diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index a4ab3d83..8a63d1a5 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ workflows:
             parameters:
               osnick:
                 - bionic
-                - centos8
+                - rocky8
               lite:
                 - "REDISAI_LITE=0 PUBLISH=1"
                 - "REDISAI_LITE=1"
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ workflows:
             parameters:
               osnick:
                 - bionic
-                - centos8
+                - rocky8
               lite:
                 - "REDISAI_LITE=0 PUBLISH=1"
                 - "REDISAI_LITE=1"
diff --git a/opt/build/docker/Makefile b/opt/build/docker/Makefile
index f56620ec..d1ce22b2 100755
--- a/opt/build/docker/Makefile
+++ b/opt/build/docker/Makefile
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ endif
 ifeq ($(OSNICK),bionic)
 REDIS_CUDA_MAPVERSION=ubuntu18.04
 endif
-ifeq ($(OSNICK),centos8)
-REDIS_CUDA_MAPVERSION=centos8
+ifeq ($(OSNICK),rocky8)
+REDIS_CUDA_MAPVERSION=rocky8
 endif
 
 DOCKERWRAPPER_EXTRA_VARS=\
diff --git a/opt/build/docker/dockerfile.tmpl b/opt/build/docker/dockerfile.tmpl
index 0e8abc37..b41d106a 100755
--- a/opt/build/docker/dockerfile.tmpl
+++ b/opt/build/docker/dockerfile.tmpl
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ RUN echo "Building for {{REDIS_OSNICK}} ({{REDIS_OS}}) for {{REDIS_ARCH}} [with
 {% include "templates/gpu.yml" %}
 {% endif %}
 
-# centos8 specific integration until a move to rocky or similar
-{% if REDIS_OSNICK == "centos8" %}
+# rocky8 specific integration until a move to rocky or similar
+{% if REDIS_OSNICK == "rocky8" %}
 RUN cd /etc/yum.repos.d/
 RUN sed -i 's/mirrorlist/#mirrorlist/g' /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-*
 RUN sed -i 's|#baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org|baseurl=http://vault.centos.org|g' /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-*
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ FROM redisfab/redis:{{REDIS_VERSION}}-{{REDIS_ARCH}}-{{REDIS_OSNICK}}
 {% endif %}
 
 ARG PACK
-# centos8 specific integration until a move to rocky or similar
-{% if REDIS_OSNICK == "centos8" %}
+# rocky8 specific integration until a move to rocky or similar
+{% if REDIS_OSNICK == "rocky8" %}
 RUN cd /etc/yum.repos.d/
 RUN sed -i 's/mirrorlist/#mirrorlist/g' /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-*
 RUN sed -i 's|#baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org|baseurl=http://vault.centos.org|g' /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-*
diff --git a/opt/readies b/opt/readies
index 34b3d18f..92b831b5 160000
--- a/opt/readies
+++ b/opt/readies
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 34b3d18f8b45e92814c5fcefc51af143d5ce69ef
+Subproject commit 92b831b5fba35df5f9a4282d9467aacfa0340b91
diff --git a/opt/system-setup.py b/opt/system-setup.py
index 96dedc23..560dbdbe 100755
--- a/opt/system-setup.py
+++ b/opt/system-setup.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ def common_first(self):
         self.pip_install("wheel")
 
         self.install("git unzip")
-        if self.osnick != 'centos8':
+        if self.osnick != 'rocky8':
             self.install("coreutils") # for realpath
 
     def debian_compat(self):
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ def debian_compat(self):
     def redhat_compat(self):
         self.run("%s/bin/enable-utf8" % READIES)
         self.install("epel-release")
-        if self.osnick == "centos8":
+        if self.osnick == "rocky8":
             self.run("dnf install -qy dnf-plugins-core")
             self.run("dnf config-manager -qy --set-enabled powertools")
         self.install("redhat-lsb-core")