diff --git a/roles/openshift-apps/noggin/templates/buildconfig.yml b/roles/openshift-apps/noggin/templates/buildconfig.yml
index 3aa6ee0a6f..5736291f67 100644
--- a/roles/openshift-apps/noggin/templates/buildconfig.yml
+++ b/roles/openshift-apps/noggin/templates/buildconfig.yml
@@ -21,9 +21,14 @@ spec:
     type: Source
     sourceStrategy:
       from:
+{% if env == "staging" %}
+        kind: DockerImage
+        name: registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/python-39
+{% else %}
         kind: ImageStreamTag
         name: python:3.6
         namespace: openshift
+{% endif %}
   output:
     to:
       kind: ImageStreamTag