diff --git a/variants/aws-ecs-2-fips/Cargo.toml b/variants/aws-ecs-2-fips/Cargo.toml
index 6ddd70e43a6..d5fd874f0d3 100644
--- a/variants/aws-ecs-2-fips/Cargo.toml
+++ b/variants/aws-ecs-2-fips/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ included-packages = [
 # core
     "release",
     "kernel-6.1",
+    "whippet",
 # docker
     "docker-cli",
     "docker-engine",
diff --git a/variants/aws-ecs-2-nvidia/Cargo.toml b/variants/aws-ecs-2-nvidia/Cargo.toml
index f6179914c19..896b47ab3f0 100644
--- a/variants/aws-ecs-2-nvidia/Cargo.toml
+++ b/variants/aws-ecs-2-nvidia/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ included-packages = [
 # core
     "release",
     "kernel-6.1",
+    "whippet",
 # docker
     "docker-cli",
     "docker-engine",
diff --git a/variants/aws-ecs-2/Cargo.toml b/variants/aws-ecs-2/Cargo.toml
index dc04cb36b9f..e6f3a4185ad 100644
--- a/variants/aws-ecs-2/Cargo.toml
+++ b/variants/aws-ecs-2/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ included-packages = [
 # core
     "release",
     "kernel-6.1",
+    "whippet",
 # docker
     "docker-cli",
     "docker-engine",
diff --git a/variants/aws-k8s-1.34-fips/Cargo.toml b/variants/aws-k8s-1.34-fips/Cargo.toml
index 7c758169da7..97f459a8249 100644
--- a/variants/aws-k8s-1.34-fips/Cargo.toml
+++ b/variants/aws-k8s-1.34-fips/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ included-packages = [
     "containerd-2.1",
     "systemd-257",
     "nftables",
+    "whippet",
 # k8s
     "cni",
     "cni-plugins",
diff --git a/variants/aws-k8s-1.34-nvidia/Cargo.toml b/variants/aws-k8s-1.34-nvidia/Cargo.toml
index d50e6218e79..f7f7ec8fd7e 100644
--- a/variants/aws-k8s-1.34-nvidia/Cargo.toml
+++ b/variants/aws-k8s-1.34-nvidia/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ included-packages = [
     "containerd-2.1",
     "systemd-257",
     "nftables",
+    "whippet",
     # k8s
     "cni",
     "cni-plugins",
diff --git a/variants/aws-k8s-1.34/Cargo.toml b/variants/aws-k8s-1.34/Cargo.toml
index 1712ee0ed39..37979b339f7 100644
--- a/variants/aws-k8s-1.34/Cargo.toml
+++ b/variants/aws-k8s-1.34/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ included-packages = [
     "containerd-2.1",
     "systemd-257",
     "nftables",
+    "whippet",
 # k8s
     "cni",
     "cni-plugins",
diff --git a/variants/vmware-k8s-1.34-fips/Cargo.toml b/variants/vmware-k8s-1.34-fips/Cargo.toml
index 0f61b745056..067a5513bae 100644
--- a/variants/vmware-k8s-1.34-fips/Cargo.toml
+++ b/variants/vmware-k8s-1.34-fips/Cargo.toml
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ included-packages = [
     "containerd-2.1",
     "systemd-257",
     "nftables",
+    "whippet",
     # k8s
     "cni",
     "cni-plugins",
diff --git a/variants/vmware-k8s-1.34/Cargo.toml b/variants/vmware-k8s-1.34/Cargo.toml
index 027c6058d52..d7f45ee13a5 100644
--- a/variants/vmware-k8s-1.34/Cargo.toml
+++ b/variants/vmware-k8s-1.34/Cargo.toml
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ included-packages = [
     "containerd-2.1",
     "systemd-257",
     "nftables",
+    "whippet",
     # k8s
     "cni",
     "cni-plugins",