diff --git a/.ci/openshift-ci/Dockerfile b/.ci/openshift-ci/Dockerfile
index abcfdd0f7..c7f9e2f3e 100644
--- a/.ci/openshift-ci/Dockerfile
+++ b/.ci/openshift-ci/Dockerfile
@@ -11,9 +11,21 @@
 #
 
 # Dockerfile to bootstrap build and test in openshift-ci
+FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9/nodejs-18:1
+# hadolint ignore=DL3002
+USER 0
 
-FROM registry.ci.openshift.org/openshift/release:golang-1.18
+# hadolint ignore=DL3041
+RUN dnf install -y -q --allowerasing --nobest nodejs-devel nodejs-libs \
+  # already installed or installed as deps:
+  openssl openssl-devel ca-certificates make cmake cpp gcc gcc-c++ zlib zlib-devel brotli brotli-devel python3 nodejs-packaging && \
+  dnf update -y && dnf clean all && \
+  npm install -g yarn@1.22 npm@9 && \
+  echo -n "node version: "; node -v; \
+  echo -n "npm  version: "; npm -v; \
+  echo -n "yarn version: "; yarn -v
 
-RUN curl -sL https://rpm.nodesource.com/setup_18.x | bash - && \
-  yum-config-manager --add-repo https://dl.yarnpkg.com/rpm/yarn.repo && \
-  yum install -y yarn
+# to build chectl in this container, uncomment these lines
+# resulting tarball will be in /opt/app-root/src/chectl*.tgz
+# COPY . /opt/app-root/src
+# RUN yarn && yarn pack && yarn test