diff --git a/image/rhel/Dockerfile b/image/rhel/Dockerfile
index 0dbb53e8ee083..9ba0a42412a81 100644
--- a/image/rhel/Dockerfile
+++ b/image/rhel/Dockerfile
@@ -2,10 +2,14 @@ ARG RPMS_REGISTRY=registry.access.redhat.com
 ARG RPMS_BASE_IMAGE=ubi9
 ARG RPMS_BASE_TAG=latest
 ARG BASE_REGISTRY=registry.access.redhat.com
-ARG BASE_IMAGE=ubi9-minimal
+ARG BASE_IMAGE=ubi9-micro
 ARG BASE_TAG=latest
 
-FROM ${RPMS_REGISTRY}/${RPMS_BASE_IMAGE}:${RPMS_BASE_TAG} AS downloads
+FROM ${RPMS_REGISTRY}/${RPMS_BASE_IMAGE}:${RPMS_BASE_TAG} AS ubi-base
+
+FROM ${BASE_REGISTRY}/${BASE_IMAGE}:${BASE_TAG} AS ubi-micro-base
+
+FROM ubi-base AS downloads
 
 ARG DEBUG_BUILD=no
 
@@ -13,16 +17,50 @@ WORKDIR /
 COPY download.sh /download.sh
 RUN /download.sh
 
-FROM ${BASE_REGISTRY}/${BASE_IMAGE}:${BASE_TAG} AS stackrox_data
+FROM ubi-base AS stackrox_data
 
-RUN mkdir /stackrox-data
-RUN microdnf upgrade --nobest -y  && microdnf install -y zip
+RUN dnf install -y zip
 
 WORKDIR /
 COPY fetch-stackrox-data.sh .
-RUN /fetch-stackrox-data.sh /stackrox-data
+RUN mkdir /stackrox-data && /fetch-stackrox-data.sh /stackrox-data
+
+FROM ubi-base AS package_installer
 
-FROM ${BASE_REGISTRY}/${BASE_IMAGE}:${BASE_TAG}
+COPY --from=ubi-micro-base / /out/
+
+RUN dnf install -y \
+        --installroot=/out/ \
+        --releasever=9 \
+        --setopt=install_weak_deps=0 \
+        --nodocs \
+        findutils \
+        ca-certificates && \
+    dnf clean all --installroot=/out/ && \
+    rm -rf /out/var/cache/dnf /out/var/cache/yum
+
+COPY --from=downloads /output/rpms/ /tmp/
+COPY signatures/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-Official /tmp/
+RUN rpm --import /tmp/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-Official && \
+    dnf install -y \
+        --installroot=/out/ \
+        --releasever=9 \
+        --setopt=install_weak_deps=0 \
+        --nodocs \
+        /tmp/postgres-libs.rpm \
+        /tmp/postgres.rpm && \
+    dnf clean all --installroot=/out/ && \
+    rm -rf /out/var/cache/dnf /out/var/cache/yum /tmp/*.rpm /tmp/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-Official
+
+RUN mkdir -p /out/stackrox && \
+    mkdir -p /out/etc/pki/ca-trust/source/anchors /out/etc/ssl && \
+    mkdir -p /out/var/lib/stackrox /out/var/log/stackrox /out/var/cache/stackrox && \
+    chown -R 4000:4000 /out/etc/pki/ca-trust /out/etc/ssl /out/var/lib/stackrox /out/var/log/stackrox /out/var/cache/stackrox /out/tmp
+
+COPY static-bin/* /out/stackrox/
+RUN chroot /out /stackrox/save-dir-contents /etc/pki/ca-trust /etc/ssl
+
+FROM ubi-micro-base
 
 ARG LABEL_VERSION
 ARG LABEL_RELEASE
@@ -45,32 +83,10 @@ ENV PATH="/stackrox:$PATH" \
     ROX_IMAGE_FLAVOR=${ROX_IMAGE_FLAVOR} \
     ROX_PRODUCT_BRANDING=${ROX_PRODUCT_BRANDING}
 
-COPY signatures/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-Official /
-COPY static-bin /stackrox/
+COPY --from=package_installer /out/ /
 
-COPY --from=downloads /output/rpms/ /tmp/
 COPY --from=downloads /output/go/ /go/
 
