diff --git a/controllers/state_manager.go b/controllers/state_manager.go
index 65ea23ce8..542672bbc 100644
--- a/controllers/state_manager.go
+++ b/controllers/state_manager.go
@@ -600,12 +600,17 @@ func (n *ClusterPolicyController) getGPUNodeOSInfo() (string, string, error) {
 	if !ok {
 		return "", "", fmt.Errorf("unable to retrieve OS version from label %s", nfdOSVersionIDLabelKey)
 	}
-	// If the OS is RockyLinux, Oracle Linux or RHEL, we will omit the minor version when constructing the os image tag
+	// If the OS is RockyLinux, Oracle Linux or RHEL, we will omit the minor version when constructing the os image tag.
+	// CentOS Stream / SCOS (OKD) reports ID=centos, but published driver images use the rhel tag family.
+	osTagName := osName
 	switch osName {
+	case "centos":
+		osTagName = "rhel"
+		fallthrough
 	case "ol", "rocky", "rhel":
 		osVersion = strings.Split(osVersion, ".")[0]
 	}
-	osTag := fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", osName, osVersion)
+	osTag := fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", osTagName, osVersion)
 
 	return osName, osTag, nil
 }
diff --git a/controllers/state_manager_test.go b/controllers/state_manager_test.go
index d72a08cc4..9231bcb77 100644
--- a/controllers/state_manager_test.go
+++ b/controllers/state_manager_test.go
@@ -106,6 +106,18 @@ func TestGetGPUNodeOSInfo(t *testing.T) {
 			osVersion: "rolling",
 			expected:  "archlinuxrolling",
 		},
+		{
+			name:      "centos stream / scos maps to rhel major tag",
+			osName:    "centos",
+			osVersion: "10",
+			expected:  "rhel10",
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "centos with minor version maps to rhel major tag",
+			osName:    "centos",
+			osVersion: "10.0",
+			expected:  "rhel10",
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tc := range testCases {
diff --git a/internal/state/nodepool.go b/internal/state/nodepool.go
index c9123c3ca..f6763e015 100644
--- a/internal/state/nodepool.go
+++ b/internal/state/nodepool.go
@@ -153,13 +153,18 @@ func getNodePools(ctx context.Context, k8sClient client.Client, cr *nvidiav1alph
 }
 
 func getOSTag(osRelease, osVersion string) (string, error) {
+	osID := osRelease
 	var osTagSuffix string
-	// If the OS is RockyLinux, Oracle Linux or RHEL, we will omit the minor version when constructing the os image tag
+	// If the OS is RockyLinux, Oracle Linux or RHEL, we will omit the minor version when constructing the os image tag.
+	// CentOS Stream / SCOS (OKD) reports ID=centos, but published driver images use the rhel tag family.
 	switch osRelease {
+	case "centos":
+		osID = "rhel"
+		fallthrough
 	case "ol", "rocky", "rhel":
 		osTagSuffix = strings.Split(osVersion, ".")[0]
 	default:
 		osTagSuffix = osVersion
 	}
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", osRelease, osTagSuffix), nil
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", osID, osTagSuffix), nil
 }
diff --git a/internal/state/nodepool_test.go b/internal/state/nodepool_test.go
index 278f5e95b..13b8d08f8 100644
--- a/internal/state/nodepool_test.go
+++ b/internal/state/nodepool_test.go
@@ -95,6 +95,20 @@ func TestGetOSTag(t *testing.T) {
 			expected:    "archlinuxrolling",
 			expectError: false,
 		},
+		{
+			description: "centos stream / scos maps to rhel major tag",
+			osRelease:   "centos",
+			osVersion:   "10",
+			expected:    "rhel10",
+			expectError: false,
+		},
+		{
+			description: "centos with minor version maps to rhel major tag",
+			osRelease:   "centos",
+			osVersion:   "10.0",
+			expected:    "rhel10",
+			expectError: false,
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, test := range tests {