diff --git a/images/ansible-operator-2.11-preview/base.Dockerfile b/images/ansible-operator-2.11-preview/base.Dockerfile
index 94dc50a835..f04cdd5f93 100644
--- a/images/ansible-operator-2.11-preview/base.Dockerfile
+++ b/images/ansible-operator-2.11-preview/base.Dockerfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # It is built with dependencies that take a while to download, thus speeding
 # up ansible deploy jobs.
 
-FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/ubi:8.5
+FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/ubi:8.6
 ARG TARGETARCH
 
 # Label this image with the repo and commit that built it, for freshmaking purposes.
diff --git a/images/ansible-operator/base.Dockerfile b/images/ansible-operator/base.Dockerfile
index d103a98313..f86e235384 100644
--- a/images/ansible-operator/base.Dockerfile
+++ b/images/ansible-operator/base.Dockerfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # It is built with dependencies that take a while to download, thus speeding
 # up ansible deploy jobs.
 
-FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/ubi:8.5
+FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/ubi:8.6
 ARG TARGETARCH
 
 # Label this image with the repo and commit that built it, for freshmaking purposes.