diff --git a/Dockerfile.base b/Dockerfile.base
index ffcdd2f2be..f78fb40f05 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.base
+++ b/Dockerfile.base
@@ -12,28 +12,22 @@ RUN dnf --setopt=retries=2 --setopt=timeout=2 install -y --nodocs \
 	selinux-policy procps-ng && \
 	dnf clean all
 
-# NOTE: OVS is not pinned to a particular patch version in order to stay in
-# 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=3.5
-ARG ovnver=25.03.0-73.el9fdp
+ARG ovnver=25.03
 # 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=3.5
-# We are not bumping the OVN version for OKD since the FDP release is not done yet.
-ARG ovnver_okd=25.03.1-36.el9s
+ARG ovnver_okd=25.03
 
 RUN INSTALL_PKGS="iptables nftables" && \
     source /etc/os-release && \
     [ "${ID}" == "centos" ] && ovsver=$ovsver_okd && ovnver=$ovnver_okd; \
-	ovnver_short=$(echo "$ovnver" | cut -d'.' -f1,2) && \
 	dnf --setopt=retries=2 --setopt=timeout=2 install -y --nodocs $INSTALL_PKGS && \
 	dnf --setopt=retries=2 --setopt=timeout=2 install -y --nodocs "openvswitch$ovsver" "python3-openvswitch$ovsver" && \
-	dnf --setopt=retries=2 --setopt=timeout=2 install -y --nodocs "ovn$ovnver_short = $ovnver" "ovn$ovnver_short-central = $ovnver" "ovn$ovnver_short-host = $ovnver" && \
+	dnf --setopt=retries=2 --setopt=timeout=2 install -y --nodocs "ovn$ovnver" "ovn$ovnver-central" "ovn$ovnver-host" && \
 	dnf clean all && rm -rf /var/cache/* && \
-	sed 's/%/"/g' <<<"%openvswitch$ovsver-devel% %openvswitch$ovsver-ipsec% %ovn$ovnver_short-vtep = $ovnver%" > /more-pkgs
+	sed 's/%/"/g' <<<"%openvswitch$ovsver-devel% %openvswitch$ovsver-ipsec% %ovn$ovnver-vtep%" > /more-pkgs
 
 RUN mkdir -p /var/run/openvswitch && \
     mkdir -p /var/run/ovn && \