diff --git a/Makefile.version.aarch64.var b/Makefile.version.aarch64.var
index e28d038d6b9..69eb6219f70 100644
--- a/Makefile.version.aarch64.var
+++ b/Makefile.version.aarch64.var
@@ -1 +1 @@
-OCP_VERSION := 4.18.0-0.nightly-arm64-2024-12-12-224335
+OCP_VERSION := 4.18.0-0.nightly-arm64-2024-12-15-170752
diff --git a/Makefile.version.x86_64.var b/Makefile.version.x86_64.var
index 3fc40bb8c5a..1f313814f3a 100644
--- a/Makefile.version.x86_64.var
+++ b/Makefile.version.x86_64.var
@@ -1 +1 @@
-OCP_VERSION := 4.18.0-0.nightly-2024-12-12-133926
+OCP_VERSION := 4.18.0-0.nightly-2024-12-14-152515
diff --git a/assets/optional/multus/kustomization.aarch64.yaml b/assets/optional/multus/kustomization.aarch64.yaml
index 9b7c9d11f26..6ce79c8b7b9 100644
--- a/assets/optional/multus/kustomization.aarch64.yaml
+++ b/assets/optional/multus/kustomization.aarch64.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 images:
   - name: multus-cni-microshift
     newName: quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev
-    digest: sha256:eab4512b45eb0de157c22747828bd79e3318df748a450fd3b5ede86986bdbdb0
+    digest: sha256:0d8599d57ace1d3d3d383f1f55c4b525a84b774042be5208c7715db3f6723998
   - name: containernetworking-plugins-microshift
     newName: quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev
-    digest: sha256:e5a6ffa9905d74343681af9308475cf3c01513368b359eda722089a91515d42c
+    digest: sha256:a7e426c4b0b6cb4d2ecf2018c2ff28315f04720a8dad02564964ee713b49109f
diff --git a/assets/optional/multus/kustomization.x86_64.yaml b/assets/optional/multus/kustomization.x86_64.yaml
index 8991e8a61f8..1f8387e73f1 100644
--- a/assets/optional/multus/kustomization.x86_64.yaml
+++ b/assets/optional/multus/kustomization.x86_64.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 images:
   - name: multus-cni-microshift
     newName: quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev
-    digest: sha256:9d41f7a9b3bdb9ff7d6c55e392c36b947e804858e72d0188e947e98413f6b023
+    digest: sha256:d6a847307dd2d421e2c9da40687171d469ed0f8738e2b7b50384cf02feec18cf
   - name: containernetworking-plugins-microshift
     newName: quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev
-    digest: sha256:243748c87e542ebc7a082fa852ed03a8576faa4f2463e3e8e88236d43a1a8f7f
+    digest: sha256:4ff82be8c34fbc247845dffbb75f3e8b7a18164a95a048da6624f587adf0c1f5
diff --git a/assets/optional/multus/release-multus-aarch64.json b/assets/optional/multus/release-multus-aarch64.json
index cd225583490..220ba8dfaf5 100644
--- a/assets/optional/multus/release-multus-aarch64.json
+++ b/assets/optional/multus/release-multus-aarch64.json
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 {
   "release": {
-    "base": "4.18.0-0.nightly-arm64-2024-12-12-224335"
+    "base": "4.18.0-0.nightly-arm64-2024-12-15-170752"
   },
   "images": {
-    "multus-cni-microshift": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:eab4512b45eb0de157c22747828bd79e3318df748a450fd3b5ede86986bdbdb0",
-    "containernetworking-plugins-microshift": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:e5a6ffa9905d74343681af9308475cf3c01513368b359eda722089a91515d42c"
+    "multus-cni-microshift": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:0d8599d57ace1d3d3d383f1f55c4b525a84b774042be5208c7715db3f6723998",
+    "containernetworking-plugins-microshift": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:a7e426c4b0b6cb4d2ecf2018c2ff28315f04720a8dad02564964ee713b49109f"
   }
 }
diff --git a/assets/optional/multus/release-multus-x86_64.json b/assets/optional/multus/release-multus-x86_64.json
index 0b4937b2630..73f14f77f4d 100644
--- a/assets/optional/multus/release-multus-x86_64.json
+++ b/assets/optional/multus/release-multus-x86_64.json
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 {
   "release": {
-    "base": "4.18.0-0.nightly-2024-12-12-133926"
+    "base": "4.18.0-0.nightly-2024-12-14-152515"
   },
   "images": {
-    "multus-cni-microshift": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:9d41f7a9b3bdb9ff7d6c55e392c36b947e804858e72d0188e947e98413f6b023",
