diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..44e66646f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+generate:
+	./openshift/generate.sh
+.PHONY: generate
+
+generate-release: generate
+.PHONY: generate
+
+e2e-tests:
+	./openshift/install.sh
+	./openshift/e2e-tests.sh
+.PHONY: e2e-tests
diff --git a/OWNERS b/OWNERS
index e1f43fb9d..8b3b6b669 100644
--- a/OWNERS
+++ b/OWNERS
@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
+# The OWNERS file is used by prow to automatically merge approved PRs.
+
 approvers:
-  - technical-oversight-committee
-  - knative-release-leads
-  - eventing-wg-leads
-  - eventing-writers
+- eventing-approvers
 
-# Reviewers are suggested from the reviewers list first, then the approvers
-# list. To add reviewers while spreading the load among existing approvers,
-# copy the approvers to the reviewers list too.
-# reviewers:
-# TODO: fill in the owning WG
+reviewers:
+- eventing-reviewers
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/OWNERS_ALIASES b/OWNERS_ALIASES
index 6a59d36eb..f7cffeaac 100644
--- a/OWNERS_ALIASES
+++ b/OWNERS_ALIASES
@@ -1,243 +1,15 @@
-# This file is auto-generated from peribolos.
-# Do not modify this file, instead modify peribolos/knative-extensions.yaml
-
 aliases:
-  autoscaler-keda-approvers:
-  - ReToCode
-  - skonto
-  backstage-plugins-reviewers:
-  - aliok
-  - cali0707
-  - leo6leo
-  - pierdipi
-  backstage-plugins-writers:
-  - aliok
-  - cali0707
-  - leo6leo
-  - pierdipi
-  client-wg-leads:
-  - dsimansk
-  - rhuss
-  client-writers:
-  - dsimansk
-  - rhuss
-  discovery-approvers:
-  - lberk
-  docs-writers:
-  - csantanapr
-  - retocode
-  - skonto
-  eventing-autoscaler-keda-approvers: []
-  eventing-awssqs-approvers:
-  - lberk
-  - matzew
-  eventing-ceph-approvers:
-  - lberk
-  - matzew
-  eventing-couchdb-approvers:
-  - lberk
-  - lionelvillard
-  - matzew
-  eventing-github-approvers:
-  - lberk
-  - matzew
-  eventing-gitlab-approvers:
-  - lberk
-  - matzew
-  - sebgoa
-  eventing-kafka-approvers:
-  - aliok
-  - lberk
-  - matzew
-  - pierDipi
-  eventing-kafka-broker-approvers:
+  eventing-approvers:
   - aliok
-  - matzew
-  - pierDipi
-  eventing-kafka-broker-reviewers:
-  - Leo6Leo
-  - cali0707
-  eventing-kafka-writers: []
-  eventing-natss-approvers:
-  - astelmashenko
-  - dan-j
-  eventing-prometheus-approvers:
+  - creydr
   - lberk
   - matzew
-  eventing-rabbitmq-approvers:
-  - ikavgo
-  - mkuratczyk
-  eventing-redis-approvers:
-  - aavarghese
-  - lionelvillard
-  - matzew
+  - mgencur
+  - pierdipi
+  - skonto
   eventing-reviewers:
-  - Leo6Leo
-  - cali0707
-  - creydr
-  eventing-wg-leads:
-  - pierDipi
-  eventing-writers:
-  - Leo6Leo
   - aliok
-  - cali0707
   - creydr
-  - lionelvillard
-  - matzew
-  - pierDipi
-  func-tastic-approvers:
-  - lance
-  - lkingland
-  - matejvasek
-  - nainaz
-  - salaboy
-  functastic-writers:
-  - lance
-  - lkingland
-  - matejvasek
-  - matzew
-  - nainaz
-  - salaboy
-  function-runtime-approvers:
-  - lance
-  - lkingland
-  - matejvasek
-  - matzew
-  - nainaz
-  - salaboy
-  function-runtime-writers:
-  - lance
-  - lkingland
-  - matejvasek
+  - lberk
   - matzew
-  - nainaz
-  - salaboy
-  homebrew-kn-plugins-approvers:
-  - dsimansk
-  - rhuss
-  kn-plugin-admin-approvers:
-  - dsimansk
-  - rhuss
-  kn-plugin-event-approvers:
-  - cardil
-  - rhuss
-  kn-plugin-operator-approvers:
-  - dsimansk
-  - houshengbo
-  - rhuss
-  kn-plugin-quickstart-approvers:
-  - dsimansk
-  - psschwei
-  - rhuss
-  kn-plugin-sample-approvers:
-  - dsimansk
-  - rhuss
-  kn-plugin-service-log-approvers:
-  - rhuss
-  kn-plugin-source-kafka-approvers:
-  - daisy-ycguo
-  - dsimansk
-  - rhuss
-  kn-plugin-source-kamelet-approvers:
-  - christophd
-  - rhuss
-  knative-admin:
-  - aliok
-  - cardil
-  - davidhadas
-  - dprotaso
-  - dsimansk
-  - evankanderson
-  - knative-automation
-  - knative-prow-releaser-robot
-  - knative-prow-robot
-  - knative-prow-updater-robot
-  - knative-test-reporter-robot
-  - nainaz
-  - psschwei
-  - salaboy
-  - upodroid
-  knative-release-leads: []
-  knative-robots:
-  - knative-automation
-  - knative-prow-releaser-robot
-  - knative-prow-robot
-  - knative-prow-updater-robot
-  - knative-test-reporter-robot
-  net-contour-approvers:
-  - KauzClay
-  - dprotaso
-  net-gateway-api-approvers:
-  - dprotaso
-  net-http01-approvers: []
-  net-istio-approvers:
-  - skonto
-  net-kourier-approvers:
-  - skonto
