diff --git a/config/release/kustomization.yaml b/config/release/kustomization.yaml
index 35e53ec4..c7e1b0e8 100644
--- a/config/release/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/config/release/kustomization.yaml
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ resources:
 # newTag points to the latest release image and must be updated before tagging a new release
 images:
 - name: quay.io/confidential-containers/operator
-  newTag: v0.10.0
+  newTag: v0.11.0
diff --git a/config/samples/ccruntime/default/kustomization.yaml b/config/samples/ccruntime/default/kustomization.yaml
index 7cd6e773..8d6f6833 100644
--- a/config/samples/ccruntime/default/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/config/samples/ccruntime/default/kustomization.yaml
@@ -8,10 +8,9 @@ resources:
 
 images:
 - name: quay.io/confidential-containers/reqs-payload
-  newTag: latest
+  newTag: 7b06283a5be08f4d83f2bf15851d55739bf27ec5
 - name: quay.io/kata-containers/kata-deploy
-  newName: quay.io/kata-containers/kata-deploy-ci
-  newTag: kata-containers-latest
+  newTag: 3.11.0
 
 patches:
 - patch: |-
diff --git a/config/samples/ccruntime/peer-pods/kustomization.yaml b/config/samples/ccruntime/peer-pods/kustomization.yaml
index fc8dc7ae..336969a7 100644
--- a/config/samples/ccruntime/peer-pods/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/config/samples/ccruntime/peer-pods/kustomization.yaml
@@ -9,10 +9,9 @@ resources:
 
 images:
 - name: quay.io/confidential-containers/reqs-payload
-  newTag: latest
+  newTag: 7b06283a5be08f4d83f2bf15851d55739bf27ec5
 - name: quay.io/kata-containers/kata-deploy
-  newName: quay.io/kata-containers/kata-deploy-ci
-  newTag: kata-containers-latest
+  newTag: 3.11.0
 
 
 patches:
diff --git a/config/samples/ccruntime/s390x/kustomization.yaml b/config/samples/ccruntime/s390x/kustomization.yaml
index 046a8a54..da8155cf 100644
--- a/config/samples/ccruntime/s390x/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/config/samples/ccruntime/s390x/kustomization.yaml
@@ -8,10 +8,9 @@ resources:
 
 images:
 - name: quay.io/confidential-containers/reqs-payload
-  newTag: latest
+  newTag: 7b06283a5be08f4d83f2bf15851d55739bf27ec5
 - name: quay.io/kata-containers/kata-deploy
-  newName: quay.io/kata-containers/kata-deploy-ci
-  newTag: kata-containers-latest
+  newTag: 3.11.0
 
 patches:
 - patch: |-
diff --git a/config/samples/enclave-cc/base/ccruntime-enclave-cc.yaml b/config/samples/enclave-cc/base/ccruntime-enclave-cc.yaml
index 396cace3..b7225e03 100644
--- a/config/samples/enclave-cc/base/ccruntime-enclave-cc.yaml
+++ b/config/samples/enclave-cc/base/ccruntime-enclave-cc.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ spec:
       node.kubernetes.io/worker: ""
   config:
     installType: bundle
-    payloadImage: quay.io/confidential-containers/runtime-payload-ci:enclave-cc-HW-cc-kbc-latest
+    payloadImage: quay.io/confidential-containers/runtime-payload:enclave-cc-HW-cc-kbc-v0.11.0
     installDoneLabel:
       confidentialcontainers.org/enclave-cc: "true"
     uninstallDoneLabel:
diff --git a/config/samples/enclave-cc/hw/kustomization.yaml b/config/samples/enclave-cc/hw/kustomization.yaml
index 3e0608d5..71fe5fcd 100644
--- a/config/samples/enclave-cc/hw/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/config/samples/enclave-cc/hw/kustomization.yaml
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ nameSuffix: -sgx-mode-hw
 
 images:
 - name: quay.io/confidential-containers/reqs-payload
-  newTag: latest
+  newTag: 7b06283a5be08f4d83f2bf15851d55739bf27ec5
diff --git a/config/samples/enclave-cc/sim/kustomization.yaml b/config/samples/enclave-cc/sim/kustomization.yaml
index 4b58e1ad..fd006f83 100644
--- a/config/samples/enclave-cc/sim/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/config/samples/enclave-cc/sim/kustomization.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ resources:
 nameSuffix: -sgx-mode-sim
 
 images:
-- name: quay.io/confidential-containers/runtime-payload-ci
-  newTag: enclave-cc-SIM-sample-kbc-latest
+- name: quay.io/confidential-containers/runtime-payload
+  newTag: enclave-cc-SIM-sample-kbc-v0.11.0
 - name: quay.io/confidential-containers/reqs-payload
-  newTag: latest
+  newTag: 7b06283a5be08f4d83f2bf15851d55739bf27ec5