diff --git a/build/ubi/Dockerfile.nginx b/build/ubi/Dockerfile.nginx
index 6f2829f6d3..5967bd5734 100644
--- a/build/ubi/Dockerfile.nginx
+++ b/build/ubi/Dockerfile.nginx
@@ -48,18 +48,17 @@ RUN --mount=type=bind,from=nginx-files,src=nginx_signing.key,target=/tmp/nginx_s
     && rm -rf /var/cache/yum
 
 # Configure directories and logging
-RUN mkdir -p /usr/lib/nginx/modules /var/run/nginx /usr/lib64/nginx/modules \
+RUN mkdir -p /var/run/nginx /usr/lib64/nginx/modules \
     # Forward request and error logs to docker log collector
     && ln -sf /dev/stdout /var/log/nginx/access.log \
-    && ln -sf /dev/stderr /var/log/nginx/error.log \
-    && cp /usr/lib64/nginx/modules/ngx_* /usr/lib/nginx/modules/
+    && ln -sf /dev/stderr /var/log/nginx/error.log
 
 # Set proper permissions for nginx user
 RUN chown -R 101:1001 /etc/nginx /var/cache/nginx
 
 # Copy configuration files and scripts
 COPY build/entrypoint.sh /agent/entrypoint.sh
-COPY ${NJS_DIR}/ /usr/lib/nginx/modules/njs/
+COPY ${NJS_DIR}/ /usr/lib64/nginx/modules/njs/
 COPY ${NGINX_CONF_DIR}/nginx.conf /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
 COPY ${NGINX_CONF_DIR}/grpc-error-locations.conf /etc/nginx/grpc-error-locations.conf
 COPY ${NGINX_CONF_DIR}/grpc-error-pages.conf /etc/nginx/grpc-error-pages.conf
diff --git a/build/ubi/Dockerfile.nginxplus b/build/ubi/Dockerfile.nginxplus
index c61d3d0ae8..8140c36d30 100644
--- a/build/ubi/Dockerfile.nginxplus
+++ b/build/ubi/Dockerfile.nginxplus
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ RUN --mount=type=bind,from=nginx-files,src=nginx-plus.repo,target=/etc/yum.repos
     --mount=type=bind,from=ubi9-packages,src=/,target=/ubi-bin/ \
     --mount=type=secret,id=nginx-repo.crt,dst=/etc/ssl/nginx/nginx-repo.crt,mode=0644 \
 	--mount=type=secret,id=nginx-repo.key,dst=/etc/ssl/nginx/nginx-repo.key,mode=0644 \
-    # Install shadow-utils for useradd and subscription-manager for repo access
-    microdnf --nodocs install -y shadow-utils subscription-manager \
+    # Install shadow-utils for useradd
+    microdnf --nodocs install -y shadow-utils  \
     && rpm --import /tmp/nginx_signing.key \
     # Install c-ares from the dependencies image (contains required libs)
     && rpm -Uvh /ubi-bin/c-ares-*.rpm \
@@ -50,17 +50,15 @@ RUN --mount=type=bind,from=nginx-files,src=nginx-plus.repo,target=/etc/yum.repos
     # Install nginx-agent
     && microdnf --nodocs install -y nginx-agent-${NGINX_AGENT_VERSION#v}* \
     # Clean up
-    && microdnf remove -y shadow-utils subscription-manager \
+    && microdnf remove -y shadow-utils \
     && microdnf clean all \
     && rm -rf /var/cache/yum
 
 # Configure directories and logging
-RUN mkdir -p /usr/lib/nginx/modules /var/run/nginx /usr/lib64/nginx/modules \
+RUN mkdir -p /var/run/nginx /usr/lib64/nginx/modules \
     # Forward request and error logs to docker log collector
     && ln -sf /dev/stdout /var/log/nginx/access.log \
-    && ln -sf /dev/stderr /var/log/nginx/error.log \
-    && cp /usr/lib64/nginx/modules/ngx_* /usr/lib/nginx/modules/
-
+    && ln -sf /dev/stderr /var/log/nginx/error.log
 # Copy default html files to a writable location
 RUN mkdir -p /etc/nginx/html \
     && cp /usr/share/nginx/html/* /etc/nginx/html/
@@ -70,7 +68,7 @@ RUN chown -R 101:1001 /etc/nginx /var/cache/nginx
 
 # Copy configuration files and scripts
 COPY build/entrypoint.sh /agent/entrypoint.sh
-COPY ${NJS_DIR}/ /usr/lib/nginx/modules/njs/
+COPY ${NJS_DIR}/ /usr/lib64/nginx/modules/njs/
 COPY ${NGINX_CONF_DIR}/nginx.conf /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
 COPY ${NGINX_CONF_DIR}/grpc-error-locations.conf /etc/nginx/grpc-error-locations.conf
 COPY ${NGINX_CONF_DIR}/grpc-error-pages.conf /etc/nginx/grpc-error-pages.conf
diff --git a/examples/http-request-header-filter/headers.yaml b/examples/http-request-header-filter/headers.yaml
index 4324c41e9f..d1d5f8388a 100644
--- a/examples/http-request-header-filter/headers.yaml
+++ b/examples/http-request-header-filter/headers.yaml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ data:
 
     pid        /var/run/nginx.pid;
 
-    load_module /usr/lib/nginx/modules/ngx_http_js_module.so;
+    load_module modules/ngx_http_js_module.so;
 
     events {}
 
diff --git a/internal/controller/nginx/conf/nginx-plus.conf b/internal/controller/nginx/conf/nginx-plus.conf
index f2b0ec0dc8..bcf0bfc613 100644
--- a/internal/controller/nginx/conf/nginx-plus.conf
+++ b/internal/controller/nginx/conf/nginx-plus.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-load_module /usr/lib/nginx/modules/ngx_http_js_module.so;
+load_module modules/ngx_http_js_module.so;
 include /etc/nginx/main-includes/*.conf;
 
 worker_processes auto;
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ events {
 http {
   include /etc/nginx/conf.d/*.conf;
   include /etc/nginx/mime.types;
-  js_import /usr/lib/nginx/modules/njs/httpmatches.js;
+  js_import modules/njs/httpmatches.js;
 
   default_type application/octet-stream;
 
diff --git a/internal/controller/nginx/conf/nginx.conf b/internal/controller/nginx/conf/nginx.conf
index 791994fdf8..46179b930c 100644
--- a/internal/controller/nginx/conf/nginx.conf
+++ b/internal/controller/nginx/conf/nginx.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-load_module /usr/lib/nginx/modules/ngx_http_js_module.so;
+load_module modules/ngx_http_js_module.so;
 include /etc/nginx/main-includes/*.conf;
 
 worker_processes auto;
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ events {
 http {
   include /etc/nginx/conf.d/*.conf;
   include /etc/nginx/mime.types;
-  js_import /usr/lib/nginx/modules/njs/httpmatches.js;
+  js_import modules/njs/httpmatches.js;
 
   default_type application/octet-stream;