-  operations-wg-leads:
-  - houshengbo
-  operations-writers:
-  - dprotaso
-  - houshengbo
-  - upodroid
-  productivity-leads:
-  - cardil
-  - upodroid
-  productivity-wg-leads:
-  - cardil
-  - upodroid
-  productivity-writers:
-  - cardil
-  - upodroid
-  security-guard-approvers:
-  - davidhadas
-  - psschwei
-  - rhuss
-  security-wg-leads:
-  - davidhadas
-  - evankanderson
-  security-writers:
-  - davidhadas
-  - evankanderson
-  serving-approvers:
-  - ReToCode
-  - skonto
-  serving-progressive-rollout-approvers:
-  - alexagriffith
-  - houshengbo
-  - sukumargaonkar
-  - yuzisun
-  serving-reviewers:
-  - izabelacg
-  - retocode
-  - skonto
-  serving-triage:
-  - izabelacg
-  - retocode
-  - skonto
-  serving-wg-leads:
-  - dprotaso
-  serving-writers:
-  - ReToCode
-  - dprotaso
-  - skonto
-  steering-committee:
-  - aliok
-  - davidhadas
-  - dprotaso
-  - dsimansk
-  - evankanderson
-  - nainaz
-  - psschwei
-  - salaboy
-  technical-oversight-committee: []
-  ux-wg-leads:
-  - cali0707
-  - leo6leo
-  - mmejia02
-  - zainabhusain227
-  ux-writers:
-  - cali0707
-  - leo6leo
-  - mmejia02
-  - zainabhusain227
+  - pierdipi
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/openshift/ci-operator/build-image/Dockerfile b/openshift/ci-operator/build-image/Dockerfile
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..deaa53199
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openshift/ci-operator/build-image/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# DO NOT EDIT! Generated Dockerfile.
+
+FROM registry.ci.openshift.org/ocp/4.17:cli-artifacts as tools
+
+# Dockerfile to bootstrap build and test in openshift-ci
+FROM registry.ci.openshift.org/openshift/release:rhel-8-release-golang-1.22-openshift-4.17 as builder
+
+ARG TARGETARCH
+
+COPY --from=tools /usr/share/openshift/linux_$TARGETARCH/oc.rhel8 /usr/bin/oc
+
+RUN ln -s /usr/bin/oc /usr/bin/kubectl
+
+RUN yum install -y httpd-tools
+
+RUN wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/helm/helm/main/scripts/get-helm-3 && \
+    chmod 700 ./get-helm-3
+
+RUN ./get-helm-3 --version v3.11.3 --no-sudo && helm version
+
+RUN GOFLAGS='' go install github.com/mikefarah/yq/v3@latest
+RUN GOFLAGS='' go install -tags="exclude_graphdriver_btrfs containers_image_openpgp" github.com/containers/skopeo/cmd/skopeo@v1.16.1
+
+# go install creates $GOPATH/.cache with root permissions, we delete it here
+# to avoid permission issues with the runtime users
+RUN rm -rf $GOPATH/.cache
diff --git a/openshift/ci-operator/knative-images/controller/Dockerfile b/openshift/ci-operator/knative-images/controller/Dockerfile
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..171424714
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openshift/ci-operator/knative-images/controller/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# DO NOT EDIT! Generated Dockerfile for cmd/controller.
+ARG GO_BUILDER=registry.ci.openshift.org/openshift/release:rhel-8-release-golang-1.22-openshift-4.17
+ARG GO_RUNTIME=registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/ubi-minimal
+
+FROM $GO_BUILDER as builder
+
+WORKDIR /go/src/cmd/controller
+COPY . .
+
+ENV CGO_ENABLED=1
+ENV GOEXPERIMENT=strictfipsruntime
+
+RUN go build -tags strictfipsruntime -o /usr/bin/main ./cmd/controller
+
+FROM $GO_RUNTIME
+
+ARG VERSION=knative-nightly
+
+COPY --from=builder /usr/bin/main /usr/bin/controller
+
+USER 65532
+
+LABEL \
+      com.redhat.component="openshift-serverless-1-eventing-istio-controller-rhel8-container" \
+      name="openshift-serverless-1/eventing-istio-controller-rhel8" \
+      version=$VERSION \
+      summary="Red Hat OpenShift Serverless 1 Eventing Istio Controller" \
+      maintainer="serverless-support@redhat.com" \
+      description="Red Hat OpenShift Serverless 1 Eventing Istio Controller" \
+      io.k8s.display-name="Red Hat OpenShift Serverless 1 Eventing Istio Controller" \
+      io.k8s.description="Red Hat OpenShift Serverless Eventing Istio Controller" \
+      io.openshift.tags="controller"
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/bin/controller"]
diff --git a/openshift/ci-operator/source-image/Dockerfile b/openshift/ci-operator/source-image/Dockerfile
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..0bc58d0cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openshift/ci-operator/source-image/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# DO NOT EDIT! Generated Dockerfile.
