diff --git a/ci-operator/step-registry/hypershift/conformance/hypershift-conformance-chain.yaml b/ci-operator/step-registry/hypershift/conformance/hypershift-conformance-chain.yaml
index 32b895d397352..d1dea8fbf0483 100644
--- a/ci-operator/step-registry/hypershift/conformance/hypershift-conformance-chain.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/step-registry/hypershift/conformance/hypershift-conformance-chain.yaml
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ chain:
       oc image mirror --registry-config ${DS_WORKING_DIR}/pull_secret.json --filter-by-os="linux/${ARCHITECTURE}.*" registry.k8s.io/pause:3.9  $DEVSCRIPTS_TEST_IMAGE_REPO:e2e-28-registry-k8s-io-pause-3-9-p9APyPDU5GsW02Rk
       oc image mirror --registry-config ${DS_WORKING_DIR}/pull_secret.json --filter-by-os="linux/${ARCHITECTURE}.*" registry.k8s.io/pause:3.10 $DEVSCRIPTS_TEST_IMAGE_REPO:e2e-25-registry-k8s-io-pause-3-10-b3MYAwZ_MelO9baY
       oc image mirror --registry-config ${DS_WORKING_DIR}/pull_secret.json --filter-by-os="linux/${ARCHITECTURE}.*" registry.k8s.io/pause:3.10 $DEVSCRIPTS_TEST_IMAGE_REPO:e2e-27-registry-k8s-io-pause-3-10-b3MYAwZ_MelO9baY
+      oc image mirror --registry-config ${DS_WORKING_DIR}/pull_secret.json --filter-by-os="linux/${ARCHITECTURE}.*" registry.k8s.io/pause:3.10.1 $DEVSCRIPTS_TEST_IMAGE_REPO:e2e-22-registry-k8s-io-pause-3-10-1-a6__nK-VRxiifU0Z
       oc image mirror --registry-config ${DS_WORKING_DIR}/pull_secret.json --filter-by-os="linux/${ARCHITECTURE}.*" registry.k8s.io/pause:3.10.1 $DEVSCRIPTS_TEST_IMAGE_REPO:e2e-25-registry-k8s-io-pause-3-10-1-a6__nK-VRxiifU0Z
       oc image mirror --registry-config ${DS_WORKING_DIR}/pull_secret.json --filter-by-os="linux/${ARCHITECTURE}.*" registry.k8s.io/etcd:3.5.15-0 $DEVSCRIPTS_TEST_IMAGE_REPO:e2e-11-registry-k8s-io-etcd-3-5-15-0-W7c5qq4cz4EE20EQ
       EOF
diff --git a/ci-operator/step-registry/hypershift/mce/agent/manual/conformance/hypershift-mce-agent-manual-conformance-workflow.yaml b/ci-operator/step-registry/hypershift/mce/agent/manual/conformance/hypershift-mce-agent-manual-conformance-workflow.yaml
index 7c7c987e6e833..c6ac119f3defb 100644
--- a/ci-operator/step-registry/hypershift/mce/agent/manual/conformance/hypershift-mce-agent-manual-conformance-workflow.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/step-registry/hypershift/mce/agent/manual/conformance/hypershift-mce-agent-manual-conformance-workflow.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ workflow:
     allow_best_effort_post_steps: true
     allow_skip_on_success: true
     post:
-    - ref: wait
     - ref: hypershift-mce-dump
     - chain: hypershift-mce-agent-destroy
     - chain: baremetalds-ofcir-post
diff --git a/ci-operator/step-registry/hypershift/mce/kubevirt/baremetalds/conformance/hypershift-mce-kubevirt-baremetalds-conformance-workflow.yaml b/ci-operator/step-registry/hypershift/mce/kubevirt/baremetalds/conformance/hypershift-mce-kubevirt-baremetalds-conformance-workflow.yaml
index b3b4492d280cb..9d10b373952c8 100644
--- a/ci-operator/step-registry/hypershift/mce/kubevirt/baremetalds/conformance/hypershift-mce-kubevirt-baremetalds-conformance-workflow.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/step-registry/hypershift/mce/kubevirt/baremetalds/conformance/hypershift-mce-kubevirt-baremetalds-conformance-workflow.yaml
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ workflow:
     Track HyperShift's development here: https://issues.redhat.com/projects/HOSTEDCP
   steps:
     post:
-    - ref: wait
     - ref: hypershift-mce-dump
     - chain: gather-core-dump
     - chain: hypershift-mce-kubevirt-destroy