diff --git a/charts/datacenter/pipelines/templates/_helpers.tpl b/charts/datacenter/pipelines/templates/_helpers.tpl
index 510e4ee7e..584ec0d49 100644
--- a/charts/datacenter/pipelines/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/charts/datacenter/pipelines/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ ie-registry
 {{- end }}
 {{- end }}
 
-{{- define "build-base-images" -}}
-- name: buildah-build
+{{- define "build-frontend-base-image" -}}
+- name: build-base-image
   taskRef:
     name: buildah
   runAfter:
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ ie-registry
       value: IMAGE_ACCOUNT
     - name: OUTPUT_IMAGE_NAME
       value: httpd-ionic
-{{- end }} {{/* build-base-images */}}
+{{- end }} {{/* build-frontend-base-image */}}
 
 {{- define "build-iot-component" }}
 - name: bump-build-version-{{ .component.component_name }}
@@ -50,8 +50,12 @@ ie-registry
   taskRef:
     name: bumpversion
   runAfter:
+{{- if (eq .component.component_name "iot-frontend") }}
+  - build-base-image
+{{- else }}
   - git-clone-ops
   - git-clone-dev
+{{- end }}
   workspaces:
   - name: gitrepos
     workspace: gitrepos
@@ -160,7 +164,9 @@ ie-registry
     value: $(tasks.bump-build-version-{{ .component.component_name }}.results.image-tag)
   - name: subdirectory
     value: ops
+{{- end }} {{/* build-iot-component */}}
 
+{{- define "commit-and-push-ops-iot-component" -}}
 - name: commit-ops-{{ .component.component_name }}
   taskRef:
     name: git-commit
@@ -188,7 +194,7 @@ ie-registry
     value: ops
   - name: PUSH_FLAGS
     value: --all
-{{- end }} {{/* build-iot-component */}}
+{{- end }} {{/* commit-and-push-ops-iot-component */}}
 
 {{- define "test-all" }}
 - name: sensor-broker-test
diff --git a/charts/datacenter/pipelines/templates/pipelines/build-and-test-iot-component.yaml b/charts/datacenter/pipelines/templates/pipelines/build-and-test-iot-component.yaml
index 21a8d9180..c5ffd75eb 100644
--- a/charts/datacenter/pipelines/templates/pipelines/build-and-test-iot-component.yaml
+++ b/charts/datacenter/pipelines/templates/pipelines/build-and-test-iot-component.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 {{- range .Values.pipeline_components }}
 ---
-  {{/*- include "build-iot-component" (dict "root" $.Values "component" . "seed_prod" "true") | nindent 4 */}}
-  {{/*- include "test_include" (dict "root" $.Values "component" . "seed_prod" "true") | nindent 4 */}}
-
 apiVersion: tekton.dev/v1beta1
 kind: Pipeline
 metadata:
@@ -51,6 +48,10 @@ spec:
     - name: deleteExisting
       value: "true"
 
+{{- if (eq .component_name "iot-frontend") -}}
+{{- include "build-frontend-base-image" $ | nindent 2 }}
+{{- end }}
+
 {{- include "build-iot-component" (dict "root" $.Values "component" . "seed_prod" "false") | nindent 2 }}
 
   - name: argocd-sync-application
@@ -71,6 +72,8 @@ spec:
     - name: argocd-server
       value: "{{ $.Values.clusterGroup.name }}-gitops-server.{{ $.Values.global.pattern }}-{{ $.Values.clusterGroup.name }}.svc"
 
+{{- include "commit-and-push-ops-iot-component" (dict "root" $.Values "component" . ) | nindent 2 }}
+
 {{- include "test-all" . | nindent 2 }}
 
 {{- include "trigger-staging" (dict "root" $.Values "component" . ) | nindent 2 }}
diff --git a/charts/datacenter/pipelines/templates/pipelines/seed.yaml b/charts/datacenter/pipelines/templates/pipelines/seed.yaml
index ebfb7cbf2..0895b2ed7 100644
--- a/charts/datacenter/pipelines/templates/pipelines/seed.yaml
+++ b/charts/datacenter/pipelines/templates/pipelines/seed.yaml
@@ -44,8 +44,38 @@ spec:
       - name: deleteExisting
         value: "true"
 
-  {{- include "build-base-images" $ | nindent 4 }}
   {{- range .Values.pipeline_components }}
+  {{- if (eq .component_name "iot-frontend") -}}
+  {{- include "build-frontend-base-image" $ | nindent 4 }}
+  {{- end }}
   {{- include "build-iot-component" (dict "root" $.Values "component" . "seed_prod" "true") | nindent 4 }}
-  {{/*- include "test_include" (dict "root" $.Values "component" . "seed_prod" "true") | nindent 4 */}}
-  {{- end }}
\ No newline at end of file
+  {{- end }}
+    - name: commit-ops
+      taskRef:
+        name: git-commit
+      runAfter:
+      {{- range .Values.pipeline_components }}
+        - modify-ops-prod-iot-component-{{ .component_name }}
+      {{- end }}
+      workspaces:
+      - name: gitrepos
+        workspace: gitrepos
+      - name: config
+        workspace: config
+      params:
+      - name: subdirectory
+        value: ops
+
+    - name: push-ops
+      taskRef:
+        name: github-push
+      runAfter:
+      - commit-ops
+      workspaces:
+      - name: gitrepos
+        workspace: gitrepos
+      params:
+      - name: subdirectory
+        value: ops
+      - name: PUSH_FLAGS
+        value: --all