diff --git a/roles/backup/tasks/init.yml b/roles/backup/tasks/init.yml
index 263d751e..56abac4c 100644
--- a/roles/backup/tasks/init.yml
+++ b/roles/backup/tasks/init.yml
@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@
   when:
     - backup_pvc == '' or backup_pvc is not defined
 
+- name: Set default postgres image
+  set_fact:
+    _default_postgres_image: "{{ _postgres_image }}:{{_postgres_image_version }}"
+
 - name: Set user provided postgres image
   set_fact:
     _custom_postgres_image: "{{ postgres_image }}:{{ postgres_image_version }}"
@@ -72,7 +76,7 @@
 
 - name: Set Postgres image URL
   set_fact:
-    _postgres_image: "{{ _custom_postgres_image | default(lookup('env', 'RELATED_IMAGE_AWX_POSTGRES')) }}"
+    _postgres_image: "{{ _custom_postgres_image | default(lookup('env', 'RELATED_IMAGE_AWX_POSTGRES')) | default(_default_postgres_image, true) }}"
 
 - name: Create management pod from templated deployment config
   k8s:
diff --git a/roles/backup/vars/main.yml b/roles/backup/vars/main.yml
index d5121401..5ed894f1 100644
--- a/roles/backup/vars/main.yml
+++ b/roles/backup/vars/main.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 deployment_type: "awx"
-postgres_image: postgres
-postgres_image_version: 12
+_postgres_image: postgres
+_postgres_image_version: 12
 backup_complete: false
 database_type: "unmanaged"
diff --git a/roles/installer/defaults/main.yml b/roles/installer/defaults/main.yml
index e9da2435..fc78d337 100644
--- a/roles/installer/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/installer/defaults/main.yml
@@ -107,14 +107,14 @@ extra_volumes: ''
 
 # Use these image versions for Ansible AWX.
 
-image: quay.io/ansible/awx
-image_version: "{{ lookup('env', 'DEFAULT_AWX_VERSION') or 'latest' }}"
-redis_image: docker.io/redis
-redis_image_version: latest
-postgres_image: postgres
-postgres_image_version: 12
-init_container_image: quay.io/centos/centos
-init_container_image_version: 8
+_image: quay.io/ansible/awx
+_image_version: "{{ lookup('env', 'DEFAULT_AWX_VERSION') or 'latest' }}"
+_redis_image: docker.io/redis
+_redis_image_version: latest
+_postgres_image: postgres
+_postgres_image_version: 12
+_init_container_image: quay.io/centos/centos
+_init_container_image_version: 8
 image_pull_policy: IfNotPresent
 image_pull_secret: ''
 
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ ee_images:
   - name: AWX EE (latest)
     image: quay.io/ansible/awx-ee:latest
 
-control_plane_ee_image: quay.io/ansible/awx-ee:latest
+_control_plane_ee_image: quay.io/ansible/awx-ee:latest
 
 create_preload_data: true
 
diff --git a/roles/installer/tasks/database_configuration.yml b/roles/installer/tasks/database_configuration.yml
index 3cb6a10f..9a09eae9 100644
--- a/roles/installer/tasks/database_configuration.yml
+++ b/roles/installer/tasks/database_configuration.yml
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@
     - old_pg_config['resources'] | length
   no_log: true
 
+- name: Set default postgres image
+  set_fact:
+    _default_postgres_image: "{{ _postgres_image }}:{{_postgres_image_version }}"
+
 - name: Set PostgreSQL configuration
   set_fact:
     _pg_config: '{{ _custom_pg_config_resources["resources"] | default([]) | length | ternary(_custom_pg_config_resources, _default_pg_config_resources) }}'
@@ -61,7 +65,7 @@
 
 - name: Set Postgres image URL
   set_fact:
-    _postgres_image: "{{ _custom_postgres_image | default(lookup('env', 'RELATED_IMAGE_AWX_POSTGRES')) }}"
+    _postgres_image: "{{ _custom_postgres_image | default(lookup('env', 'RELATED_IMAGE_AWX_POSTGRES')) | default(_default_postgres_image, true) }}"
 
 - block:
     - name: Create Database configuration
diff --git a/roles/installer/tasks/resources_configuration.yml b/roles/installer/tasks/resources_configuration.yml
index e1c2b8e8..68a042a9 100644
--- a/roles/installer/tasks/resources_configuration.yml
+++ b/roles/installer/tasks/resources_configuration.yml
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@
     - 'ingress'
   no_log: true
 
+- name: Set default awx app image
+  set_fact:
+    _default_image: "{{ _image }}:{{ _image_version }}"
+
 - name: Set user provided awx app image
   set_fact:
     _custom_image: "{{ image }}:{{ image_version }}"
@@ -39,11 +43,15 @@
     - image | default([]) | length
     - image_version is defined or image_version != ''
 
-- name: Set AWX App image URL
+- name: Set AWX app image URL
   set_fact:
-    _image: "{{ _custom_image | default(lookup('env', 'RELATED_IMAGE_AWX')) }}"
+    _image: "{{ _custom_image | default(lookup('env', 'RELATED_IMAGE_AWX')) | default(_default_image, true) }}"
 
-- name: Set user provided controller init image
+- name: Set default awx init container image
+  set_fact:
+    _default_init_container_image: "{{ _init_container_image }}:{{ _init_container_image_version }}"
+
+- name: Set user provided awx init image
   set_fact:
     _custom_init_container_image: "{{ init_container_image }}:{{ init_container_image_version }}"
   when:
@@ -52,7 +60,11 @@
 
