diff --git a/.ci-operator.yaml b/.ci-operator.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index b5c3b86c..00000000
--- a/.ci-operator.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-build_root_image:
-  name: nodejs-18
-  namespace: openshift
-  tag: latest
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index d484902a..0c11e691 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -5,9 +5,19 @@ FROM registry.ci.openshift.org/ocp/builder:rhel-9-base-nodejs-openshift-4.22 AS
 COPY . /opt/app-root/src/app
 WORKDIR /opt/app-root/src/app
 
-# Run install as supper tux
 USER 0
-RUN npm ci && npm run build
+
+# prevent npm registry timeouts when building OKD images
+# use 10min fetch timeout and up to 1min between retries
+# retry config details: https://www.npmjs.com/package/retry
+RUN npm config set loglevel http 
+RUN npm config set fetch-timeout 600000
+RUN npm config set fetch-retries 9
+RUN npm config set fetch-retry-factor 2
+
+# Install dependencies and build
+ENV CYPRESS_INSTALL_BINARY=0
+RUN npm clean-install --ignore-scripts --no-audit && npm run build
 
 # Web server container
 FROM registry.ci.openshift.org/ocp/4.22:base-rhel9
@@ -15,20 +25,13 @@ FROM registry.ci.openshift.org/ocp/4.22:base-rhel9
 RUN INSTALL_PKGS="nginx" && \
     dnf install -y --setopt=tsflags=nodocs $INSTALL_PKGS && \
     rpm -V $INSTALL_PKGS && \
-    yum -y clean all --enablerepo='*' && rm -rf /var/cache/dnf/* && \
+    dnf -y clean all --enablerepo='*' && rm -rf /var/cache/dnf/* && \
     chown -R 1001:0 /var/lib/nginx /var/log/nginx /run && \
     chmod -R ug+rwX /var/lib/nginx /var/log/nginx /run
 
-# Use none-root user
+# Use non-root user
 USER 1001
 
-# Set nginx configuration
-# COPY nginx.conf /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
-
-# When using ubi9/nginx-120 defaults:
-#  listen       8080 default_server;
-#  root         /opt/app-root/src;
-
 COPY --from=build /opt/app-root/src/app/dist /opt/app-root/src
 
 # Run the server
diff --git a/Dockerfile.art b/Dockerfile.art
index 1fcaf035..0c11e691 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.art
+++ b/Dockerfile.art
@@ -5,8 +5,19 @@ FROM registry.ci.openshift.org/ocp/builder:rhel-9-base-nodejs-openshift-4.22 AS
 COPY . /opt/app-root/src/app
 WORKDIR /opt/app-root/src/app
 
+USER 0
+
+# prevent npm registry timeouts when building OKD images
+# use 10min fetch timeout and up to 1min between retries
+# retry config details: https://www.npmjs.com/package/retry
+RUN npm config set loglevel http 
+RUN npm config set fetch-timeout 600000
+RUN npm config set fetch-retries 9
+RUN npm config set fetch-retry-factor 2
+
 # Install dependencies and build
-RUN CYPRESS_INSTALL_BINARY=0 npm ci && npm run build
+ENV CYPRESS_INSTALL_BINARY=0
+RUN npm clean-install --ignore-scripts --no-audit && npm run build
 
 # Web server container
 FROM registry.ci.openshift.org/ocp/4.22:base-rhel9