diff --git a/ci-operator/config/openshift/cluster-api-provider-aws/openshift-cluster-api-provider-aws-main__periodics.yaml b/ci-operator/config/openshift/cluster-api-provider-aws/openshift-cluster-api-provider-aws-main__periodics.yaml
index 659a8e33a7fc0..8526fcd847425 100644
--- a/ci-operator/config/openshift/cluster-api-provider-aws/openshift-cluster-api-provider-aws-main__periodics.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/config/openshift/cluster-api-provider-aws/openshift-cluster-api-provider-aws-main__periodics.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,20 @@
 base_images:
-  rebasebot:
-    name: rebasebot
+  nested-podman:
+    name: nested-podman
     namespace: ci
     tag: latest
+images:
+  items:
+  - dockerfile_literal: |
+      FROM nested-podman
+      USER root
+      RUN dnf install -y git go make tar gzip gpgme gpgme-devel pkgconfig jq python3.12 python3.12-devel python3.12-pip && dnf clean all
+      RUN ln -s /usr/bin/podman /usr/local/bin/docker
+      RUN mkdir -p /opt/app-root/src/ && git -C /opt/app-root/src/ clone https://github.com/openshift-eng/rebasebot.git
+      WORKDIR /opt/app-root/src/rebasebot
+      RUN python3.12 -m pip install --no-cache-dir uv && python3.12 -m pip install .
+    from: nested-podman
+    to: rebasebot-podman
 resources:
   '*':
     limits:
@@ -12,6 +24,8 @@ resources:
       memory: 200Mi
 tests:
 - as: rebasebot
+  capabilities:
+  - nested-podman
   cron: 0 12 * * Mon,Thu
   steps:
     test:
@@ -33,10 +47,8 @@ tests:
       - mount_path: /secrets/rebasebot
         name: rebasebot-credentials
         namespace: test-credentials
-      from_image:
-        name: rebasebot
-        namespace: ci
-        tag: latest
+      from: rebasebot-podman
+      nested_podman: true
       resources:
         limits:
           memory: 12Gi
diff --git a/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/cluster-api-provider-aws/openshift-cluster-api-provider-aws-main-periodics.yaml b/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/cluster-api-provider-aws/openshift-cluster-api-provider-aws-main-periodics.yaml
index bb4dec7a4c42d..a79f63858fbec 100644
--- a/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/cluster-api-provider-aws/openshift-cluster-api-provider-aws-main-periodics.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/cluster-api-provider-aws/openshift-cluster-api-provider-aws-main-periodics.yaml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ periodics:
     org: openshift
     repo: cluster-api-provider-aws
   labels:
+    capability/nested-podman: nested-podman
     ci-operator.openshift.io/variant: periodics
     ci.openshift.io/generator: prowgen
     pj-rehearse.openshift.io/can-be-rehearsed: "true"
diff --git a/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/cluster-api-provider-aws/openshift-cluster-api-provider-aws-main-presubmits.yaml b/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/cluster-api-provider-aws/openshift-cluster-api-provider-aws-main-presubmits.yaml
index 3ce5da6581a6e..b2b8897aefad2 100644
--- a/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/cluster-api-provider-aws/openshift-cluster-api-provider-aws-main-presubmits.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/cluster-api-provider-aws/openshift-cluster-api-provider-aws-main-presubmits.yaml
@@ -722,6 +722,63 @@ presubmits:
         secret:
           secretName: result-aggregator
     trigger: (?m)^/test( | .* )okd-scos-images,?($|\s.*)
+  - agent: kubernetes
+    always_run: true
+    branches:
+    - ^main$
+    - ^main-
+    cluster: build11
+    context: ci/prow/periodics-images
+    decorate: true
+    decoration_config:
+      skip_cloning: true
+    labels:
+      ci-operator.openshift.io/variant: periodics
+      ci.openshift.io/generator: prowgen
+      pj-rehearse.openshift.io/can-be-rehearsed: "true"
+    name: pull-ci-openshift-cluster-api-provider-aws-main-periodics-images
+    rerun_command: /test periodics-images
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - args:
+        - --gcs-upload-secret=/secrets/gcs/service-account.json
+        - --image-import-pull-secret=/etc/pull-secret/.dockerconfigjson
+        - --report-credentials-file=/etc/report/credentials
+        - --target=[images]
+        - --variant=periodics
+        command:
+        - ci-operator
+        image: quay-proxy.ci.openshift.org/openshift/ci:ci_ci-operator_latest
+        imagePullPolicy: Always
+        name: ""
+        resources:
+          requests:
+            cpu: 10m
+        volumeMounts:
+        - mountPath: /secrets/gcs
+          name: gcs-credentials
+          readOnly: true
+        - mountPath: /secrets/manifest-tool
+          name: manifest-tool-local-pusher
+          readOnly: true
+        - mountPath: /etc/pull-secret
+          name: pull-secret
+          readOnly: true
+        - mountPath: /etc/report
+          name: result-aggregator
+          readOnly: true
+      serviceAccountName: ci-operator
+      volumes:
+      - name: manifest-tool-local-pusher
+        secret:
+          secretName: manifest-tool-local-pusher
+      - name: pull-secret
+        secret:
+          secretName: registry-pull-credentials
+      - name: result-aggregator
+        secret:
+          secretName: result-aggregator
+    trigger: (?m)^/test( | .* )periodics-images,?($|\s.*)
   - agent: kubernetes
     always_run: false
     branches: