diff --git a/openshift-ci/Dockerfile.tools b/openshift-ci/Dockerfile.tools
index c4dde87e9..8442299de 100644
--- a/openshift-ci/Dockerfile.tools
+++ b/openshift-ci/Dockerfile.tools
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # 
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-FROM centos:7 as build-tools
+FROM centos:8 as build-tools
 ENV LANG=en_US.utf8
 ENV GOPATH /tmp/go
 ARG GO_PACKAGE_PATH=github.com/shipwright-io/build