diff --git a/core-services/release-controller/_releases/priv/release-ocp-5.0.json b/core-services/release-controller/_releases/priv/release-ocp-5.0.json
index 0fce7a263d363..3f79005ea97a3 100644
--- a/core-services/release-controller/_releases/priv/release-ocp-5.0.json
+++ b/core-services/release-controller/_releases/priv/release-ocp-5.0.json
@@ -307,6 +307,7 @@
         "driver-toolkit": {
             "disabled": true,
             "maxRetries": 2,
+            "optional": true,
             "prowJob": {
                 "name": "periodic-ci-openshift-release-main-nightly-5.0-e2e-aws-driver-toolkit-priv"
             }
diff --git a/core-services/release-controller/_releases/release-ocp-5.0.json b/core-services/release-controller/_releases/release-ocp-5.0.json
index c6c30783d205c..04a5cbc168b7a 100644
--- a/core-services/release-controller/_releases/release-ocp-5.0.json
+++ b/core-services/release-controller/_releases/release-ocp-5.0.json
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@
       }
     },
     "driver-toolkit": {
+      "optional": true,
       "maxRetries": 2,
       "prowJob": {
         "name": "periodic-ci-openshift-release-main-nightly-5.0-e2e-aws-driver-toolkit"