e8624ba014be02a3513c",
+    "kube-rbac-proxy": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:336d5f09ef32e91f592ad178fae9dfdc8e0292d3802aa4f6ecc5488623527fd8"
   }
 }
diff --git a/assets/release/release-aarch64.json b/assets/release/release-aarch64.json
index 50bc7a0041..8c55a25e84 100644
--- a/assets/release/release-aarch64.json
+++ b/assets/release/release-aarch64.json
@@ -1,23 +1,23 @@
 {
   "release": {
-    "base": "4.16.0-0.nightly-arm64-2024-12-15-233740"
+    "base": "4.16.0-0.nightly-arm64-2024-12-18-233740"
   },
   "images": {
-    "cli": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:e7059f22ef407d4b6f46fa9a0984897529378e1968019fdd73b247daa878af71",
-    "coredns": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:47d31ec4c7308bf0ea011295f6ba5ef7bb765b344b0fe3da7d0d738e1cd4057e",
-    "haproxy-router": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:7119f083fb9470a8bdc44d4534fd6269381fda2ec417be50b9c35a87ed455da7",
-    "kube-rbac-proxy": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:5164589b06fc66cfcf3cb58361ba7c203cfe496f15b22584043e03f8849b4a75",
+    "cli": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:d4e259d678fe17aa43da2afce590ae8168b1bb9e517c3d371f863464bcc68e55",
+    "coredns": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:11ab264fa68b91be4cd81d665814544aec3873884acf8b3082c107cf7c92d5ad",
+    "haproxy-router": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:5a46359929f37c3cb035fe2e4845fa669571a79dd8b81e3eec759520558b9929",
+    "kube-rbac-proxy": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:bdc2ae727e369092a86e1d70459fa23e251aedcbb5f7e560cd0ef3c7c5520562",
     "openssl": "registry.redhat.io/ubi9@sha256:ed84f34cd929ea6b0c247b6daef54dd79602804a32480a052951021caf429494",
-    "ovn-kubernetes-microshift": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:0dd0753cb7b866427187404d57c319add76d4c61588d5f5804bfd3dc62accbf5",
-    "pod": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:0dda66b7706be07afb33ddbb17297ac894297f69a304ef11749b451da478959d",
-    "service-ca-operator": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:0bd04c39b8abbd3144bd4fee04f4b231599a518c68ec9275f830ce90d35fb47d",
+    "ovn-kubernetes-microshift": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:ff8d00f2bdbfb63f03b5213765e45b091b57ed886b3a5e57b569535ccd71216c",
+    "pod": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:42d5bb1071c7b1c63ae470b603ee7c149aa3086dcd138dafcfc071f2b5a8e0a8",
+    "service-ca-operator": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:d9461df932934bc0646461a7ba1561904fbf994e55c05ce6407178ae181fb734",
     "topolvm_csi": "registry.redhat.io/lvms4/topolvm-rhel9@sha256:ce0c78c2867fb0b73c4911ae6afd5aaf9a413480cfcf4f31f46f2387c3df97e0",
     "topolvm_csi_registrar": "registry.redhat.io/openshift4/ose-csi-node-driver-registrar@sha256:95691c21198e20d11777d592806fa00c018c17443d9b3aee853891dac6090470",
     "topolvm_csi_livenessprobe": "registry.redhat.io/openshift4/ose-csi-livenessprobe@sha256:98ad03919da81c910aaa8a4f12fcae3048f2119735aeb7ca5271f7c16cf5e4e6",
     "topolvm_csi_resizer": "registry.redhat.io/openshift4/ose-csi-external-resizer@sha256:94f4a9ad37891cfbf58ca7db58000e703ff4d9d7a7b207d50ec844c1610e2111",
     "topolvm_csi_provisioner": "registry.redhat.io/openshift4/ose-csi-external-provisioner@sha256:76a5646d4b8406ae9065a1605644ec641acc97aa471ebae744e8e06487cec765",
-    "csi-external-snapshotter": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:758c93e5444b641169ae8442236a72337cd19258585197cc26533b4bf85e63d5",
-    "csi-snapshot-controller": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:95cf20d10102c3af74380b86b2e0ca22a157af990a8e8d133e71a44f3b87b68e",
