diff --git a/ci-operator/config/Azure/ARO-HCP/Azure-ARO-HCP-main__image-updater.yaml b/ci-operator/config/Azure/ARO-HCP/Azure-ARO-HCP-main__image-updater.yaml
index ce6c2bfa75260..61b7455616a34 100644
--- a/ci-operator/config/Azure/ARO-HCP/Azure-ARO-HCP-main__image-updater.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/config/Azure/ARO-HCP/Azure-ARO-HCP-main__image-updater.yaml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ resources:
       memory: 1Gi
 tests:
 - as: image-updater-tooling
-  cron: 0 */6 * * 1-5
+  cron: 0 2,14 * * 1-5
   steps:
     env:
       VERBOSITY: "0"
diff --git a/ci-operator/jobs/Azure/ARO-HCP/Azure-ARO-HCP-main-periodics.yaml b/ci-operator/jobs/Azure/ARO-HCP/Azure-ARO-HCP-main-periodics.yaml
index 81d1d619f3711..489b03ee0f5ca 100644
--- a/ci-operator/jobs/Azure/ARO-HCP/Azure-ARO-HCP-main-periodics.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/jobs/Azure/ARO-HCP/Azure-ARO-HCP-main-periodics.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 periodics:
 - agent: kubernetes
   cluster: build10
-  cron: 0 */6 * * 1-5
+  cron: 0 2,14 * * 1-5
   decorate: true
   decoration_config:
     skip_cloning: true