-    "containernetworking-plugins-microshift": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:243748c87e542ebc7a082fa852ed03a8576faa4f2463e3e8e88236d43a1a8f7f"
+    "multus-cni-microshift": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:d6a847307dd2d421e2c9da40687171d469ed0f8738e2b7b50384cf02feec18cf",
+    "containernetworking-plugins-microshift": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:4ff82be8c34fbc247845dffbb75f3e8b7a18164a95a048da6624f587adf0c1f5"
   }
 }
diff --git a/assets/optional/operator-lifecycle-manager/kustomization.aarch64.yaml b/assets/optional/operator-lifecycle-manager/kustomization.aarch64.yaml
index 93bbeef80d3..71901b142d6 100644
--- a/assets/optional/operator-lifecycle-manager/kustomization.aarch64.yaml
+++ b/assets/optional/operator-lifecycle-manager/kustomization.aarch64.yaml
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 images:
   - name: quay.io/operator-framework/olm
     newName: quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev
-    digest: sha256:1e61afed951fe3cb3903f0c33a09fb3acba28796399719f139b10ceae19ee68e
+    digest: sha256:5ada23cadfa2dd959d952aa74d48615d0127150394db87b19a8c95b9f21f4ff6
   - name: quay.io/operator-framework/configmap-operator-registry
     newName: quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev
-    digest: sha256:0a88819acfec2ae08bb59be5398ae93348f7ada1eeb5a2232d43005135606e6d
+    digest: sha256:59ccd2dd7607cf13c004b2507971e6f9b499599b8ebd5601f2a0d95e4d1ff620
   - name: quay.io/openshift/origin-kube-rbac-proxy
     newName: quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev
-    digest: sha256:274b237ef96b691604dfc0161a6ac936477b0b7b2faad4147ccf1a34237aff67
+    digest: sha256:6b3b0a344403b383812ff10d7989360d503e2a0f5b2740678ad632e2c99a9aa5
 
 patches:
   - patch: |-
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@ patches:
        path: /spec/template/spec/containers/0/env/-
        value:
          name: OPERATOR_REGISTRY_IMAGE 
-         value: quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:0a88819acfec2ae08bb59be5398ae93348f7ada1eeb5a2232d43005135606e6d
+         value: quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:59ccd2dd7607cf13c004b2507971e6f9b499599b8ebd5601f2a0d95e4d1ff620
      - op: add
        path: /spec/template/spec/containers/0/env/-
        value:
          name: OLM_IMAGE 
-         value: quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:1e61afed951fe3cb3903f0c33a09fb3acba28796399719f139b10ceae19ee68e
+         value: quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:5ada23cadfa2dd959d952aa74d48615d0127150394db87b19a8c95b9f21f4ff6
     target:
       kind: Deployment
       labelSelector: app=catalog-operator
diff --git a/assets/optional/operator-lifecycle-manager/kustomization.x86_64.yaml b/assets/optional/operator-lifecycle-manager/kustomization.x86_64.yaml
index 8c2c054eabb..6bcc9dc0716 100644
--- a/assets/optional/operator-lifecycle-manager/kustomization.x86_64.yaml
+++ b/assets/optional/operator-lifecycle-manager/kustomization.x86_64.yaml
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 images:
   - name: quay.io/operator-framework/olm
     newName: quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev
-    digest: sha256:c4fd8da485e212c532b81f2cf9ff2783f180a5cc330bec8bec9174a2fa497f8a
+    digest: sha256:f8b45efacbebda5c76a94a5a5a0b1c51f8985f2ba807401a4325d54b247b1393
   - name: quay.io/operator-framework/configmap-operator-registry
     newName: quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev
-    digest: sha256:90cb0cc8c4749805eafb72e01be8bbce6401a8700c1b6d106c1e38af0dcc96c7
+    digest: sha256:ebc21ea00a0654038cf13f75a4a269c05dd43bbd55cbde78011ad439e443657a
   - name: quay.io/openshift/origin-kube-rbac-proxy
     newName: quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev
-    digest: sha256:4069e7cb83c49a058cac392aeffaec5c0c1aab98220c6197b82623f46f1e92c9
+    digest: sha256:3a4aa46c4c5bf44aaaa15d4d884aa27748165adeaf41e0b283cf8183cec34d40
 