-    "csi-snapshot-validation-webhook": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:7942c3ef59eaa1f60d3f7cf5de47dabd47798b9f2371b4483594f9f58e7c6d27"
+    "csi-external-snapshotter": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:d8a68ed33e1b3f847d44b7c4ba5f598ca714697a22d2a42595597abb425a1ee7",
+    "csi-snapshot-controller": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:9088e2d93b0ce7c0e59f399b5c3df9b86681d6d3ae7139c08b1ab5cd3bf0edf7",
+    "csi-snapshot-validation-webhook": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:a46af22619677bfdd3109a5e13778f0df89f5fa1bd896386e8a2d348d2282645"
   }
 }
diff --git a/assets/release/release-x86_64.json b/assets/release/release-x86_64.json
index 39c2b7f174..b86d74501e 100644
--- a/assets/release/release-x86_64.json
+++ b/assets/release/release-x86_64.json
@@ -1,23 +1,23 @@
 {
   "release": {
-    "base": "4.16.0-0.nightly-2024-12-15-184136"
+    "base": "4.16.0-0.nightly-2024-12-18-161525"
   },
   "images": {
-    "cli": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:e86abb09f936d66efe83cf8357f89fafdd02800418f76c03d52d79b1cb5221fb",
-    "coredns": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:92efef3c84a2c07ba39bd07974ead02ef630dac078ae07b7336b0fdb02bb13ba",
-    "haproxy-router": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:df4c09c54cd952162505b5ee8d76fba405a6085958fbe83b75424cabcdfc7cba",
-    "kube-rbac-proxy": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:a2290289e7d290d418d1b7ed5a9bea2adf71253ef23f673a0721e5dc7718122b",
+    "cli": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:c1191f7f0277da8d27b0e513bc41df7955e4d3fd59652ddad0efec0c860e2cc6",
+    "coredns": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:ded7349d8f21678508f7c4dc65b007350422cf8f07115a8ebc21804f8d625b21",
+    "haproxy-router": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:8246b63cdf76387c06913a97738ad88110f7a3a55d9d57661d09b41e00b8369b",
+    "kube-rbac-proxy": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:336d5f09ef32e91f592ad178fae9dfdc8e0292d3802aa4f6ecc5488623527fd8",
     "openssl": "registry.redhat.io/ubi9@sha256:ed84f34cd929ea6b0c247b6daef54dd79602804a32480a052951021caf429494",
-    "ovn-kubernetes-microshift": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:3a118e91258407b93d6c03fce9a97c1d24f10f43616df29f9768407f68e6b25e",
-    "pod": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:313f5cf0a267c62397eb572e4d9fb2f5634556c4ab4e1dc768f36d3b7961c661",
-    "service-ca-operator": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:ee5c1046da69d6c2322a9cca492bcd6b3f447ac164541462110322aa7b7f7934",
+    "ovn-kubernetes-microshift": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:0628e6ed2d993069c2cc613076fd558f8a902daa9effa858eabda2d657c25d33",
+    "pod": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:99ed43b00a9f90ef2cd40b863f3b02df58e174122d2836c79ee965e719305642",
+    "service-ca-operator": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:e244052a2470f09c4669720e3cc7675c212a7c7f35ebfc3b2104682bc2ec758e",
     "topolvm_csi": "registry.redhat.io/lvms4/topolvm-rhel9@sha256:ce0c78c2867fb0b73c4911ae6afd5aaf9a413480cfcf4f31f46f2387c3df97e0",
     "topolvm_csi_registrar": "registry.redhat.io/openshift4/ose-csi-node-driver-registrar@sha256:95691c21198e20d11777d592806fa00c018c17443d9b3aee853891dac6090470",
     "topolvm_csi_livenessprobe": "registry.redhat.io/openshift4/ose-csi-livenessprobe@sha256:98ad03919da81c910aaa8a4f12fcae3048f2119735aeb7ca5271f7c16cf5e4e6",
     "topolvm_csi_resizer": "registry.redhat.io/openshift4/ose-csi-external-resizer@sha256:94f4a9ad37891cfbf58ca7db58000e703ff4d9d7a7b207d50ec844c1610e2111",
