diff --git a/.ci-operator.yaml b/.ci-operator.yaml
index ffa938cf0..b14fb3fdf 100644
--- a/.ci-operator.yaml
+++ b/.ci-operator.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 build_root_image:
   name: release
   namespace: openshift
-  tag: golang-1.10
+  tag: rhel-8-release-golang-1.19-openshift-4.12