diff --git a/Rocky-9-OCP.ks b/Rocky-9-OCP.ks
index c446ab9..13ec5d3 100644
--- a/Rocky-9-OCP.ks
+++ b/Rocky-9-OCP.ks
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ network  --bootproto=dhcp --device=link --activate
 url --url="https://download.rockylinux.org/stg/rocky/9/BaseOS/$basearch/os/"
 repo --name "extras" --baseurl="https://dl.rockylinux.org/stg/rocky/9/extras/$basearch/os/"
 repo --name "crb" --baseurl="https://dl.rockylinux.org/stg/rocky/9/CRB/$basearch/os/"
-repo --name "sig-cloud-common" --baseurl="https://yumrepofs.build.resf.org/v1/projects/15016370-1410-4459-a1a2-a1576041fd19/repo/cloud-common/$basearch/" --cost=100
+repo --name "sig-cloud-common" --baseurl="https://yumrepofs.build.resf.org/v1/projects/15016370-1410-4459-a1a2-a1576041fd19/repo/cloud-common/$basearch/" --includepkgs="oci-utils,python3-circuitbreaker,python3-daemon,python3-sdnotify,python39-oci-sdk" --cost=100
 repo --name=epel --cost=200 --baseurl="https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/9/Everything/$basearch/"
 # System authorization information
 auth --enableshadow --passalgo=sha512
@@ -141,6 +141,9 @@ sed -i '1i # Modified for cloud image' /etc/cloud/cloud.cfg
 echo -e 'rocky\tALL=(ALL)\tNOPASSWD: ALL' >> /etc/sudoers
 sed -i 's/name: cloud-user/name: rocky/g' /etc/cloud/cloud.cfg
 
+# disable cloud kernel repo as it's not needed
+sed -i 's/enabled=1/enabled=0/' /etc/yum.repos.d/Rocky-SIG-Cloud-Kernel.repo
+
 dnf clean all
 
 # XXX instance type markers - MUST match Rocky Infra expectation
@@ -385,6 +388,8 @@ if [ -d $DRACUT_CFG  ]; then
 fi
 
 echo "$(date) - OCI initramfs network modification script done."
+
+
 true
 
 %end