diff --git a/images/ceph/Dockerfile b/images/ceph/Dockerfile
index e1fdf1230b4f..b5bc029e4dc2 100644
--- a/images/ceph/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/ceph/Dockerfile
@@ -19,8 +19,12 @@ FROM BASEIMAGE
 ARG S5CMD_VERSION
 ARG S5CMD_ARCH
 
-# install 'ip' tool for Multus
-RUN dnf install -y --repo baseos --setopt=install_weak_deps=False iproute && dnf clean all
+# 'ip' tool must be installed for Multus. It's present in the base image today, but it will likely
+# be removed in the future. Doing a 'dnf install' sometimes breaks CI when centos repos go down or
+# have other package build errors. In order to make sure Rook CI catches the eventual removal and
+# also limit Rook CI breakage due to centos breakage, simply check that 'ip' is present.
+# Eventually: dnf install -y --repo baseos --setopt=install_weak_deps=False iproute && dnf clean all
+RUN which ip
 
 # Install the s5cmd package to interact with s3 gateway
 RUN curl --fail -sSL -o /s5cmd.tar.gz https://github.com/peak/s5cmd/releases/download/v${S5CMD_VERSION}/s5cmd_${S5CMD_VERSION}_${S5CMD_ARCH}.tar.gz && \