diff --git a/Dockerfile.base b/Dockerfile.base
index 77fa6bb8a4..808cde0eaf 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.base
+++ b/Dockerfile.base
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@ RUN dnf --setopt=retries=2 --setopt=timeout=2 install -y --nodocs \
 # sync with the OVS running on the host (it is not strictly necessary, but
 # reduces the number of variables in the system) and receive all the CVE and
 # bug fixes automatically.
-ARG ovsver=3.3
+ARG ovsver=3.5
 ARG ovnver=24.03.5-40.el9fdp
 # NOTE: Ensure that the versions of OVS and OVN are overriden for OKD in each of the subsequent layers.
 # Centos and RHEL releases for ovn are built out of sync, so please make sure to bump for OKD with
 # the corresponding Centos version when updating the OCP version.
-ARG ovsver_okd=3.3
+ARG ovsver_okd=3.5
 # We are not bumping the OVN version for OKD since the FDP release is not done yet.
 ARG ovnver_okd=24.03.1-5.el9s