diff --git a/ci-operator/step-registry/ipi/conf/aws/ipi-conf-aws-ref.yaml b/ci-operator/step-registry/ipi/conf/aws/ipi-conf-aws-ref.yaml
index af9c8e4d4866c..83c8646910653 100644
--- a/ci-operator/step-registry/ipi/conf/aws/ipi-conf-aws-ref.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/step-registry/ipi/conf/aws/ipi-conf-aws-ref.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 ref:
   as: ipi-conf-aws
-  from: tools
+  from_image:
+   namespace: origin
+   name: centos
+   tag: '8'
   commands: ipi-conf-aws-commands.sh
   resources:
     requests:
diff --git a/ci-operator/step-registry/ipi/conf/ipi-conf-ref.yaml b/ci-operator/step-registry/ipi/conf/ipi-conf-ref.yaml
index 8de876baffa9e..82fd4d47653dd 100644
--- a/ci-operator/step-registry/ipi/conf/ipi-conf-ref.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/step-registry/ipi/conf/ipi-conf-ref.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 ref:
   as: ipi-conf
-  from: tools
+  from_image:
+   namespace: origin
+   name: centos
+   tag: '8'
   commands: ipi-conf-commands.sh
   resources:
     requests: