diff --git a/ansible/group_vars/all.yml b/ansible/group_vars/all.yml
index 5a97210445..fc8ebd3cc6 100644
--- a/ansible/group_vars/all.yml
+++ b/ansible/group_vars/all.yml
@@ -28,8 +28,7 @@ virtual_machines:
   rhel:
     project: rhel-cloud
     families:
-      - rhel-8
-      - rhel-9
+      "{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.pipe', 'scripts/fetch_gcp_families.sh -a X86_64 -p rhel-cloud') }}"
     container_engine: podman
 
   rhel-arm64:
@@ -37,7 +36,7 @@ virtual_machines:
     arch: arm64
     machine_type: t2a-standard-2
     families:
-      - rhel-9-arm64
+      "{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.pipe', 'scripts/fetch_gcp_families.sh -a ARM64 -p rhel-cloud') }}"
     container_engine: podman
 
   rhel-s390x:
@@ -59,12 +58,8 @@ virtual_machines:
   rhel-sap:
     project: rhel-sap-cloud
     families:
-      - rhel-8-4-sap-ha
-      - rhel-8-6-sap-ha
-    # RHEL SAP 8.4 seems to have an older version of podman that
-    # fails with our integration tests, so we stick with docker
-    # for now.
-    container_engine: docker
+      "{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.pipe', 'scripts/fetch_gcp_families.sh -a X86_64 -p rhel-sap-cloud') }}"
+    container_engine: podman
 
   rhcos:
     project: rhcos-cloud
@@ -140,16 +135,14 @@ virtual_machines:
   ubuntu-os:
     project: ubuntu-os-cloud
     families:
-      - ubuntu-2204-lts
-      - ubuntu-2404-lts-amd64
+      "{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.pipe', \"scripts/fetch_gcp_families.sh -f '^ubuntu-\\d+-lts(-amd64)?$'\") }}"
 
   ubuntu-arm:
     project: ubuntu-os-cloud
     arch: arm64
     machine_type: t2a-standard-2
     families:
-      - ubuntu-2204-lts-arm64
-      - ubuntu-2404-lts-arm64
+      "{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.pipe', \"scripts/fetch_gcp_families.sh -f '^ubuntu-\\d+-lts-arm64$'\") }}"
 
   ubuntu-os-pro:
     project: ubuntu-os-pro-cloud
diff --git a/ansible/scripts/fetch_gcp_families.sh b/ansible/scripts/fetch_gcp_families.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..9848a24d5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/scripts/fetch_gcp_families.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+function usage() {
+    echo "$0 [OPTIONS]"
+    echo ""
+    echo "[OPTIONS]"
+    echo " -a, --arch"
+    echo "    Architecture wanted for the listed images"
+    echo " -p, --project"
+    echo "    Project the image is hosted in"
+    echo " -f, --family"
+    echo "    Regular expression for the image family to be listed"
+}
+
+TEMP=$(getopt -o 'ha:p:f:' -l 'help,arch,project,family' -n "$0" -- "$@")
+
+# shellcheck disable=SC2181
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+eval set -- "$TEMP"
+unset TEMP
+
+arch=""
+family=""
+project=""
+filter=""
+using_regex=0
+using_aip=0
+
+while true; do
+    case "${1:-}" in
+        '-h' | '--help')
+            usage
+            exit 0
+            ;;
+
+        '-a' | '--arch')
+            arch="architecture=$2"
+            using_aip=1
+            shift 2
+            ;;
+
+        '-p' | '--project')
+            project="selfLink=/$2/"
+            using_aip=1
+            shift 2
+            ;;
+
+        '-f' | '--family')
+            family="family ~ \"$2\""
+            using_regex=1
+            shift 2
+            ;;
+
+        '--')
+            shift
+            break
+            ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+if ((using_regex != 0 && using_aip != 0)); then
+    echo >&2 "Mixing regex and AIP-160 is not supported in gcloud filters"
+    echo >&2 "see: https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/reference/rest/v1/images/list"
+    exit 1
+elif ((using_regex != 0)); then
+    filter="$family"
+elif ((using_aip != 0)); then
+    if [[ -n "$project" ]]; then
+        filter="$project"
+        if [[ -n "$arch" ]]; then
+            filter="$filter AND $arch"
+        fi
+    elif [[ -n "$arch" ]]; then
+        filter="$arch"
+    fi
+fi
+
+gcloud compute images list \
+    --format='json(family)' \
+    --filter="$filter" \
+    --limit 10 | jq -cM '[ .[].family ]'