 patches:
   - patch: |-
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@ patches:
        path: /spec/template/spec/containers/0/env/-
        value:
          name: OPERATOR_REGISTRY_IMAGE 
-         value: quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:90cb0cc8c4749805eafb72e01be8bbce6401a8700c1b6d106c1e38af0dcc96c7
+         value: quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:ebc21ea00a0654038cf13f75a4a269c05dd43bbd55cbde78011ad439e443657a
      - op: add
        path: /spec/template/spec/containers/0/env/-
        value:
          name: OLM_IMAGE 
-         value: quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:c4fd8da485e212c532b81f2cf9ff2783f180a5cc330bec8bec9174a2fa497f8a
+         value: quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:f8b45efacbebda5c76a94a5a5a0b1c51f8985f2ba807401a4325d54b247b1393
     target:
       kind: Deployment
       labelSelector: app=catalog-operator
diff --git a/assets/optional/operator-lifecycle-manager/release-olm-aarch64.json b/assets/optional/operator-lifecycle-manager/release-olm-aarch64.json
index 9a31428fcda..0eb8c344a6a 100644
--- a/assets/optional/operator-lifecycle-manager/release-olm-aarch64.json
+++ b/assets/optional/operator-lifecycle-manager/release-olm-aarch64.json
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 {
   "release": {
-    "base": "4.18.0-0.nightly-arm64-2024-12-12-224335"
+    "base": "4.18.0-0.nightly-arm64-2024-12-15-170752"
   },
   "images": {
-    "operator-lifecycle-manager": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:1e61afed951fe3cb3903f0c33a09fb3acba28796399719f139b10ceae19ee68e",
-    "operator-registry": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:0a88819acfec2ae08bb59be5398ae93348f7ada1eeb5a2232d43005135606e6d",
-    "kube-rbac-proxy": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:274b237ef96b691604dfc0161a6ac936477b0b7b2faad4147ccf1a34237aff67"
+    "operator-lifecycle-manager": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:5ada23cadfa2dd959d952aa74d48615d0127150394db87b19a8c95b9f21f4ff6",
+    "operator-registry": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:59ccd2dd7607cf13c004b2507971e6f9b499599b8ebd5601f2a0d95e4d1ff620",
+    "kube-rbac-proxy": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:6b3b0a344403b383812ff10d7989360d503e2a0f5b2740678ad632e2c99a9aa5"
   }
 }
diff --git a/assets/optional/operator-lifecycle-manager/release-olm-x86_64.json b/assets/optional/operator-lifecycle-manager/release-olm-x86_64.json
index e436a83ff26..14bc6ae0d01 100644
--- a/assets/optional/operator-lifecycle-manager/release-olm-x86_64.json
+++ b/assets/optional/operator-lifecycle-manager/release-olm-x86_64.json
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 {
   "release": {
-    "base": "4.18.0-0.nightly-2024-12-12-133926"
+    "base": "4.18.0-0.nightly-2024-12-14-152515"
   },
   "images": {
-    "operator-lifecycle-manager": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:c4fd8da485e212c532b81f2cf9ff2783f180a5cc330bec8bec9174a2fa497f8a",
-    "operator-registry": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:90cb0cc8c4749805eafb72e01be8bbce6401a8700c1b6d106c1e38af0dcc96c7",
-    "kube-rbac-proxy": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:4069e7cb83c49a058cac392aeffaec5c0c1aab98220c6197b82623f46f1e92c9"
+    "operator-lifecycle-manager": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:f8b45efacbebda5c76a94a5a5a0b1c51f8985f2ba807401a4325d54b247b1393",
+    "operator-registry": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:ebc21ea00a0654038cf13f75a4a269c05dd43bbd55cbde78011ad439e443657a",
+    "kube-rbac-proxy": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:3a4aa46c4c5bf44aaaa15d4d884aa27748165adeaf41e0b283cf8183cec34d40"
   }
 }
diff --git a/assets/release/release-aarch64.json b/assets/release/release-aarch64.json
index 39640c13084..773a5b9d67d 100644
--- a/assets/release/release-aarch64.json
+++ b/assets/release/release-aarch64.json
