diff --git a/ci-operator/step-registry/openshift-qe/hypershift-infra/openshift-qe-hypershift-infra-commands.sh b/ci-operator/step-registry/openshift-qe/hypershift-infra/openshift-qe-hypershift-infra-commands.sh
index cdc3a5386db7c..a9c2f5f3fd0ac 100644
--- a/ci-operator/step-registry/openshift-qe/hypershift-infra/openshift-qe-hypershift-infra-commands.sh
+++ b/ci-operator/step-registry/openshift-qe/hypershift-infra/openshift-qe-hypershift-infra-commands.sh
@@ -46,17 +46,92 @@ function checkForInfraReady() {
 
 function rebalanceInfra() {
     if [[ $1 == "prometheus-k8s" ]] ; then
-        log "$(date) - Initiate migration of prometheus componenets to infra nodepools"
+        log "$(date) - Initiate migration of prometheus to infra nodepools"
         oc get pods -n openshift-monitoring -o wide | grep prometheus-k8s
         oc get sts prometheus-k8s -n openshift-monitoring
-        
+
+        log "$(date) - Apply cluster-monitoring-config to move prometheus to infra nodes"
+        # Note: Fresh ROSA HCP clusters don't have cluster-monitoring-config by default.
+        # Safe to create/replace for single-use CI clusters. If running against reused
+        # clusters with existing monitoring config, this would overwrite retention/resources.
+        # Only moving prometheusK8s as it's the resource-intensive component; other monitoring
+        # components consume minimal resources and can remain on worker nodes.
+        cat << 'EOF' | oc apply -f -
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: cluster-monitoring-config
+  namespace: openshift-monitoring
+data:
+  config.yaml: |+
+    prometheusK8s:
+      nodeSelector:
+        node-role.kubernetes.io/infra: ""
+      tolerations:
+        - effect: "NoSchedule"
+          key: "node-role.kubernetes.io/infra"
+          operator: "Exists"
+EOF
+
+        log "$(date) - Wait for cluster-monitoring-operator to reconcile the configuration"
+        RECONCILED=false
+        for i in {1..30}; do
+            if oc get sts prometheus-k8s -n openshift-monitoring -o json | \
+                jq -e '.spec.template.spec.nodeSelector["node-role.kubernetes.io/infra"] == "" and any(.spec.template.spec.tolerations[]?; .key == "node-role.kubernetes.io/infra" and .operator == "Exists" and .effect == "NoSchedule")' >/dev/null; then
+                RECONCILED=true
+                log "$(date) - StatefulSet reconciled with infra nodeSelector and tolerations"
+                break
+            fi
+            [[ $((i % 6)) -eq 0 ]] && log "$(date) - Still waiting for reconciliation... ($i/30)"
+            sleep 10
+        done
+        if [[ "${RECONCILED}" != "true" ]]; then
+            log "$(date) - ERROR: cluster-monitoring-operator did not update prometheus-k8s placement"
+            log "Current StatefulSet spec:"
+            oc get sts prometheus-k8s -n openshift-monitoring -o json | jq '.spec.template.spec | {nodeSelector, tolerations}'
+            exit 1
+        fi
+
         log "$(date) - Restart stateful set pods"
         echo "rollout restart -n openshift-monitoring statefulset/prometheus-k8s"
-        oc rollout restart -n openshift-monitoring statefulset/prometheus-k8s 
-        
+        oc rollout restart -n openshift-monitoring statefulset/prometheus-k8s
+
         log "$(date) - Wait till they are completely restarted"
         oc rollout status -n openshift-monitoring statefulset/prometheus-k8s
-        
+
+        log "$(date) - Verify prometheus pods are running on infra nodes"
+        # Wait up to 2 minutes for pods to be scheduled on infra nodes
+        RETRY=0
+        MAX_RETRIES=12
+        VERIFY_SUCCESS=false
+        while [ $RETRY -lt $MAX_RETRIES ]; do
+            ALL_ON_INFRA=true
+            for node in $(oc get pods -n openshift-monitoring -o wide | grep -i "prometheus-k8s-" | grep -i running | awk '{print$7}'); do
+                if [[ $(oc get nodes --no-headers -l node-role.kubernetes.io/infra | awk '{print$1}' | grep -w "$node") != "" ]]; then
+                    log "$(date) - prometheus pod on $node (infra node) ✓"
+                else
+                    log "$(date) - WARNING: prometheus pod on $node is NOT an infra node"
+                    ALL_ON_INFRA=false
+                fi
+            done
+
+            if [ "$ALL_ON_INFRA" = true ]; then
+                log "$(date) - All prometheus-k8s pods are on infra nodes ✓"
+                VERIFY_SUCCESS=true
+                break
+            else
+                RETRY=$((RETRY+1))
+                log "$(date) - Retry $RETRY/$MAX_RETRIES: Waiting for prometheus pods to move to infra nodes..."
+                sleep 10
+            fi
+        done
+
+        if [ "$VERIFY_SUCCESS" = false ]; then
+            log "$(date) - ERROR: Prometheus pods failed to move to infra nodes after $MAX_RETRIES attempts"
+            oc get pods -n openshift-monitoring -o wide | grep prometheus-k8s
+            exit 1
+        fi
+
         log "$(date) - Check pods status again and the hosting nodes"
         oc get pods -n openshift-monitoring -o wide | grep prometheus-k8s
     else