diff --git a/hack/run-e2e-conformance-virtual-ocp.sh b/hack/run-e2e-conformance-virtual-ocp.sh
index 2f5f30fb96..70eeda249b 100755
--- a/hack/run-e2e-conformance-virtual-ocp.sh
+++ b/hack/run-e2e-conformance-virtual-ocp.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -xeo pipefail
 
-OCP_VERSION=${OCP_VERSION:-4.16.0-rc.1}
+OCP_VERSION=${OCP_VERSION:-4.16.0-rc.2}
 cluster_name=${CLUSTER_NAME:-ocp-virt}
 domain_name=lab
 
@@ -209,6 +209,10 @@ podman build -t "${SRIOV_NETWORK_WEBHOOK_IMAGE}" -f "${root}/Dockerfile.webhook"
 echo "## wait for registry to be available"
 kubectl wait configs.imageregistry.operator.openshift.io/cluster --for=condition=Available --timeout=120s
 
+echo "DEBUG: waiting here"
+sleep 300
+
+set +x
 dockercgf=`kubectl -n ${NAMESPACE} get sa builder -oyaml | grep imagePullSecrets -A 1 | grep -o "builder-.*"`
 auth=`kubectl -n ${NAMESPACE} get secret ${dockercgf} -ojson | jq '.data.".dockercfg"'`
 auth="${auth:1:-1}"
@@ -216,8 +220,10 @@ auth=`echo ${auth} | base64 -d`
 echo ${auth} > registry-login.conf
 
 internal_registry="image-registry.openshift-image-registry.svc:5000"
-pass=$( jq .\"$internal_registry\".password registry-login.conf )
-podman login -u serviceaccount -p ${pass:1:-1} $registry --tls-verify=false
+pass=$( jq .\"image-registry.openshift-image-registry.svc:5000\".auth registry-login.conf  )
+pass=`echo ${pass:1:-1} | base64 -d`
+podman login -u serviceaccount -p ${pass:8} $registry --tls-verify=false
+set -x
 
 MAX_RETRIES=20
 DELAY_SECONDS=10