diff --git a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/tasks/install.yml b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/tasks/install.yml
index b9f2a5f24..cbceb2de3 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/tasks/install.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/tasks/install.yml
@@ -26,12 +26,23 @@
     command: dnf config-manager --set-enabled crb
     when: ansible_distribution_version|int == 9
 
-  - name: "Enable EPEL repository for EL7/8/9"
+  - name: "Enable EPEL repository for EL7/8"
     ansible.builtin.dnf:
       name: epel-release
-  when:
-  - enable_epel | bool
-  - ansible_distribution in ["AlmaLinux", "CentOS", "Rocky"]
+      state: latest
+    when:
+      - enable_epel | bool
+      - ansible_distribution in ["AlmaLinux", "CentOS", "Rocky"]
+
+  - name: "Enable EPEL repositories for EL9"
+    ansible.builtin.dnf:
+      name:
+        - epel-next-release
+      state: latest
+    when:
+      - enable_epel | bool
+      - ansible_distribution == 'CentOS'
+      - ansible_distribution_version|int == 9
 
 - name: "Enable EPEL repository for RedHat 9"
   command: dnf install -y https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-9.noarch.rpm
diff --git a/scripts/install-deps.sh b/scripts/install-deps.sh
index bdeaec29f..a8155d51a 100755
--- a/scripts/install-deps.sh
+++ b/scripts/install-deps.sh
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ case ${ID,,} in
     )
     EXTRA_PKG_DEPS=()
     sudo -E ${PKG_MANAGER} updateinfo
+    # NOTE(rpittau): epel repos are installed but the content is purged
+    # in  the CI images, we remove them and reinstall later
+    sudo -E ${PKG_MANAGER} remove -y epel-release epel-next-release
     ;;
 
     *) echo "ERROR: Supported package manager not found.  Supported: apt, dnf, yum, zypper"; exit 1;;