diff --git a/.ci-operator.yaml b/.ci-operator.yaml
index 2abb828f21..861496b841 100644
--- a/.ci-operator.yaml
+++ b/.ci-operator.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+build_root_image:
+  name: release
+  namespace: openshift
+  tag: rhel-8-release-golang-1.17-openshift-4.11
 project_image:
   context_dir: .
   dockerfile_path: base.Dockerfile
diff --git a/operator-registry.Dockerfile b/operator-registry.Dockerfile
index 8dff98c5ee..0748f1f387 100644
--- a/operator-registry.Dockerfile
+++ b/operator-registry.Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM registry.ci.openshift.org/ocp/builder:rhel-8-golang-1.16-openshift-4.10 AS builder
+FROM registry.ci.openshift.org/ocp/builder:rhel-8-golang-1.17-openshift-4.11 AS builder
 
 ENV GOPATH /go
 ENV PATH $GOPATH/bin:/usr/local/go/bin:$PATH
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ RUN make build/registry cross
 # copy and build vendored grpc_health_probe
 RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -mod=vendor -tags netgo -ldflags "-w" ./vendor/github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-health-probe/...
 
-FROM registry.ci.openshift.org/ocp/4.10:base
+FROM registry.ci.openshift.org/ocp/4.11:base
 
 COPY --from=builder /src/bin/* /bin/registry/
 COPY --from=builder /src/grpc-health-probe /bin/grpc_health_probe