diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a37ab454..eca72a8d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ supported:
 In the future, the `ocp-*` variants will be removed. Instead, OpenShift
 components will be layered by deriving from the `rhel-9.4`/`c9s` images.
 
-The default variant is `ocp-rhel-9.4`.
+The default variant is `ocp-rhel-9.6`.
 
 ## Reporting issues
 
diff --git a/extensions.yaml b/extensions.yaml
index 4fb167ca..bfdfe428 120000
--- a/extensions.yaml
+++ b/extensions.yaml
@@ -1 +1 @@
-extensions-ocp-rhel-9.4.yaml
\ No newline at end of file
+extensions-ocp-rhel-9.6.yaml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/image.yaml b/image.yaml
index d2760020..f8961486 120000
--- a/image.yaml
+++ b/image.yaml
@@ -1 +1 @@
-image-ocp-rhel-9.4.yaml
\ No newline at end of file
+image-ocp-rhel-9.6.yaml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/manifest-okd-c9s.yaml b/manifest-okd-c9s.yaml
index 77aa7683..0b7e664e 100644
--- a/manifest-okd-c9s.yaml
+++ b/manifest-okd-c9s.yaml
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@ repos:
   # CentOS Cloud SIG repo for cri-o, cri-tools and conmon-rs
   - c9s-sig-cloud-okd
   # Include RHCOS 9 repo for oc, hyperkube
-  # rhel-9.6-server-ose-4.19 is not mirrored in CI yet
-  - rhel-9.4-server-ose-4.19
+  - rhel-9.6-server-ose-4.19
 
 # We include hours/minutes to avoid version number reuse
 automatic-version-prefix: "419.9.<date:%Y%m%d%H%M>"
diff --git a/manifest.yaml b/manifest.yaml
index 92768d42..d68db122 120000
--- a/manifest.yaml
+++ b/manifest.yaml
@@ -1 +1 @@
-manifest-ocp-rhel-9.4.yaml
\ No newline at end of file
+manifest-ocp-rhel-9.6.yaml
\ No newline at end of file