diff --git a/Earthfile b/Earthfile
index f0d0ef5..cc05f99 100644
--- a/Earthfile
+++ b/Earthfile
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ provider-image:
     IF [ "$K8S_DISTRIBUTION" = "kubeadm" ] || [ "$K8S_DISTRIBUTION" = "kubeadm-fips" ]
         ARG BASE_K8S_VERSION=$K8S_VERSION
         IF [ "$OS_DISTRIBUTION" = "ubuntu" ] &&  [ "$ARCH" = "amd64" ]
-            RUN kernel=$(ls /lib/modules | tail -n1) && if ! ls /usr/src | grep linux-headers-$kernel; then apt-get update && apt-get install -y "linux-headers-${kernel}"; fi
+            RUN kernel=$(ls /lib/modules | tail -n1 | sed -r 's/fips/generic/') && if ! ls /usr/src | grep linux-headers-$kernel; then apt-get update && apt-get install -y "linux-headers-${kernel}"; fi
         END
     ELSE IF [ "$K8S_DISTRIBUTION" = "k3s" ]
         ARG K8S_DISTRIBUTION_TAG=$K3S_FLAVOR_TAG