+
+FROM src
+
+RUN chmod +x vendor/k8s.io/code-generator/generate-groups.sh || true
+RUN chmod +x vendor/knative.dev/pkg/hack/generate-knative.sh || true
+RUN chmod +x vendor/k8s.io/code-generator/generate-internal-groups.sh || true
diff --git a/openshift/e2e-tests.sh b/openshift/e2e-tests.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..43bd9a302
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openshift/e2e-tests.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+repo_root_dir=$(dirname "$(realpath "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")")/..
+
+export SKIP_INITIALIZE=true
+export GOPATH=/tmp/go
+export GOCACHE=/tmp/go-cache
+export ARTIFACTS=${ARTIFACT_DIR:-$(mktemp -u -t -d)}
+
+"${repo_root_dir}/test/e2e-tests.sh"
diff --git a/openshift/generate.sh b/openshift/generate.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..bfaed40e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openshift/generate.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+repo_root_dir=$(dirname "$(realpath "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")")/..
+
+release=$(yq r openshift/project.yaml project.tag)
+release=${release/knative/release}
+
+function resolve_resources(){
+  echo $@
+
+  local dir=$1
+  local resolved_file_name=$2
+
+  local version=${release/release-/}
+
+  echo "Writing resolved yaml to $resolved_file_name"
+
+  for yaml in "$dir"/*.yaml; do
+    echo "Resolving ${yaml}"
+
+    echo "---" >> "$resolved_file_name"
+
+    sed \
+        -e "s+eventing.knative.dev/release: devel+eventing.knative.dev/release: ${version}+" \
+        -e "s+app.kubernetes.io/version: devel+app.kubernetes.io/version: ${version}+" \
+        "$yaml" >> "$resolved_file_name"
+  done
+}
+
+"${repo_root_dir}/hack/update-deps.sh"
+
+tmp_dir=$(mktemp -d)
+git clone --branch main https://github.com/openshift-knative/hack "$tmp_dir"
+
+pushd "$tmp_dir"
+go install github.com/openshift-knative/hack/cmd/generate
+popd
+
+rm -rf "$tmp_dir"
+
+$(go env GOPATH)/bin/generate \
+  --root-dir "${repo_root_dir}" \
+  --generators dockerfile \
+  --excludes "vendor.*" \
+  --excludes "third_party.*" \
+  --images-from eventing \
+  --images-from eventing-kafka-broker
+
+"$repo_root_dir/hack/update-codegen.sh"
+
+rm -rf "${repo_root_dir}/openshift/release/artifacts"
+mkdir -p "${repo_root_dir}/openshift/release/artifacts"
+resolve_resources "${repo_root_dir}/config/eventing-istio/roles" "${repo_root_dir}/openshift/release/artifacts/eventing-istio-controller.yaml"
+resolve_resources "${repo_root_dir}/config/eventing-istio/controller" "${repo_root_dir}/openshift/release/artifacts/eventing-istio-controller.yaml"
diff --git a/openshift/images.yaml b/openshift/images.yaml
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..9bee03d0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openshift/images.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+knative.dev/eventing-istio/cmd/controller: registry.ci.openshift.org/openshift/knative-eventing-istio-controller:knative-nightly
+knative.dev/eventing-kafka-broker/control-plane/cmd/kafka-controller: registry.ci.openshift.org/openshift/knative-eventing-kafka-broker-kafka-controller:knative-nightly
+knative.dev/eventing-kafka-broker/control-plane/cmd/kafka-source-controller: registry.ci.openshift.org/openshift/knative-eventing-kafka-broker-kafka-source-controller:knative-nightly
+knative.dev/eventing-kafka-broker/control-plane/cmd/post-install: registry.ci.openshift.org/openshift/knative-eventing-kafka-broker-post-install:knative-nightly
+knative.dev/eventing-kafka-broker/control-plane/cmd/webhook-kafka: registry.ci.openshift.org/openshift/knative-eventing-kafka-broker-webhook-kafka:knative-nightly
+knative.dev/eventing-kafka-broker/test/cmd/logs-exporter: registry.ci.openshift.org/openshift/knative-eventing-kafka-broker-test-logs-exporter:knative-nightly
+knative.dev/eventing-kafka-broker/test/cmd/watch-cm: registry.ci.openshift.org/openshift/knative-eventing-kafka-broker-test-watch-cm:knative-nightly
+knative.dev/eventing-kafka-broker/test/test_images/committed-offset: registry.ci.openshift.org/openshift/knative-eventing-kafka-broker-test-committed-offset:knative-nightly
+knative.dev/eventing-kafka-broker/test/test_images/consumer-group-lag-provider-test: registry.ci.openshift.org/openshift/knative-eventing-kafka-broker-test-consumer-group-lag-provider-test:knative-nightly
+knative.dev/eventing-kafka-broker/test/test_images/kafka-consumer: registry.ci.openshift.org/openshift/knative-eventing-kafka-broker-test-kafka-consumer:knative-nightly
+knative.dev/eventing/cmd/apiserver_receive_adapter: registry.ci.openshift.org/openshift/knative-eventing-apiserver-receive-adapter:knative-nightly
