diff --git a/roles/openshift-apps/waiverdb/files/buildconfig.yml b/roles/openshift-apps/waiverdb/files/buildconfig.yml
index 8b3ed08c87..173511b23a 100644
--- a/roles/openshift-apps/waiverdb/files/buildconfig.yml
+++ b/roles/openshift-apps/waiverdb/files/buildconfig.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ spec:
   # image from candidate-registry.fedoraproject.org
   source:
     dockerfile: |-
-      FROM waiverdb:latest
+      FROM candidate-registry.fedoraproject.org/f26/waiverdb:latest
       USER 0
       RUN dnf -y install --setopt=tsflags=nodocs fedmsg && dnf -y clean all
       # create a symlink for configuring fedmsg.