diff --git a/apis/dataplane/v1beta1/openstackdataplanenodeset_types.go b/apis/dataplane/v1beta1/openstackdataplanenodeset_types.go
index 5146e1de4..2462974e3 100644
--- a/apis/dataplane/v1beta1/openstackdataplanenodeset_types.go
+++ b/apis/dataplane/v1beta1/openstackdataplanenodeset_types.go
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ var ContainerImageDefaults = openstackv1.ContainerImages{
 		CeilometerComputeImage:        getStrPtr("quay.io/podified-antelope-centos9/openstack-telemetry-ceilometer-compute:current-podified"),
 		CeilometerIpmiImage:           getStrPtr("quay.io/podified-antelope-centos9/openstack-telemetry-ceilometer-ipmi:current-podified"),
 		EdpmNodeExporterImage:         getStrPtr("quay.io/prometheus/node-exporter:v1.5.0"),
-		EdpmKeplerImage:               getStrPtr("quay.io/sustainable_computing_io/kepler:v0.10.2"),
+		EdpmKeplerImage:               getStrPtr("quay.io/sustainable_computing_io/kepler:release-0.7.12"),
 		EdpmPodmanExporterImage:       getStrPtr("quay.io/navidys/prometheus-podman-exporter:v1.10.1"),
 		OpenstackNetworkExporterImage: getStrPtr("quay.io/openstack-k8s-operators/openstack-network-exporter:current-podified"),
 		OsContainerImage:              getStrPtr("quay.io/podified-antelope-centos9/edpm-hardened-uefi:current-podified"),
diff --git a/config/operator/default_images.yaml b/config/operator/default_images.yaml
index d69156108..b768e9452 100644
--- a/config/operator/default_images.yaml
+++ b/config/operator/default_images.yaml
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ spec:
         - name: RELATED_IMAGE_EDPM_NODE_EXPORTER_IMAGE_URL_DEFAULT
           value: quay.io/prometheus/node-exporter:v1.5.0
         - name: RELATED_IMAGE_EDPM_KEPLER_IMAGE_URL_DEFAULT
-          value: quay.io/sustainable_computing_io/kepler:v0.10.2
+          value: quay.io/sustainable_computing_io/kepler:release-0.7.12
         - name: RELATED_IMAGE_OPENSTACK_NETWORK_EXPORTER_IMAGE_URL_DEFAULT
           value: quay.io/openstack-k8s-operators/openstack-network-exporter:current-podified
         - name: RELATED_IMAGE_EDPM_OVN_BGP_AGENT_IMAGE_URL_DEFAULT
diff --git a/hack/export_related_images.sh b/hack/export_related_images.sh
index 24f51cb23..f15a20155 100755
--- a/hack/export_related_images.sh
+++ b/hack/export_related_images.sh
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ export RELATED_IMAGE_EDPM_NEUTRON_SRIOV_AGENT_IMAGE_URL_DEFAULT=quay.io/podified
 export RELATED_IMAGE_EDPM_OVN_BGP_AGENT_IMAGE_URL_DEFAULT=quay.io/podified-antelope-centos9/openstack-ovn-bgp-agent:current-podified
 export RELATED_IMAGE_EDPM_NODE_EXPORTER_IMAGE_URL_DEFAULT=quay.io/prometheus/node-exporter:v1.5.0
 export RELATED_IMAGE_OPENSTACK_NETWORK_EXPORTER_IMAGE_URL_DEFAULT=quay.io/openstack-k8s-operators/openstack-network-exporter:current-podified
-export RELATED_IMAGE_EDPM_KEPLER_IMAGE_URL_DEFAULT=quay.io/sustainable_computing_io/kepler:v0.10.2
+export RELATED_IMAGE_EDPM_KEPLER_IMAGE_URL_DEFAULT=quay.io/sustainable_computing_io/kepler:release-0.7.12
 export RELATED_IMAGE_EDPM_PODMAN_EXPORTER_IMAGE_URL_DEFAULT=quay.io/navidys/prometheus-podman-exporter:v1.10.1
 export RELATED_IMAGE_TEST_TEMPEST_IMAGE_URL_DEFAULT=quay.io/podified-antelope-centos9/openstack-tempest-all:current-podified
 export RELATED_IMAGE_WATCHER_API_IMAGE_URL_DEFAULT=quay.io/podified-master-centos9/openstack-watcher-api:current-podified