diff --git a/images/almalinux/9.5/puppet-base/variables.auto.pkrvars.hcl b/images/almalinux/9.5/puppet-base/variables.auto.pkrvars.hcl
index 8265a10..aa285aa 100644
--- a/images/almalinux/9.5/puppet-base/variables.auto.pkrvars.hcl
+++ b/images/almalinux/9.5/puppet-base/variables.auto.pkrvars.hcl
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ incus_source = "almalinux9/base/latest"
 deploy_files_from_image = true
 use_incus = true
 packages = [
+  "htop",
   "puppet-agent",
   "puppet-initial"
 ]