diff --git a/tests/roles/backend_services/tasks/main.yaml b/tests/roles/backend_services/tasks/main.yaml
index 2a7c56172..b977666a3 100644
--- a/tests/roles/backend_services/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/tests/roles/backend_services/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -87,6 +87,21 @@
       args:
         chdir: "../config"
 
+    - name: template out the OpenStackVersion deployment with container overrides
+      ansible.builtin.template:
+        src: container_overrides.j2
+        dest: "../config/openstack_version_overrides.yaml"
+        mode: '644'
+        force: true
+
+    - name: Apply OpenStackVersion with container overrides to environment
+      ansible.builtin.shell: |
+        {{ shell_header }}
+        {{ oc_header }}
+        oc apply -f openstack_version_overrides.yaml
+      args:
+        chdir: "../config"
+
 - name: wait for mariadb to start up
   ansible.builtin.shell: |
     {{ shell_header }}
diff --git a/tests/roles/backend_services/templates/openstack_version.j2 b/tests/roles/backend_services/templates/openstack_version.j2
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..291a2a1e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/roles/backend_services/templates/openstack_version.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+apiVersion: core.openstack.org/v1beta1
+kind: OpenStackVersion
+spec:
+  customContainerImages:
+    aodhAPIImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-aodh-api:{{ container_tag }}
+    aodhEvaluatorImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-aodh-evaluator:{{ container_tag }}
+    aodhListenerImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-aodh-listener:{{ container_tag }}
+    aodhNotifierImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-aodh-notifier:{{ container_tag }}
+    barbicanAPIImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-barbican-api:{{ container_tag }}
+    barbicanKeystoneListenerImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-barbican-keystone-listener:{{ container_tag }}
+    barbicanWorkerImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-barbican-worker:{{ container_tag }}
+    ceilometerCentralImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-ceilometer-central:{{ container_tag }}
+    ceilometerComputeImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-ceilometer-compute:{{ container_tag }}
+    ceilometerIpmiImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-ceilometer-ipmi:{{ container_tag }}
+    ceilometerNotificationImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-ceilometer-notification:{{ container_tag }}
+    cinderAPIImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-cinder-api:{{ container_tag }}
+    cinderBackupImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-cinder-backup:{{ container_tag }}
+    cinderSchedulerImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-cinder-scheduler:{{ container_tag }}
+    cinderVolumeImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-cinder-volume:{{ container_tag }}
+    edpmFrrImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-frr:{{ container_tag }}
+    edpmIscsidImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-iscsid:{{ container_tag }}
+    edpmLogrotateCrondImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-cron:{{ container_tag }}
+    edpmMultipathdImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-multipathd:{{ container_tag }}
+    edpmNeutronMetadataAgentImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-neutron-metadata-agent-ovn:{{ container_tag }}
+    edpmNeutronSriovAgentImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-neutron-sriov-agent:{{ container_tag }}
+    edpmOvnBgpAgentImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-ovn-bgp-agent:{{ container_tag }}
+    glanceAPIImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-glance-api:{{ container_tag }}
+    heatAPIImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-heat-api:{{ container_tag }}
+    heatCfnapiImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-heat-api-cfn:{{ container_tag }}
+    heatEngineImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-heat-engine:{{ container_tag }}
+    horizonImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-horizon:{{ container_tag }}
+    infraDnsmasqImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-neutron-server:{{ container_tag }}
+    infraMemcachedImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-memcached:{{ container_tag }}
+    ironicAPIImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-ironic-api:{{ container_tag }}
+    ironicConductorImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-ironic-conductor:{{ container_tag }}
+    ironicInspectorImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-ironic-inspector:{{ container_tag }}
+    ironicNeutronAgentImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-ironic-neutron-agent:{{ container_tag }}
+    ironicPxeImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-ironic-pxe:{{ container_tag }}
+    ironicPythonAgentImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/ironic-python-agent:{{ container_tag }}
+    keystoneAPIImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-keystone:{{ container_tag }}
+    manilaAPIImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-manila-api:{{ container_tag }}
+    manilaSchedulerImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-manila-scheduler:{{ container_tag }}
+    manilaShareImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-manila-share:{{ container_tag }}
+    mariadbImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-mariadb:{{ container_tag }}
+    neutronAPIImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-neutron-server:{{ container_tag }}
+    novaAPIImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-nova-api:{{ container_tag }}
+    novaComputeImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-nova-compute:{{ container_tag }}
+    novaConductorImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-nova-conductor:{{ container_tag }}
+    novaNovncImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-nova-novncproxy:{{ container_tag }}
+    novaSchedulerImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-nova-scheduler:{{ container_tag }}
+    octaviaAPIImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-octavia-api:{{ container_tag }}
+    octaviaHealthmanagerImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-octavia-health-manager:{{ container_tag }}
+    octaviaHousekeepingImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-octavia-housekeeping:{{ container_tag }}
+    octaviaWorkerImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-octavia-worker:{{ container_tag }}
+    openstackClientImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-openstackclient:{{ container_tag }}
+    osContainerImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/edpm-hardened-uefi:{{ container_tag }}
+    ovnControllerImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-ovn-controller:{{ container_tag }}
+    ovnControllerOvsImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-ovn-base:{{ container_tag }}
+    ovnNbDbclusterImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-ovn-nb-db-server:{{ container_tag }}
+    ovnNorthdImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-ovn-northd:{{ container_tag }}
+    ovnSbDbclusterImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-ovn-sb-db-server:{{ container_tag }}
+    placementAPIImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-placement-api:{{ container_tag }}
+    rabbitmqImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-rabbitmq:{{ container_tag }}
+    swiftAccountImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-swift-account:{{ container_tag }}
+    swiftContainerImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-swift-container:{{ container_tag }}
+    swiftObjectImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-swift-object:{{ container_tag }}
+    swiftProxyImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-swift-proxy-server:{{ container_tag }}
+containerImages:
+  aodhAPIImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-aodh-api:{{ container_tag }}
+  aodhEvaluatorImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-aodh-evaluator:{{ container_tag }}
+  aodhListenerImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-aodh-listener:{{ container_tag }}
+  aodhNotifierImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-aodh-notifier:{{ container_tag }}
+  barbicanAPIImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-barbican-api:{{ container_tag }}
+  barbicanKeystoneListenerImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-barbican-keystone-listener:{{ container_tag }}
+  barbicanWorkerImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-barbican-worker:{{ container_tag }}
+  ceilometerCentralImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-ceilometer-central:{{ container_tag }}
+  ceilometerComputeImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-ceilometer-compute:{{ container_tag }}
+  ceilometerIpmiImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-ceilometer-ipmi:{{ container_tag }}
+  ceilometerNotificationImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-ceilometer-notification:{{ container_tag }}
+  cinderAPIImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-cinder-api:{{ container_tag }}
+  cinderBackupImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-cinder-backup:{{ container_tag }}
+  cinderSchedulerImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-cinder-scheduler:{{ container_tag }}
+  cinderVolumeImages:
+    default: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-cinder-volume:{{ container_tag }}
+  edpmFrrImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-frr:{{ container_tag }}
+  edpmIscsidImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-iscsid:{{ container_tag }}
+  edpmLogrotateCrondImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-cron:{{ container_tag }}
+  edpmMultipathdImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-multipathd:{{ container_tag }}
+  edpmNeutronMetadataAgentImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-neutron-metadata-agent-ovn:{{ container_tag }}
+  edpmNeutronSriovAgentImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-neutron-sriov-agent:{{ container_tag }}
+  edpmOvnBgpAgentImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-ovn-bgp-agent:{{ container_tag }}
+  glanceAPIImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-glance-api:{{ container_tag }}
+  heatAPIImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-heat-api:{{ container_tag }}
+  heatCfnapiImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-heat-api-cfn:{{ container_tag }}
+  heatEngineImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-heat-engine:{{ container_tag }}
+  horizonImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-horizon:{{ container_tag }}
+  infraDnsmasqImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-neutron-server:{{ container_tag }}
+  infraMemcachedImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-memcached:{{ container_tag }}
+  ironicAPIImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-ironic-api:{{ container_tag }}
+  ironicConductorImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-ironic-conductor:{{ container_tag }}
+  ironicInspectorImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-ironic-inspector:{{ container_tag }}
+  ironicNeutronAgentImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-ironic-neutron-agent:{{ container_tag }}
+  ironicPxeImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-ironic-pxe:{{ container_tag }}
+  ironicPythonAgentImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/ironic-python-agent:{{ container_tag }}
+  keystoneAPIImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-keystone:{{ container_tag }}
+  manilaAPIImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-manila-api:{{ container_tag }}
+  manilaSchedulerImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-manila-scheduler:{{ container_tag }}
+  manilaShareImages:
+    default: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-manila-share:{{ container_tag }}
+  mariadbImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-mariadb:{{ container_tag }}
+  neutronAPIImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-neutron-server:{{ container_tag }}
+  novaAPIImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-nova-api:{{ container_tag }}
+  novaComputeImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-nova-compute:{{ container_tag }}
+  novaConductorImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-nova-conductor:{{ container_tag }}
+  novaNovncImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-nova-novncproxy:{{ container_tag }}
+  novaSchedulerImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-nova-scheduler:{{ container_tag }}
+  octaviaAPIImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-octavia-api:{{ container_tag }}
+  octaviaHealthmanagerImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-octavia-health-manager:{{ container_tag }}
+  octaviaHousekeepingImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-octavia-housekeeping:{{ container_tag }}
+  octaviaWorkerImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-octavia-worker:{{ container_tag }}
+  openstackClientImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-openstackclient:{{ container_tag }}
+  osContainerImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/edpm-hardened-uefi:{{ container_tag }}
+  ovnControllerImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-ovn-controller:{{ container_tag }}
+  ovnControllerOvsImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-ovn-base:{{ container_tag }}
+  ovnNbDbclusterImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-ovn-nb-db-server:{{ container_tag }}
+  ovnNorthdImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-ovn-northd:{{ container_tag }}
+  ovnSbDbclusterImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-ovn-sb-db-server:{{ container_tag }}
+  placementAPIImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-placement-api:{{ container_tag }}
+  rabbitmqImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-rabbitmq:{{ container_tag }}
+  swiftAccountImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-swift-account:{{ container_tag }}
+  swiftContainerImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-swift-container:{{ container_tag }}
+  swiftObjectImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-swift-object:{{ container_tag }}
+  swiftProxyImage: {{ container_registry }}/{{ container_namespace }}/openstack-swift-proxy-server:{{ container_tag }}
+  targetVersion: 0.0.1
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