diff --git a/image/rhel/Dockerfile b/image/rhel/Dockerfile
index 52700d69fb35a..1207a37d4e329 100644
--- a/image/rhel/Dockerfile
+++ b/image/rhel/Dockerfile
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 ARG BASE_REGISTRY=registry.access.redhat.com
-ARG BASE_IMAGE=ubi8/ubi
+ARG BASE_IMAGE=ubi8-minimal
 ARG BASE_TAG=8.5
 
 FROM ${BASE_REGISTRY}/${BASE_IMAGE}:${BASE_TAG} AS extracted_bundle
 
 COPY bundle.tar.gz /
 WORKDIR /bundle
-RUN tar -zxf /bundle.tar.gz
+RUN microdnf install tar gzip && tar -zxf /bundle.tar.gz
 
 FROM ${BASE_REGISTRY}/${BASE_IMAGE}:${BASE_TAG}
 
@@ -38,9 +38,10 @@ RUN ln -s entrypoint-wrapper.sh /stackrox/admission-control && \
     ln -s entrypoint-wrapper.sh /stackrox/sensor-upgrader && \
     ln -s /assets/downloads/cli/roxctl-linux /stackrox/roxctl && \
     rpm --import RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-Official && \
-    dnf upgrade -y && \
-    dnf install -y lz4 bzip2 /tmp/snappy.rpm && \
-    dnf clean all && \
+    microdnf upgrade && \
+    rpm -i /tmp/snappy.rpm && \
+    microdnf install lz4 bzip2 findutils && \
+    microdnf clean all && \
     rm /tmp/snappy.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*') && \