diff --git a/ci-operator/config/Azure/ARO-HCP/Azure-ARO-HCP-main__periodic.yaml b/ci-operator/config/Azure/ARO-HCP/Azure-ARO-HCP-main__periodic.yaml
index 75b5f9e6dcc79..afebae2bbc0fd 100644
--- a/ci-operator/config/Azure/ARO-HCP/Azure-ARO-HCP-main__periodic.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/config/Azure/ARO-HCP/Azure-ARO-HCP-main__periodic.yaml
@@ -167,6 +167,30 @@ tests:
       LOCATION: uksouth
       VAULT_SECRET_PROFILE: prod-rh
     workflow: aro-hcp-persistent-e2e
+- as: prod-e2e-parallel-ocp-candidate-5-0
+  cron: 0 21 * * 0
+  reporter_config:
+    channel: '#aro-hcp-failures-prod'
+    job_states_to_report:
+    - failure
+    - error
+    report_template: ':failed: Job *{{.Spec.Job}}* ended with *{{.Status.State}}*.
+      <{{.Status.URL}}|View logs>'
+  steps:
+    env:
+      ALLOWED_SUBSCRIPTIONS: ARO HCP E2E Hosted Clusters - Prod - 00,ARO HCP E2E Hosted
+        Clusters - Prod - 01
+      ARO_HCP_CLOUD: public
+      ARO_HCP_DEPLOY_ENV: prod
+      ARO_HCP_OPENSHIFT_CHANNEL_GROUP: candidate
+      ARO_HCP_OPENSHIFT_CONTROLPLANE_VERSION: 5.0.0-ec.5
+      ARO_HCP_OPENSHIFT_NODEPOOL_CHANNEL_GROUP: candidate
+      ARO_HCP_OPENSHIFT_NODEPOOL_VERSION: 5.0.0-ec.5
+      ARO_HCP_SUITE_NAME: prod/parallel
+      LOCATION: uksouth
+      VAULT_SECRET_PROFILE: prod-rh
+    workflow: aro-hcp-persistent-e2e
+  timeout: 4h0m0s
 zz_generated_metadata:
   branch: main
   org: Azure
diff --git a/ci-operator/jobs/Azure/ARO-HCP/Azure-ARO-HCP-main-periodics.yaml b/ci-operator/jobs/Azure/ARO-HCP/Azure-ARO-HCP-main-periodics.yaml
index 881fa415ed5ee..567845382d367 100644
--- a/ci-operator/jobs/Azure/ARO-HCP/Azure-ARO-HCP-main-periodics.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/jobs/Azure/ARO-HCP/Azure-ARO-HCP-main-periodics.yaml
@@ -2179,6 +2179,88 @@ periodics:
     - name: result-aggregator
       secret:
         secretName: result-aggregator
+- agent: kubernetes
+  cluster: build04
+  cron: 0 21 * * 0
+  decorate: true
+  decoration_config:
+    skip_cloning: true
+    timeout: 4h0m0s
+  extra_refs:
+  - base_ref: main
+    org: Azure
+    repo: ARO-HCP
+  labels:
+    ci-operator.openshift.io/variant: periodic
+    ci.openshift.io/generator: prowgen
+    pj-rehearse.openshift.io/can-be-rehearsed: "true"
+  name: periodic-ci-Azure-ARO-HCP-main-periodic-prod-e2e-parallel-ocp-candidate-5-0
+  reporter_config:
+    slack:
+      channel: '#aro-hcp-failures-prod'
+      job_states_to_report:
+      - failure
+      - error
+      report_template: ':failed: Job *{{.Spec.Job}}* ended with *{{.Status.State}}*.
+        <{{.Status.URL}}|View logs>'
+  spec:
+    containers:
+    - args:
+      - --gcs-upload-secret=/secrets/gcs/service-account.json
+      - --image-import-pull-secret=/etc/pull-secret/.dockerconfigjson
+      - --lease-server-credentials-file=/etc/boskos/credentials
+      - --report-credentials-file=/etc/report/credentials
+      - --target=prod-e2e-parallel-ocp-candidate-5-0
+      - --variant=periodic
+      command:
+      - ci-operator
+      env:
+      - name: HTTP_SERVER_IP
+        valueFrom:
+          fieldRef:
+            fieldPath: status.podIP
+      image: quay-proxy.ci.openshift.org/openshift/ci:ci_ci-operator_latest
+      imagePullPolicy: Always
+      name: ""
+      ports:
+      - containerPort: 8080
+        name: http
+      resources:
+        requests:
+          cpu: 10m
+      volumeMounts:
+      - mountPath: /etc/boskos
+        name: boskos
+        readOnly: true
+      - mountPath: /secrets/gcs
+        name: gcs-credentials
+        readOnly: true
+      - mountPath: /secrets/manifest-tool
+        name: manifest-tool-local-pusher
+        readOnly: true
+      - mountPath: /etc/pull-secret
+        name: pull-secret
+        readOnly: true
+      - mountPath: /etc/report
+        name: result-aggregator
+        readOnly: true
+    serviceAccountName: ci-operator
+    volumes:
+    - name: boskos
+      secret:
+        items:
+        - key: credentials
+          path: credentials
+        secretName: boskos-credentials
+    - name: manifest-tool-local-pusher
+      secret:
+        secretName: manifest-tool-local-pusher
+    - name: pull-secret
+      secret:
+        secretName: registry-pull-credentials
+    - name: result-aggregator
+      secret:
+        secretName: result-aggregator
 - agent: kubernetes
   cluster: build04
   cron: 0 23 * * *
diff --git a/ci-operator/step-registry/aro-hcp/test/persistent/aro-hcp-test-persistent-ref.yaml b/ci-operator/step-registry/aro-hcp/test/persistent/aro-hcp-test-persistent-ref.yaml
index 9fff351457866..c5642bbadf17e 100644
--- a/ci-operator/step-registry/aro-hcp/test/persistent/aro-hcp-test-persistent-ref.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/step-registry/aro-hcp/test/persistent/aro-hcp-test-persistent-ref.yaml
@@ -67,5 +67,11 @@ ref:
     - name: ARO_HCP_OPENSHIFT_NODEPOOL_CHANNEL_GROUP
       default: ""
       documentation: OpenShift node pool channel group to use.  For example, nightly. 
+    - name: ARO_HCP_OPENSHIFT_CONTROLPLANE_VERSION
+      default: ""
+      documentation: OpenShift control plane version to use.  For example, "5.0".
+    - name: ARO_HCP_OPENSHIFT_NODEPOOL_VERSION
+      default: ""
+      documentation: OpenShift node pool version to use.  For example, "5.0".
   documentation: |-
     Run the Azure/ARO-HCP/aro-hcp-tests binary.