     "topolvm_csi_provisioner": "registry.redhat.io/openshift4/ose-csi-external-provisioner@sha256:76a5646d4b8406ae9065a1605644ec641acc97aa471ebae744e8e06487cec765",
-    "csi-external-snapshotter": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:64d050d45ec18558514fc0788ef756b1063c2580f2d95945d042314ea4f732b5",
-    "csi-snapshot-controller": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:b70ca2ce37e001dd4d0b53739daaab42a8ecc92fec6901b5cd4ac1c759c484c6",
-    "csi-snapshot-validation-webhook": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:ab14e05383223438d32e86e1b421856243cdab6d0cebed5ffda191e24537eb3c"
+    "csi-external-snapshotter": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:2f4060706adcc300124ae2933403056790211477595743ad015a53e9f99b30bc",
+    "csi-snapshot-controller": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:98939168b6a1bfe45a497044ff1aa1893a26adaf809f27d8c3ffde67595fd5a3",
+    "csi-snapshot-validation-webhook": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:8c1719d2a4cbb17990bb0fb20e7fc5fc9ed53ceed5e6412299abfbb521016ddb"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packaging/crio.conf.d/10-microshift_amd64.conf b/packaging/crio.conf.d/10-microshift_amd64.conf
index aaa131ceee..10b444088a 100644
--- a/packaging/crio.conf.d/10-microshift_amd64.conf
+++ b/packaging/crio.conf.d/10-microshift_amd64.conf
@@ -25,6 +25,6 @@ plugin_dirs = [
 # for community builds on top of OKD, this setting has no effect
 [crio.image]
 global_auth_file="/etc/crio/openshift-pull-secret"
-pause_image = "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:313f5cf0a267c62397eb572e4d9fb2f5634556c4ab4e1dc768f36d3b7961c661"
+pause_image = "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:99ed43b00a9f90ef2cd40b863f3b02df58e174122d2836c79ee965e719305642"
 pause_image_auth_file = "/etc/crio/openshift-pull-secret"
 pause_command = "/usr/bin/pod"
diff --git a/packaging/crio.conf.d/10-microshift_arm64.conf b/packaging/crio.conf.d/10-microshift_arm64.conf
index f508b6b7b0..db7b2de499 100644
--- a/packaging/crio.conf.d/10-microshift_arm64.conf
+++ b/packaging/crio.conf.d/10-microshift_arm64.conf
@@ -25,6 +25,6 @@ plugin_dirs = [
 # for community builds on top of OKD, this setting has no effect
 [crio.image]
 global_auth_file="/etc/crio/openshift-pull-secret"
-pause_image = "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:0dda66b7706be07afb33ddbb17297ac894297f69a304ef11749b451da478959d"
+pause_image = "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:42d5bb1071c7b1c63ae470b603ee7c149aa3086dcd138dafcfc071f2b5a8e0a8"
 pause_image_auth_file = "/etc/crio/openshift-pull-secret"
 pause_command = "/usr/bin/pod"
diff --git a/scripts/auto-rebase/changelog.txt b/scripts/auto-rebase/changelog.txt
index 0647b64c60..91ffa42c24 100644
--- a/scripts/auto-rebase/changelog.txt
+++ b/scripts/auto-rebase/changelog.txt
@@ -1,12 +1,7 @@
-- cluster-network-operator embedded-component 07b4bfd42dab06335d73693325f4e2afe1c31368 to efa14fa349e7cd9ecd44dc90ad5dc1c7c52fea4c
-  - b8a047a 2024-12-12T09:57:09+01:00 Cleanup ipsec entries from sidecar container
-  - 7c1536d 2024-12-12T09:57:00+01:00 Remove ip xfrm state when IPsec is disabled
+- cluster-network-operator embedded-component efa14fa349e7cd9ecd44dc90ad5dc1c7c52fea4c to aa286367d966f61fe06b4bb107e2b324328450ff
+  - b67bafc 2024-12-13T18:48:14+01:00 Skip including default crypto policies to avoid authby issue
+  - 530e7be 2024-12-11T02:19:19-05:00 Prevent live migration process from flapping between step-2 and step-3
 
-- ovn-kubernetes image-amd64 e7ae53822521e520c4c1be31ba3bfb3388187989 to cd453e4951659e8de2bc824798ce3c70089352f9