 - name: Set Init image URL
   set_fact:
-    _init_container_image: "{{ _custom_init_container_image | default(lookup('env', 'RELATED_IMAGE_AWX_INIT_CONTAINER')) }}"
+    _init_container_image: "{{ _custom_init_container_image | default(lookup('env', 'RELATED_IMAGE_AWX_INIT_CONTAINER')) | default(_default_init_container_image, true) }}"
+
+- name: Set default redis image
+  set_fact:
+    _default_redis_image: "{{ _redis_image }}:{{ _redis_image_version }}"
 
 - name: Set user provided redis image
   set_fact:
@@ -63,17 +75,17 @@
 
 - name: Set Redis image URL
   set_fact:
-    _redis_image: "{{ _custom_redis_image | default(lookup('env', 'RELATED_IMAGE_AWX_REDIS')) }}"
+    _redis_image: "{{ _custom_redis_image | default(lookup('env', 'RELATED_IMAGE_AWX_REDIS')) | default(_default_redis_image, true) }}"
 
 - name: Set user provided control plane ee image
   set_fact:
-    _custom_control_plane_ee_image: "{{ control_plane_ee_image}}"
+    _custom_control_plane_ee_image: "{{ control_plane_ee_image }}"
   when:
     - control_plane_ee_image | default([]) | length
 
 - name: Set Control Plane EE image URL
   set_fact:
-    _control_plane_ee_image: "{{ _custom_control_plane_ee_image | default(lookup('env', 'RELATED_IMAGE_CONTROL_PLANE_EE')) }}"
+    _control_plane_ee_image: "{{ _custom_control_plane_ee_image | default(lookup('env', 'RELATED_IMAGE_CONTROL_PLANE_EE')) | default(_control_plane_ee_image, true) }}"
 
 - name: Apply deployment resources
   k8s:
diff --git a/roles/installer/tasks/update_status.yml b/roles/installer/tasks/update_status.yml
index 92d7f953..bab23c41 100644
--- a/roles/installer/tasks/update_status.yml
+++ b/roles/installer/tasks/update_status.yml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
     name: "{{ ansible_operator_meta.name }}"
     namespace: "{{ ansible_operator_meta.namespace }}"
     status:
-      image: "{{ image }}"
+      image: "{{ _custom_image | default(lookup('env', 'RELATED_IMAGE_AWX')) | default(_default_image, true) }}"
 
 - block:
     - name: Retrieve route URL
diff --git a/roles/installer/templates/deployment.yaml.j2 b/roles/installer/templates/deployment.yaml.j2
index 2af6eeec..59fe7ace 100644
--- a/roles/installer/templates/deployment.yaml.j2
+++ b/roles/installer/templates/deployment.yaml.j2
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ metadata:
   namespace: '{{ ansible_operator_meta.namespace }}'
   labels:
     app.kubernetes.io/name: '{{ ansible_operator_meta.name }}'
-    app.kubernetes.io/version: '{{ image_version }}'
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: '{{ _image_version }}'
     app.kubernetes.io/part-of: '{{ ansible_operator_meta.name }}'
     app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: '{{ deployment_type }}-operator'
     app.kubernetes.io/component: '{{ deployment_type }}'
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ spec:
     metadata:
       labels:
         app.kubernetes.io/name: '{{ ansible_operator_meta.name }}'
-        app.kubernetes.io/version: '{{ image_version }}'
+        app.kubernetes.io/version: '{{ _image_version }}'
         app.kubernetes.io/part-of: '{{ ansible_operator_meta.name }}'
         app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: '{{ deployment_type }}-operator'
         app.kubernetes.io/component: '{{ deployment_type }}'
diff --git a/roles/installer/templates/execution_environments.py.j2 b/roles/installer/templates/execution_environments.py.j2
index e8a2789a..98fb8e8e 100644
--- a/roles/installer/templates/execution_environments.py.j2
+++ b/roles/installer/templates/execution_environments.py.j2
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ GLOBAL_JOB_EXECUTION_ENVIRONMENTS = [
     {'name': '{{ item.name }}' , 'image': '{{ item.image }}'},
 {% endfor %}
 ]
-CONTROL_PLANE_EXECUTION_ENVIRONMENT = '{{ control_plane_ee_image }}'
+CONTROL_PLANE_EXECUTION_ENVIRONMENT = '{{ _control_plane_ee_image }}'
diff --git a/roles/restore/tasks/init.yml b/roles/restore/tasks/init.yml
index 32db8459..29ae8305 100644
--- a/roles/restore/tasks/init.yml
+++ b/roles/restore/tasks/init.yml
@@ -71,6 +71,10 @@
     force: true
     wait: true
 
+- name: Set default postgres image
+  set_fact:
+    _default_postgres_image: "{{ _postgres_image }}:{{_postgres_image_version }}"
+
 - name: Set user provided postgres image
   set_fact:
     _custom_postgres_image: "{{ postgres_image }}:{{ postgres_image_version }}"
@@ -80,7 +84,7 @@
 
 - name: Set Postgres image URL
   set_fact:
-    _postgres_image: "{{ _custom_postgres_image | default(lookup('env', 'RELATED_IMAGE_AWX_POSTGRES')) }}"
+    _postgres_image: "{{ _custom_postgres_image | default(lookup('env', 'RELATED_IMAGE_AWX_POSTGRES'))  | default(_default_postgres_image, true) }}"
 
 - name: Create management pod from templated deployment config
   k8s:
diff --git a/roles/restore/vars/main.yml b/roles/restore/vars/main.yml
index ae336b38..382b4569 100644
--- a/roles/restore/vars/main.yml
+++ b/roles/restore/vars/main.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 ---
 
 deployment_type: "awx"
-postgres_image: postgres
-postgres_image_version: 12
+_postgres_image: postgres
+_postgres_image_version: 12
 
 backup_api_version: '{{ deployment_type }}.ansible.com/v1beta1'
 backup_kind: 'AWXBackup'