+knative.dev/eventing/cmd/appender: registry.ci.openshift.org/openshift/knative-eventing-appender:knative-nightly
+knative.dev/eventing/cmd/broker/filter: registry.ci.openshift.org/openshift/knative-eventing-filter:knative-nightly
+knative.dev/eventing/cmd/broker/ingress: registry.ci.openshift.org/openshift/knative-eventing-ingress:knative-nightly
+knative.dev/eventing/cmd/controller: registry.ci.openshift.org/openshift/knative-eventing-controller:knative-nightly
+knative.dev/eventing/cmd/event_display: registry.ci.openshift.org/openshift/knative-eventing-event-display:knative-nightly
+knative.dev/eventing/cmd/heartbeats: registry.ci.openshift.org/openshift/knative-eventing-heartbeats:knative-nightly
+knative.dev/eventing/cmd/heartbeats_receiver: registry.ci.openshift.org/openshift/knative-eventing-heartbeats-receiver:knative-nightly
+knative.dev/eventing/cmd/in_memory/channel_controller: registry.ci.openshift.org/openshift/knative-eventing-channel-controller:knative-nightly
+knative.dev/eventing/cmd/in_memory/channel_dispatcher: registry.ci.openshift.org/openshift/knative-eventing-channel-dispatcher:knative-nightly
+knative.dev/eventing/cmd/jobsink: registry.ci.openshift.org/openshift/knative-eventing-jobsink:knative-nightly
+knative.dev/eventing/cmd/mqttsource: registry.ci.openshift.org/openshift/knative-eventing-mqttsource:knative-nightly
+knative.dev/eventing/cmd/mtchannel_broker: registry.ci.openshift.org/openshift/knative-eventing-mtchannel-broker:knative-nightly
+knative.dev/eventing/cmd/mtping: registry.ci.openshift.org/openshift/knative-eventing-mtping:knative-nightly
+knative.dev/eventing/cmd/pong: registry.ci.openshift.org/openshift/knative-eventing-pong:knative-nightly
+knative.dev/eventing/cmd/schema: registry.ci.openshift.org/openshift/knative-eventing-schema:knative-nightly
+knative.dev/eventing/cmd/webhook: registry.ci.openshift.org/openshift/knative-eventing-webhook:knative-nightly
+knative.dev/eventing/cmd/websocketsource: registry.ci.openshift.org/openshift/knative-eventing-websocketsource:knative-nightly
+knative.dev/eventing/test/test_images/event-sender: registry.ci.openshift.org/openshift/knative-eventing-test-event-sender:knative-nightly
+knative.dev/eventing/test/test_images/print: registry.ci.openshift.org/openshift/knative-eventing-test-print:knative-nightly
+knative.dev/eventing/test/test_images/recordevents: registry.ci.openshift.org/openshift/knative-eventing-test-recordevents:knative-nightly
+knative.dev/eventing/test/test_images/request-sender: registry.ci.openshift.org/openshift/knative-eventing-test-request-sender:knative-nightly
+knative.dev/eventing/test/test_images/wathola-fetcher: registry.ci.openshift.org/openshift/knative-eventing-test-wathola-fetcher:knative-nightly
+knative.dev/eventing/test/test_images/wathola-forwarder: registry.ci.openshift.org/openshift/knative-eventing-test-wathola-forwarder:knative-nightly
+knative.dev/eventing/test/test_images/wathola-receiver: registry.ci.openshift.org/openshift/knative-eventing-test-wathola-receiver:knative-nightly
+knative.dev/eventing/test/test_images/wathola-sender: registry.ci.openshift.org/openshift/knative-eventing-test-wathola-sender:knative-nightly
+knative.dev/pkg/apiextensions/storageversion/cmd/migrate: registry.ci.openshift.org/openshift/knative-eventing-migrate:knative-nightly
+knative.dev/reconciler-test/cmd/eventshub: registry.ci.openshift.org/openshift/knative-eventing-test-eventshub:knative-nightly
diff --git a/openshift/install.sh b/openshift/install.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..cdadd15de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openshift/install.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+SCRIPT_DIR=$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )
+
+function install_eventing_with_mesh() {
+
+    KNATIVE_EVENTING_ISTIO_MANIFESTS_DIR="${SCRIPT_DIR}/release/artifacts"
+    export KNATIVE_EVENTING_ISTIO_MANIFESTS_DIR
+
+    go install github.com/openshift-knative/hack/cmd/sobranch@latest
+
+    local release
+    release=$(yq r "${SCRIPT_DIR}/project.yaml" project.tag)
+    release=${release/knative-/}
+    so_branch=$( $(go env GOPATH)/bin/sobranch --upstream-version "${release}")
+
+    USE_IMAGE_RELEASE_TAG="$(yq r "${SCRIPT_DIR}/project.yaml" project.tag)"
+    export USE_IMAGE_RELEASE_TAG
+
+    local operator_dir=/tmp/serverless-operator
+    git clone --branch "${so_branch}" https://github.com/openshift-knative/serverless-operator.git $operator_dir || git clone --branch main https://github.com/openshift-knative/serverless-operator.git $operator_dir
+
+    pushd $operator_dir || return $?
