diff --git a/pkg/util/version/const.go b/pkg/util/version/const.go
index e7901912b39..fec1bbd70b7 100644
--- a/pkg/util/version/const.go
+++ b/pkg/util/version/const.go
@@ -41,9 +41,10 @@ type Stream struct {
 // Install stream data for production and INT has moved to RP-Config.
 // This default is left here ONLY for use by local development mode,
 // until we can come up with a better solution.
+// E2E Build and Release pipelines too use this as the default `osclusterversion`.
 var DefaultInstallStream = Stream{
-	Version:  NewVersion(4, 17, 44),
-	PullSpec: "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-release@sha256:e3d5a7ccc804f95867a4fa9b9802739898be8814a429368521b12d7822de51a0",
+	Version:  NewVersion(4, 18, 34),
+	PullSpec: "quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-release@sha256:14bd3c04daa885009785d48f4973e2890751a7ec116cc14d17627245cda54d7b",
 }
 
 // FluentbitImage contains the location of the Fluentbit container image