diff --git a/test/extended/builds/failure_status.go b/test/extended/builds/failure_status.go
index c1c78d017eeb..6ee4e324a864 100644
--- a/test/extended/builds/failure_status.go
+++ b/test/extended/builds/failure_status.go
@@ -174,14 +174,34 @@ var _ = g.Describe("[sig-builds][Feature:Builds][Slow] update failure status", f
 				var build *buildv1.Build
 				wait.PollImmediate(200*time.Millisecond, 30*time.Second, func() (bool, error) {
 					build, err = oc.BuildClient().BuildV1().Builds(oc.Namespace()).Get(context.Background(), br.Build.Name, metav1.GetOptions{})
-					if build.Status.Reason != buildv1.StatusReasonOutOfMemoryKilled {
+					// In 4.15, status reason may be filed as Error rather than OOMKilled
+					// (tracked in https://issues.redhat.com/browse/OCPBUGS-32498) and also there is a similar
+					// discussion in upstream (i.e. https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/119600) which seems to be
+					// fixed in 4.16. Therefore, we need to loosen the check by also relying on the oomkilled exit code 137
+					// to unblock the dependants in 4.15.
+					if build.Status.Reason != buildv1.StatusReasonOutOfMemoryKilled && build.Status.Reason != buildv1.StatusReasonGenericBuildFailed {
 						return false, nil
 					}
 					return true, nil
 				})
 				o.Expect(err).NotTo(o.HaveOccurred())
-				o.Expect(build.Status.Reason).To(o.Equal(buildv1.StatusReasonOutOfMemoryKilled))
-				o.Expect(build.Status.Message).To(o.Equal("The build pod was killed due to an out of memory condition."))
+				o.Expect(build.Status.Reason).To(o.Or(o.Equal(buildv1.StatusReasonOutOfMemoryKilled), o.Equal(buildv1.StatusReasonGenericBuildFailed)))
+				if build.Status.Reason == buildv1.StatusReasonOutOfMemoryKilled {
+					o.Expect(build.Status.Message).To(o.Equal("The build pod was killed due to an out of memory condition."))
+				}
+
+				pod, err := oc.KubeClient().CoreV1().Pods(oc.Namespace()).Get(context.Background(), build.Name+"-build", metav1.GetOptions{})
+				o.Expect(err).NotTo(o.HaveOccurred())
+				oomKilledExitCodeFound := false
+				for _, c := range pod.Status.ContainerStatuses {
+					if c.State.Terminated == nil {
+						continue
+					}
+					if c.State.Terminated.ExitCode == 137 {
+						oomKilledExitCodeFound = true
+					}
+				}
+				o.Expect(oomKilledExitCodeFound).To(o.BeTrue())
 
 				exutil.CheckForBuildEvent(oc.KubeClient().CoreV1(), br.Build, BuildFailedEventReason, BuildFailedEventMessage)
 			})
diff --git a/test/extended/testdata/bindata.go b/test/extended/testdata/bindata.go
index 07750b150337..2caa331072ca 100644
--- a/test/extended/testdata/bindata.go
+++ b/test/extended/testdata/bindata.go
@@ -33282,7 +33282,6 @@ os::cmd::expect_failure 'oc get imageStreams nodejs'
 os::cmd::expect_failure 'oc get imageStreams postgresql'
 os::cmd::expect_failure 'oc get imageStreams mongodb'
 os::cmd::expect_failure 'oc get imageStreams wildfly'
-os::cmd::try_until_success 'oc get imagestreamTags mariadb:10.3'
 os::cmd::try_until_success 'oc get imagestreamTags mariadb:10.5'
 os::cmd::expect_success_and_text "oc get imagestreams mysql --template='{{ index .metadata.annotations \"openshift.io/image.dockerRepositoryCheck\"}}'" '[0-9]{4}\-[0-9]{2}\-[0-9]{2}' # expect a date like YYYY-MM-DD
 os::cmd::expect_success 'oc describe istag/mysql:latest'
@@ -33308,7 +33307,7 @@ echo "imageStreams: ok"
 os::test::junit::declare_suite_end
 
 os::test::junit::declare_suite_start "cmd/images${IMAGES_TESTS_POSTFIX:-}/import-image"
-# should follow the latest reference to 10.3 and update that, and leave latest unchanged
+# should follow the latest reference to 10.5 and update that, and leave latest unchanged
 os::cmd::expect_success_and_text "oc get is/mariadb --template='{{(index .spec.tags 1).from.kind}}'" 'DockerImage'
 os::cmd::expect_success_and_text "oc get is/mariadb --template='{{(index .spec.tags 2).from.kind}}'" 'ImageStreamTag'
 os::cmd::expect_success_and_text "oc get is/mariadb --template='{{(index .spec.tags 2).from.name}}'" '10.5'
@@ -33321,7 +33320,7 @@ os::cmd::expect_success_and_text "oc get is/mariadb --template='{{(index .spec.t
 os::cmd::expect_failure_and_text 'oc import-image mariadb --from=quay.io/openshifttest/hello-openshift:openshift' "use the 'tag' command if you want to change the source"