+
+    export ON_CLUSTER_BUILDS=true
+    export DOCKER_REPO_OVERRIDE=image-registry.openshift-image-registry.svc:5000/openshift-marketplace
+
+    make OPENSHIFT_CI="true" SCALE_UP=5 TRACING_BACKEND=zipkin generated-files images install-certmanager install-strimzi install-kafka-with-mesh || return $?
+
+    popd || return $?
+}
+
+install_eventing_with_mesh || exit 1
diff --git a/openshift/patches/01-openshift_tests.patch b/openshift/patches/01-openshift_tests.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4b069ef01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openshift/patches/01-openshift_tests.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+diff --git a/test/e2e-common.sh b/test/e2e-common.sh
+index 8b67cf7..d690543 100755
+--- a/test/e2e-common.sh
++++ b/test/e2e-common.sh
+@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ function run_eventing_core_tests() {
+     -parallel=12 \
+     -run TestPingSource \
+     ./test/rekt/ \
++     --images.producer.file="${REPO_ROOT_DIR}/openshift/images.yaml" \
++     --environment.namespace="serverless-tests" \
+     --istio.enabled=true || return $?
+ 
+   BROKER_TEMPLATES="${KAFKA_BROKER_TEMPLATES}" go_test_e2e \
+@@ -35,6 +37,8 @@ function run_eventing_core_tests() {
+     -parallel=12 \
+     -run TestBrokerConformance \
+     ./test/rekt/ \
++     --images.producer.file="${REPO_ROOT_DIR}/openshift/images.yaml" \
++     --environment.namespace="serverless-tests" \
+     --istio.enabled=true || return $?
+ 
+   BROKER_TEMPLATES="${KAFKA_NAMESPACED_BROKER_TEMPLATES}" go_test_e2e \
+@@ -42,6 +46,8 @@ function run_eventing_core_tests() {
+     -parallel=12 \
+     -run TestBrokerConformance \
+     ./test/rekt/ \
++     --images.producer.file="${REPO_ROOT_DIR}/openshift/images.yaml" \
++     --environment.namespace="serverless-tests" \
+     --istio.enabled=true || return $?
+ 
+   BROKER_TEMPLATES="${KAFKA_BROKER_TEMPLATES}" go_test_e2e \
+@@ -49,6 +55,8 @@ function run_eventing_core_tests() {
+     -parallel=12 \
+     -run TestContainerSource \
+     ./test/rekt/ \
++     --images.producer.file="${REPO_ROOT_DIR}/openshift/images.yaml" \
++     --environment.namespace="serverless-tests" \
+     --istio.enabled=true || return $?
+ 
+   BROKER_TEMPLATES="${KAFKA_BROKER_TEMPLATES}" go_test_e2e \
+@@ -56,6 +64,8 @@ function run_eventing_core_tests() {
+     -parallel=12 \
+     -run TestSinkBinding \
+     ./test/rekt/ \
++     --images.producer.file="${REPO_ROOT_DIR}/openshift/images.yaml" \
++     --environment.namespace="serverless-tests" \
+     --istio.enabled=true || return $?
+ 
+   CHANNEL_GROUP_KIND="InMemoryChannel.messaging.knative.dev" \
+@@ -65,6 +75,8 @@ function run_eventing_core_tests() {
+     -parallel=18 \
+     -run TestChannel \
+     ./test/rekt/ \
++     --images.producer.file="${REPO_ROOT_DIR}/openshift/images.yaml" \
++     --environment.namespace="serverless-tests" \
+     --istio.enabled=true || return $?
+ 
+   CHANNEL_GROUP_KIND="KafkaChannel.messaging.knative.dev" \
+@@ -74,6 +86,8 @@ function run_eventing_core_tests() {
+     -parallel=18 \
+     -run TestChannel \
+     ./test/rekt/ \
++     --images.producer.file="${REPO_ROOT_DIR}/openshift/images.yaml" \
++     --environment.namespace="serverless-tests" \
+     --istio.enabled=true || return $?
+ 
+   popd
+@@ -87,6 +101,8 @@ function run_eventing_kafka_broker_tests() {
+     -parallel=12 \
+     -run TestKafkaSource \
+     ./test/e2e_new/... \
++     --images.producer.file="${REPO_ROOT_DIR}/openshift/images.yaml" \
++     --environment.namespace="serverless-tests" \
+     --istio.enabled=true || return $?
