diff --git a/ansible/roles_ocp_workloads/ocp4_workload_nvidia_gpu_setup/defaults/main.yml b/ansible/roles_ocp_workloads/ocp4_workload_nvidia_gpu_setup/defaults/main.yml
index 713c1d38029..89b50971aaf 100644
--- a/ansible/roles_ocp_workloads/ocp4_workload_nvidia_gpu_setup/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles_ocp_workloads/ocp4_workload_nvidia_gpu_setup/defaults/main.yml
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ nvidia_gpu_operator_automatic_install_plan_approval: true
 nvidia_gpu_operator_starting_csv: gpu-operator-certified.v23.6.0
 nvidia_gpu_operator_wait_for_deploy: true
 nvidia_gpu_operator_use_catalog_snapshot: false
-nvidia_gpu_operator_catalogsource_name: ""
-nvidia_gpu_operator_catalog_snapshot_image: ""
-nvidia_gpu_operator_catalog_snapshot_image_tag: ""
+nvidia_gpu_operator_catalogsource_name: "redhat-certified-nv-snap"
+nvidia_gpu_operator_catalog_snapshot_image: "quay.io/gpte-devops-automation/olm_snapshot_certified_catalog"
+nvidia_gpu_operator_catalog_snapshot_image_tag: "v4.20_2026_02_11"
 
 ocp4_workload_nvidia_gpu_setup_create_dashboard: false
 ocp4_workload_nvidia_gpu_setup_dcgm_exporter_dashboard_url: >
-  https://github.com/NVIDIA/dcgm-exporter/raw/main/grafana/dcgm-exporter-dashboard.json
\ No newline at end of file
+  https://github.com/NVIDIA/dcgm-exporter/raw/main/grafana/dcgm-exporter-dashboard.json
diff --git a/ansible/roles_ocp_workloads/ocp4_workload_nvidia_gpu_setup/tasks/nvidia_gpu_operator.yml b/ansible/roles_ocp_workloads/ocp4_workload_nvidia_gpu_setup/tasks/nvidia_gpu_operator.yml
index 44d5f04e761..0196aa5af4e 100644
--- a/ansible/roles_ocp_workloads/ocp4_workload_nvidia_gpu_setup/tasks/nvidia_gpu_operator.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles_ocp_workloads/ocp4_workload_nvidia_gpu_setup/tasks/nvidia_gpu_operator.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,15 @@
     kind: Namespace
     name: "{{ nvidia_gpu_operator_namespace }}"
 
+- name: Create catalog source snapshot
+  when: nvidia_gpu_operator_use_catalog_snapshot | default(false) | bool
+  kubernetes.core.k8s:
+    state: present
+    definition: "{{ lookup('template', 'certified-operators-index.yaml.j2') | from_yaml }}"
+  register: snapshot_result
+  retries: 30
+  delay: 5
+
 - name: Create NVIDIA GPU operatorgroup
   kubernetes.core.k8s:
     state: present
@@ -22,6 +31,35 @@
   retries: 40
   delay: 6
 
+- name: wait for the status of the subscription to not be empty
+  when: nvidia_gpu_operator_automatic_install_plan_approval | bool == false
+  k8s_info:
+    api_version: operators.coreos.com/v1alpha1
+    kind: Subscription
+    name: gpu-operator-certified
+    namespace: nvidia-gpu-operator
+  register: nv_subscription_out
+  until:
+    - nv_subscription_out is defined
+    - nv_subscription_out.resources is defined
+    - nv_subscription_out.resources[0] is defined
+    - nv_subscription_out.resources[0].status is defined
+    - nv_subscription_out.resources[0].status.installplan is defined
+  retries: 30
+  delay: 20
+
+- name: patch the installplan to approve it
+  when: nvidia_gpu_operator_automatic_install_plan_approval | bool == false
+  k8s:
+    definition:
+      apiVersion: operators.coreos.com/v1alpha1
+      kind: InstallPlan
+      metadata:
+        namespace: nvidia-gpu-operator
+        name: "{{ nv_subscription_out.resources[0].status.installplan.name }}"
+      spec:
+        approved: true
+
 - name: 120 second pause for NVIDIA GPU operator setup
   pause:
     seconds: 180
diff --git a/ansible/roles_ocp_workloads/ocp4_workload_nvidia_gpu_setup/templates/certified-operators-index.yaml.j2 b/ansible/roles_ocp_workloads/ocp4_workload_nvidia_gpu_setup/templates/certified-operators-index.yaml.j2
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7d63054a001
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles_ocp_workloads/ocp4_workload_nvidia_gpu_setup/templates/certified-operators-index.yaml.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+apiVersion: operators.coreos.com/v1alpha1
+kind: CatalogSource
+metadata:
+  name: "{{ nvidia_gpu_operator_catalogsource_name }}"
+  namespace: openshift-marketplace
+spec:
+  displayName: "Certified Operators Index {{ nvidia_gpu_operator_catalog_snapshot_image_tag }}"
+  image: "{{ nvidia_gpu_operator_catalog_snapshot_image }}:{{ nvidia_gpu_operator_catalog_snapshot_image_tag }}"
+  publisher: redhat-cop-agnosticd
+  sourceType: grpc
diff --git a/ansible/roles_ocp_workloads/ocp4_workload_nvidia_gpu_setup/templates/nvidia_gpu_sub.yaml.j2 b/ansible/roles_ocp_workloads/ocp4_workload_nvidia_gpu_setup/templates/nvidia_gpu_sub.yaml.j2
index e1e692071ae..4eae93f62e9 100644
--- a/ansible/roles_ocp_workloads/ocp4_workload_nvidia_gpu_setup/templates/nvidia_gpu_sub.yaml.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles_ocp_workloads/ocp4_workload_nvidia_gpu_setup/templates/nvidia_gpu_sub.yaml.j2
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ metadata:
   namespace: nvidia-gpu-operator
 spec:
   channel: '{{ nvidia_gpu_operator_channel }}'
-  installPlanApproval: Automatic
+  installPlanApproval: "{{ ( nvidia_gpu_operator_automatic_install_plan_approval | default(true) | bool ) | ternary( 'Automatic', 'Manual') }}"
   name: gpu-operator-certified
-  source: certified-operators
+  source: "{{ ( nvidia_gpu_operator_use_catalog_snapshot | default(false) | bool ) | ternary( nvidia_gpu_operator_catalogsource_name, 'certified-operators') }}"
   sourceNamespace: openshift-marketplace
   startingCSV: '{{ nvidia_gpu_operator_starting_csv }}'