diff --git a/images/capi/ansible/roles/node/defaults/main.yml b/images/capi/ansible/roles/node/defaults/main.yml
index 65b4c7b9b2..1f46a80dfe 100644
--- a/images/capi/ansible/roles/node/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/images/capi/ansible/roles/node/defaults/main.yml
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ common_photon_rpms:
   - dbus-python3
   - distrib-compat
   - ebtables
+  - gawk
+  - grub2
   - net-tools
   - openssl-c_rehash
   - python3-pygobject
diff --git a/images/capi/packer/goss/goss-vars.yaml b/images/capi/packer/goss/goss-vars.yaml
index 3a97736b08..a8183c64e5 100644
--- a/images/capi/packer/goss/goss-vars.yaml
+++ b/images/capi/packer/goss/goss-vars.yaml
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ common_photon_rpms: &common_photon_rpms
   chrony:
   distrib-compat:
   ebtables:
+  gawk:
+  grub2:
   net-tools:
   openssl-c_rehash:
   python3-pip: