diff --git a/.github/workflows/gcp-e2e.yaml b/.github/workflows/gcp-e2e.yaml
index 077d13351..3963a2ad9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gcp-e2e.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gcp-e2e.yaml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ jobs:
         os:
         - "ubuntu 20.04"
         - "ubuntu 18.04"
+        - "ubuntu 22.04"
         buildConfig:
         - "basic"
     runs-on:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-gcp-template.yaml b/.github/workflows/release-gcp-template.yaml
index 2a981adf3..92b460a2b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-gcp-template.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-gcp-template.yaml
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ jobs:
         include:
           - os: "ubuntu 20.04"
             buildConfig: "basic"
+          - os: "ubuntu 22.04"
+            buildConfig: "basic"
     runs-on: 
     - self-hosted
     - medium
diff --git a/images/gcp/ubuntu-2204.yaml b/images/gcp/ubuntu-2204.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3850a1b72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/images/gcp/ubuntu-2204.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+---
+build_name: "ubuntu-2204"
+packer_builder_type: "googlecompute"
+python_path: ""
+packer:
+  # The source image to use to create the new image from. source_image = `distribution`-`distribution_version-k8sversion-timestamp`
+  distribution: "ubuntu"
+  distribution_version: "2204-jammy-v20241218"
+  source_image: "ubuntu-2204-jammy-v20241218"
+  # The source_image_family to use to create the new image from.
+  distribution_family: "ubuntu-2204-lts"
+  # The username to connect to SSH with. Required if using SSH.
+  ssh_username: "ubuntu"