+ 
+   BROKER_TEMPLATES="${KAFKA_BROKER_TEMPLATES}" BROKER_CLASS="Kafka" go_test_e2e \
+@@ -94,6 +110,8 @@ function run_eventing_kafka_broker_tests() {
+     -parallel=12 \
+     -run TestKafkaSink \
+     ./test/e2e_new/... \
++     --images.producer.file="${REPO_ROOT_DIR}/openshift/images.yaml" \
++     --environment.namespace="serverless-tests" \
+     --istio.enabled=true || return $?
+ 
+   popd
diff --git a/openshift/project.yaml b/openshift/project.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..29a7b84e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openshift/project.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+project:
+  tag: knative-nightly
+  imagePrefix: knative-eventing-istio
diff --git a/openshift/release/artifacts/eventing-istio-controller.yaml b/openshift/release/artifacts/eventing-istio-controller.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7ad7fdae3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openshift/release/artifacts/eventing-istio-controller.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,223 @@
+---
+# Copyright 2023 The Knative Authors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: ClusterRole
+metadata:
+  name: knative-eventing-istio-controller
+  labels:
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: nightly
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: knative-eventing
+rules:
+  - apiGroups:
+      - ""
+    resources:
+      - "services"
+      - "configmaps"
+    verbs:
+      - "get"
+      - "list"
+      - "watch"
+
+  - apiGroups:
+      - ""
+    resources:
+      - "services/finalizers"
+    verbs:
+      - "create"
+      - "update"
+      - "delete"
+      - "get"
+      - "list"
+      - "watch"
+
+  - apiGroups:
+      - "networking.istio.io"
+    resources:
+      - "destinationrules"
+    verbs: &everything
+      - "get"
+      - "list"
+      - "create"
+      - "update"
+      - "delete"
+      - "patch"
+      - "watch"
+
+  # For leader election
+  - apiGroups:
+      - "coordination.k8s.io"
+    resources:
+      - "leases"
+    verbs: *everything
+
+  # For creating events and reporting errors
+  - apiGroups:
+      - ""
+    resources:
+      - "events"
+    verbs: *everything
+---
+# Copyright 2023 The Knative Authors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ServiceAccount
+metadata:
+  name: eventing-istio-controller
+  namespace: knative-eventing
+  labels:
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: nightly
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: knative-eventing
+
+---
+
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: ClusterRoleBinding
+metadata:
+  name: eventing-istio-controller
+  labels:
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: nightly
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: knative-eventing
+subjects:
+  - kind: ServiceAccount
+    name: eventing-istio-controller
+    namespace: knative-eventing
+roleRef:
+  kind: ClusterRole
+  name: knative-eventing-istio-controller
+  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+---
+# Copyright 2023 The Knative Authors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: eventing-istio-controller
+  namespace: knative-eventing
+  labels:
+    knative.dev/high-availability: "true"
+    app.kubernetes.io/component: eventing-istio-controller
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: nightly
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: knative-eventing
+spec:
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: eventing-istio-controller
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: eventing-istio-controller
+        app.kubernetes.io/component: eventing-istio-controller
+        app.kubernetes.io/version: nightly
+        app.kubernetes.io/name: knative-eventing
+    spec:
+      # To avoid node becoming SPOF, spread our replicas to different nodes.
+      affinity:
+        podAntiAffinity:
+          preferredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
+          - podAffinityTerm:
+              labelSelector:
+                matchLabels:
+                  app: eventing-istio-controller
+              topologyKey: kubernetes.io/hostname
+            weight: 100
+
+      serviceAccountName: eventing-istio-controller
+      enableServiceLinks: false
+      containers:
+      - name: eventing-istio-controller
+        terminationMessagePolicy: FallbackToLogsOnError
+        image: ko://knative.dev/eventing-istio/cmd/controller
+
+        resources:
+          requests:
+            cpu: 100m
+            memory: 100Mi
+
+        env:
+          - name: SYSTEM_NAMESPACE
+            valueFrom:
+              fieldRef:
+                fieldPath: metadata.namespace
+          - name: CONFIG_LOGGING_NAME
+            value: config-logging
+          - name: CONFIG_OBSERVABILITY_NAME
+            value: config-observability
+          - name: METRICS_DOMAIN
+            value: knative.dev/eventing-istio
+          # APIServerSource
+          - name: POD_NAME
+            valueFrom:
+              fieldRef:
+                fieldPath: metadata.name
+
+        securityContext:
+          allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
+          readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
+          runAsNonRoot: true
+          capabilities:
+            drop:
+            - ALL
+          seccompProfile:
+            type: RuntimeDefault
+
+        livenessProbe:
+          httpGet:
+            path: /health
+            port: probes
+            scheme: HTTP
+          initialDelaySeconds: 20
+          periodSeconds: 10
+          timeoutSeconds: 5
+        readinessProbe:
+          httpGet:
+            path: /readiness
+            port: probes
+            scheme: HTTP
+          initialDelaySeconds: 20
+          periodSeconds: 10
+          timeoutSeconds: 5
+
+        ports:
+        - name: metrics
+          containerPort: 9090
+        - name: profiling
+          containerPort: 8008
+        - name: probes
+          containerPort: 8080
diff --git a/openshift/release/create-release-branch.sh b/openshift/release/create-release-branch.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..5751cf72d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openshift/release/create-release-branch.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Usage: create-release-branch.sh v0.4.1 release-0.4
+
+set -ex # Exit immediately on error.
