diff --git a/ci-operator/step-registry/cri-o/setup/test/cri-o-setup-test-commands.sh b/ci-operator/step-registry/cri-o/setup/test/cri-o-setup-test-commands.sh
index 092df0e5012f2..c813dea303b93 100755
--- a/ci-operator/step-registry/cri-o/setup/test/cri-o-setup-test-commands.sh
+++ b/ci-operator/step-registry/cri-o/setup/test/cri-o-setup-test-commands.sh
@@ -13,18 +13,12 @@ instance_name=$(<"${SHARED_DIR}/gcp-instance-ids.txt")
 timeout --kill-after 10m 400m ssh "${SSHOPTS[@]}" ${IP} -- bash - <<EOF
     set -xeuo pipefail
     SOURCE_DIR="/usr/go/src/github.com/cri-o/cri-o"
-    cd "\${SOURCE_DIR}/contrib/test/ci"
+    curl -sL https://github.com/ngopalak-redhat/cri-o/archive/refs/heads/fix-libpathrs-0.2.5.tar.gz | tar xz -C /tmp
+    cd /tmp/cri-o-fix-libpathrs-0.2.5/contrib/test/ci
     ansible-playbook setup-main.yml --connection=local -vvv
-    ANSIBLE_EXIT_CODE=\$?
     sudo rm -rf "\${SOURCE_DIR}"
-    exit \${ANSIBLE_EXIT_CODE}
 EOF
 
-if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-    echo "ERROR: Ansible playbook failed, not creating base image"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
 echo "Ansible playbook succeeded, creating base image..."
 currentDate=$(date +'%s')
 gcloud compute instances stop ${instance_name} --zone=${ZONE}