diff --git a/tests/roles/dataplane_adoption/tasks/main.yaml b/tests/roles/dataplane_adoption/tasks/main.yaml
index 652ba8830..c416f793a 100644
--- a/tests/roles/dataplane_adoption/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/tests/roles/dataplane_adoption/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -6,45 +6,17 @@
     ceph_backend_configuration_fsid_shell_vars: |
       CEPH_FSID=$(oc get secret ceph-conf-files -o json | jq -r '.data."ceph.conf"' | base64 -d | grep fsid | sed -e 's/fsid = //')
 
-- name: Patch ansibleee csv to use image built from source or latest if none is defined
+- name: Patch openstackversion to use image built from source or latest if none is defined
   when: not skip_patching_ansibleee_csv | bool
-  block:
-    - name: Save ansibleee-operator pod name to be able to wait for the rollout of the new pod
-      no_log: "{{ use_no_log }}"
-      ansible.builtin.shell: |
-        {{ shell_header }}
-        {{ oc_header }}
-        oc get -n openstack-operators pod -l app.kubernetes.io/name=openstack-ansibleee-operator -o name
-      register: old_ansibleee_operator_pod
-
-    - name: Get ansibleee-operator csv name
-      no_log: "{{ use_no_log }}"
-      ansible.builtin.shell: |
-        {{ shell_header }}
-        {{ oc_header }}
-        oc get csv -n openstack-operators -o name | grep ansibleee-operator
-      register: _ansibleee_csv_name
-
-    - name: use ansible-runner image built from source or latest if none is defined
-      no_log: "{{ use_no_log }}"
-      ansible.builtin.shell: |
-        {{ shell_header }}
-        {{ oc_header }}
-        {{ oc_login_command }}
-        # openstack-operator catalog pins the sha256, which might differ from latest with time
-        oc patch -n openstack-operators "{{ _ansibleee_csv_name.stdout }}" \
-          --type='json' -p='[{
-          "op":"replace", "path":"/spec/install/spec/deployments/0/spec/template/spec/containers/1/env/0",
-          "value": {"name": "RELATED_IMAGE_ANSIBLEEE_IMAGE_URL_DEFAULT", "value": "{{ ansibleee_runner_img | default('quay.io/openstack-k8s-operators/openstack-ansibleee-runner:latest')}}"}}]'
-      register: ansibleee_csv_patched
-
-    - name: Wait for the ansible-operator to restart with the new ENV
-      no_log: "{{ use_no_log }}"
-      when: '"no change" not in ansibleee_csv_patched.stdout'
-      ansible.builtin.shell: |
-        {{ shell_header }}
-        {{ oc_header }}
-        oc wait -n openstack-operators --timeout=120s --for=delete {{ old_ansibleee_operator_pod.stdout }}
+  no_log: "{{ use_no_log }}"
+  ansible.builtin.shell: |
+    {{ shell_header }}
+    {{ oc_header }}
+    {{ oc_login_command }}
+    oc patch -n openstack openstackversion openstack \
+      --type='json' -p='[{
+      "op":"replace", "path":"/spec/customContainerImages/ansibleeeImage",
+      "value": "{{ ansibleee_runner_img | default('quay.io/openstack-k8s-operators/openstack-ansibleee-runner:latest')}}"}]'
 
 - name: ensure namespace
   no_log: "{{ use_no_log }}"