-  - a2be9e21 2024-12-10T16:04:04+08:00 Bump OVS to 3.3.0-62.el9fdp for OCP 4.16
-  - 05455df3 2024-11-12T08:26:57+00:00 Add static route to the hairpin masquerade IPs to pod
-
-- ovn-kubernetes image-arm64 e7ae53822521e520c4c1be31ba3bfb3388187989 to cd453e4951659e8de2bc824798ce3c70089352f9
-  - a2be9e21 2024-12-10T16:04:04+08:00 Bump OVS to 3.3.0-62.el9fdp for OCP 4.16
-  - 05455df3 2024-11-12T08:26:57+00:00 Add static route to the hairpin masquerade IPs to pod
+- operator-framework-olm embedded-component d718c4c564975f3d4fac468987c4424691201790 to cee1f16cea7e10b8317c8e75420b84820ff19607
+  - bcf32067 2024-12-16T07:15:49+00:00 CRD upgrade existing CR validation fix (#3442)
 
diff --git a/scripts/auto-rebase/commits.txt b/scripts/auto-rebase/commits.txt
index 30d54eeb53..be489593ca 100644
--- a/scripts/auto-rebase/commits.txt
+++ b/scripts/auto-rebase/commits.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ https://github.com/openshift/cluster-ingress-operator embedded-component 57f9674
 https://github.com/openshift/cluster-kube-apiserver-operator embedded-component de2f2ac2fc9a811bd2b1db4f912c5a0092bfc3d0
 https://github.com/openshift/cluster-kube-controller-manager-operator embedded-component 0338b3be6912024d03def2c26f0fa10218fc2c25
 https://github.com/openshift/cluster-kube-scheduler-operator embedded-component 630f63bc7a30d2662bbb5115233144079de6eef6
-https://github.com/openshift/cluster-network-operator embedded-component efa14fa349e7cd9ecd44dc90ad5dc1c7c52fea4c
+https://github.com/openshift/cluster-network-operator embedded-component aa286367d966f61fe06b4bb107e2b324328450ff
 https://github.com/openshift/cluster-openshift-controller-manager-operator embedded-component 2280f54414cf403aed0a02b3fdb86ee6bf672410
 https://github.com/openshift/cluster-policy-controller embedded-component eaea543f4c845a7b65705f12e162cc121bb12f88
 https://github.com/openshift/csi-external-snapshotter embedded-component 5315d37a1e5415e8b6870f23e50238681979cc28
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ https://github.com/openshift/kubernetes embedded-component 67d33871ba24f0e8c4d2d
 https://github.com/openshift/kubernetes-kube-storage-version-migrator embedded-component 969a60e9e2466c44f5b3ffd43fe3ecab11bf1e51
 https://github.com/openshift/machine-config-operator embedded-component 64460169e27091d8f8373b0952604ba2700d6d67
 https://github.com/openshift/openshift-controller-manager embedded-component 05ca43957983cd8ea5a5890c5271d7cb228ecdd0
-https://github.com/openshift/operator-framework-olm embedded-component d718c4c564975f3d4fac468987c4424691201790
+https://github.com/openshift/operator-framework-olm embedded-component cee1f16cea7e10b8317c8e75420b84820ff19607
 https://github.com/openshift/route-controller-manager embedded-component 3112b458983c6fca6f77d5a945fb0026186dace6
 https://github.com/openshift/service-ca-operator embedded-component 538c7b98a689e573b61e1abb1cb649da470c5fac
 https://github.com/openshift/oc image-amd64 cf533b548154f7f2e828a44864477bbbb881692d
diff --git a/scripts/auto-rebase/last_rebase.sh b/scripts/auto-rebase/last_rebase.sh
index 5aa1d4bf18..1572d12d2a 100755
--- a/scripts/auto-rebase/last_rebase.sh
+++ b/scripts/auto-rebase/last_rebase.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 #!/bin/bash -x
-./scripts/auto-rebase/rebase.sh to "registry.ci.openshift.org/ocp/release:4.16.0-0.nightly-2024-12-15-184136" "registry.ci.openshift.org/ocp-arm64/release-arm64:4.16.0-0.nightly-arm64-2024-12-15-233740"
+./scripts/auto-rebase/rebase.sh to "registry.ci.openshift.org/ocp/release:4.16.0-0.nightly-2024-12-18-161525" "registry.ci.openshift.org/ocp-arm64/release-arm64:4.16.0-0.nightly-arm64-2024-12-18-233740"