diff --git a/.github/packaging/validate_build_output.sh b/.github/packaging/validate_build_output.sh
index 64098811e..68b635f9b 100755
--- a/.github/packaging/validate_build_output.sh
+++ b/.github/packaging/validate_build_output.sh
@@ -2,17 +2,6 @@
 
 set -ex
 
-# Function to get the OS version
-get_rpm_os_version() {
-    if [[ -f /etc/centos-release ]]; then
-        cat /etc/centos-release | awk '{print $4}'
-    elif [[ -f /etc/oracle-release ]]; then
-        cat /etc/oracle-release | awk '{print $5}'
-    else
-        echo "Unknown"
-    fi
-}
-
 package_type=${1}
 
 # Since $HOME is set in GH_Actions as /github/home, pyenv fails to create virtualenvs.
@@ -21,23 +10,11 @@ GITHUB_HOME="${HOME}"
 export HOME="/root"
 
 eval "$(pyenv init -)"
-pyenv versions
-pyenv virtualenv ${PACKAGING_PYTHON_VERSION} packaging_env
 pyenv activate packaging_env
 
-git clone -b v0.8.27 --depth=1  https://github.com/citusdata/tools.git tools
-python3 -m pip install -r tools/packaging_automation/requirements.txt
-
-
 echo "Package type: ${package_type}"
-echo "OS version: $(get_rpm_os_version)"
-
- # if os version is centos 7 or oracle linux 7, then remove urllib3 with pip uninstall and install urllib3<2.0.0 with pip install
-if [[ ${package_type} == "rpm" && $(get_rpm_os_version) == 7* ]]; then
-    python3 -m pip uninstall -y urllib3
-    python3 -m pip install 'urllib3<2'
-fi
 
+export PYTHONPATH=/
 python3 -m tools.packaging_automation.validate_build_output --output_file output.log \
                                                             --ignore_file .github/packaging/packaging_ignore.yml \
                                                             --package_type ${package_type}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/packaging-test-pipelines.yml b/.github/workflows/packaging-test-pipelines.yml
index 51bd82503..ff9598b50 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/packaging-test-pipelines.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/packaging-test-pipelines.yml
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ jobs:
         # For this reason, we need to use a "matrix" to generate names of
         # rpm images, e.g. citus/packaging:centos-7-pg12
         packaging_docker_image:
+          - centos-7
+          - oraclelinux-7
           - oraclelinux-8
           - almalinux-8
           - almalinux-9
@@ -54,18 +56,14 @@ jobs:
         # Postgres removed support for CentOS 7 in PG 16. Below block is needed to
         # keep the build for CentOS 7 working for PG 14 and PG 15.
         # Once dependent systems drop support for Centos 7, we can remove this block.
-        include:
+        exclude:
           - packaging_docker_image: centos-7
-            POSTGRES_VERSION: 14
-          - packaging_docker_image: centos-7
-            POSTGRES_VERSION: 15
+            POSTGRES_VERSION: 16
           - packaging_docker_image: oraclelinux-7
-            POSTGRES_VERSION: 14
-          - packaging_docker_image: oraclelinux-7
-            POSTGRES_VERSION: 15
+            POSTGRES_VERSION: 16          
 
     container:
-      image: citus/packaging:${{ matrix.packaging_docker_image }}-pg${{ matrix.POSTGRES_VERSION }}
+      image: ghcr.io/citusdata/packaging-test:${{ matrix.packaging_docker_image }}-pg${{ matrix.POSTGRES_VERSION }}
       options: --user root
 
     steps:
@@ -112,11 +110,6 @@ jobs:
           PACKAGING_DOCKER_IMAGE: ${{ matrix.packaging_docker_image }}
         run: |
           echo "Postgres version: ${POSTGRES_VERSION}"
-
-          ## Install required packages to execute packaging tools for rpm based distros
-          yum install python3-pip python3-devel postgresql-devel -y
-          python3 -m pip install wheel
-
           ./.github/packaging/validate_build_output.sh "rpm"
 
   deb_build_tests:
@@ -142,7 +135,7 @@ jobs:
         POSTGRES_VERSION: ${{ fromJson(needs.get_postgres_versions_from_file.outputs.pg_versions) }}
 
     container:
-      image: citus/packaging:${{ matrix.packaging_docker_image }}
+      image: ghcr.io/citusdata/packaging-test:${{ matrix.packaging_docker_image }}
       options: --user root
 
     steps:
@@ -192,9 +185,4 @@ jobs:
           PACKAGING_DOCKER_IMAGE: ${{ matrix.packaging_docker_image }}
         run: |
           echo "Postgres version: ${POSTGRES_VERSION}"
-
-          apt-get update -y
-          ## Install required packages to execute packaging tools for deb based distros
-          apt-get install python3-dev python3-pip -y
-          apt-get purge -y python3-yaml
           ./.github/packaging/validate_build_output.sh "deb"