 os::cmd::expect_success 'oc describe is/mariadb'
 # import existing tag (explicit)
-os::cmd::expect_success_and_text 'oc import-image mariadb:10.3' "sha256:"
+os::cmd::expect_success_and_text 'oc import-image mariadb:10.5' "sha256:"
 os::cmd::expect_success_and_text 'oc import-image mariadb:latest' "sha256:"
 # import existing image stream creating new tag
 os::cmd::expect_success_and_text 'oc import-image mariadb:external --from=quay.io/openshifttest/hello-openshift:openshift' "sha256:"
@@ -33383,23 +33382,23 @@ os::cmd::expect_success_and_text "oc get istag/mariadb:labeled -o jsonpath='{.me
 # test copying tags
 os::cmd::expect_success 'oc tag quay.io/openshift/origin-cli:4.6 newrepo:latest'
 os::cmd::expect_success_and_text "oc get is/newrepo --template='{{(index .spec.tags 0).from.kind}}'" 'DockerImage'
-os::cmd::try_until_success 'oc get istag/mariadb:10.3'
+os::cmd::try_until_success 'oc get istag/mariadb:10.5'
 # default behavior is to copy the current image, but since this is an external image we preserve the dockerImageReference
-os::cmd::expect_success 'oc tag mariadb:10.3 newrepo:latest'
+os::cmd::expect_success 'oc tag mariadb:10.5 newrepo:latest'
 os::cmd::expect_success_and_text "oc get is/newrepo --template='{{(index .spec.tags 0).from.kind}}'" 'ImageStreamImage'
-os::cmd::expect_success_and_text "oc get is/newrepo --template='{{(index .status.tags 0 \"items\" 0).dockerImageReference}}'" '^quay.io/centos7/mariadb-103-centos7@sha256:'
+os::cmd::expect_success_and_text "oc get is/newrepo --template='{{(index .status.tags 0 \"items\" 0).dockerImageReference}}'" '^quay.io/centos7/mariadb-105-centos7@sha256:'
 # when copying a tag that points to the internal registry, update the container image reference
 #os::cmd::expect_success "oc tag test:new newrepo:direct"
 #os::cmd::expect_success_and_text 'oc get istag/newrepo:direct -o jsonpath={.image.dockerImageReference}' "/$project/newrepo@sha256:"
 # test references
-os::cmd::expect_success 'oc tag mariadb:10.3 reference:latest --reference'
+os::cmd::expect_success 'oc tag mariadb:10.5 reference:latest --reference'
 os::cmd::expect_success_and_text "oc get is/reference --template='{{(index .spec.tags 0).from.kind}}'" 'ImageStreamImage'
 os::cmd::expect_success_and_text "oc get is/reference --template='{{(index .spec.tags 0).reference}}'" 'true'
 # create a second project to test tagging across projects
 os::cmd::expect_success 'oc new-project test-cmd-images-2'
-os::cmd::expect_success "oc tag $project/mariadb:10.3 newrepo:latest"
+os::cmd::expect_success "oc tag $project/mariadb:10.5 newrepo:latest"
 os::cmd::expect_success_and_text "oc get is/newrepo --template='{{(index .spec.tags 0).from.kind}}'" 'ImageStreamImage'
-os::cmd::expect_success_and_text 'oc get istag/newrepo:latest -o jsonpath={.image.dockerImageReference}' 'quay.io/centos7/mariadb-103-centos7@sha256:'
+os::cmd::expect_success_and_text 'oc get istag/newrepo:latest -o jsonpath={.image.dockerImageReference}' 'quay.io/centos7/mariadb-105-centos7@sha256:'
 # tag across projects without specifying the source's project
 os::cmd::expect_success_and_text "oc tag newrepo:latest '${project}/mariadb:tag1'" "mariadb:tag1 set to"
 os::cmd::expect_success_and_text "oc get is/newrepo --template='{{(index .spec.tags 0).name}}'" "latest"
diff --git a/test/extended/testdata/cmd/test/cmd/images.sh b/test/extended/testdata/cmd/test/cmd/images.sh
index b47bffe1a15b..a6796517e03d 100755
--- a/test/extended/testdata/cmd/test/cmd/images.sh
+++ b/test/extended/testdata/cmd/test/cmd/images.sh
@@ -132,7 +132,6 @@ os::cmd::expect_failure 'oc get imageStreams nodejs'
 os::cmd::expect_failure 'oc get imageStreams postgresql'
 os::cmd::expect_failure 'oc get imageStreams mongodb'
 os::cmd::expect_failure 'oc get imageStreams wildfly'
-os::cmd::try_until_success 'oc get imagestreamTags mariadb:10.3'
 os::cmd::try_until_success 'oc get imagestreamTags mariadb:10.5'
 os::cmd::expect_success_and_text "oc get imagestreams mysql --template='{{ index .metadata.annotations \"openshift.io/image.dockerRepositoryCheck\"}}'" '[0-9]{4}\-[0-9]{2}\-[0-9]{2}' # expect a date like YYYY-MM-DD
 os::cmd::expect_success 'oc describe istag/mysql:latest'
