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= About the OpenShift CLI tool in OpenShift Jenkins images

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If your Jenkins pipelines require a *specific* {oc-first} version for compatibility or reproducibility, you must explicitly configure the desired client version in the Jenkins pipeline DSL.

Starting with 4.12, the OpenShift Jenkins container images ship with the *latest available version* of the `oc` CLI tool bundled inside the image, rather than the client version matching the cluster release.

If your Jenkins pipelines require a *specific* `oc` client version for compatibility or reproducibility, you must explicitly configure the desired client version in the Jenkins pipeline DSL.