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 {
   "release": {
-    "base": "4.18.0-0.nightly-arm64-2024-12-12-224335"
+    "base": "4.18.0-0.nightly-arm64-2024-12-15-170752"
   },
   "images": {
-    "cli": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:aa169e76af6fd508295475f940dc839c00db67b0e1ac99e3141586a34c9c3e6e",
-    "coredns": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:6515b0e02e7517c6f46d66d24f4d50c6ebecf2f9cc08a97d00665b1f10a30e6e",
-    "haproxy-router": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:c2f5120ce0e89f5ada4b08f6fd3e60bed3ad1ded01c4a9d589f03a332bd84b63",
-    "kube-rbac-proxy": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:274b237ef96b691604dfc0161a6ac936477b0b7b2faad4147ccf1a34237aff67",
-    "ovn-kubernetes-microshift": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:35050aadec0d7d96125b788a21b4ac97b5b3f0599299ce6525eecbdd7a9d78ec",
-    "pod": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:48ce6b45ba42bf1d22fdc20294c28c24f00c56a595febb644a18f91550a97966",
-    "service-ca-operator": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:9cce974fe9f6a49573317bbb2a38471b69266225bb139907b171ea3cd499e428",
+    "cli": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:950e8c34b617b48b8e5a2a2aa39737a6a1aace80644723cc2e0be257c1c832ee",
+    "coredns": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:d866e6227a5f9861ab003e04a7eb86f18c55ebb7b65f4621eff6693172ab4ae4",
+    "haproxy-router": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:247efcc92a4c9b6133da2526d8c79f7b6b6b3a7dfe8b5feef47211ddabb57ed2",
+    "kube-rbac-proxy": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:6b3b0a344403b383812ff10d7989360d503e2a0f5b2740678ad632e2c99a9aa5",
+    "ovn-kubernetes-microshift": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:0c639c678498ccaec9ffc2dd7de17840cf4b3b03cc345fbabb4656849bb02e8c",
+    "pod": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:3d57bbd6a240e6343819e7b378923f9a29ace16f47d315e084d64138711bbf35",
+    "service-ca-operator": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:b4912a68367ce7926b0749388792074f1f4b4823081da63c22009f593749a527",
     "lvms_operator": "registry.redhat.io/lvms4/lvms-rhel9-operator@sha256:bd6dc4d6e90fdbcdb844759e203c9c591abc5ac29a956257a90bda101a37b76e",
-    "csi-snapshot-controller": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:0edbad0db89c0fe22e3de30e877af458c48ba0610a1eb5e896873c147280521b",
-    "csi-snapshot-validation-webhook": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:03342f05cb8179acc8ac2e487aa3d622fad98beb994660941ac437177f175c7b"
+    "csi-snapshot-controller": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:dc3196c414c4f100807793f0baba5d1905734ca50331f1a587236581a656a007",
+    "csi-snapshot-validation-webhook": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:9ab5eedac871ab75a6347c1e78f28f8f811882494190ba82b487894f820f5615"
   }
 }
diff --git a/assets/release/release-x86_64.json b/assets/release/release-x86_64.json
index b8e994733a4..df0860567e0 100644
--- a/assets/release/release-x86_64.json
+++ b/assets/release/release-x86_64.json
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 {
   "release": {
-    "base": "4.18.0-0.nightly-2024-12-12-133926"
+    "base": "4.18.0-0.nightly-2024-12-14-152515"
   },
   "images": {
-    "cli": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:45743e7a7b7e55d7288ebf983b35f246c816ced3541f9159d6870cf3a04c939c",
-    "coredns": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:581c7557c8e5e04e75936540d2b3e49384096e8e16c9b847bf217b3468b7577e",
-    "haproxy-router": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:52a3ef96d69c44212e44377150b87f0f40d57b896ef1ad383b6b974a730413fd",
-    "kube-rbac-proxy": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:4069e7cb83c49a058cac392aeffaec5c0c1aab98220c6197b82623f46f1e92c9",
-    "ovn-kubernetes-microshift": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:cded3de05b594633b7d553a76e33764684b2c09bf09cb2aa6e15e5f35f9e206f",
