diff --git a/templates/packer/ansible/inventory/rhel-8-aarch64/group_vars/all.yml b/templates/packer/ansible/inventory/rhel-9-aarch64/group_vars/all.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from templates/packer/ansible/inventory/rhel-8-aarch64/group_vars/all.yml
rename to templates/packer/ansible/inventory/rhel-9-aarch64/group_vars/all.yml
diff --git a/templates/packer/ansible/inventory/rhel-8-x86_64/group_vars/all.yml b/templates/packer/ansible/inventory/rhel-9-x86_64/group_vars/all.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from templates/packer/ansible/inventory/rhel-8-x86_64/group_vars/all.yml
rename to templates/packer/ansible/inventory/rhel-9-x86_64/group_vars/all.yml
diff --git a/templates/packer/ansible/roles/common/tasks/packages.yml b/templates/packer/ansible/roles/common/tasks/packages.yml
index 57a0157d0..510f18244 100644
--- a/templates/packer/ansible/roles/common/tasks/packages.yml
+++ b/templates/packer/ansible/roles/common/tasks/packages.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 # We need EPEL for monit
 - name: Add EPEL
   dnf:
-    name: https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm
+    name: https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-9.noarch.rpm
     state: present
     disable_gpg_check: yes
   when: ansible_distribution == 'RedHat'
diff --git a/templates/packer/worker.pkr.hcl b/templates/packer/worker.pkr.hcl
index 67a938aa0..1b4b319eb 100644
--- a/templates/packer/worker.pkr.hcl
+++ b/templates/packer/worker.pkr.hcl
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ source "amazon-ebs" "image_builder" {
 
 build {
   source "amazon-ebs.image_builder" {
-    name = "rhel-8-x86_64"
+    name = "rhel-9-x86_64"
 
-    # Use a static RHEL 8.6 Cloud Access Image.
-    source_ami = "ami-03debf3ebf61b20cd"
+    # Use a static RHEL 9.0 Cloud Access Image.
+    source_ami = "ami-0f7c7d22de9e097ea"
     ssh_username = "ec2-user"
     instance_type = "c6a.large"
     aws_polling {
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ build {
     }
 
     # Set a name for the resulting AMI.
-    ami_name = "${var.image_name}-rhel-8-x86_64"
+    ami_name = "${var.image_name}-rhel-9-x86_64"
 
     # Apply tags to the resulting AMI/EBS snapshot.
     tags = {
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ build {
       Name = "${var.image_name}"
       composer_commit = "${var.composer_commit}"
       os = "rhel"
-      os_version = "8"
+      os_version = "9"
       arch = "x86_64"
     }
 
@@ -60,10 +60,10 @@ build {
   }
 
   source "amazon-ebs.image_builder" {
-    name = "rhel-8-aarch64"
+    name = "rhel-9-aarch64"
 
-    # Use a static RHEL 8.6 Cloud Access Image.
-    source_ami = "ami-0c84d76d81209a0e2"
+    # Use a static RHEL 9.0 Cloud Access Image.
+    source_ami = "ami-019ece25c0f135889"
     ssh_username = "ec2-user"
     instance_type = "c6g.large"
     aws_polling {
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ build {
     }
 
     # Set a name for the resulting AMI.
-    ami_name = "${var.image_name}-rhel-8-aarch64"
+    ami_name = "${var.image_name}-rhel-9-aarch64"
 
     # Apply tags to the resulting AMI/EBS snapshot.
     tags = {
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ build {
       Name = "${var.image_name}"
       composer_commit = "${var.composer_commit}"
       os = "rhel"
-      os_version = "8"
+      os_version = "9"
       arch = "aarch64"
     }
 
diff --git a/tools/appsre-ansible/rpmbuild.yml b/tools/appsre-ansible/rpmbuild.yml
index eb9139a3b..b97b6b4bf 100644
--- a/tools/appsre-ansible/rpmbuild.yml
+++ b/tools/appsre-ansible/rpmbuild.yml
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
 
   - name: Add EPEL
     dnf:
-      name: https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm
       state: present
+      name: https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-9.noarch.rpm
       disable_gpg_check: yes
 
   - name: Subscribe
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
   - name: Mockbuild osbuild
     shell: >-
         mock
-        -r "rhel-8-{{ ansible_architecture }}"
+        -r "rhel-9-{{ ansible_architecture }}"
         --rebuild
         --define "commit {{ OSBUILD_COMMIT }}"
         --define "_rpmfilename %%{NAME}.rpm"
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
   - name: Mockbuild osbuild-composer
     shell: >-
         mock
-        -r "rhel-8-{{ ansible_architecture }}"
+        -r "rhel-9-{{ ansible_architecture }}"
         --rebuild
         --define "commit {{ COMPOSER_COMMIT }}"
         --define "_rpmfilename %%{NAME}.rpm"
diff --git a/tools/appsre-build-worker-packer.sh b/tools/appsre-build-worker-packer.sh
index c0d6bcc3c..408713b23 100755
--- a/tools/appsre-build-worker-packer.sh
+++ b/tools/appsre-build-worker-packer.sh
@@ -60,10 +60,10 @@ fi
 
 if [ "$ON_JENKINS" = true ]; then
     # jenkins on main: build rhel only
-    PACKER_ONLY_EXCEPT=--only=amazon-ebs.rhel-8-x86_64,amazon-ebs.rhel-8-aarch64
+    PACKER_ONLY_EXCEPT=--only=amazon-ebs.rhel-9-x86_64,amazon-ebs.rhel-9-aarch64
 elif [ -n "$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH" ] && [ "$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH" == "main" ]; then
     # Schutzbot on main: build all except rhel
-    PACKER_ONLY_EXCEPT=--except=amazon-ebs.rhel-8-x86_64,amazon-ebs.rhel-8-aarch64
+    PACKER_ONLY_EXCEPT=--except=amazon-ebs.rhel-9-x86_64,amazon-ebs.rhel-9-aarch64
 elif [ -n "$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH" ]; then
     # Schutzbot but not main, build everything (use dummy except)
     PACKER_ONLY_EXCEPT=--except=amazon-ebs.dummy
@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ function write_inventories {
 
         # write rpmrepo_distribution variable
         local rpmrepo_distribution="$distro"
-        if [[ $rpmrepo_distribution == rhel-8 ]]; then
-            rpmrepo_distribution=rhel-8-cdn
+        if [[ $rpmrepo_distribution == rhel-9 ]]; then
+            rpmrepo_distribution=rhel-9-cdn
         fi
         cat >"$item/group_vars/all.yml" <<EOF
 ---
@@ -94,8 +94,8 @@ EOF
 
         # get distro name for schutzfile
         local schutzfile_distro="$distro"
-        if [[ $schutzfile_distro == rhel-8 ]]; then
-            schutzfile_distro=rhel-8.6
+        if [[ $schutzfile_distro == rhel-9 ]]; then
+            schutzfile_distro=rhel-9.0
         fi
 
         # get osbuild_commit from schutzfile
diff --git a/tools/build-rpms.py b/tools/build-rpms.py
index 9015884d8..1fc88b8a4 100755
--- a/tools/build-rpms.py
+++ b/tools/build-rpms.py
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ import boto3
 
 arch_info = {}
 arch_info["x86_64"] = {
-    "ImageId": "ami-03debf3ebf61b20cd",
+    "ImageId": "ami-0f7c7d22de9e097ea",
     "InstanceType": "c5.large"
 }
 arch_info["aarch64"] = {
-    "ImageId": "ami-0c84d76d81209a0e2",
+    "ImageId": "ami-019ece25c0f135889",
     "InstanceType": "c6g.large"
 }