-RUN rpm --import RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-Official && \
-    microdnf -y upgrade --nobest && \
-    rpm -i --nodeps /tmp/postgres-libs.rpm && \
-    rpm -i --nodeps /tmp/postgres.rpm && \
-    microdnf install --setopt=install_weak_deps=0 --nodocs -y util-linux && \
-    microdnf clean all -y && \
-    rm /tmp/postgres.rpm /tmp/postgres-libs.rpm RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-Official && \
-    # (Optional) Remove line below to keep package management utilities
-    rpm -e --nodeps $(rpm -qa curl '*rpm*' '*dnf*' '*libsolv*' '*hawkey*' 'yum*') && \
-    rm -rf /var/cache/dnf /var/cache/yum && \
-    # The contents of paths mounted as emptyDir volumes in Kubernetes are saved
-    # by the script `save-dir-contents` during the image build. The directory
-    # contents are then restored by the script `restore-all-dir-contents`
-    # during the container start.
-    chown -R 4000:4000 /etc/pki/ca-trust && save-dir-contents /etc/pki/ca-trust/source && \
-    mkdir -p /var/lib/stackrox && chown -R 4000:4000 /var/lib/stackrox && \
-    mkdir -p /var/log/stackrox && chown -R 4000:4000 /var/log/stackrox && \
-    mkdir -p /var/cache/stackrox && chown -R 4000:4000 /var/cache/stackrox && \
-    chown -R 4000:4000 /tmp
-
 COPY --from=stackrox_data /stackrox-data /stackrox/static-data
 COPY ./docs/api/v1/swagger.json /stackrox/static-data/docs/api/v1/swagger.json
 COPY ./docs/api/v2/swagger.json /stackrox/static-data/docs/api/v2/swagger.json
@@ -96,5 +112,3 @@ EXPOSE 8443
 USER 4000:4000
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["/stackrox/roxctl"]
-
-HEALTHCHECK CMD curl --insecure --fail https://127.0.0.1:8443/v1/ping
diff --git a/image/rhel/konflux.Dockerfile b/image/rhel/konflux.Dockerfile
index 058175f4a6630..3fdbd3264c55d 100644
--- a/image/rhel/konflux.Dockerfile
+++ b/image/rhel/konflux.Dockerfile
@@ -59,15 +59,43 @@ ENV UI_PKG_INSTALL_EXTRA_ARGS="--ignore-scripts"
 RUN make -C ui build
 
 
-FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9/ubi-minimal:latest@sha256:69f5c9886ecb19b23e88275a5cd904c47dd982dfa370fbbd0c356d7b1047ef68
+FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9/ubi-micro:latest@sha256:093a704be0eaef9bb52d9bc0219c67ee9db13c2e797da400ddb5d5ae6849fa10 AS ubi-micro-base
+
+FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9/ubi:latest@sha256:6ed9f6f637fe731d93ec60c065dbced79273f1e0b5f512951f2c0b0baedb16ad AS package_installer
 
 ARG PG_VERSION
 
-RUN microdnf -y module enable postgresql:${PG_VERSION} && \
-    microdnf -y install postgresql && \
-    microdnf -y clean all && \
-    rpm --verbose -e --nodeps $(rpm -qa curl '*rpm*' '*dnf*' '*libsolv*' '*hawkey*' 'yum*') && \
-    rm -rf /var/cache/dnf /var/cache/yum
+COPY --from=ubi-micro-base / /out/
+
+RUN dnf module enable -y \
+        --installroot=/out/ \
+        --setopt=reposdir=/etc/yum.repos.d \
+        --releasever=9 \
+        postgresql:${PG_VERSION} && \
+    dnf install -y \
+        --installroot=/out/ \
+        --setopt=reposdir=/etc/yum.repos.d \
+        --releasever=9 \
+        --setopt=install_weak_deps=0 \
+        --nodocs \
+        ca-certificates \
+        findutils \
+        openssl \
+        postgresql && \
+    dnf clean all --installroot=/out/ && \
+    rm -rf /out/var/cache/dnf /out/var/cache/yum
+
+RUN mkdir -p /out/stackrox && \
+    mkdir -p /out/etc/pki/ca-trust/source/anchors /out/etc/ssl && \
+    mkdir -p /out/var/lib/stackrox /out/var/log/stackrox /out/var/cache/stackrox && \
+    chown -R 4000:4000 /out/etc/pki/ca-trust /out/etc/ssl /out/var/lib/stackrox /out/var/log/stackrox /out/var/cache/stackrox /out/tmp
+
+COPY --from=go-builder /go/src/github.com/stackrox/rox/app/image/rhel/static-bin/* /out/stackrox/
+RUN chroot /out /stackrox/save-dir-contents /etc/pki/ca-trust /etc/ssl
+
+FROM ubi-micro-base
+
+COPY --from=package_installer /out/ /
 
 COPY --from=ui-builder /go/src/github.com/stackrox/rox/app/ui/build /ui/
 
@@ -123,11 +151,4 @@ COPY --from=go-builder /go/src/github.com/stackrox/rox/app/image/rhel/docs/api/v
 
 COPY LICENSE /licenses/LICENSE
 
-# The following paths are written to in Central.
-RUN chown -R 4000:4000 /etc/pki/ca-trust && save-dir-contents /etc/pki/ca-trust/source && \
-    mkdir -p /var/lib/stackrox && chown -R 4000:4000 /var/lib/stackrox && \
-    mkdir -p /var/log/stackrox && chown -R 4000:4000 /var/log/stackrox && \
-    mkdir -p /var/cache/stackrox && chown -R 4000:4000 /var/cache/stackrox && \
-    chown -R 4000:4000 /tmp
-
 USER 4000:4000