diff --git a/upstream/roles/build_app_registry/tasks/main.yml b/upstream/roles/build_app_registry/tasks/main.yml
index 1dfd697c0..4518e3c25 100644
--- a/upstream/roles/build_app_registry/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/upstream/roles/build_app_registry/tasks/main.yml
@@ -58,8 +58,48 @@
 
 - name: "Building and pushing app registry"
   block:
-    - name: "Build app registry image '{{ app_registry_image }}' using '{{ app_registry_build_file }}'"
-      shell: "{{ container_tool }} build --no-cache -t {{ app_registry_image }} -f {{ app_registry_build_dir }}/{{ app_registry_build_file }} {{ bundle_export_dir_app_registry | dirname }}"
+    - name: "Build app registry image '{{ app_registry_image }}' using '{{ app_registry_build_file }}' (!)"
+      shell: |
+        podman info
+        sudo df -h
+        podman system reset -f
+        sudo mkdir -p /mnt/storage /mnt/rundir /mnt/tmp
+        sudo chown "$(id -u):$(id -g)" /mnt/storage /mnt/rundir
+        sudo chmod 1777 /mnt/tmp
+        sudo chmod 1777 /mnt/rundir
+        sudo chmod 1777 /mnt/storage
+        export TMPDIR=/mnt/tmp
+        export BUILDAH_LAYERS=true
+        cat <<__EOF__ >/usr/share/containers/storage.conf
+        [storage]
+        graphroot = "/mnt/storage"
+        driver = "overlay"
+        runroot = "/mnt/rundir"
+
+        [storage.options]
+        pull_options = {enable_partial_images = "true", use_hard_links = "true", ostree_repos=""}
+
+        [storage.options.overlay]
+        mountopt = "nodev"
+        __EOF__
+        cat <<__EOF__ | sudo tee /etc/containers/containers.conf
+        [engine]
+        env = ["TMPDIR=/mnt/tmp"]
+        __EOF__
+
+        cat /usr/share/containers/storage.conf
+        ls /tmp/community-operators-for-catalog/upstream.Dockerfile
+        ls /tmp/operator-test/app_registry
+        ls /mnt
+
+        # set +e
+        # "{{ container_tool }} build --log-level=debug -t {{ app_registry_image }} -f {{ app_registry_build_dir }}/{{ app_registry_build_file }} {{ bundle_export_dir_app_registry | dirname }}"
+        # result=$?
+        # podman info
+        # sudo df -h
+        # exit $result
+    - name: next step
+      shell: "{{ container_tool }} build {{ extra_params }} --no-cache -t {{ app_registry_image }} -f {{ app_registry_build_dir }}/{{ app_registry_build_file }} {{ bundle_export_dir_app_registry | dirname }}"
 
     - name: "Push app registry image '{{ app_registry_image }}'"
       shell: "{{ container_tool }} push {{ container_push_extra }} {{ app_registry_image }}"
diff --git a/upstream/roles/test_operator_update/tasks/main.yml b/upstream/roles/test_operator_update/tasks/main.yml
index d20361c23..01608de09 100644
--- a/upstream/roles/test_operator_update/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/upstream/roles/test_operator_update/tasks/main.yml
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
       set_fact:
         tou_operator_bundle_for_install: "{{ production_registry_namespace }}/{{ operator_package_name }}:v{{ tou_upgrade_from }}"
         tou_operator_bundle_for_upgrade: "{{ tou_local_registry_namespace }}/{{ operator_package_name }}:v{{ tou_upgrade_to }}"
+        tou_operator_bundle_for_upgrade_external: "{{ production_registry_namespace }}/{{ operator_package_name }}:v{{ tou_upgrade_to }}"
       when:
         - cluster_type is defined
         - cluster_type == "k8s"
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@
       set_fact:
         tou_operator_bundle_for_install: "{{ external_production_registry_namespace }}/{{ operator_package_name }}:v{{ tou_upgrade_from }}"
         tou_operator_bundle_for_upgrade: "quay.io/{{ test_quay_namespace }}/{{ operator_package_name }}:{{ commit_tag }}"
+        tou_operator_bundle_for_upgrade_external: "{{ external_production_registry_namespace }}/{{ operator_package_name }}:v{{ tou_upgrade_to }}"
       when: (cluster_type is not defined) or (cluster_type != "k8s")
 
     - name: "Check if OLM is needed"
@@ -89,6 +91,16 @@
     - name: "Create namespace for upgrade tests"
       shell: "{{ oc_bin_path }} create ns {{ tou_namespace_for_upgrades }}"
 
+    - name: "Check if {{ tou_operator_bundle_for_upgrade }} exists"
+      shell: "skopeo inspect docker://{{ tou_operator_bundle_for_upgrade }}"
+      register: inspect_bundle_for_upgrade
+      ignore_errors: true
+
+    - name: "Import {{ tou_operator_bundle_for_upgrade }}"
+      shell: "skopeo copy docker://{{ tou_operator_bundle_for_upgrade_external }} docker://{{ tou_operator_bundle_for_upgrade }}"
+      when:
+        - inspect_bundle_for_upgrade is failed
+
     - name: "Installing {{ tou_operator_bundle_for_install }} with {{ sdk_version_for_upgrade.stdout }}"
       shell: "{{ operator_sdk_bin_path }} run bundle {{ tou_operator_bundle_for_install }} -n {{ tou_namespace_for_upgrades }} --skip-tls-verify"
       register: tou_n_1_rc