diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 03241f7ad4d5021e7b33e903017c235ee6547c43..a620d09ec202b3aa298e3b449a694de6cb5801f9 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ build_base_image:
       elif [ $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == 'schedule' ]; then
         export PKR_VAR_image_name="base-${BUILD_DATE}"
       fi
+    - packer init openstack
     - packer validate openstack
     - packer build -machine-readable openstack | tee base_build.log
     - export BUILT_BASE_IMAGE_ID=$(grep 'Image:' base_build.log | awk '{print $4}')
@@ -149,6 +150,7 @@ build_compute_image:
       elif [ $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == 'schedule' ]; then
         export PKR_VAR_image_name="compute-${BUILD_DATE}"
       fi
+    - packer init openstack-compute
     - packer validate openstack-compute
     - packer build -machine-readable openstack-compute | tee compute_build.log
 
@@ -175,6 +177,7 @@ build_gpu_image:
       elif [ $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == 'schedule' ]; then
         export PKR_VAR_image_name="gpu-${BUILD_DATE}"
       fi
+    - packer init openstack-gpu
     - packer validate openstack-gpu
     - openstack server delete --wait $GPU_PLACEHOLDER_NAME
     - packer build -machine-readable openstack-gpu | tee gpu_build.log || FAILED=true
@@ -206,6 +209,7 @@ build_ood_image:
     - 'sed -i -E "s/(user_register_app_key: ).*/\1\"${SELF_REG_APP_KEY}\"/" CRI_XCBC/group_vars/knightly'
     - 'sed -i -E "s/(celery_user_password: ).*/\1\"${CELERY_PASSWD}\"/" CRI_XCBC/group_vars/knightly'
     - 'sed -i -E "s|(ssh_pub_key: ).*|\1\"{{ lookup(''file'', ''${SSH_PUB_KEY}'') }}\"|" CRI_XCBC/group_vars/knightly'
+    - packer init openstack-ood
     - packer validate openstack-ood
     - |
       if [ $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == 'merge_request_event' ]; then
diff --git a/openstack-compute/nodeimage.pkr.hcl b/openstack-compute/nodeimage.pkr.hcl
index bf00471ea5cd36e523e4d34f8a9fa786d94fa749..15941bab1900a056d3d67bdba2db2bd5d94a31fb 100644
--- a/openstack-compute/nodeimage.pkr.hcl
+++ b/openstack-compute/nodeimage.pkr.hcl
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+packer {
+  required_plugins {
+    openstack = {
+      version = "~> 1"
+      source  = "github.com/hashicorp/openstack"
+    }
+    ansible = {
+      version = "~> 1"
+      source  = "github.com/hashicorp/ansible"
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 locals {
   local_image_name = "${var.image_name}${var.image_date_suffix ? formatdate("YYYYMMDDHHmm", timestamp()) : ""}"
 }
@@ -24,6 +37,7 @@ build {
   sources = ["source.openstack.image"]
 
   provisioner "ansible" {
+    use_proxy     = false
     user          = var.ssh_username
     groups        = ["compute"]
     playbook_file = "./ansible/compute.yml"
@@ -34,6 +48,7 @@ build {
   }
 
   provisioner "ansible" {
+    use_proxy        = false
     user             = var.ssh_username
     groups           = ["compute"]
     ansible_env_vars = ["ANSIBLE_HOST_KEY_CHECKING=False"]
diff --git a/openstack-gpu/nodeimage.pkr.hcl b/openstack-gpu/nodeimage.pkr.hcl
index 034ead0c5a3e9a034cc2c9d9f9879c7c9efe33a2..0f375e1bc9399aa6291c55e076cffe3d06abf3e6 100644
--- a/openstack-gpu/nodeimage.pkr.hcl
+++ b/openstack-gpu/nodeimage.pkr.hcl
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+packer {
+  required_plugins {
+    openstack = {
+      version = "~> 1"
+      source  = "github.com/hashicorp/openstack"
+    }
+    ansible = {
+      version = "~> 1"
+      source  = "github.com/hashicorp/ansible"
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 locals {
   local_image_name = "${var.image_name}${var.image_date_suffix ? formatdate("YYYYMMDDHHmm", timestamp()) : ""}"
 }
@@ -24,6 +37,7 @@ build {
   sources = ["source.openstack.image"]
 
   provisioner "ansible" {
+    use_proxy     = false
     user          = var.ssh_username
     groups        = ["gpu"]
     playbook_file = "./ansible/gpu.yml"
@@ -34,6 +48,7 @@ build {
   }
 
   provisioner "ansible" {
+    use_proxy        = false
     user             = var.ssh_username
     groups           = ["compute"]
     ansible_env_vars = ["ANSIBLE_HOST_KEY_CHECKING=False"]
diff --git a/openstack-ood/nodeimage.pkr.hcl b/openstack-ood/nodeimage.pkr.hcl
index 65caab7b0db909e752cd6fc21cacd4f228b69c4c..b31d7a1724bada0b8dbe1002b026d11571c294de 100644
--- a/openstack-ood/nodeimage.pkr.hcl
+++ b/openstack-ood/nodeimage.pkr.hcl
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+packer {
+  required_plugins {
+    openstack = {
+      version = "~> 1"
+      source  = "github.com/hashicorp/openstack"
+    }
+    ansible = {
+      version = "~> 1"
+      source  = "github.com/hashicorp/ansible"
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 locals {
   local_image_name = "${var.image_name}${var.image_date_suffix ? formatdate("-YYYYMMDDHHmm", timestamp()) : ""}"
 }
@@ -24,6 +37,7 @@ build {
   sources = ["source.openstack.image"]
 
   provisioner "ansible" {
+    use_proxy     = false
     user          = var.ssh_username
     groups        = ["ood"]
     playbook_file = "./ansible/ood.yml"
@@ -34,6 +48,7 @@ build {
   }
 
   provisioner "ansible" {
+    use_proxy        = false
     user             = var.ssh_username
     groups           = ["ood", "knightly"]
     ansible_env_vars = ["ANSIBLE_HOST_KEY_CHECKING=False"]
diff --git a/openstack/nodeimage.pkr.hcl b/openstack/nodeimage.pkr.hcl
index cc4316dc9e2d575bfc2382fb8bbb077371f0c459..e9666e9fd68065396c631cce139e91c30b2cc213 100644
--- a/openstack/nodeimage.pkr.hcl
+++ b/openstack/nodeimage.pkr.hcl
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+packer {
+  required_plugins {
+    openstack = {
+      version = "~> 1"
+      source  = "github.com/hashicorp/openstack"
+    }
+    ansible = {
+      version = "~> 1"
+      source  = "github.com/hashicorp/ansible"
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 locals {
   local_image_name = "${var.image_name}${var.image_date_suffix ? formatdate("-YYYYMMDDHHmm", timestamp()) : ""}"
 }
@@ -24,6 +37,7 @@ build {
   sources = ["source.openstack.image"]
 
   provisioner "ansible" {
+    use_proxy     = false
     user          = var.ssh_username
     groups        = ["base"]
     playbook_file = "./ansible/base.yml"
@@ -34,6 +48,7 @@ build {
   }
 
   provisioner "ansible" {
+    use_proxy        = false
     user             = var.ssh_username
     groups           = ["base"]
     ansible_env_vars = ["ANSIBLE_HOST_KEY_CHECKING=False"]