diff --git a/components/odh-notebook-controller/config/manager/manager.yaml b/components/odh-notebook-controller/config/manager/manager.yaml
index 5cbfc7303fb..991878bfbf3 100644
--- a/components/odh-notebook-controller/config/manager/manager.yaml
+++ b/components/odh-notebook-controller/config/manager/manager.yaml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ spec:
           imagePullPolicy: Always
           command:
             - /manager
-          args: ["--oauth-proxy-image", "registry.redhat.io/openshift4/ose-oauth-proxy:v4.10"]
+          args: ["--oauth-proxy-image", "registry.redhat.io/openshift4/ose-oauth-proxy@sha256:4bef31eb993feb6f1096b51b4876c65a6fb1f4401fee97fa4f4542b6b7c9bc46"]
           securityContext:
             allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
           ports:
diff --git a/components/odh-notebook-controller/controllers/notebook_oauth.go b/components/odh-notebook-controller/controllers/notebook_oauth.go
index 803c531c1ef..bf43f0ffa70 100644
--- a/components/odh-notebook-controller/controllers/notebook_oauth.go
+++ b/components/odh-notebook-controller/controllers/notebook_oauth.go
@@ -35,7 +35,10 @@ import (
 const (
 	OAuthServicePort     = 443
 	OAuthServicePortName = "oauth-proxy"
-	OAuthProxyImage      = "registry.redhat.io/openshift4/ose-oauth-proxy:latest"
+	// OAuthProxyImage uses sha256 manifest list digest value of v4.8 image for AMD64 as default to be compatible with imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent, overridable
+	// taken from https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/openshift4/ose-oauth-proxy/5cdb2133bed8bd5717d5ae64?image=6306f12280cc9b3291272668&architecture=amd64&container-tabs=overview
+	// and kept in sync with the manifests here and in ClusterServiceVersion metadata of opendatahub operator
+	OAuthProxyImage = "registry.redhat.io/openshift4/ose-oauth-proxy@sha256:4bef31eb993feb6f1096b51b4876c65a6fb1f4401fee97fa4f4542b6b7c9bc46"
 )
 
 type OAuthConfig struct {