@@ -158,7 +157,7 @@ echo "imageStreams: ok"
 os::test::junit::declare_suite_end
 
 os::test::junit::declare_suite_start "cmd/images${IMAGES_TESTS_POSTFIX:-}/import-image"
-# should follow the latest reference to 10.3 and update that, and leave latest unchanged
+# should follow the latest reference to 10.5 and update that, and leave latest unchanged
 os::cmd::expect_success_and_text "oc get is/mariadb --template='{{(index .spec.tags 1).from.kind}}'" 'DockerImage'
 os::cmd::expect_success_and_text "oc get is/mariadb --template='{{(index .spec.tags 2).from.kind}}'" 'ImageStreamTag'
 os::cmd::expect_success_and_text "oc get is/mariadb --template='{{(index .spec.tags 2).from.name}}'" '10.5'
@@ -171,7 +170,7 @@ os::cmd::expect_success_and_text "oc get is/mariadb --template='{{(index .spec.t
 os::cmd::expect_failure_and_text 'oc import-image mariadb --from=quay.io/openshifttest/hello-openshift:openshift' "use the 'tag' command if you want to change the source"
 os::cmd::expect_success 'oc describe is/mariadb'
 # import existing tag (explicit)
-os::cmd::expect_success_and_text 'oc import-image mariadb:10.3' "sha256:"
+os::cmd::expect_success_and_text 'oc import-image mariadb:10.5' "sha256:"
 os::cmd::expect_success_and_text 'oc import-image mariadb:latest' "sha256:"
 # import existing image stream creating new tag
 os::cmd::expect_success_and_text 'oc import-image mariadb:external --from=quay.io/openshifttest/hello-openshift:openshift' "sha256:"
@@ -233,23 +232,23 @@ os::cmd::expect_success_and_text "oc get istag/mariadb:labeled -o jsonpath='{.me
 # test copying tags
 os::cmd::expect_success 'oc tag quay.io/openshift/origin-cli:4.6 newrepo:latest'
 os::cmd::expect_success_and_text "oc get is/newrepo --template='{{(index .spec.tags 0).from.kind}}'" 'DockerImage'
-os::cmd::try_until_success 'oc get istag/mariadb:10.3'
+os::cmd::try_until_success 'oc get istag/mariadb:10.5'
 # default behavior is to copy the current image, but since this is an external image we preserve the dockerImageReference
-os::cmd::expect_success 'oc tag mariadb:10.3 newrepo:latest'
+os::cmd::expect_success 'oc tag mariadb:10.5 newrepo:latest'
 os::cmd::expect_success_and_text "oc get is/newrepo --template='{{(index .spec.tags 0).from.kind}}'" 'ImageStreamImage'
-os::cmd::expect_success_and_text "oc get is/newrepo --template='{{(index .status.tags 0 \"items\" 0).dockerImageReference}}'" '^quay.io/centos7/mariadb-103-centos7@sha256:'
+os::cmd::expect_success_and_text "oc get is/newrepo --template='{{(index .status.tags 0 \"items\" 0).dockerImageReference}}'" '^quay.io/centos7/mariadb-105-centos7@sha256:'
 # when copying a tag that points to the internal registry, update the container image reference
 #os::cmd::expect_success "oc tag test:new newrepo:direct"
 #os::cmd::expect_success_and_text 'oc get istag/newrepo:direct -o jsonpath={.image.dockerImageReference}' "/$project/newrepo@sha256:"
 # test references
-os::cmd::expect_success 'oc tag mariadb:10.3 reference:latest --reference'
+os::cmd::expect_success 'oc tag mariadb:10.5 reference:latest --reference'
 os::cmd::expect_success_and_text "oc get is/reference --template='{{(index .spec.tags 0).from.kind}}'" 'ImageStreamImage'
 os::cmd::expect_success_and_text "oc get is/reference --template='{{(index .spec.tags 0).reference}}'" 'true'
 # create a second project to test tagging across projects
 os::cmd::expect_success 'oc new-project test-cmd-images-2'
-os::cmd::expect_success "oc tag $project/mariadb:10.3 newrepo:latest"
+os::cmd::expect_success "oc tag $project/mariadb:10.5 newrepo:latest"
 os::cmd::expect_success_and_text "oc get is/newrepo --template='{{(index .spec.tags 0).from.kind}}'" 'ImageStreamImage'
-os::cmd::expect_success_and_text 'oc get istag/newrepo:latest -o jsonpath={.image.dockerImageReference}' 'quay.io/centos7/mariadb-103-centos7@sha256:'
+os::cmd::expect_success_and_text 'oc get istag/newrepo:latest -o jsonpath={.image.dockerImageReference}' 'quay.io/centos7/mariadb-105-centos7@sha256:'
 # tag across projects without specifying the source's project
 os::cmd::expect_success_and_text "oc tag newrepo:latest '${project}/mariadb:tag1'" "mariadb:tag1 set to"
 os::cmd::expect_success_and_text "oc get is/newrepo --template='{{(index .spec.tags 0).name}}'" "latest"