diff --git a/docker/hound/Dockerfile b/docker/hound/Dockerfile
index 195a43a730..5e5fedd227 100644
--- a/docker/hound/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/hound/Dockerfile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-# Trigger rebuild - Fri Apr 11 03:16:46 PM UTC 2025
+# Trigger rebuild - Wed Apr 23 05:03:23 PM UTC 2025
 
 FROM docker.io/library/golang:1.19-bookworm AS builder
 
diff --git a/zuul.d/docker-images/base.yaml b/zuul.d/docker-images/base.yaml
index a819698b45..8732cbfb64 100644
--- a/zuul.d/docker-images/base.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/docker-images/base.yaml
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
       docker_mirror_base_url: "https://{{ zuul_site_mirror_fqdn }}/deb-docker/{{ ansible_distribution_release }}"
       zuul_work_dir: "{{ zuul.projects['opendev.org/opendev/system-config'].src_dir }}"
       promote_container_image_method: intermediate-registry
-      container_command: docker
+      container_command: podman
 
 - job:
     name: system-config-upload-container-image
diff --git a/zuul.d/docker-mirror.yaml b/zuul.d/docker-mirror.yaml
index 1131a576b8..4436119e5f 100644
--- a/zuul.d/docker-mirror.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/docker-mirror.yaml
@@ -36,8 +36,6 @@
       secret: system-config-opendevmirror
       pass-to-parent: true
     abstract: true
-    vars:
-      container_command: docker
 
 - job:
     name: opendev-mirror-container-image-buildkit