diff --git a/.github/workflows/uki.yaml b/.github/workflows/uki.yaml
index 1161a1c9c..3c0f99e8a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/uki.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/uki.yaml
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@ jobs:
             flavor_release: 24.04
             family: ubuntu
             base_image: ubuntu:24.04
+
+          - flavor: ubuntu
+            flavor_release: "24.10"
+            family: ubuntu
+            base_image: "ubuntu:24.10"
+
             variant: core
           - flavor: ubuntu
             flavor_release: 24.04
@@ -28,6 +34,7 @@ jobs:
             base_image: ubuntu:24.04
             variant: standard
             k3s_version: 1.31.4 # we need to use a matrix like we do in the other pipelines, but adding manually now just to see if this makes it work
+
           - flavor: fedora
             family: rhel
             flavor_release: 40
diff --git a/images/Dockerfile.kairos-ubuntu b/images/Dockerfile.kairos-ubuntu
index 7c494c58d..3fb03663d 100644
--- a/images/Dockerfile.kairos-ubuntu
+++ b/images/Dockerfile.kairos-ubuntu
@@ -155,8 +155,10 @@ RUN [ -z "$(ls -A /lib/firmware/intel-ucode/)" ] && apt-get update && apt-get in
 FROM systemd-boot AS systemd-boot-arm64
 
 FROM systemd-boot-amd64 AS systemd-boot-amd64-24.10
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y systemd-cryptsetup && apt-get remove -y unattended-upgrades && apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 FROM systemd-boot-amd64 AS systemd-boot-amd64-24.04
 FROM systemd-boot-arm64 AS systemd-boot-arm64-24.10
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y systemd-cryptsetup && apt-get remove -y unattended-upgrades && apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 FROM systemd-boot-arm64 AS systemd-boot-arm64-24.04
 
 FROM grub AS grub-amd64
diff --git a/images/Dockerfile.ubuntu b/images/Dockerfile.ubuntu
index eb0988529..bf0615bfa 100644
--- a/images/Dockerfile.ubuntu
+++ b/images/Dockerfile.ubuntu
@@ -156,8 +156,10 @@ RUN [ -z "$(ls -A /lib/firmware/intel-ucode/)" ] && apt-get update && apt-get in
 FROM systemd-boot AS systemd-boot-arm64
 
 FROM systemd-boot-amd64 AS systemd-boot-amd64-24.10
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y systemd-cryptsetup && apt-get remove -y unattended-upgrades && apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 FROM systemd-boot-amd64 AS systemd-boot-amd64-24.04
 FROM systemd-boot-arm64 AS systemd-boot-arm64-24.10
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y systemd-cryptsetup && apt-get remove -y unattended-upgrades && apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 FROM systemd-boot-arm64 AS systemd-boot-arm64-24.04
 
 FROM grub AS grub-amd64