diff --git a/components/notebook-controller/config/overlays/openshift/params.env b/components/notebook-controller/config/overlays/openshift/params.env
index d6f49dd6c9a..afc156ff326 100644
--- a/components/notebook-controller/config/overlays/openshift/params.env
+++ b/components/notebook-controller/config/overlays/openshift/params.env
@@ -1 +1 @@
-odh-kf-notebook-controller-image=quay.io/opendatahub/kubeflow-notebook-controller:1.9-1769b4b
+odh-kf-notebook-controller-image=quay.io/opendatahub/kubeflow-notebook-controller:main-7986030
diff --git a/components/odh-notebook-controller/Makefile b/components/odh-notebook-controller/Makefile
index 7fabc6e1107..2795b4e96ad 100644
--- a/components/odh-notebook-controller/Makefile
+++ b/components/odh-notebook-controller/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ IMG ?= quay.io/opendatahub/odh-notebook-controller
 TAG ?= $(shell git describe --tags --always)
 
 KF_IMG ?= quay.io/opendatahub/kubeflow-notebook-controller
-KF_TAG ?= 1.9-1769b4b
+KF_TAG ?= main-7986030
 
 CONTAINER_ENGINE ?= podman
 
diff --git a/components/odh-notebook-controller/config/base/params.env b/components/odh-notebook-controller/config/base/params.env
index 2c5e256891d..0cc0a43c330 100644
--- a/components/odh-notebook-controller/config/base/params.env
+++ b/components/odh-notebook-controller/config/base/params.env
@@ -1 +1 @@
-odh-notebook-controller-image=quay.io/opendatahub/odh-notebook-controller:1.9-1769b4b
+odh-notebook-controller-image=quay.io/opendatahub/odh-notebook-controller:main-7986030