diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index fffe6c24..6089ba13 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ARG GOLANG_BASE_IMG=golang:1.26.4
-ARG OPERATOR_CONTROLLER_BASE_IMAGE=registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9/ubi-minimal:9.7
+ARG OPERATOR_CONTROLLER_BASE_IMAGE=registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9/ubi-minimal:9.8
 
 # Build the manager binary
 FROM ${GOLANG_BASE_IMG} AS builder
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9cb55fa9..b1b4d6c7 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ BUILD_BASE_IMG ?= ubuntu:22.04
 DOCKER_CACHE_FROM ?=
 DOCKER_CACHE_TO ?=
 GOLANG_BASE_IMG ?= golang:1.26.4
-OPERATOR_CONTROLLER_BASE_IMAGE ?= registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9/ubi-minimal:9.7
+OPERATOR_CONTROLLER_BASE_IMAGE ?= registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9/ubi-minimal:9.8
 # Helm binary installed into the build-shell image (Dockerfile.build). Pin the
 # version and its published sha256 together; bump both when upgrading.
 HELM_VERSION ?= v3.19.0
diff --git a/internal/kmmmodule/dockerfiles/DockerfileTemplate.coreos.gim b/internal/kmmmodule/dockerfiles/DockerfileTemplate.coreos.gim
index b150cdb7..e6ee5790 100644
--- a/internal/kmmmodule/dockerfiles/DockerfileTemplate.coreos.gim
+++ b/internal/kmmmodule/dockerfiles/DockerfileTemplate.coreos.gim
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ RUN mkdir -p /modules_files && \
     cp -r /lib/modules/${KERNEL_VERSION}/extra/* /gim_ko_files/ && \
     cp -r /lib/modules/${KERNEL_VERSION}/kernel/* /kernel_files/
 
-FROM registry.redhat.io/ubi9/ubi-minimal
+FROM registry.redhat.io/ubi9/ubi-minimal:9.8
 
 ARG KERNEL_VERSION
 
diff --git a/internal/kmmmodule/dockerfiles/DockerfileTemplate.rpm.coreos b/internal/kmmmodule/dockerfiles/DockerfileTemplate.rpm.coreos
index 7668572c..f9726221 100644
--- a/internal/kmmmodule/dockerfiles/DockerfileTemplate.rpm.coreos
+++ b/internal/kmmmodule/dockerfiles/DockerfileTemplate.rpm.coreos
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ RUN mkdir -p /modules_files && \
     cp -r /lib/modules/${KERNEL_VERSION}/extra/* /amdgpu_ko_files/ && \
     cp -r /lib/modules/${KERNEL_VERSION}/kernel/* /kernel_files/
 
-FROM registry.redhat.io/ubi9/ubi-minimal
+FROM registry.redhat.io/ubi9/ubi-minimal:9.8
 
 ARG KERNEL_VERSION
 
diff --git a/internal/kmmmodule/dockerfiles/DockerfileTemplate.srcimg.coreos b/internal/kmmmodule/dockerfiles/DockerfileTemplate.srcimg.coreos
index 5b01c78b..974b3aab 100644
--- a/internal/kmmmodule/dockerfiles/DockerfileTemplate.srcimg.coreos
+++ b/internal/kmmmodule/dockerfiles/DockerfileTemplate.srcimg.coreos
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ RUN mkdir -p /modules_files && \
     cp -r /lib/modules/${KERNEL_VERSION}/extra/* /amdgpu_ko_files/ && \
     cp -r /lib/modules/${KERNEL_VERSION}/kernel/* /kernel_files/
 
-FROM registry.redhat.io/ubi9/ubi-minimal
+FROM registry.redhat.io/ubi9/ubi-minimal:9.8
 
 ARG KERNEL_VERSION
 
diff --git a/internal/utils_container/Dockerfile b/internal/utils_container/Dockerfile
index 1849f6b2..77913f23 100644
--- a/internal/utils_container/Dockerfile
+++ b/internal/utils_container/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9/ubi-minimal:9.7
+FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9/ubi-minimal:9.8
 
 LABEL name="amd-gpu-operator-utils"
 LABEL maintainer="sriram.ravishankar@amd.com,yan.sun3@amd.com"