-    "pod": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:6a46884531bca32ff8222b9b3c5b9148d8139580a7bdca811ec4fa3808ce6be8",
-    "service-ca-operator": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:ee0ea513149b6d81a7d8b708f2cbd2aca8c544c600d46125822ffb23af216bc8",
+    "cli": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:1bb82d081495c2bb42f1b553b9a9bccac884d5e9b50ad341686912d3ad9c5108",
+    "coredns": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:bde335525ce4e297f94f6dd086e894724604b83cd7c2fcac61f9df2b2cc3016c",
+    "haproxy-router": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:24572c990e25eb081fa7045ccd5cb56b385433e95007c11a8f5433d1b52aa617",
+    "kube-rbac-proxy": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:3a4aa46c4c5bf44aaaa15d4d884aa27748165adeaf41e0b283cf8183cec34d40",
+    "ovn-kubernetes-microshift": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:b1253d9b74f4c46f684777ab47c74b6a6590d2236ba11df92e8b2cd15462ce1d",
+    "pod": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:6068a4d7654b6854f8430abf7352f2cc41d1fd9f724e76dd1fd18b1a45f211b2",
+    "service-ca-operator": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:20a2409ad9fca47218e43362bc4845e12ed84b98c772a973e76084f07a6924cb",
     "lvms_operator": "registry.redhat.io/lvms4/lvms-rhel9-operator@sha256:bd6dc4d6e90fdbcdb844759e203c9c591abc5ac29a956257a90bda101a37b76e",
-    "csi-snapshot-controller": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:aeddcbcf88a4f7f2915d6e08f9b982846f6cdd140b3e0acb55f871c26ce7f9a1",
-    "csi-snapshot-validation-webhook": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:591c406147c675b584c9af1b6ca0aa1fc2022a74e1815f8714b4bfa94ec6bb12"
+    "csi-snapshot-controller": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:6c507e060dac3aef8c9d4c31560fff23ccb24236c7ae32d284956394076501f2",
+    "csi-snapshot-validation-webhook": "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:4106eefaa876b4ed875e82c24c31360984011b0b3220975cfa9220b5932d99b9"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packaging/crio.conf.d/10-microshift_amd64.conf b/packaging/crio.conf.d/10-microshift_amd64.conf
index 20b321ed4cc..6cee044914c 100644
--- a/packaging/crio.conf.d/10-microshift_amd64.conf
+++ b/packaging/crio.conf.d/10-microshift_amd64.conf
@@ -25,6 +25,6 @@ plugin_dirs = [
 # for community builds on top of OKD, this setting has no effect
 [crio.image]
 global_auth_file="/etc/crio/openshift-pull-secret"
-pause_image = "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:6a46884531bca32ff8222b9b3c5b9148d8139580a7bdca811ec4fa3808ce6be8"
+pause_image = "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:6068a4d7654b6854f8430abf7352f2cc41d1fd9f724e76dd1fd18b1a45f211b2"
 pause_image_auth_file = "/etc/crio/openshift-pull-secret"
 pause_command = "/usr/bin/pod"
diff --git a/packaging/crio.conf.d/10-microshift_arm64.conf b/packaging/crio.conf.d/10-microshift_arm64.conf
index c7941d1efb6..f754e18a636 100644
--- a/packaging/crio.conf.d/10-microshift_arm64.conf
+++ b/packaging/crio.conf.d/10-microshift_arm64.conf
@@ -25,6 +25,6 @@ plugin_dirs = [
 # for community builds on top of OKD, this setting has no effect
 [crio.image]
 global_auth_file="/etc/crio/openshift-pull-secret"
-pause_image = "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:48ce6b45ba42bf1d22fdc20294c28c24f00c56a595febb644a18f91550a97966"
+pause_image = "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:3d57bbd6a240e6343819e7b378923f9a29ace16f47d315e084d64138711bbf35"
 pause_image_auth_file = "/etc/crio/openshift-pull-secret"
 pause_command = "/usr/bin/pod"
diff --git a/scripts/auto-rebase/changelog.txt b/scripts/auto-rebase/changelog.txt
index ad567462640..018d32b45fa 100644
--- a/scripts/auto-rebase/changelog.txt
+++ b/scripts/auto-rebase/changelog.txt
@@ -1,21 +1,5 @@
-- api embedded-component a09992e80c6891cc0bfa2fa7ec6af42af37c452e to 29859d55727bb0b6294838e93898424ac57e4c04
-  - 65e5a9c 2024-12-09T11:48:23-05:00 OCPBUGS-45309: disable pod security admission by default in 4.18
