diff --git a/config/base/params.env b/config/base/params.env
index a5cba2a9..cbe7bc11 100644
--- a/config/base/params.env
+++ b/config/base/params.env
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-IMAGES_APISERVER=quay.io/opendatahub/ds-pipelines-api-server@sha256:579a29f4cd40ef3cf8ed199d0b9e2a6fd09a70fb68afad3db278a616609c6728
-IMAGES_ARTIFACT=quay.io/opendatahub/ds-pipelines-artifact-manager@sha256:a451356d8004c3609438d1fe21bc46e0ae54fa9d35532e8c9dac8cc269afd8d5
-IMAGES_PERSISTENTAGENT=quay.io/opendatahub/ds-pipelines-persistenceagent@sha256:f41b53112114105436155a95e06d35512272d36ab3ff50c3cbd432eb6ac77652
-IMAGES_SCHEDULEDWORKFLOW=quay.io/opendatahub/ds-pipelines-scheduledworkflow@sha256:fccdcb63c87eef2b7e2db0477a74c2f3b4f42e0a8fc30b226555ec5b39cc4006
+IMAGES_APISERVER=quay.io/opendatahub/ds-pipelines-api-server@sha256:caca0638eef179e61c97878cc4adc1a39473b3c67f46c808175560cf824fac82
+IMAGES_ARTIFACT=quay.io/opendatahub/ds-pipelines-artifact-manager@sha256:1d322d5f72fe5b4599cb88810aa8b86da6af7859b395400543e24696cdfc3948
+IMAGES_PERSISTENTAGENT=quay.io/opendatahub/ds-pipelines-persistenceagent@sha256:02bca29b5e5bcde17d18d991d0893a1aef357dbd175729698fc246ec72ee967d
+IMAGES_SCHEDULEDWORKFLOW=quay.io/opendatahub/ds-pipelines-scheduledworkflow@sha256:0c09b453151cf037b2055a8e94ec36716207da43cf99a9faa19dfc52ac8cb67f
 IMAGES_MLMDENVOY=quay.io/opendatahub/ds-pipelines-metadata-envoy@sha256:c491e63c8885c7d59005f9305b77cd1fa776b50e63db90c4f8ccdee963759630
 IMAGES_MLMDGRPC=quay.io/opendatahub/ds-pipelines-metadata-grpc@sha256:4af88c246d77cce33099489090508734978aafa83a0a5745408ae8d139d5378a
-IMAGES_MLMDWRITER=quay.io/opendatahub/ds-pipelines-metadata-writer@sha256:f14fe825f27258168f9c5e99d162e3737427d8b6917a697ee42c6dfb15f94879
-IMAGES_DSPO=quay.io/opendatahub/data-science-pipelines-operator@sha256:ad0fbec2c0d8e2dcd383e75eae069feee8394ff920471ff5a377fe3e3a3f7f66
+IMAGES_MLMDWRITER=quay.io/opendatahub/ds-pipelines-metadata-writer@sha256:393ddb21afe13166e972022153479450bb66b2c9b1896e62a484aed2ac62b388
+IMAGES_DSPO=quay.io/opendatahub/data-science-pipelines-operator@sha256:d00d694bf827e71957fcd7cc15f397221772749f9be9bf0787b1c555c959d31d
 IMAGES_CACHE=registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/ubi-minimal@sha256:a49924d9d685a35b2d0817ffe9c84f3429d97e9ad29ed3816c389f45564c9e19
 IMAGES_MOVERESULTSIMAGE=registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/ubi-micro@sha256:396baed3d689157d96aa7d8988fdfea7eb36684c8335eb391cf1952573e689c1
 IMAGES_MARIADB=registry.redhat.io/rhel8/mariadb-103@sha256:3d30992e60774f887c4e7959c81b0c41b0d82d042250b3b56f05ab67fd4cdee1
diff --git a/controllers/dspipeline_params.go b/controllers/dspipeline_params.go
index 043eff02..c1469686 100644
--- a/controllers/dspipeline_params.go
+++ b/controllers/dspipeline_params.go
@@ -520,7 +520,10 @@ func (p *DSPAParams) ExtractParams(ctx context.Context, dsp *dspa.DataSciencePip
 			log.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Found global CA Bundle %s present in this namespace %s, this bundle will be included in external tls connections.", config.GlobalODHCaBundleConfigMapName, p.Namespace))
 			// "odh-trusted-ca-bundle" can have fields: "odh-ca-bundle.crt" and "ca-bundle.crt", we need to utilize both
 			for _, val := range globalCerts {
-				p.APICustomPemCerts = append(p.APICustomPemCerts, []byte(val))
+				// If the ca-bundle field is empty, ignore it
+				if val != "" {
+					p.APICustomPemCerts = append(p.APICustomPemCerts, []byte(val))
+				}
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -535,7 +538,11 @@ func (p *DSPAParams) ExtractParams(ctx context.Context, dsp *dspa.DataSciencePip
 				log.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Encountered error when attempting to fetch ConfigMap: [%s], Error: %v", dspaCaBundleCfgName, dspaCACfgErr))
 				return dspaCACfgErr
 			}
-			p.APICustomPemCerts = append(p.APICustomPemCerts, []byte(dspaProvidedCABundle))
+
+			// If the ca-bundle field is empty, ignore it
+			if dspaProvidedCABundle != "" {
+				p.APICustomPemCerts = append(p.APICustomPemCerts, []byte(dspaProvidedCABundle))
+			}
 		}
 
 		// There are situations where global & user provided certs, or a provided ca trust configmap(s) have various trust bundles