diff --git a/cluster-provision/centos9/version b/cluster-provision/centos9/version
index 9712e223a2..0c8fb5bb29 100644
--- a/cluster-provision/centos9/version
+++ b/cluster-provision/centos9/version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-20241028.0
+20241216.0
diff --git a/cluster-provision/k8s/base-image b/cluster-provision/k8s/base-image
index 3e21d16312..fe7e779894 100644
--- a/cluster-provision/k8s/base-image
+++ b/cluster-provision/k8s/base-image
@@ -1 +1 @@
-quay.io/kubevirtci/centos9:2410291205-1fdde4bf
+quay.io/kubevirtci/centos9:2412310400-fbd31717