-
-- cluster-kube-apiserver-operator embedded-component 8ef2c1d874971a0badd9d55b122d907f34dedc0d to 4babb3f18c19d2bef584a8389f34b8428cf52b9c
-  - d8f62b7 2024-12-09T11:24:50-05:00 revert dev cert rotation
-
-- machine-config-operator embedded-component c761b7cabfe50839e573299b02de148559e652eb to 434269de72a280d7edf9f2f2d9d2380782f3a68e
-  - 3232b901 2024-12-09T09:25:42+00:00 Remove trailing periods from AWS provided hostnames
-
-- operator-framework-olm embedded-component e27da48ff810af17f4863a19af8291f46c262197 to 57a4299d9f3d8c3ee3c7f60971fdc57ed47b6d35
-  - 8668a8a6 2024-12-10T21:00:57+00:00 CRD upgrade existing CR validation fix (#3442)
-
-- ovn-kubernetes image-amd64 99c44e88d2c7aa7a95f950dc182a2979ae729e97 to 24e9946a28826e1c4f4a135674261c62bc89a3b8
-  - 31f76ecf 2024-12-11T09:32:53+00:00 Bump OVS version to 3.4.0-18
-  - 776e76a0 2024-12-09T00:11:39+00:00 pin libreswan to 4.6-3.el9_0.3
-  - cb59972c 2024-09-05T21:14:00+00:00 Updating ovn-kubernetes-microshift-container image to be consistent with ART for 4.18 Reconciling with https://github.com/openshift/ocp-build-data/tree/827ab4ccce9cbbcf82c9dbaf6398b61d6cff8d7a/images/ovn-kubernetes-microshift.yml
-
-- ovn-kubernetes image-arm64 5fda1fe2286bf20138dd407ddd05410e80490be3 to 24e9946a28826e1c4f4a135674261c62bc89a3b8
-  - 31f76ecf 2024-12-11T09:32:53+00:00 Bump OVS version to 3.4.0-18
-  - cb59972c 2024-09-05T21:14:00+00:00 Updating ovn-kubernetes-microshift-container image to be consistent with ART for 4.18 Reconciling with https://github.com/openshift/ocp-build-data/tree/827ab4ccce9cbbcf82c9dbaf6398b61d6cff8d7a/images/ovn-kubernetes-microshift.yml
+- cluster-network-operator embedded-component ee9c01de80d4a2f57847018a0e48701c718dba91 to 911d8ef7e9e6d70bb68aeaae0849b206d9b487b5
+  - 00cc503 2024-12-12T14:49:36+01:00 Skip including default crypto policies to avoid authby issue
+  - e58b561 2024-12-12T08:20:55+00:00 Cleanup ipsec entries from sidecar container
+  - ea18156 2024-12-12T08:20:55+00:00 Remove ip xfrm state when IPsec is disabled
 
diff --git a/scripts/auto-rebase/commits.txt b/scripts/auto-rebase/commits.txt
index 1576294e0d9..8c39cd4e518 100644
--- a/scripts/auto-rebase/commits.txt
+++ b/scripts/auto-rebase/commits.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ https://github.com/openshift/cluster-ingress-operator embedded-component 8be1749
 https://github.com/openshift/cluster-kube-apiserver-operator embedded-component 4babb3f18c19d2bef584a8389f34b8428cf52b9c
 https://github.com/openshift/cluster-kube-controller-manager-operator embedded-component ce2c021f23f5d178da6ea35d98a229137e5a81c4
 https://github.com/openshift/cluster-kube-scheduler-operator embedded-component e4c772cd344e538342a4e1cd91635b387e1c18ba
-https://github.com/openshift/cluster-network-operator embedded-component ee9c01de80d4a2f57847018a0e48701c718dba91
+https://github.com/openshift/cluster-network-operator embedded-component 911d8ef7e9e6d70bb68aeaae0849b206d9b487b5
 https://github.com/openshift/cluster-openshift-controller-manager-operator embedded-component 20af082dea1e932a5be3cc8f1f2c166959302e18
 https://github.com/openshift/cluster-policy-controller embedded-component 5fd852525909ce6eab52972ba9ce8fcf56528eb9
 https://github.com/openshift/csi-external-snapshotter embedded-component f52ce8b8b0799a341caf1fb864bba5d9d040a856
diff --git a/scripts/auto-rebase/last_rebase.sh b/scripts/auto-rebase/last_rebase.sh
index c33f4e97e5a..d503d43275a 100755
--- a/scripts/auto-rebase/last_rebase.sh
+++ b/scripts/auto-rebase/last_rebase.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 #!/bin/bash -x
-./scripts/auto-rebase/rebase.sh to "registry.ci.openshift.org/ocp/release:4.18.0-0.nightly-2024-12-12-133926" "registry.ci.openshift.org/ocp-arm64/release-arm64:4.18.0-0.nightly-arm64-2024-12-12-224335"
+./scripts/auto-rebase/rebase.sh to "registry.ci.openshift.org/ocp/release:4.18.0-0.nightly-2024-12-14-152515" "registry.ci.openshift.org/ocp-arm64/release-arm64:4.18.0-0.nightly-arm64-2024-12-15-170752"