+
+release=$1
+target=$2
+
+# Fetch the latest tags and checkout a new branch from the wanted tag.
+git fetch upstream -v --tags
+git checkout -b "$target" "$release"
+
+# Remove GH Action hooks from upstream
+rm -rf .github/workflows
+git commit -sm ":fire: remove unneeded workflows" .github/
+
+# Copy the openshift extra files from the OPENSHIFT/main branch.
+git fetch openshift main
+git checkout openshift/main -- openshift OWNERS OWNERS_ALIASES Makefile
+
+tag=${target/release-/}
+yq write --inplace openshift/project.yaml project.tag "knative-$tag"
+
+# Update submodules to point to midstream repos with correct branch
+git submodule set-branch --branch "$target" -- "third_party/eventing"
+git submodule set-url -- "third_party/eventing" https://github.com/openshift-knative/eventing.git
+
+git submodule set-branch --branch "$target" -- "third_party/eventing-kafka-broker"
+git submodule set-url -- "third_party/eventing-kafka-broker" https://github.com/openshift-knative/eventing-kafka-broker.git
+
+# Generate our OCP artifacts
+make generate
+git apply openshift/patches/*
+git add .
+git commit -m "Add openshift specific files."
diff --git a/openshift/release/mirror-upstream-branches.sh b/openshift/release/mirror-upstream-branches.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..15ba50512
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openshift/release/mirror-upstream-branches.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Usage: openshift/release/mirror-upstream-branches.sh
+# This should be run from the basedir of the repo with no arguments
+
+
+set -ex
+readonly TMPDIR=$(mktemp -d knativeEventingIstioBranchingCheckXXXX -p /tmp/)
+
+git fetch upstream --tags
+git fetch openshift --tags
+
+# We need to seed this with a few releases that, otherwise, would make
+# the processing regex less clear with more anomalies
+cat >> "$TMPDIR"/midstream_branches <<EOF
+0.2
+0.3
+EOF
+
+git branch --list -a "upstream/release-1.*" | cut -f3 -d'/' | cut -f2 -d'-' > "$TMPDIR"/upstream_branches
+git branch --list -a "openshift/release-v1.*" | cut -f3 -d'/' | cut -f2 -d'v' | cut -f1,2 -d'.' >> "$TMPDIR"/midstream_branches
+
+sort -o "$TMPDIR"/midstream_branches "$TMPDIR"/midstream_branches
+sort -o "$TMPDIR"/upstream_branches "$TMPDIR"/upstream_branches
+comm -32 "$TMPDIR"/upstream_branches "$TMPDIR"/midstream_branches > "$TMPDIR"/new_branches
+
+UPSTREAM_BRANCH=$(cat "$TMPDIR"/new_branches)
+if [ -z "$UPSTREAM_BRANCH" ]; then
+    echo "no new branch, exiting"
+    exit 0
+fi
+echo "found upstream branch: $UPSTREAM_BRANCH"
+readonly UPSTREAM_TAG="knative-v$UPSTREAM_BRANCH.0"
+readonly MIDSTREAM_BRANCH="release-v$UPSTREAM_BRANCH"
+openshift/release/create-release-branch.sh "$UPSTREAM_TAG" "$MIDSTREAM_BRANCH"
+# we would check the error code, but we 'set -e', so assume we're fine
+git push openshift "$MIDSTREAM_BRANCH"
diff --git a/openshift/release/update-to-head.sh b/openshift/release/update-to-head.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..1535355ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openshift/release/update-to-head.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Synchs the REPO_BRANCH branch to main and then triggers CI
+# Usage: update-to-head.sh
+
+set -e
+REPO_NAME="eventing-istio"
+REPO_OWNER_NAME="openshift-knative"
+REPO_BRANCH="release-next"
+REPO_BRANCH_CI="${REPO_BRANCH}-ci"
+
+# Check if there's an upstream release we need to mirror downstream
+openshift/release/mirror-upstream-branches.sh
+
+# Reset REPO_BRANCH to upstream/main.
+git fetch upstream main
+git checkout upstream/main -B ${REPO_BRANCH}
+
+# Update openshift's main and take all needed files from there.
+git fetch openshift main
+git checkout openshift/main openshift OWNERS OWNERS_ALIASES Makefile
+git checkout openshift/main .konflux .tekton || true
+
+# Generate our OCP artifacts
+make generate
+git apply openshift/patches/*
+git add .
+git commit -m ":open_file_folder: Update openshift specific files."
