diff --git a/ansible/inventory/group_vars/all/infra-vms b/ansible/inventory/group_vars/all/infra-vms
index 6ae0c1991..f5fe780ba 100644
--- a/ansible/inventory/group_vars/all/infra-vms
+++ b/ansible/inventory/group_vars/all/infra-vms
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ infra_vm_root_format: qcow2
 # https://dl.rockylinux.org/pub/rocky/9/images/x86_64/Rocky-9-GenericCloud.latest.x86_64.qcow2
 # when os_distribution is "rocky",
 # or
-# "https://cloud.centos.org/centos/9-stream/x86_64/images/CentOS-Stream-GenericCloud-9-20221206.0.x86_64.qcow2"
+# "https://cloud.centos.org/centos/9-stream/x86_64/images/CentOS-Stream-GenericCloud-9-latest.x86_64.qcow2"
 # otherwise.
 infra_vm_root_image: >-
   {%- if os_distribution == 'ubuntu' %}
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ infra_vm_root_image: >-
   {%- elif os_distribution == 'rocky' %}
   https://dl.rockylinux.org/pub/rocky/9/images/x86_64/Rocky-9-GenericCloud.latest.x86_64.qcow2
   {%- else -%}
-  https://cloud.centos.org/centos/9-stream/x86_64/images/CentOS-Stream-GenericCloud-9-20221206.0.x86_64.qcow2
+  https://cloud.centos.org/centos/9-stream/x86_64/images/CentOS-Stream-GenericCloud-9-latest.x86_64.qcow2
   {%- endif %}
 
 # Capacity of the infra VM data volume.
diff --git a/ansible/inventory/group_vars/all/seed-vm b/ansible/inventory/group_vars/all/seed-vm
index 9687e6de3..ddc636117 100644
--- a/ansible/inventory/group_vars/all/seed-vm
+++ b/ansible/inventory/group_vars/all/seed-vm
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ seed_vm_root_format: qcow2
 # https://dl.rockylinux.org/pub/rocky/9/images/x86_64/Rocky-9-GenericCloud.latest.x86_64.qcow2
 # when os_distribution is "rocky",
 # or
-# "https://cloud.centos.org/centos/9-stream/x86_64/images/CentOS-Stream-GenericCloud-9-20221206.0.x86_64.qcow2"
+# "https://cloud.centos.org/centos/9-stream/x86_64/images/CentOS-Stream-GenericCloud-9-latest.x86_64.qcow2"
 # otherwise.
 seed_vm_root_image: >-
   {%- if os_distribution == 'ubuntu' %}
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ seed_vm_root_image: >-
   {%- elif os_distribution == 'rocky' %}
   https://dl.rockylinux.org/pub/rocky/9/images/x86_64/Rocky-9-GenericCloud.latest.x86_64.qcow2
   {%- else -%}
-  https://cloud.centos.org/centos/9-stream/x86_64/images/CentOS-Stream-GenericCloud-9-20221206.0.x86_64.qcow2
+  https://cloud.centos.org/centos/9-stream/x86_64/images/CentOS-Stream-GenericCloud-9-latest.x86_64.qcow2
   {%- endif %}
 
 # Capacity of the seed VM data volume.
diff --git a/etc/kayobe/infra-vms.yml b/etc/kayobe/infra-vms.yml
index cbfa34eae..364506595 100644
--- a/etc/kayobe/infra-vms.yml
+++ b/etc/kayobe/infra-vms.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 # https://dl.rockylinux.org/pub/rocky/9/images/x86_64/Rocky-9-GenericCloud.latest.x86_64.qcow2
 # when os_distribution is "rocky",
 # or
-# "https://cloud.centos.org/centos/9-stream/x86_64/images/CentOS-Stream-GenericCloud-9-20221206.0.x86_64.qcow2"
+# "https://cloud.centos.org/centos/9-stream/x86_64/images/CentOS-Stream-GenericCloud-9-latest.x86_64.qcow2"
 # otherwise.
 #infra_vm_root_image:
 
diff --git a/etc/kayobe/seed-vm.yml b/etc/kayobe/seed-vm.yml
index aa805d847..3c8352a78 100644
--- a/etc/kayobe/seed-vm.yml
+++ b/etc/kayobe/seed-vm.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 # https://dl.rockylinux.org/pub/rocky/9/images/x86_64/Rocky-9-GenericCloud.latest.x86_64.qcow2
 # when os_distribution is "rocky",
 # or
-# "https://cloud.centos.org/centos/9-stream/x86_64/images/CentOS-Stream-GenericCloud-9-20221206.0.x86_64.qcow2"
+# "https://cloud.centos.org/centos/9-stream/x86_64/images/CentOS-Stream-GenericCloud-9-latest.x86_64.qcow2"
 # otherwise.
 #seed_vm_root_image:
 
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/use-latest-centos-stream-9-image-d23c5a3f5c3a3914.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/use-latest-centos-stream-9-image-d23c5a3f5c3a3914.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..82e8b0520
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/use-latest-centos-stream-9-image-d23c5a3f5c3a3914.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+upgrade:
+  - |
+    Updates the default cloud image for CentOS Stream 9 deployments to use
+    ``CentOS-Stream-GenericCloud-9-latest.x86_64.qcow2``.