diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/container/create-rootfs.sh b/.gitlab-ci/container/create-rootfs.sh
index e36a0e65923..f2972fb975a 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/container/create-rootfs.sh
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/container/create-rootfs.sh
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends \
     bash \
     ca-certificates \
     curl \
+    dropbear \
     firmware-realtek \
     initramfs-tools \
     jq \
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/image-tags.yml b/.gitlab-ci/image-tags.yml
index e1c85b610b9..2aa731e1d3a 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/image-tags.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/image-tags.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ variables:
 
    ALPINE_X86_BUILD_TAG: "2023-03-20-3.17-bump"
    FEDORA_X86_BUILD_TAG: "2023-04-26-rusticl"
-   KERNEL_ROOTFS_TAG: "2023-05-18-libva-utils-2.18.1"
+   KERNEL_ROOTFS_TAG: "2023-05-18-lava_ssh"
 
    WINDOWS_X64_VS_PATH: "windows/x64_vs"
    WINDOWS_X64_VS_TAG: "2022-10-20-upgrade-zlib"