+git push -f openshift ${REPO_BRANCH}
+
+# Trigger CI
+git checkout ${REPO_BRANCH} -B ${REPO_BRANCH_CI}
+date > ci
+git add ci
+git commit -m ":robot: Triggering CI on branch '${REPO_BRANCH}' after synching to upstream/main"
+git push -f openshift ${REPO_BRANCH_CI}
+
+if hash hub 2>/dev/null; then
+   # Test if there is already a sync PR in
+   COUNT=$(hub api -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" repos/${REPO_OWNER_NAME}/${REPO_NAME}/pulls --flat \
+    | grep -c ":robot: Triggering CI on branch '${REPO_BRANCH}' after synching to upstream/main") || true
+   if [ "$COUNT" = "0" ]; then
+      hub pull-request --no-edit -l "kind/sync-fork-to-upstream,approved,lgtm" -b ${REPO_OWNER_NAME}/${REPO_NAME}:${REPO_BRANCH} -h ${REPO_OWNER_NAME}/${REPO_NAME}:${REPO_BRANCH_CI}
+   fi
+else
+   echo "hub (https://github.com/github/hub) is not installed, so you'll need to create a PR manually."
+fi
diff --git a/test/e2e-common.sh b/test/e2e-common.sh
index 44a5c8840..fb0e182c1 100755
--- a/test/e2e-common.sh
+++ b/test/e2e-common.sh
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ function run_eventing_core_tests() {
     -parallel=12 \
     -run TestPingSource \
     ./test/rekt/ \
+     --images.producer.file="${REPO_ROOT_DIR}/openshift/images.yaml" \
+     --environment.namespace="serverless-tests" \
     --istio.enabled=true || return $?
 
   BROKER_TEMPLATES="${KAFKA_BROKER_TEMPLATES}" go_test_e2e \
@@ -35,6 +37,8 @@ function run_eventing_core_tests() {
     -parallel=12 \
     -run TestBrokerConformance \
     ./test/rekt/ \
+     --images.producer.file="${REPO_ROOT_DIR}/openshift/images.yaml" \
+     --environment.namespace="serverless-tests" \
     --istio.enabled=true || return $?
 
   BROKER_TEMPLATES="${KAFKA_NAMESPACED_BROKER_TEMPLATES}" go_test_e2e \
@@ -42,6 +46,8 @@ function run_eventing_core_tests() {
     -parallel=12 \
     -run TestBrokerConformance \
     ./test/rekt/ \
+     --images.producer.file="${REPO_ROOT_DIR}/openshift/images.yaml" \
+     --environment.namespace="serverless-tests" \
     --istio.enabled=true || return $?
 
   BROKER_TEMPLATES="${KAFKA_BROKER_TEMPLATES}" go_test_e2e \
@@ -49,6 +55,8 @@ function run_eventing_core_tests() {
     -parallel=12 \
     -run TestContainerSource \
     ./test/rekt/ \
+     --images.producer.file="${REPO_ROOT_DIR}/openshift/images.yaml" \
+     --environment.namespace="serverless-tests" \
     --istio.enabled=true || return $?
 
   BROKER_TEMPLATES="${KAFKA_BROKER_TEMPLATES}" go_test_e2e \
@@ -56,6 +64,8 @@ function run_eventing_core_tests() {
     -parallel=12 \
     -run TestSinkBinding \
     ./test/rekt/ \
+     --images.producer.file="${REPO_ROOT_DIR}/openshift/images.yaml" \
+     --environment.namespace="serverless-tests" \
     --istio.enabled=true || return $?
 
   CHANNEL_GROUP_KIND="InMemoryChannel.messaging.knative.dev" \
@@ -65,6 +75,8 @@ function run_eventing_core_tests() {
     -parallel=18 \
     -run TestChannel \
     ./test/rekt/ \
+     --images.producer.file="${REPO_ROOT_DIR}/openshift/images.yaml" \
+     --environment.namespace="serverless-tests" \
     --istio.enabled=true || return $?
 
   CHANNEL_GROUP_KIND="KafkaChannel.messaging.knative.dev" \
@@ -74,6 +86,8 @@ function run_eventing_core_tests() {
     -parallel=18 \
     -run TestChannel \
     ./test/rekt/ \
+     --images.producer.file="${REPO_ROOT_DIR}/openshift/images.yaml" \
+     --environment.namespace="serverless-tests" \
     --istio.enabled=true || return $?
 
   popd
@@ -87,6 +101,8 @@ function run_eventing_kafka_broker_tests() {
     -parallel=12 \
     -run TestKafkaSource \
     ./test/e2e_new/... \
+     --images.producer.file="${REPO_ROOT_DIR}/openshift/images.yaml" \
+     --environment.namespace="serverless-tests" \
     --istio.enabled=true || return $?
 
   BROKER_TEMPLATES="${KAFKA_BROKER_TEMPLATES}" BROKER_CLASS="Kafka" go_test_e2e \
@@ -94,6 +110,8 @@ function run_eventing_kafka_broker_tests() {
     -parallel=12 \
     -run TestKafkaSink \
     ./test/e2e_new/... \
+     --images.producer.file="${REPO_ROOT_DIR}/openshift/images.yaml" \
+     --environment.namespace="serverless-tests" \
     --istio.enabled=true || return $?
 
   popd